Tracklist

A1	Astral Man	3:07
A2	Nelly The Elephant	5:02
A3	Early Morning Clown	3:21
A4	That’s Life	6:49
B1	Fidgety Queen	4:04
B2	Oh Willy	4:00
B3	Little Boy	3:03
B4	Show Me The Way	5:55
B5	Finale	1:36

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – ABC Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bellaphon Records
• Copyright (c) – Passport Records, Inc.
• Published By – Bellver Musikverlag
• Published By – Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc.
• Recorded At – Chipping Norton Recording Studios
• Remixed At – Dierks Studios
• Remixed At – Air Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria

Credits

• Art Direction [Front] – Pierre Tubbs
• Art Direction [Inside And Back] – Helmut Wenske
• Backing Vocals – Kenneth Cole (tracks: A3, A4, B3), P.P. Arnold (tracks: A3, A4, B3)
• Bass Tuba – Phil Brown (tracks: A1)
• Bass, Vocals – "Mo" Moore*
• Drums, Percussion – Ron Howden
• Engineer [Re-mix] – Dieter Dierks (tracks: A3), Geoff Emerick (tracks: A1)
• Engineer [Recording] – Barry Hammond
• Guitar, Lead Vocals – Roye Albrighton
• Keyboards, Vocals – "Taff" Freeman*
• Mastered By [Runout Etching] – RL*
• MC [Ringmaster] – Bob Calvert* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1)
• Performer [Visual Minority, General Hassles] – Mick Brockett*
• Photography By [Front - Photo Finishing] – Bob Seales
• Photography By [Front] – Bryce Attewell
• Photography By [Inside And Back] – Dieter Weis
• Producer – Peter Hauke
• Sounds, Effects [Special] – Dieter Dierks
• Tenor Saxophone – Steve Gregory (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
• Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
• Trombone – Chris Pyne (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
• Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
• Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
• Tuba – Stephan Wick* (tracks: A1)
• Written-By, Producer – Nektar

Notes

US release Label variation:
Passport label with "Passport Records Inc. Marketed by ABC Records Inc. L.A. Calif..."

Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, England, 22nd March to 1st April 1974.
Engineered (with help of the engineers handbook page 128 § 4). Remixed at Dierks Studios, Germany, 18th, 19th April and 13th to 15th June 1974.
Engineered (engineers handbook page 4 § 128 german version).
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.
"Astral Man" re-mixed at Air Studios, London, November 20, 1974.
"Early Morning Clown" re-mixed at Dierks Studios, Germany, November 2, 1974.

Front-photography filmed on location in the wastelands of Wandsworth, England.
All other photographs made at Circus Krone at their site in Dortmund, Germany.

Published world-wide by Bellver Musikverlag (Frankfort)
Sub-published in the U.S. and Canada by by Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

℗ 1974, Bellaphon Records / © 1975 Passport Records, Inc. / Marketed by ABC Records, Inc.
Produced for Bellaphon/Bacilus Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): PPSD-98005-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): PPSD-98005-B
• Matrix / Runout (Etched Side A): I S PPSD-98005-A 1A RL
• Matrix / Runout (Etched Side B): I S PPSD-98005-B 1B RL
• Matrix / Runout (Stamped Both Sides): Sterling
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLPS 19190 Q	Nektar	Down To Earth ‎(LP, Album, Quad)	Bacillus Records	BLPS 19190 Q	Germany	1974
DRS 1005	Nektar	Down To Earth ‎(LP, Album)	Direction Records	DRS 1005	New Zealand	1974
UAG 29680	Nektar	Down To Earth ‎(LP, Album)	United Artists Records	UAG 29680	UK	1974
BLPS 19190 Q	Nektar	Down To Earth ‎(LP, Album, Quad, RP)	Bacillus Records	BLPS 19190 Q	Germany	1974
IECP-10056	Nektar	Down To Earth ‎(CD, Album, RE, Pap)	WHD Entertainment, Inc.	IECP-10056	Japan	2006

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