Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall '75

Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall '75 is a live album by the Jack Bruce Band released in 2003. It was compiled from a rough mix of a recording of a performance at Manchester Free Trade Hall in June 1975, the only surviving remnant of an abandoned live album project. Bruce's bass guitar is not very prominent in the mix.[1]

Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall '75
Live album by Jack Bruce
Released	20 May 2003
Recorded	June 1975
Genre	Jazz rock, progressive rock, blues rock
Length	111:01
Label	Polydor
Producer	Mark Powell
Jack Bruce chronology
Shadows in the Air (2001) Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall '75 (2003) More Jack than God (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]

Track listing

All songs by Pete Brown and Jack Bruce, except where indicated

Disc one

1. "Can You Follow?" – 1:45
2. "Morning Story" – 7:56
3. "Keep It Down" – 5:45
4. "Pieces of Mind" – 5:56
5. "Tickets to Waterfalls/Weird of Hermiston/Post War" – 25:08
6. "Spirit" (Tony Williams) – 10:44

Disc two

1. "One/You Burned the Tables on Me" – 17:01
2. "Smiles and Grins" – 24:39
3. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Brown, Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 12:07

Personnel

Musicians

• Jack Bruce – vocals, bass guitar, piano
• Carla Bley – clavinet, Mellotron, organ, electric piano, synthesizer
• Bruce Gary – drums
• Ronnie Leahy – piano, electric piano, synthesizer
• Mick Taylor – guitar

Production

• Joe Black – project coordinator
• Paschal Byrne – digital editing, remastering
• Mark Powell – liner notes, producer, research
• Margrit Seyffer – reissue
• Phil Smee – CD package design

References

1. Eder, Bruce. "Live at the Manchester Free Trade Hall". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
2. Udo, Tommy (March 2012). "The Jack Bruce Band – Live '75". Classic Rock (168): 108-109.