Description
Festival Music Manning Margaret's Children Progressive Rock CD
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- UPC: 5060161580341
- Product Type: Music CD
- Brand Name: Festival Music
- MPN: 201111
- Genre: Progressive Rock
- Style: Symphonic Rock / Crossover Prog
- Artist: Manning (Guy Manning)
- Release Year: 2011
Product Features
- Format: 1 Compact Disc (CD) in a standard jewel case.
- Concept: A sequel to the 2006 album Anser's Tree, following the fictional genealogy of the Barras/Fairfax family.
- Artwork: Features evocative landscape photography and astronomical/chronological clock motifs on the reverse.
- Personnel: Features Guy Manning (Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards) along with various guest musicians from the UK prog scene.
- Audio Quality: High-fidelity digital recording typical of modern symphonic prog productions.
Overview
Dive into a rich tapestry of storytelling and melody with Margaret's Children, the 12th studio album from British multi-instrumentalist Guy Manning. Released on the Festival Music label, this album serves as a grand concept piece, continuing the intricate family saga established in his earlier work, Anser's Tree.
Each track on the album is dedicated to a specific fictional ancestor, spanning centuries from the 1600s to a prophetic future in 2022. Manning's "Precision Engineered Performance" blends classic 70s symphonic rock influences (reminiscent of Jethro Tull and Genesis) with contemporary folk and jazz-inflected arrangements. From the plague-ridden era of "Fleming Barras" to the cinematic sweeps of "The Southern Waves," this CD is a journey through time and human emotion, making it a must-have for fans of narrative-driven progressive rock.
Interesting Facts
- The Sequel Factor: Manning explicitly designed this album to conclude the stories of the characters found in the "Anser's Tree" lineage, providing a definitive musical family tree.
- Prophetic Dates: The final track, "The Southern Waves," lists the dates for David Logan as 1967 - 2022. At the time of the album's release in 2011, this was a futuristic fictional date.
- Multi-Instrumental Mastery: Guy Manning is known for playing a vast array of instruments on his albums, including keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, mandolin, and percussion.
- Storytelling Detail: The CD booklet contains detailed "biographies" for each of the characters mentioned in the tracks, allowing the listener to fully immerse themselves in the Manning lore.
Track Listing
- Fleming Barras (1645 - ????) [The Year Of Wonders]
- Jorgen Barras (1834 - 1900) [Revelation Road]
- Amy Quartermaine (1862 - 1916) [A Perfect Childhood]
- Harriet Horden (1912 - 1955) [A Night At The Savoy, 1933]
- James Fairfax (1922 - 1945) [An Average Man]
- Amelia Fairfax (1926 - 2010) [Black Silk Sheets Of Cairo]
- David Logan (1967 - 2022) [The Southern Waves]
Publishers
- Label: Festival Music
- Copyright: © Festival Music 2011. The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by Festival Music.
- Website: www.guymanning.com
- Manufacturing: Made in the UK.
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