Introduction: Macarthur Park/Baby Do The Philly Dog/You’re My Girl/Shake A Tail Feather/So Fine/(Our Love)Is In The Pocket/Penny Lane/High In The Sky/Gin House/Bend Me Shape Me/(If Paradise) Is Half As Nice
National Welsh Coast Live Explosion Company was a live album from the mostly lightweight Cardiff pop group Amen Corner, and was untypical of the generality of their music. (UK:19)
“Amen Corner were spirited enough in their playing and singing, but they also appeared a very lightweight group, without a lot of depth - mostly that was true of their singles, but the singles were what defined them. Fairweather-Low was strongly influenced by American soul music in his singing, but finding the balance between that and the pop sound that sold for the group was a near impossible task.”
“Turned loose on stage, Amen Corner could put on a rousing show broken down evenly between American soul and their established hits, including their pre- Immediate successes on Decca Records. They pound and stomp their way through the music that they love like nobody's business. Its a nearly perfect concert album, Fairweather-Low's singing sounds better here than it does on many of the group's studio recordings.”
“The lively Welsh Coast Live Explosion version of Half As Nice vividly salutes the fantastic range and power of Fairweather-Low's extraordinary vocal talents.”
“The National Welsh Coast Live Explosion is a stark contrast to the group’s more sober, clean and clinical single releases. Fantastically energetic, I challenge anyone to listen only to a single track from it. From the moment it bursts into life with a MacArthur Park medley, you cannot turn it off.”
“Amen Corner's live album reveals that they were a fine act live, though it is also a reminder that pop bands were still being screamed at in the late 1960s, a feature that mars several live albums of that decade.”
“That strange haunting voice of AFL belting out old favourites - songs you have forgotten, songs you have remembered. Absolutely brilliant live classics. Simply sit back and sing along - this is a seriously good album.”
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