Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Blinded By The Light Written-By – Springsteen*	7:06
A2	Singing The Dolphin Through Written-By – Heron*	8:16
A3	Waiter, There's A Yawn In My Ear Written-By – Mann*	5:35
B1	The Road To Babylon Written-By – Pattenden*, Mann*, Thomas*	6:49
B2	This Side Of Paradise Written-By – Pattenden*, Mann*, Thomas*	4:45
B3	Starbird Written-By – Slade*, Mann*	3:05
B4	Questions Written-By – Slade*, Mann*	3:55

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
• Recorded At – The Workhouse Studios
• Mixed At – The Workhouse Studios
• Mixed At – Advision Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bronze Records Ltd.
• Published By – Intersong Music Ltd.
• Licensed Through – Island Records Ltd.
• Mastered At – CBS Studios, London
• Pressed By – Sonopress
• Distributed By – Ariola
• Printed By – Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG

Credits

• Arranged By [Horn arrangement by] – Derek Wadsworth
• Backing Vocals – Doreen & Irene Chanter*, Mick Rogers, Suzanne Lynch
• Bass – Colin Pattenden
• Choir – Chris Sennett, Gillian Ainscow, Graham Jenkins, Hilary Farmborough, Jacqueline Nicholls, Janet Bunting, Jeremy Paynton-Jones, Laurence Holden, Marilyn Bennett, Peter Cudmore, Philip Keywood, Stan Bailey
• Crew [Road] – Charlie MacPherson, Mick Poole, Mick Williams , Mouse
• Design – Shirtsleeve Studio
• Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Chris Slade
• Engineer – Laurence Latham*
• Keyboards, Vocals [End vocals on Blinded] – Manfred Mann
• Lead Guitar – Dave Flett
• Management – Harry Maloney
• Mastered By – Arun Chakraverty
• Other [Sax solo by] – Barbara Thompson
• Photography – Martyn Goddard
• Producer – Manfred Mann And Earth Band*
• Recorder – David Culpan, Margaret Wood, Tony Rowell
• Strings – David Millman
• Tape Op – Edwin Cross
• Vocals, Guitar – Chris Hamlet Thompson*

Notes

A1: Lyrics printed by kind permission of Intersong Music Ltd.

Mastered at CBS London

Im Ariola-Vertrieb

Printed in Western Germany
Druck: Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG

Also available on MusiCassette 56 261 GT
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Reissue of The Roaring Silence with new catalog number. Label rim text positioned in the upper half of the center label. Issued in this form between late 1977 and 1979.

Initial runs of the 28 789 XOT-edition were packaged in 27 870 XOT-covers with 28 789 XOT-stickers covering the obsolete catalog number on the rear side (cf. The Roaring Silence).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 2313
• Matrix / Runout (Label A): S 27 870 A
• Matrix / Runout (Label B): S 27 870 B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped, variant 1): 27870 A-1/76S Made in Germany
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped, variant 1): 27870 B-1/76S Made in Germany
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped, variant 2): 049 27870 A-1/76S XXXXI
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped, variant 2): 049 27870 B-1/76S XXXXXI
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped, variant 3): 27870 A-1/76S
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped, variant 3): 27870 B-1/76 IV

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ILPS 9357	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	The Roaring Silence ‎(LP, Album)	Bronze	ILPS 9357	UK	1976
27 870 XOT	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	The Roaring Silence ‎(LP, Album)	Bronze	27 870 XOT	Austria	1976
M5-3055, M5 3055	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	The Roaring Silence ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Warner Bros. Records, Bronze, Warner Bros. Records, Bronze	M5-3055, M5 3055	Canada	1977
BSK 3055	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	The Roaring Silence ‎(LP, Album, TP)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3055	US	1976
CECC-00123	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	The Roaring Silence ‎(CD, Album)	Century Records	CECC-00123	Japan	1990