Consumer Guide Album

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Glorified Magnified [Polydor, 1972]
Somebody here has been contemplating Mahavishnu--not just Manfred himself, but guitarist Mick Rogers, who generates transcendental density with more rockish ideas than any would-be jazzman would deem mete. More cerebral, more electronic, and more improvisational than the first Earth Band album--but without its pop or literary gratifications. B+