Art Rock, Jazz-Rock, Funk, Prog Rock 1. Automatic Man – Automatic Man (Island Records – ILPS 9397) made in UK original 1976 1st pressing LP | vinyl: excellent (close to NM) | cover: NM | Comes with embossed cover and printed iner sleeve. 2. Automatic Man – Visitors ( Island Records – ILPS 9429) made in USA original 1977 1st pressing LP | vinyl: NM | cover: NM (still in shrink / plastic) Island Records – ILPS 9429 | comes with Black inner custom sleeve and one page insert with lyrics/credits. | incl. embossed cover. Automatic Man was an American rock band from San Francisco. Consisting of well-respected musicians of diverse backgrounds within the rock, funk, and jazz communities of the mid-1970s, Automatic Man played progressive rock and space rock. Despite a well-reviewed 1976 eponymous debut on Island Records and a lone charting single, 1976's "My Pearl", which reached No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] the line-up of Automatic Man was not cohesive. After a second album entitled Visitors, they disbanded in 1977. Formation Automatic Man formed in San Francisco around 1975 when drummer Michael Shrieve decided to quit the band Santana to explore other musical avenues. That led him to work with former Traffic and Spencer Davis Group singer/keyboardist Steve Winwood, percussionist Stomu Yamashta, and synthesizer player Klaus Schulze on the Go album, an experimental progressive rock album that had been released by Island Records a year later. Pat Thrall was approached by Michael Shrieve in 1975 to audition for a band he was forming with Todd Cochran.