# Machines (EP)

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{{Primary sources|date=July 2011}}
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{{Infobox album
| name         = Machines
| type         = EP
| artist       = [Manfred Mann](/source/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](/source/Rock_and_roll)
| 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   = [No Living Without Loving](/source/No_Living_Without_Loving)
| prev_year    = 1965
| next_title   = [Instrumental Asylum](/source/Instrumental_Asylum)
| next_year    = 1966
| chronology   = [Manfred Mann](/source/Manfred_Mann)
}}

'''''Machines''''' 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 8942.  The record was the number 1 EP in the [UK](/source/UK) [number-one EP](/source/List_of_number-one_EPs_(UK)) for 1 week, starting 28 May 1966.

==Track listing==
;Side 1
# "Machines" ([Mort Shuman](/source/Mort_Shuman)) 
# "She Needs Company" ([Paul Jones](/source/Paul_Jones_(singer)))

;Side 2
# "[Tennessee Waltz](/source/Tennessee_Waltz)" ([Redd Stewart](/source/Redd_Stewart)) 
# "[When Will I Be Loved](/source/When_Will_I_Be_Loved_(song))" ([Phil Everly](/source/Phil_Everly))

==Background==
For this EP, Manfred Mann's third and last number 1 EP, they chose several non [R & B](/source/R_%26_B) songs to cover including ''Tennessee Waltz'', the best-known version being by [Patti Page](/source/Patti_Page) and [The Everly Brothers](/source/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](/source/UK)'s [EP charts](/source/List_of_number-one_EPs_(UK)) on May 28, 1966.

==References==

* liner notes
;Footnotes

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{{Manfred Mann}}

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

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