Borderline/Magic Woman Touch/Story Times & Nursery Rhymes/The Leader/Love Magnet/Tell The Story
The Going’s Easy was the quick follow up album from the British group with the lengthy and ambitious name. The Harvest label was established by EMI in 1969 to market the then burgeoning progressive music genre.
“Psychedelic guitars are at the top of their power, the Hammond organ goes madder and madder and a saxophone tries to madden the whole world. The melodies are composed and arranged with fantastic mastery.”
“Dynamic horn-rock which flirts with proto-progressive soundscapes. Definitely an improvement over the last album which was riddled with standard blues-rock numbers.”
“People who mention prog rock have no idea what they are talking about. This is a 70s rock band with some jazzy undertones, but don't think Chicago, they are much better than that. Nice Led Zep type of riff intermingled with horns and jazzy arrangements. A pleasant surprise.”
“Groovy, jazz-driven but at times bluesy prog of the first order. The name may be a slight overstatement but the pair of albums this group left behind in their all too brief spell are superior examples of the genre. Given the high standards being achieved by Harvest at the time it is no mean praise to say that none of their label mates could touch them in the prog-jazz stakes.”
“On a par with their debut, featuring fairly heavy prog rock. But somewhat stronger use of horns tends to yield a soul flavour to their sound at times.”
“A tumultuous and deliciously overpowering instrumental of Latin infused brass-rock peppered with scorching guitar leads and flaming organ work.”
“With excellent vocal power, and a ferociousness tempered by Latin, jazz, soul and folk inflections, the group’s forte are clearly the long multi-sectioned pieces like the nine minutes plus Love Magnet.”
“This record is rough but beautiful, no over repeating of motives, many sudden mood swings, and the singer has a very expressive voice that switches from gentle to angry instantaneously. There is hardly a weak moment on this album. The frantic Borderline is as good as the beautiful ballad Love Magnet.”
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