Mandingo
Formed in the early 1970s, Mandingo was formed by British band leader,
conductor, and easy listening/exotica legend Geoff Love (born on September 4,
1917, in Todmorden, Yorkshire, England). After a series of albums and sessions
in the 1950s and 1960s, he chose to move in a different direction and formed the
studio project Mandingo with help from producer Norman Newell. Although the
exotica craze had long since passed, Geoff Love chose to revive the genre with a
group that would feature brass, early electronic experiments and boisterous
exotic drums. Both Geoff Love and Newell bro...
