Far Out Magazine has published its Ultimate Guide To Britpop Bands, rating their top 20 albums of the era. They describe Mansun as ‘The more proggy side of Britpop‘, and ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ as ‘Artistic and compelling with vivid character portrayals‘ and ‘Strangely mesmeric‘. You can read the full piece on Mansun, and see what they have to say … Read More
Finally available after 22 years of waiting for an official release , this year’s Record Store Day sees the release of the legendary lost Mansun album ‘The Dead Flowers Reject’. ‘The Dead Flowers Reject’ was recorded at the same time as the cult classic and No.1 vinyl chart album ‘Six’, and can finally be heard for the first time, beautifully … Read More
Webzine ‘God Is In The TV’ has included ‘Spooky Action’ in its ‘Top Twenty Albums Of The Decade’ feature, describing Paul’s voice as ‘The greatest voice of the 90s’. You can read the full article, with all it’s top twenty albums HERE.
Check out this Tom Baker outtake snippit from Witness to a Murder PT. 2, taken from the 4CD Deluxe Edition ‘Demos, Rarities and Outtakes’ CD. Three full Tom Baker takes are included in the disk, together with some new song discoveries and some stunning never before heard versions of tracks from ‘SIX’, including ‘Cancer’, ‘Legacy’ and ‘Fallout’. The ‘SIX’ … Read More
Paul Draper opens the Deluxe 4 disk book reissue of ‘SIX’ and shows some of the delights inside! The lavish four disc Deluxe Book esdition of ‘SIX’ is AVAILABLE NOW from local record stores, or online at The Mansun Official Store. It comprises three CDs featuring the remastered album in full a disc of demos, rarities & outtakes … Read More
The 2nd Mansun podcast, ‘MansunCast 2’ is now online. In it, Paul Draper and engineer PDub talk extensively with Billy Reeves of BBC London about making of ‘SIX’ and it’s deluxe re-issue. You can listen to this fascinating podcast HERE .
With just two days to wait until the ‘Six’ 21st Anniversary Reissue is available on the 22nd March, this video shows the range of beautiful limited edition vinyls available from different outlets. Follow these links to order: Green vinyl from the Mansun Official Store Blue vinyl from Amazon Clear vinyl from the Kscope Store You can find the full ranges of … Read More
To celebrate the release of the 21st anniversary deluxe reissues of Mansun’s SIX, Paul Draper will be signing copies in stores on the week of its release. Paul will also play live, acoustic tracks at each session, accompanied by his guitarist Ben Sink. The in-store sessions will be as follows: LONDON Friday 22nd March, 6pm at Rough Trade West LEAMINGTON SPA … Read More
In the run up to the 21st anniversary reissue of Mansun’s ‘SIX’ an exclusive unreleased version of ‘When The Wind Blows’, is now available to buy/stream: ???? https://mansun.lnk.to/When_The_Wind_Blows ‘When The Wind Blows’ is one of many stunning and previously unheard tracks on the ‘Demos, Rarities and Outtakes’ CD, of the Deluxe 4 disc book edition of ‘SIX’, which also includes … Read More