The Welsh Connection

The Welsh Connection
The Welsh Connection
Studio album by Man
Released	March 1976
Recorded	December 1975 – February 1976
Studio	Olympic Studios, Barnes
Length	41:05
Label	MCA
Producer	Man
Man chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+^[2]

The Welsh Connection (stylized on the cover as Welsh-Connection) is the eleventh album by the Welsh rock band Man and was released on the MCA Records label 1976.^[3] It was their first MCA release, and the first after a change of line-up that saw John McKenzie take over on bass from Martin Ace, and Phil Ryan rejoin. Ryan had worked with Pete Brown in the interim, and arranged for Brown to play on two tracks.

The track "Something is Happening" was sampled on "Break the Bank" a 2014 single by rapper Schoolboy Q.^[4]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Ride and the View"	Deke Leonard	5:01
2.	"Out of Your Head"	Leonard	4:04
3.	"Love Can Find a Way"	John McKenzie	5:13
4.	"The Welsh Connection"	Phil Ryan, Micky Jones	7:18

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Something is Happening"	Ryan	6:21
2.	"Car Toon"	Leonard, Ryan	6:01
3.	"Born with a Future"	Jones, Leonard, Ryan	7:07

Bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"(I'm a) Love-Taker" (b-side "Out of Your Head" single)	Leonard	2:47

Personnel

Micky Jones – vocals, guitar
Deke Leonard – vocals, guitar
Phil Ryan – vocals, keyboards
John McKenzie – vocals, bass
Terry Williams – vocals, drums

Credits

Doug Bennett – engineer
Nigel Brooke-Heart – tape operation and vocal on "Car Toon"
Caromay Dixon – vocal on "Something is Happening"
Jeffrey Hooper – vocal on "Out of Your Head"
Anton Matthews – vocal on "Out of Your Head"
Pete Brown – African talking drums on "The Welsh Connection" and "Something is Happening"
Andrew Lauder – mixing
Joe Petagno – cover design

References

^ Collins, Paul. "Man - The Welsh Connection (1976) | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 4 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ "Manband Archive - Music". www.manband-archive.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
^ Kielty, Martin (6 March 2014). "Man score US No.1 with 70s track". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

External links

[1] Collins, Paul. "Man - The Welsh Connection (1976) | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 4 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[3] "Manband Archive - Music". www.manband-archive.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.

[4] Kielty, Martin (6 March 2014). "Man score US No.1 with 70s track". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

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Martin Ace Josh Ace James Beck Shane Dixon Malcolm Morley John Cipollina Clive John George Jones Jeff Jones Micky Jones Deke Leonard Tweke Lewis John McKenzie Rick Martinez Bob Richards Rene Robrahn Phil Ryan Gareth Llewellyn Thorrington John Weathers Ken Whaley Ray Williams Terry Williams Will Youatt
Studio albums	Revelation 2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle Man Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In? Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day Back into the Future Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics Slow Motion The Welsh Connection The Twang Dynasty Call Down the Moon Endangered Species Undrugged Diamonds and Coal Kingdom of Noise Reanimated Memories Anachronism Tango
Live albums	Greasy Truckers Party Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth Christmas at the Patti Back into the Future Maximum Darkness All's Well That Ends Well Friday 13th 1998 at the Star Club Down Town Live
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