# Instrumental Asylum

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Instrumental Asylum
| type         = EP
| artist       = [Manfred Mann](/source/Manfred_Mann)
| cover        = MM's Instrumental Asylum.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 3 June 1966<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allmusic-wingsofdream.blogspot.com/2018/06/manfred-mann-down-road-apiece-their-emi.html|title=Blogger}}</ref>
| recorded     = 12 & 24 January 1966
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [British R&B](/source/British_R%26B), [jazz-rock](/source/jazz-rock)
| length       = 
| language     = [English](/source/English_language)
| label        = [His Master's Voice](/source/His_Master's_Voice_(British_record_label))
| producer     = [John Burgess](/source/John_Burgess_(record_producer))
| prev_title   = [Machines](/source/Machines_(EP))
| prev_year    = 1966
| next_title   = [As Is](/source/As_Is_(album))
| next_year    = 1966
| misc = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [Manfred Mann](/source/Manfred_Mann) [EP](/source/Extended_Play)
 | type       = EP
 | prev_title = [Machines](/source/Machines_(EP))
 | prev_year  = 1966
 | title      = Instrumental Asylum
 | year       = 1966
 | next_title = [As Was](/source/As_Was)
 | next_year  = 1966
}}
}}

'''''Instrumental Asylum''''' is an [EP](/source/Extended_play) by [Manfred Mann](/source/Manfred_Mann), released in 1966. The EP is a [7-inch](/source/7-inch) [vinyl record](/source/vinyl_record) and released in [mono](/source/Monaural) with the catalogue number [His Master's Voice](/source/His_Master's_Voice_(British_record_label)) 7EG 8949.

==Background==

The band recorded this as they were in the process of re-organizing. All the songs chosen were covers of current relatively well known pop and rock songs, [The Yardbirds](/source/The_Yardbirds)' "Still I'm Sad" being the most obscure. [Mike Vickers](/source/Mike_Vickers) had left and been replaced on guitar by bassist [Tom McGuinness](/source/Tom_McGuinness_(musician)), who in turn was replaced on bass by [Jack Bruce](/source/Jack_Bruce). Horn players [Henry Lowther](/source/Henry_Lowther_(musician)) and [Lyn Dobson](/source/Lyn_Dobson) took over the lead spot from singer [Paul Jones](/source/Paul_Jones_(singer)), who was soon to quit the band. There is little evidence of Jones on the record. As with most of their other records, both albums and EPs of this era, the liner notes were written by Manfred Mann member Tom McGuinness.

==Track listing==

'''Side 1'''

# "Still I'm Sad" ([Paul Samwell-Smith](/source/Paul_Samwell-Smith))
# "[My Generation](/source/My_Generation)" ([Pete Townshend](/source/Pete_Townshend))

'''Side 2'''

# "[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction](/source/(I_Can't_Get_No)_Satisfaction)" ([Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger), [Keith Richards](/source/Keith_Richards))
# "[I Got You Babe](/source/I_Got_You_Babe)" ([Sonny Bono](/source/Sonny_Bono))

==Personnel==

* [Manfred Mann](/source/Manfred_Mann) – keyboards
* [Henry Lowther](/source/Henry_Lowther_(musician)) – trumpet and flute
* [Lyn Dobson](/source/Lyn_Dobson) – saxophone
* [Paul Jones](/source/Paul_Jones_(singer)) – harmonica
* [Tom McGuinness](/source/Tom_McGuinness_(musician)) – guitar
* [Jack Bruce](/source/Jack_Bruce) – bass guitar
* [Mike Hugg](/source/Mike_Hugg) – drums and vibes

==Chart performance==

This EP was the band's least successful effort since their initial EP release, ''[Cock-a-Hoop](/source/Manfred_Mann's_Cock-a-Hoop)'' in 1964. It reached # 3 in the British EP charts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/m0wbcs.htm|title = Obsolete album artist page}}</ref>

==References==

* liner notes
* https://anorakthing.blogspot.com/2009/05/manfred-mann-jazzbos.html
;Footnotes

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==See also==

*[Instrumental Assassination](/source/Instrumental_Assassination)
*[Soul of Mann](/source/Soul_of_Mann)

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Category:1966 EPs
Category:EMI Records EPs
Category:Manfred Mann EPs
Category:His Master's Voice EPs

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