Manual Scan was an American mod and power pop group formed in the early 1980s San Diego,
active between 1981 and 1991. Releasing a string of singles beginning in 1981 and an album issued in both the U.S. and England in 1986, the band toured extensively throughout California and Arizona as well as England (the 100 Club and the Marquee, among other venues) and Mexico. The group's song "Nothing Can Be Everything" was included in the 1990 Columbia Pictures release, A Girl To Kill For.
The founding members of Manual Scan were guitarist / singer Bart Mendoza, guitarist Kevin Ring,
bassist David Fleminger and drummer Paul Kaufman, though within a few months of the band's formation Kaufman was replaced by Paul Brewin and singer Yvonne Simon was added on backing vocals and guitar. All except for Fleminger were former students of La Jolla High School .
The band's lineup changed frequently during its existence, with Mendoza and Donaker-Ring as the core
members. Other notable players included drummer David Anderson and Tom Ward, both formerly of Voxx Records group Gravedigger Five. Guests of note include Anthony Meynell, frontman for British mod revival trio Squire, who the band backed in 1985 and Jeff Conolly of garage rockers Lyres who sat in with Manual Scan for six shows in 1989.
Following the demise of the band Donaker-Ring co-founded power pop group, The Shambles in 1992,
with Mendoza joining shortly after. Manual Scan has reunited several times since 2005, recording a live session on 28 January 2010 with producer Alan Sanderson for San Diego-based radio station, KBZT (FM94/9). A best of collection, All Night Scan, was released only on vinyl and as a digital download, in September 2013 by Texas-based Cheap Reward Records.
In early 2022, Mendoza reported "Manual Scan is playing at the Mods Mayhem Festival taking place
June 3-5 in Los Angeles. Other bands include The Untouchables, The Chords UK, The Odd Numbers etc. To coincide with the event there will be a 10-inch limited edition vinyl album of rarities from the bands performing. Manual Scan's contribution is an unreleased version of our song, 'Confidence and Love' recorded in 1985 at Circle Sound Studios."
In this sampler I give you tracks from both compilations of The Manual Scan: All Night Scan! + All Night Stand. I rejected the same songs.
MANUAL SCAN - ALL NIGHT SCAN! 2013
Manual Scan – All Night Scan!
Label: Cheap Rewards Records – CRR-009
Country: US
Released: 2013
Genre: Rock
Style: Power Pop
TRACKS
Label: Cheap Rewards Records – CRR-009
Country: US
Released: 2013
Genre: Rock
Style: Power Pop
TRACKS
01. Nothing You Can Do 1:26
02. American Way 1:59
03. 31968 2:31
04. And We Still Feel The Same 1:42
05. Anymore 1:33
06. New Difference 1:41
07. Jungle Beat 2:06
08. She Said It's Too Late 1:52
09. Nothing Can Be 1:42
10. Ever Any Reason 1:18
11. I Can't Wait To 1:51
12. For Those 1:24
13. Plan Of Action 2:07
14. Come See Me 2:09
15. Confidence And Love 2:07
16. New Song 2:17
17. All Night Stand 1:51
18. The Bird 1:41
19. Woman (Live) 1:50
THE MANUAL SCAN - All NIGHT STAND 1998
Manual Scan – All Night Stand
Label: Get Hip Recordings – GH-1043 CD
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: Aug 21, 1998
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Power Pop, Mod
Label: Get Hip Recordings – GH-1043 CD
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: Aug 21, 1998
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Power Pop, Mod
TRACKS
20. She Said It's Late (Long Version) 1:53
21. The Bird (Demo) 1:42
22. Jungle Beat (Remix) 2:08
23. New Difference (Remix) 1:42
24. I Can Only Give You Everything 2:27
25. Shape Of Things 1:42
26. Delve Into Everything 1:58
27. I Want To Hold Your Hand 2:33
28. It's Alright With Me 1:34
29. Don't Know Where To Start 3:28
30. Fearless 3:28
31. I Want To Hold Your Hand 2:19
32. Don't Know Where To Start 2:54
33. Untitled 1:32