MARVELOUS KID - Immanuel's Manual (CD)

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: SCD077
Barcode: 0741869419533
Release Date: 30 October 2026
Label: SEELIE COURT

RECORDED IN 1974, IMMANUEL’S MANUAL CAPTURES CORNISH PROGRESSIVE GROUP MARVELOUS KID AT THEIR MOST DEVELOPED, AFTER THE BAND HAD MOVED INTO THE LONDON UNDERGROUND CIRCUIT. THEIR CANTERBURY-INFLUENCED SOUND HAD BECOME LOOSER AND MORE JAZZ-MINDED, WITH LONG-FORM WRITING OPENING INTO EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL PASSAGES AND PETE DAVEY, FORMERLY OF PATTO, ADDING SAXOPHONE AND FLUTE. THE FOUR MAIN PIECES WERE RECORDED IN THE BAND’S HOME STUDIO AND REMAINED UNRELEASED AT THE TIME. THE CD ALSO INCLUDES THE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED “ANTS,” RECORDED AT BBC MAIDA VALE. A REMARKABLE SURVIVING DOCUMENT FROM A BRITISH PROGRESSIVE BAND THAT NEVER MADE THE ALBUM IT CLEARLY DESERVED.

Tracklisting

1. Clench
2. Immanuel’s Manual
3. Don’t Speak With Your Mouth Full
4. Oedipus Wrecks
5. Ants (CD bonus track)

Tri-fold cardboard wallet (mini gatefold).