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British-based rock band
Hanson (also known as Junior Marvin's Hanson ) were a British-based
rock band formed by
Junior Hanson in 1973 and were signed to
Emerson, Lake and Palmer's record label
Manticore . Their debut album Now Hear This , was released in 1973 and featured
Bobby Tench .
[1] At the beginning of 1974,
Junior Marvin disbanded the existing line-up and reformed the band for the recording of a
funk rock album Magic Dragon , which was released later that year.
[2]
Now Hear This
Track listing
Side One
"Traveling Like a Gypsy" - 6:15
"Love Knows Everything" - 3:08
"Mister Music Maker" - 4:27
"Catch That Beat" - 3:48
"Take You into My Home" - 3:11
Side Two
"Gospel Truth" - 5:03
"Rain" - 5:10
"Smokin’ to the Big 'M'" - 9:53
Credits
Junior Hanson - guitar and lead vocals; backing vocals on "Love Knows Everything" and "Take You Into My Home"; bass guitar on "Rain"
Jean Roussel - electric piano, organ, clavinet, Mini-Moog synthesizer; piano on "Gospel Truth"
Clive Chaman - bass guitar on all tracks except for "Love Knows Everything" and "Rain"
Conrad Isidore - drums on all tracks except for "Love Knows Everything"
Additional Personnel
Jimmy Thomas - superstring; backing vocals on "Take You Into My Home", "Rain" and "Smoking to the Big 'M'"
Rebop Kwaku Baah - congas
Bobby Tench - backing vocals on "Love Knows Everything", "Gospel Truth" and "Rain"; guitar on "Catch That Beat"
Godfrey McLean - drums and backing vocals on "Love Knows Everything"
Delisle Harper - bas guitar on "Love Knows Everything"
Chris Wood - flute on "Mister Music Maker"
Ken Cumberbatch - piano on "Catch That Beat"
Magic Dragon
Track listing
Side one
"Rocking Horseman" (John Burns) 3:32
"Modern Day Religion" (Junior Hanson, Ken Cumberbatch) 3:10
"Down into the Magic" (Hanson, Cumberbatch) 5:26
"
Rock Me Baby " (
B.B. King , Joe Josea) 3:55
Side two
Love Yer, Need You" (Hanson, Neil Murray, Glen LeFleur, Brother James) 4:59
"Boy Meets Girl" (Cassandra) 3:05
"American Beauty Rose" (Hanson, Cumberbatch) 3:05
"Looking at Tin Soldiers" (Hanson) 3:44
"Magic Dragon" (Hanson, Cumberbatch) 2:58
Credits
Junior Hanson — electric guitar, lead vocals; acoustic guitar (track 3)
Neil Murray — bass
Glen LeFleur — drums; percussion (track 1)
Brother James — congas; percussion (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7)
Cassandra — backing vocals (track 2)
Marlo Henderson — electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 6)
Andre Lewis — clavinet (tracks 1,8), organ (tracks 3,6)*The Big 'M' — voice of the company sergeant (track 8)
Discography
Now Hear This Manticore (1973)
Magic Dragon Manticore (1974)
Now Hear This Ork/Cherry Red (2007) re-release
References
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