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Amen Corner
formed:
1967
disbanded:
1969
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A Welsh R&B-tinged pop band of the 1960s. Initially they specialised in a blues and jazz-orientated style, but were steered by their record companies into a more commercial direction.

Their first singles and album appeared on Decca's subsidiary label Deram, but they left at the end of 1968 to join Immediate, where they were instantly rewarded with a No. 1, (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice in early 1969, followed by another top five entry with the Roy Wood composition Hello Susie.

After recording a live album, Farewell To The Real Magnificent Seven, and a final single, a rather premature cover version of the Beatles' Get Back, they disbanded at the end of 1969.

While sax players Alan Jones and Mike Smith went on to form Judas Jump, guitarist and vocalist Andy Fairweather-Low formed a new band, Fair Weather. The band scored a UK No.6 hit and recorded one album before disbanding a year later. Fairweather-Low went on to a successful solo career in the 1970s and became a regular player with Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Roger Waters. He also worked with the Strawbs and the Bee Gees.


members:
Dennis Byron, Andy Fairweather-Low, Alan Jones, Neil Jones, Mike Smith, Clive Tayler, Blue Weaver
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Greatest Hits POP1977 owned
 
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