Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)

Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today) is the seventh studio album by Kevin Ayers, released in June 1976. This LP marked Kevin Ayers' return to the leftfield Harvest label. Producer Muff Winwood employed a straightforward pop production that clipped some of Ayers' usual eccentricities from the tapes.

Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)
Studio album by Kevin Ayers
Released	June 1976
Recorded	Spring 1976
Studio	Basing Street, London
Genre	Rock
Length	35:17
Label	Harvest (UK) ABC (USA)
Producer	Muff Winwood
Kevin Ayers chronology
Sweet Deceiver (1975) Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today) (1976) Rainbow Takeaway (1978)
Singles from Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)
"Falling in Love Again" Released: March 5, 1976 (Europe only) "Star" Released: April 22, 1977 (UK only) "Mr. Cool" Released: 1977 (US only)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Village Voice	^[2]

The band comprised Rob Townsend from Family on drums, Taste's Charlie McCracken on bass, B.J. Cole's steel guitar and Ollie Halsall's guitar.

Track listing

All tracks written by Kevin Ayers except where noted.

Side 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Star"	4:18
2.	"Mr. Cool"	3:00
3.	"The Owl"	3:14
4.	"Love's Gonna Turn You Round"	4:52
5.	"Falling in Love Again" (Reginald Connelly, Friedrich Hollander)	2:36

Side 2

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Help Me"	2:40
7.	"Ballad of Mr Snake"	2:02
8.	"Everyone Knows The Song"	2:33
9.	"Yes I Do"	3:08
10.	"Blue"	6:26

2009 CD reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Recording source	Length
11.	"Mr. Cool"	John Peel Show, 13 July 1976	3:01
12.	"Love's Gonna Turn You Round"	John Peel Show, 13 July 1976	4:44
13.	"Star"	John Peel Show, 13 July 1976	4:42
14.	"Ballad of Mr. Snake"	John Peel Show, 13 July 1976	2:23
15.	"Shouting in a Bucket Blues"	BBC Paris Theatre, 30 September 1976	5:26
16.	"Star"	BBC Paris Theatre, 30 September 1976	4:40
17.	"Mr. Cool"	BBC Paris Theatre, 30 September 1976	3:44
18.	"Ballad of Mr. Snake"	BBC Paris Theatre, 30 September 1976	2:39
19.	"Blue"	BBC Paris Theatre, 30 September 1976	6:24

Personnel

Musicians

• Kevin Ayers – guitar, vocals
• Billy Livsey – keyboards
• Charlie McCracken – bass
• Ollie Halsall – lead guitar
• Rob Townsend – drums, percussion
• Roger Saunders – rhythm guitar

Additional musicians

• B.J. Cole – steel guitar (tracks 3, 5)
• Rick Wills – bass (track 6)
• Zoot Money – keyboards (track 6)
• Tony Newman – drums (track 6)
• Andy Roberts – guitar (track 8)
• Mickey Feat – bass (track 8)
• Nick Rowley – keyboards (track 8)
• Roger Pope – drums (track 8)
• Pip Williams – arranger (track 5)
• David Bedford – choral arranger (track 10)

Technical

• Muff Winwood – producer
• Mike Robinson – engineer
• Peter Mew – mastering
• Peter Shepherd – design
• Peter Vernon – photography
• Mark Powell – liner notes

References and Sources

• NME – Album review (June 1976)
• Original LP sleevenotes

1. Allmusic review
2. Albums of the Year 1977 (Tom Hull)