Maximum Darkness is the tenth album by the Welsh rock band Man and was released on the United Artists Records label July 1975. It was the second live album released by the band, excluding contributions to two "various artists" live albums, and featured John Cipollina as special guest.
This 5-song live tome (seven, if you count the bonus tracks) represents Man's heaviest and jammy-est monolithic guitar workouts in all their extended glory, which was really the only way catch these guys in their element. Even the album cover looks more akin to a Quicksilver bootleg tape, with the ornate font over the lush photo of unnamed guitarist slinging away on his Gibson. And hey, there's a cover of "Codine", too! But then, not sure if the Dead or the Quicksilvers ever convinced of anything as plot-twisting as "Many Are Called but Few Get Up" or approached the unadulterated rowdiness of "Bananas". Man, does this Man stuff grow on you. Out of the myriads of live records from the 70's this was definitely underrated.
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