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A1	Father Of Day, Father Of Night Written-By – Bob Dylan	9:57
A2	In The Beginning, Darkness Written-By – Slade*, Mann*, Rogers*	5:25
A3	Pluto The Dog Written-By – Slade*, Pattenden*, Mann*, Rogers*	2:50
B1	Solar Fire Written-By – Slade*, Rogers*	5:18
B2	Saturn, Lord Of The Ring / Mercury, The Winged Messenger Written-By – Mann*, Rogers*	6:36
B3	Earth, The Circle Part 2 Written-By – Mann*	3:52
B4	Earth, The Circle Part 1 Written-By – Mann*	3:16

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Doreen And Irene Chanter*, Grove Singers
• Bass Guitar – Colin Pattenden
• Design, Photography By – Fin Costello
• Drums [Fibes] – Chris Slade
• Engineer – John Pantry
• Engineer [Contributions By] – Dave Stephens, John Edwardes*
• Guitar, Vocals – Mick Rogers
• Management – H.M.*
• Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals – Manfred Mann
• Percussion [Extra] – Peter Miles (tracks: A2)
• Producer – Manfred Mann And Earthband*
• Technician [Tape Operator] – Laurence Latham*
• Trombone – Paul Rutherford

Notes

All have kanji promotional characters printed on label: 見本盤
Made In Japan.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ILPS 9265	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bronze	ILPS 9265	UK	1973
834785-1	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Bronze	834785-1	Greece	Unknown
ILPS 9265, 87 515 XOT, DE LUXE 30951	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bronze, Bronze, Hataklit Ltd.	ILPS 9265, 87 515 XOT, DE LUXE 30951	Israel	1976
28 778 XOT, 28 778 IT	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, RP, Gat)	Bronze, Bronze	28 778 XOT, 28 778 IT	Austria	1979
28 778 XOT, 28 778 IT	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	Bronze, Bronze	28 778 XOT, 28 778 IT	Austria	1977

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