Machines (EP)

{{Primary sources|date=July 2011}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox album | name = Machines | type = EP | artist = Manfred Mann | cover = Manfred Mann - Machines.jpg | alt = | released = 7 April 1966<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://allmusic-wingsofdream.blogspot.com/2018/06/manfred-mann-down-road-apiece-their-emi.html?m=1|title = Old Melodies ...: Manfred Mann - Down the Road Apiece: Their EMI Recordings 1963-1966|date = 5 June 2018}}</ref> | recorded = 15 December 1965 – 9 February 1966 | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock and roll | length = | language = English | label = His Master's Voice | producer = John Burgess | prev_title = No Living Without Loving | prev_year = 1965 | next_title = Instrumental Asylum | next_year = 1966 | chronology = Manfred Mann }}

'''''Machines''''' 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 7EG 8942. The record was the number 1 EP in the UK number-one EP for 1 week, starting 28 May 1966.

==Track listing== ;Side 1 # "Machines" (Mort Shuman) # "She Needs Company" (Paul Jones)

;Side 2 # "Tennessee Waltz" (Redd Stewart) # "When Will I Be Loved" (Phil Everly)

==Background== For this EP, Manfred Mann's third and last number 1 EP, they chose several non R & B songs to cover including ''Tennessee Waltz'', the best-known version being by Patti Page and The Everly Brothers ''When Will I be Loved''. Jack Bruce is the bassist on these tracks.

==Chart performance== The record reached the Number 1 spot on the UK's EP charts on May 28, 1966.

==References==

* liner notes ;Footnotes

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