Band forming after a split within the successful Welsh rock combo Amen Corner https://monolover.blogspot.com/2017/06/amen-cornerfarewell-to-real-magnificent.html . When sax player Allan Jones quit to start Judas Jump https://monolover.blogspot.com/2018/05/judas-jumpscorch-pas-10001-70-uk.html the remaining members, led by guitarist singer Andy Fairweather-Low, transformed into this 1970. However the band just existed a little more than a year, releasing two albums whereof the second - "Let Your Mind Roll On" - only was issued in Germany and Italy. They scored one UK hit with the 45 "Natural Sinner", but that was it. The other 45:s and this debute album fell short. Listening today part of the music here is far from Amen Corner's positive up-tempo rock. I get a couple of rockers - the hard "Don't Mess With Cupid" the heavy "You Ain't No Friend Of Mine" and the intense "I Hear You Knockin" cover. Further the title song comes as a jazzy instrumental, "Poor Man's Bum A Run" is hard to descibe, but why not Country psych. Add to that a couple of jazzy ballads and what you get is a very mixed bag. But I dont feel split listening. It's all kept well together by production, audio and Fairweather-Low's vocals. Good to my ears and a keeper for sure. Also issued in Germany, France, Italy, US, Japan, Downunder and a couple of South American countries. UK CD on Esoteric Records (ECLEC 2028) came with six bonus tracks. First UK had labels as shown here in a matte fold/out cover.
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