Maximum Darkness

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{{Infobox album

| name = Maximum Darkness

| type = live

| artist = Man

| cover = Man_Maximum_Darkness.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1975|09}}

| recorded = 26 May 1975

| venue = The Roundhouse

| studio = The Manor Mobile

| genre =

| length = 50:15

| label = United Artists

| producer = Man

| prev_title = Slow Motion

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = The Welsh Connection

| next_year = 1976

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r43970|pure_url=yes}} |title=AllMusic ((( Maximum Darkness > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=2009-12-01 }}

}}

Maximum Darkness is the tenth album by the Welsh rock band Man and was released on the United Artists Records label September 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.manband-archive.com/music/index.php |title=Manband Archive - Music |publisher=www.manband-archive.com |accessdate=2009-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504111851/http://www.manband-archive.com/music/index.php |archivedate=4 May 2009 }} Rumours that Micky Jones had to over-dub Cipollina’s guitar, as it was out of tune, before the album could be released,{{cite book

| editor1-first= Jonathan

| editor1-last= Buckley

| editor2-first= Mark

| editor2-last= Ellingham

| year= 1996

| title= Rock: The Rough Guide - Man

| edition= 1st

| publisher= Rough Guides Ltd

| location= London

| pages= [https://archive.org/details/rockroughguide00buck/page/539 539–540]

| isbn= 1-85828-201-2

| url-access= registration

| url= https://archive.org/details/rockroughguide00buck/page/539

}} are greatly exaggerated. Only one track, "Bananas", had to have his playing removed/replaced, per Deke Leonard: "Everything ... which sounds like Cipollina is Cipollina."[https://web.archive.org/web/20120412165239/http://terrascope.co.uk/Features/Micky_Jones.htm Many Are Called, But Few Get Up - a tribute to Micky Jones of the Man band (by Phil McMullen)]

The album spent two weeks in the UK album chart, peaking at No 25.[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ Chart Stats for Man Albums] Retrieved 14 August 2009. It was the band's last release on United Artists, before moving to MCA Records.