Soul of Mann is a 1967 compilation of instrumental recordings by Manfred Mann

Manfred Mann

Manfred Mann was a British beat, rhythm and blues and pop band of the 1960s, named after their South African keyboardist, Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band...

, released by HMV Records shortly after the company dropped the group from its roster. It was not well publicised and did not sell strongly.

The album brought together;

• Both sides of the group's debut single, "Why Should We Not" and "Brother Jack" (1963)

• "Sack O' Woe" (Cannonball Adderley) and "Mr.Anello", released on the group's first album The Five Faces of Manfred Mann
  The Five Faces of Manfred Mann
  The Five Faces of Manfred Mann is the first studio album by British beat/R&B group Manfred Mann. It was first released in the United Kingdom on 11 September 1964 by His Master's Voice. In late October/early November, the album was released in Canada by Capitol Records...
  
  (1964)

• "Bare Hugg", "The Abominable Snowmann" and "L.S.D.", from the group's second album Mann Made
  Mann Made
  Mann Made is the second studio album by British beat/R&B group Manfred Mann, released by His Master's Voice in October 1965. An album of the same title, but a slightly different track listing, was released in Canada by Capitol Records on 6 June 1966 and featured the hit single "Pretty...
  
  (1965)

• "Still I'm Sad" (Samwell-Smith
  Paul Samwell-Smith
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  ), "My Generation
  My Generation (song)
  "My Generation" is a song by the British rock group The Who, which became a hit and one of their most recognizable songs. The song was named the 11th greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and 13th on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll...
  
  " (Townshend
  Pete Townshend
  Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
  
  ), "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
  (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
  " Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song...
  
  " (Jagger
  Mick Jagger
  Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
  
  -Richards
  Keith Richards
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  ) and "I Got You Babe
  I Got You Babe
  "I Got You Babe" is a 1965 #1 single by American pop music duo Sonny & Cher.-Background and composition:Sonny Bono, a songwriter and record producer for Phil Spector, wrote the lyrics to and composed the music of the song for himself and his then-wife, Cher, late at night in their basement. Session...
  
  " (Bono
  Sonny Bono
  Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...
  
  ) from the 1966 EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
   Instrumental Asylum
  Instrumental Asylum
  Instrumental Asylum is an EP by Manfred Mann, released in 1966. The EP is a 7-inch vinyl record and released in mono with the catalogue number His Master's Voice-EMI 7EG 8949.-Background:The band recorded this as they were in the process of re-organizing...
  
  , with Jack Bruce
  Jack Bruce
  John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...
  
  , Henry Lowther
  Henry Lowther (musician)
  Henry Lowther is an English jazz trumpeter.Lowther's first experience was on cornet in a Salvation Army band. He studied violin briefly at the Royal Academy of Music but returned to trumpet by 1960 though he sometimes played violin professionally...
  
   and Lyn Dobson
  Lyn Dobson
  Lyn Dobson is a British musician, noted as a jazz-rock flautist and saxophonist. He appeared with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames and Manfred Mann in the mid 1960s and then with Soft Machine and Keef Hartley as well as playing on albums by Nick Drake and John Martyn.After the 1970s he worked in...
  
  

• "Spirit Feel" (Milt Jackson
  Milt Jackson
  Milton "Bags" Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms...
  
  ), previously released on the compilation Mann Made Hits, and two previously unreleased recordings, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Tengo Tango".

CD releases contain extra tracks, mostly with vocals and from the group's series of HMV EPs.

Track listing

1. "I Got You Babe"
2. "Bare Hugg"
3. "Spirit Feel"
4. "Why Should We Not" (take 5)
5. "L.S.D."
6. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
7. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
8. "My Generation"
9. "Mr.Anello" (version 2)
10. "Still I'm Sad"
11. "Tengo Tango"
12. "Brother Jack"
13. "The Abominable Snowmann"
14. "Sack O' Woe"

CD BONUS TRACKS:

15. "Can't Believe It"
16. "Did You Have To Do That"
17. "Watermelon Man"
18. "What Am I To Do"
19. "Let's Go Get Stoned"
20. "Tired Of Trying Bored With Lying Scared Of Dying"
21. "I Put A Spell On You"
22. "Machines"
23. "She Needs Company" (version 1)
24. "Tennessee Waltz"
25. "When Will I Be Loved"
26. "That's All I Ever Want From You Baby"