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which reached No 40 in the UK Album Chart. Towards the end of the US tour to promote the album, Man's manager, Barrie Marshall, announced that he would be discontinuing his role as the band's manager, and adopting all rights to the name Man. On the farewell tour of Europe, differences arose amongst
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Ryan and Youatt were having musical differences, so, unlike the first album, none of the tracks on the second were jointly written by the pair, whilst the uncredited "Welsh R Blunt" dates from when Ryan was in Piblokto! and had also been played, but not recorded, by Man.
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Beat Contest, winning a one-year record contract, but had to record songs chosen for them, rather than their own material, and neither of their singles, "Heart Trouble" / "Up And Down" and "Supermarket Full of Cans" / "Don't Ask Me To Mend Your Broken Heart", sold well.
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playing on one single, "Flying Hero Sandwich" / "My Last Band". When bassist Steve Glover broke his wrist, he was replaced by Michael "Will" Youatt, and when Piblokto disbanded Ryan and Youatt, together with Clive John, who had just left
208:"Crossroads of Time" and "Love is the Law", who was a major influence on Ryan. and who also wrote the album sleeve notes. Despite poor sales, the album was "acknowledged as a major influence on the nascent 373:, whilst the track "Mermaid And Chips" features the lyrics of Pete Brown. The album spawned one single "Dance of the Psychedelic Lounge Lizard"/"Suzy and the Wonder Boy", The A-side being dedicated to 511:(2000), before leaving again in 2001, to look after his wife, who was terminally ill. Ryan rejoined Man in 2007, remaining with the 'core' band when it split in two in 2008 and playing on the albums 159:, Ryan played trombone in the National Youth Orchestra, but his rock career started in 1964 when he formed the Port Talbot/Neath band The Smokestacks, with John Hockin, 314:. The album initially sold well, rising to No 23, and was tipped to be album that would make the band, but pressing was restricted by a lack of plastic during the 361:
The initial recordings were made at Rockfield Studios – "Snow Covered Eyes" and "Living In The World Today". The rest of the album was recorded in April 1974 at
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Ryan moved to Denmark in 1980, where he met and married the writer and director Bolette Bernild. In the 1980s he wrote the score for the BBC Play For To Day,
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was released in April 1975. The performers were similar to the first album, except Weathers was replaced by Stuart Halliday and Stuart Gordon did not play.
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the band who agreed to call it a day. The MCA record deal was for 3 albums, but MCA eventually agreed to a live farewell album,
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Neutrons toured to promote the album, but Taff Williams left shortly after the start of the tour, so former
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Through producer Lou Reizner, Ryan began getting work as an arranger, and wrote the string arrangements on
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In April 1972, Ryan and Youatt joined Man, Clive John re-joining at the same time. The band recorded
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Mannerisms II "Man & roots/offshoots Information Booklet" by Michael Mycock, P19
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on 11–13 December, although the final gig was in Slough on 16 December 1976.
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guitarist Richard Treece stood in, but Neutrons had disbanded by July 1975.
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which received good reviews. A party on 19 December 1972, with
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tracks "Something is Happening" ended up on the next Man album
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to CD reissue of Black Hole Star/Tales From The Blue Cocoons
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Ryan and Youatt left Man in 1973 to re-form the Neutrons.
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where they began recording the first Neutrons album,
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In 1966 Ryan and Hopkins – together with the drummer
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Archived from 821: 819: 1086: 550:(1971) (issued under the pseudonym 163:, Peter Randal and Gerald Trolley. 24: 629:(2010) Pete Brown & Phil Ryan 334:at United Artists put the duo in 267:In 1970, Ryan and Weathers joined 25: 1544: 1421:Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth 816: 773:(1974) (United Artists UAG 29652) 635:(2014) Pete Brown & Phil Ryan 623:(2003) Pete Brown & Phil Ryan 617:(2003) Pete Brown & Phil Ryan 611:(1996) Pete Brown & Phil Ryan 363:Chipping Norton Recording Studios 605:(1977) Pete Brown & Piblokto 490: 1103: 1080: 1068: 1030: 499:in 1996, playing on the albums 200:in 1968, which was produced by 196:and recorded their first album 171: 150: 975: 963: 935: 919: 893: 524: 365:. 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Index

Eyes of Blue
Phil Ryan
Port Talbot
psychedelic rock
progressive rock
trombone
Man
Pete Brown
Port Talbot
Gary Pickford-Hopkins
John Weathers
Melody Maker
Decca
Mercury Records
Lou Reizner
Graham Bond
Yes
Buzzy Linhart
Quincy Jones
Toy Grabbers
Connecting Rooms
Caetano Veloso
1971 album
Pete Brown & Piblokto!
Man
Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day
Dave Edmunds
Help Yourself
Christmas at the Patti
Back into the Future

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