Sold Date: March 15, 2014
Start Date: February 19, 2014
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AMEN CORNER Farewell To The Real Magnificent Seven
EX/EX Used Vinyl Record

Record Label: Outline OLLP 5228 AS (Germany)

1969. German Reissue. Features UK hit "Hello Susie," originally by The Move. Includes lyric/photo insert.

Condition: Light board Euro style record jacket has very little wear but a few light creases. Corners are dull. Spine top and bottom are solid. There are no spindle marks on the label. Vinyl is clean, shiny and plays great.

Side One
1. Lady Riga
2. Hello Susie
3. Proud Mary
4. At Last I’ve Found Someone To Love
5. Scream And Scream Again
6. Sanitation
7. Mr. Nonchalant

Side Two    
8. The Weight         
9. (If Paradise) Is Half As Nice         
10. Welcome To The Club         
11. Recess         
12. When We Make Love         
13. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be         
14. Get Back

Review: Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven had two big British hits in "(If) Paradise Is Half as Nice" and "Hello Susie," but seemed to show some real difficulty the band had in making solid LPs for all their success with U.K. singles. What they should have been doing, if there were enough of them, was to concentrate on Andy Fairweather Low originals, which comprise about half the album. These exhibited the soulful rock in which he seemed most engaged, and while it's more lightweight than what, say, Rod Stewart was coming up with, it's not all that far away in musical form. But the covers of "The Weight," "Proud Mary," and a funky "Get Back" couldn't help but be pretty forgettable in comparison with the original hits, which hadn't even been in circulation very long by the time Amen Corner's versions were released. Some of the other material, like "Recess," seemed like relative throwaways that were throwbacks to the happier-go-lucky, poppier sound that had helped give Amen Corner a foothold on the British charts. Among the Fairweather Low originals, a standout is "Mr. Nonchalant," which shares something of the same heartfelt striving feel of Thunderclap Newman.