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Album: Mannish Boys: The Stax & Volt Recordings 1969-74
# Song Title   Time
1)    Girl This Boy Loves You More Info...
2)    Open Up Your Heart (Let Me In) More Info...
3)    You Put The Sunshine Back In My World More Info...
4)    Still A Boy In My Heart More Info...
5)    Pin The Tail On The Donkey More Info...
6)    Mannish Boy More Info...
7)    The Martian Hop More Info...
8)    Humpty Dumpty More Info...
9)    Keep An Eye On Your Close Friends More Info...
10)    Too Little In Common To Be Lovers (Too Much Going To Say Goodbye) More Info...
11)    The Whole World Is A Picture Show More Info...
12)    Betcha Can't Guess Who More Info...
13)    See Saw Lovin' More Info...
14)    Reaching The Age More Info...
15)    The Face Of A Clown (Demo) More Info...
16)    It's Me Who Loves You (Demo) More Info...
17)    I Don't Want To Lose You (Demo) More Info...
18)    She's Gone (Demo) More Info...
19)    Since You Don't Care (Demo) More Info...
20)    Spare Me The Hurt Of Losing You (Demo) More Info...
21)    What A Girl I've Got Lovin' Me (Demo) More Info...
22)    Stop By Here (Demo) More Info...
23)    The Exit (Demo) More Info...
24)    Sweet Purity (Demo) More Info...
 
Album: Mannish Boys: The Stax & Volt Recordings 1969-74
# Song Title   Time
1)    Girl This Boy Loves You More Info...
2)    Open Up Your Heart (Let Me In) More Info...
3)    You Put The Sunshine Back In My World More Info...
4)    Still A Boy In My Heart More Info...
5)    Pin The Tail On The Donkey More Info...
6)    Mannish Boy More Info...
7)    The Martian Hop More Info...
8)    Humpty Dumpty More Info...
9)    Keep An Eye On Your Close Friends More Info...
10)    Too Little In Common To Be Lovers (Too Much Going To Say Goodbye) More Info...
11)    The Whole World Is A Picture Show More Info...
12)    Betcha Can't Guess Who More Info...
13)    See Saw Lovin' More Info...
14)    Reaching The Age More Info...
15)    The Face Of A Clown (Demo) More Info...
16)    It's Me Who Loves You (Demo) More Info...
17)    I Don't Want To Lose You (Demo) More Info...
18)    She's Gone (Demo) More Info...
19)    Since You Don't Care (Demo) More Info...
20)    Spare Me The Hurt Of Losing You (Demo) More Info...
21)    What A Girl I've Got Lovin' Me (Demo) More Info...
22)    Stop By Here (Demo) More Info...
23)    The Exit (Demo) More Info...
24)    Sweet Purity (Demo) More Info...
 
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  • Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.
  • "Mannish Boy" was the name of one of Muddy Waters' roughest songs, but the Newcomers never seemed to swagger. The second-line Stax/Volt act racked up a few R&B hits between 1969 and 1974, all characterized by their cheerful harmonies -- a down-home Southern variation on the exuberance of the Jackson 5. This separated the Newcomers from their Stax brethren and that also makes Mannish Boys, a 2013 collection from Ace that contains 24 cuts from the vocal group, including several demos and unreleased cuts, so much fun. Some of this has the limber, elastic funk of prime Stax, but it's all driven by the cheerful swagger of the vocal quartet, a group that was enthusiastically existing within its time, incorporating trends -- whether it was punchy horns, enveloping strings, or syncopated disco beats, and sometimes even the slow, late-night urban blues of the early '70s -- whenever it had the chance. If the Newcomers never quite had a song that turned heads, they often mined an appealing sound, particularly toward the end of their career when they started to look to Philadelphia instead of Detroit as their touchstone, and there winds up being a lot to like on this collection of their best and unheard tunes. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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