AS IS
As Is is a 1966 pop music album by Manfred Mann. It was their fourth overall (including a “greatest hits” package) but their first for Fontana Records and their first to feature new members Mike d’Abo and Klaus Voormann. It was produced by Shel Talmy and released in the U.K. on 21 October 1966. (More from Wikipedia)
Several other major artists have launched their careers with Bob Dylan songs, Olivia Newton-John (“If Not for You”), the Turtles (“It Ain’t Me Babe”), and Cher (“All I Really Want to Do”) among them. Cher’s hit version of “All I Really Want to Do’ had to compete on the charts with the Byrds’ version of the same song, “All I Really Want to Do”. Additionally, Manfred Mann and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band have salted their albums with mostly obscure Bob Dylan songs since their third release, As Is (1966).
(March 2015)
