Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today) is the seventh studio album by Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...

, released in June 1976. This LP marked Kevin Ayers' return to the leftfield Harvest

Harvest Records

-References:* Harvest Records collectors guide ISBN 978-5-9622-0021-7...

 label. Producer Muff Winwood

Muff Winwood

Mervyn "Muff" Winwood is an English songwriter and record producer, and the older brother of Steve Winwood. Both were formerly members of the Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s, in which Muff Winwood played bass guitar...

 employed a straightforward pop production that clipped some of Ayers’ usual eccentricities from the tapes but gave the set a direct and focused impact.

The songs fall into to two thematic groups; tales of love and loss (‘Love's Gonna Turn You Round’ and ‘Falling In Love Again’) coupled with sly digs at a music industry with which Ayers is clearly becoming disenchanted (‘Ballad of Mr. Snake’ and ‘Mr Cool

Mr Cool

"Mr Cool" was Kevin Ayers USA promotional single issued to publicize his album, Yes We Have No Mañanas . It featured a mono mix of the song on one side coupled with a stereo mix on the flip side.-Personnel:...

’). The closing song, ‘Blue’, is a rousing tour de force with a spirited chorus and Ollie Halsall

Ollie Halsall

Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall was a left-handed guitarist and is best known for his role in The Rutles, the bands Patto, Timebox and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers. He is also notable as one of the few players of the vibraphone in rock music...

's frantic guitar that ranks as one of Ayers strongest 1970s recordings. The band comprised Rob Townsend

Rob Townsend

Rob Townsend is a British rock and blues drummer. He was influenced by jazz greats such as Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa and is best known for being the drummer for progressive rock band Family and later The Blues Band....

 from Family

Family (band)

Family were an English rock band that formed in late 1966 and disbanded in October 1973. Their style has been characterised as progressive rock, although their sound often explored other genres, incorporating elements of styles like as folk, psychedelia, acid, jazz fusion and rock and roll...

 on drums, Taste

Taste (band)

Taste was an Irish rock and blues band formed in 1966 that gained fame in large part because of their unique style, and the talent and charisma of the band's founder, songwriter and musician Rory Gallagher...

’s Charlie McCracken on bass, B.J. Cole's steel guitar and Ollie Halsall’s frenetic power-pop solos.

Track listing

Side 1

1. Star
   Star (Kevin Ayers song)
   "Star" was the second Kevin Ayers single issued to promote his 1976 album, Yes We Have No Mañanas . Both songs were featured on the LP...
   
    (Ayers)
2. Mr Cool
   Mr Cool
   "Mr Cool" was Kevin Ayers USA promotional single issued to publicize his album, Yes We Have No Mañanas . It featured a mono mix of the song on one side coupled with a stereo mix on the flip side.-Personnel:...
   
    (Ayers)
3. The Owl (Ayers)
4. Love's Gonna Turn You Round (Ayers)
5. Falling In Love Again (Connelly / Hollander)

Side 2

1. Help Me (Ayers)
2. Ballad Of Mr Snake (Ayers)
3. Everyone Knows The Song (Ayers)
4. Yes I Do (Ayers)
5. Blue (Ayers)

2009 reissue

11. Mr. Cool (03:01)

12. Love's Gonna Turn You Round (04:44)

13. Star (04:42)

14. Ballad of Mr. Snake (02:23)

• Tracks 11 to 14 are Studio Recordings made for the BBC's John Peel Show in Maida Vale Studios, London on 13 July 1976

15. Shouting in A Bucket Blues (05:26)

16. Star (04:40)

17. Mr. Cool (03:44)

18. Ballad of Mr. Snake (02:39)

19. Blue (06:24)

• Tracks 15 to 19 are live recordings taped at The BBC's Paris Theatre in London on 30 September 1976

Personnel

• Kevin Ayers
  Kevin Ayers
  Kevin Ayers is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...
  
   - Guitar, Vocals
• Billy Livsey
  Billy Livsey
  Billy Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked for many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, 801, Gerry Rafferty, Five Star, and Kenny Rogers.-References:*...
  
   - Keyboards
• Charlie McCracken - Bass
• Ollie Halsall
  Ollie Halsall
  Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall was a left-handed guitarist and is best known for his role in The Rutles, the bands Patto, Timebox and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers. He is also notable as one of the few players of the vibraphone in rock music...
  
   - Guitar
• Rob Townsend
  Rob Townsend
  Rob Townsend is a British rock and blues drummer. He was influenced by jazz greats such as Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa and is best known for being the drummer for progressive rock band Family and later The Blues Band....
  
   - Drums, percussion
• Roger Saunders - Guitar
• Mickey Feat - Bass
• B.J. Cole - Steel Guitar
• Tony Newman - Drums
• Roger Pope - Drums
• Rick Wills - Bass
• Zoot Money
  Zoot Money
  George Bruno Money, known as Zoot Money is a British vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader best known for his playing of the Hammond organ and association with his Big Roll Band...
  
   - Keyboards
• Andy Roberts - Guitar,
• Nick Rowley - Keyboards
• Pip Williams
  Pip Williams
  Pip Williams, is a record producer, arranger and guitarist, best known for producing albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues.-Career:...
  
   - arranger on 5
• David Bedford
  David Bedford
  David Vickerman Bedford , was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music....
  
  - arranger on 10