The fourth installment in Manfred Mann's InchRadio DaysInch series covers the highly regarded first lineup of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Manfred Mann (keyboards), Mick Rogers (guitar, vocals), Colin Pattenden (bass), and Chris Slade (drums). Volume 4 spans the early Earth Band material which put the band on the map as a live concert attraction, with every track on this making it's official debut. The band's earliest BBC appearance, when they were still called Manfred Mann, took place on 23 June 1971 when they recorded three tracks for Dave Lee Travis' programme InchLiving Without You,Inch InchBig Betty,Inch and InchMighty Quinn.Inch The latter only exists as a fragment, but all three have been included on this . The centrepieces of this collection are the Inchin concertInch appearances from 1971 (Paris Theatre, London) and 1973 (Golders Green Hippodrome, London), widely regarded as one of the all-time best Earth Band performances captured on tape. InchAshes To The Wind,Inch InchBlack BettyInch and the Chapter Three favourite InchHappy Being MeInch were part of the 1971 session hosted by John Peel that was later made available through the BBC transcription disc InchPick Of The Pops For Your D.J.Inch On 10 January 1972, the band performed a short BBC live set of InchMeatInch and InchMighty Quinn.Inch To promote their InchMessin'Inch album, a further BBC gig for InchPete Drummond's SequenceInch on 3 April 1973 produced InchDealer,Inch InchGlorified Magnified,Inch InchMessin',Inch InchGet Your Rocks Off,Inch and InchCloudy Eyes.Inch In 1973, Manfred Mann's Earth Band were laying down their next album InchSolar FireInch - works-in-progress versions of InchFather Of Day, Father Of Night,Inch InchSolar Fire,Inch and InchBubblegum And KipplingInch (the latter of which became known as InchEarth The Circle, Part 2Inch) were recorded during that September for airing on Inc