The Welsh Connection

Studio album by Man

Released

March 1976

Recorded

at Olympic Studios, Barnes between December 1975 and February 1976

Genre

Psychedelic rock, Progressive rock

Length

41:05

Label

MCA Records

Producer

Man

Man chronology

Maximum Darkness
(1975)

The Welsh Connection
(1976)

All's Well That Ends Well
(1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	(C+) ^[2]

The Welsh Connection (on the album cover: Welsh-Connection) is the eleventh album by the Welsh psychedelic/progressive 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

Terry Williams – Vocals & Drums
Phil Ryan – Vocals & Keyboards
John McKenzie – Vocals & Bass
Deke Leonard – Vocals & Guitar
Micky Jones – Vocals & Guitar

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. "The Welsh Connection - Man | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Man". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
↑ "Manband Archive - Music". www.manband-archive.com. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
↑ Kielty, Martin (6 March 2014). "Man score US No.1 with 70s track". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

Man

Martin Ace Josh Ace James Beck Rene Robrahn Phil Ryan John Cipollina Clive John George Jones Jeff Jones Micky Jones Deke Leonard Tweke Lewis John McKenzie Rick Martinez Malcolm Morley Bob Richards 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

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

Related articles	Discography

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