Slow Motion is the ninth album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man

Man (band)

Man are a rock band from South Wales whose style is a mixture of West Coast psychedelia, progressive rock, blues and country-rock. Formed in 1968 as a reincarnation of Welsh rock harmony group ‘’The Bystanders’’, Man are renowned for the extended jams in their live performances, and having had...

 and was released on the United Artists Records

United Artists Records

United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...

 label. It was the only album recorded by this line-up, Malcolm Morley

Malcolm Morley (musician)

Malcolm Morley is a British rock singer, guitarist and keyboard player who came to fame in the 1970s. Best known as a founder of Help Yourself and as a member of Man, he continues to perform to this day.-Early career:...

 having left the day before recording was due to start. He was not replaced, so the album was recorded by the remaining four members. Unlike the previous and subsequent albums (Rhinos, Winos, and Lunatics and The Welsh Connection

The Welsh Connection

The Welsh Connection is the eleventh album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man and was released on the MCA Records label 1976. 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...

) Slow Motion failed to make the UK top 40 album chart.

The album title was chosen to challenge sleeve designer Rick Griffin

Rick Griffin

Richard Alden Griffin was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. As a contributor to the underground comix movement, his work appeared regularly in Zap Comix. Griffin was closely identified with the Grateful Dead, designing some of their best known...

, who painted Alfred E. Neuman

Alfred E. Neuman

Alfred E. Neuman is the fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad magazine. The face had drifted through American pictography for decades before being claimed and named by Mad editor Harvey Kurtzman...

 shaking a fish, but Mad

Mad (magazine)

Mad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. Launched as a comic book before it became a magazine, it was widely imitated and influential, impacting not only satirical media but the entire cultural landscape of the 20th century.The last...

 magazine objected, so the final image concentrated on the fish.

Side one

1. "Hard Way To Die" – 5:21
2. "Grasshopper" – 5:13
3. "Rock And Roll You Out" – 3:52
4. "You Don't Like Us" – 4:33

Side two

1. "Bedtime Bone" – 5:54
2. "One More Chance" – 4:27
3. "Rainbow Eyes" – 6:07
4. "Day And Night" – 4:06

Release history

Original LP released on United Artists in 1974 - Catalogue Nos UAG 29675 (UK) and LA 345G (US)

Released as CD on Beat Goes On in 1993 - Catalogue Nos BGOCD 209 (UK) and BGT 209 (US)

Remixed and re-issued with bonus tracks on Esoteric Recordings

Esoteric Recordings

Established in 2007, Esoteric Recordings is a UK independent record label specialising in 70s progressive rock, folk, psychedelic and jazz-rock reissues as part of the Cherry Red Records umbrella of imprints...

 in 2008 - Catalogue No ECLEC 2062

Bonus Tracks on Esoteric

Esoteric Recordings

Established in 2007, Esoteric Recordings is a UK independent record label specialising in 70s progressive rock, folk, psychedelic and jazz-rock reissues as part of the Cherry Red Records umbrella of imprints...

 re-issue:-

9. "Rock and Roll You Out" (1st mix)

10 "Hard Way to Live" (Live)

11 "Hard Way to Die" (Live at the Keystone, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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 April 1973)

12 "Somone Is Calling" (Live at the Keystone, Berkeley April 1973)

13 "Many Are Called But Few Get Up" (Live at the Keystone, Berkeley April 1973)

14 "Hard Way To Live" (Live at the Keystone, Berkeley April 1973)

For information about releases in other countries, singles, cassettes, 8 track cartridges etc, see The Manband Archive

Personnel

• Deke Leonard
  Deke Leonard
  Roger "Deke" Leonard is a rock musician, "serving a life sentence in the music business." Best known as a member of the progressive rock band Man, which he joined and left several times, and for fronting his own rock and roll band Iceberg, which he formed and disbanded several times, he is also...
  
   – Guitar, Vocals
• Micky Jones – Guitar, Vocals
• Ken Whaley – Bass
• Terry Williams
  Terry Williams (drummer)
  Terrence "Terry" Williams is a Welsh rock drummer, whose resume includes work for Dire Straits, B. B. King, and Bob Dylan....
  
   – Drums, Vocals

Credits

• Producer – Man
  Man (band)
  Man are a rock band from South Wales whose style is a mixture of West Coast psychedelia, progressive rock, blues and country-rock. Formed in 1968 as a reincarnation of Welsh rock harmony group ‘’The Bystanders’’, Man are renowned for the extended jams in their live performances, and having had...
  
   and Anton Mathews
• Production & Special Assistance – David Charles
  Dave Charles
  Dave Charles, also known as David Charles is a British drummer, recording engineer & record producer. He often appears under both names on the same album, e.g. Help Yourself's The Return of Ken Whaley, where Dave Charles is credited with drums and vocals and David Charles as producer.Charles'...
  
  
• Design – Rick Griffin
  Rick Griffin
  Richard Alden Griffin was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. As a contributor to the underground comix movement, his work appeared regularly in Zap Comix. Griffin was closely identified with the Grateful Dead, designing some of their best known...
  
  
• Liner Notes – Michael Heatley
  Michael Heatley
  Michael Heatley is the author or editor of over thirty biographies, including Backstreet Boys: The Unofficial Book, Bon Jovi: In Their Own Words and Rolf Harris: The Most Talented Man In The World. In 1995, he wrote the liner notes to Rolf's best-selling album Rolf Rules OK!Since 1977 he has...
  
  
• Mixing – Robin Black, David Hamilton-Smith, David Charles
• Strings – Stuart Gordon
• Saxophone – Chris Mercer