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The Good Earth is the fifth studio album released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1974. Its opening song is a cover of "Give Me the Good Earth", written by Gary Wright and released on his 1971 solo album Footprint, while tracks 2 and 3 were originally by Australian progressive rock band Spectrum.

Early owners of each copy of The Good Earth were entitled to rights over 1 square foot of the earth situated at Llanerchyrfa in the County of Brecon, in Wales. The inner sleeve included a coupon that had to be sent for registration. This was part of the promotion activities linked to the album that had ecological inspirations. There was no swindle and thousands of fans were registered. Registration could be done on or before 31 December 1975.

The album was on the US Billboard 200 charts for three weeks, peaking at number 157 on 7 December 1974.

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Album

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
Official
The Good EarthManfred Mann’s Earth Band12" Vinyl7
  • GB1974-10-11
BronzeBRON 306[none]
The Good EarthManfred Mann’s Earth Band12" Vinyl7
Bronze88 369 XOT[none]
The Good EarthManfred Mann’s Earth BandCD7
  • XE1987-08-20
  • GB1987-08-20
CohesionCOMME CD 12, COMMECD 125020293200128
The Good Earth (The Re-Masters)Manfred Mann’s Earth BandCD10
CohesionMANN 0075019148619086
The Good Earth (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Paper Sleeve Collection – Vol.1)Manfred Mann’s Earth BandCD10
  • JP2005-05-31
Air Mail Archive (sublabel of Air Mail Recordings, cat # AIRAC-)AIRAC-11094571136370993
The Good EarthManfred Mann’s Earth BandCD7Bronze258 734-2174007192587346
The Good EarthManfred Mann’s Earth BandCD7Bronze258 734-2174007192587346

Relationships

included in:40th Anniversary
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/9385 [info]
lyrics page:https://genius.com/albums/Manfred-manns-earth-band/The-good-earth [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/manfred-manns-earth-band/the-good-earth/ [info]
https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/22209/ [info]
https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4754 [info]
https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/The_Good_Earth/24093 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000382593 [info]
Wikidata:Q1946242 [info]