После целого десятилетия музыкальной карьеры, за которое английский рок-органист Манфред Манн (настоящее имя – Майкл Любовиц, родом из ЮАР) выпустил с десяток альбомов как под своим псевдонимом, так и в составе группы Chapter Three, он решил собрать новую команду и назвал ее «Земная группа Манфреда Манна».

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.

Fans of muscular progressive rock will love Solar Fire, a concept album loosely designed around cosmology. The album opens with the majestic "Father of Night, Father of Day," which has the drive and complexity of a prime King Crimson track. As unlikely as it may seem, the track was controversial in Mann's native South Africa because of the "Father of black, father of white" line, implying that apartheid might not extend to infinite space.

Messin' is a rock album released in 1973 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
Messin' followed Glorified Magnified and preceded Solar Fire, and like all Earth Band albums contains a mixture of originals and covers (see track listing below).

Solar Fire - представляет собой концептуальный альбом, созданный под влиянием симфонической сюиты «Планеты» (Op. 32) английского композитора Густава Холста, написанной в 1914 - 1916 годах. Выходу этого альбома предшествовал сингл «Joybringer», вариация на тему четвертой части сюиты - «Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity», ставший первым хитом группы (#9 UK Singles Chart) и включенный в альбом в качестве бонус-трека при переиздании 1998 года.

Chance is an album released in 1980 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Watch — восьмой альбом рок-группы Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, выпущенный 24 февраля 1978 года лейблом «Bronze Records» в Великобритании и лейблом «Warner Bros. Records» в США. Альбом считается студийным, хотя только его первая сторона содержит студийные композиции, а вторая составлена из трех концертных записей (качество записи и исполнения которых весьма высоко и поэтому мало отличается от студийного).

The Roaring Silence is an album released in 1976 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers. "Blinded by the Light", which reached number one in Billboard's Hot 100, is a cover version of a song by Bruce Springsteen; "Questions" is based on the main theme of Franz Schubert's Impromptu in G flat Major; "Starbird" takes its theme from Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird.

The album features German trumpeter Till Brönner, vocal contributions from Carleen Anderson, Robert Hart, Kris Kristofferson, Noel McCalla, Caitlyn Scarlett, Viktoria Tolstoy and Ruby Turner, as well as appearances by members of the Earth Band and others.
Lone Arranger is a series of adaptations of very well-known music, including Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, For You, I Heard It Through The Grapevine and All Right Now, alongside new versions of recordings that contained samples of Manfred’s own music – The Prodigy, Kanye West, Disco Boys.

The set comprises 21 CDs, a 36-page booklet of the band’s history written by Nigel Stanworth, a 32-page book of Manfred’s own memories and anecdotes and a poster of the current band. The catalogue CDs have been remastered and repackaged in LP-style sleeves.