Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Disc year: 1969 (re-issue 2004)
Disc manufacturer: UK
Audio codec: MP3
Rip type: tracks
Audio Bitrate: 320 kbps
Duration: 44:58

Tracklist:
01 - Malfunction Of The Engine [00:03:50]
02 - You Ain't Made Yet [00:02:58]
03 - It Hurts Me Too [00:03:34]
04 - Paying The Cost To Be The Boss [00:03:35]
05 - Nightlife [00:05:16]
06 - Custom Blues [00:03:11]
07 - Popcorn Man [00:02:15]
08 - Heartbreaker [00:02:49]
09 - Solution [00:07:00]
10 - Amber Blues [00:02:31]
11 - Blues Never Die [00:02:05]
Bonus:
12 - Malfunction Of The Engine (single A-side, 1969) [00:03:24]
13 - Blind Love (single B-side, 1969) [00:02:30]

Band:
Vocals : Roger Cairns.
Lead Guitar : Del Watkins.
Keyboards/Harmonica : Gwyn Mathias.
Bass: John Dover.
Drums: Keith Whiting.

Rare Amber formed in 1968 when two blues musicians from Bristol, Gwyn Mathias (guitar) and Chris Whiting (drums) moved to London and formed the band with Del Watkins (guitar) and John Dover (bass). After several singers the album was recorded with Roger Cairns on vocals, and Chris Whiting had been replaced on drums by Keith Whiting (no relation). The group disbanded in early 1969, “Rare Amber” released an album of the same name. In the same year the band also released a single Malfunction Of The Engine/Blind Love.
The music is a successful blend of originals and covers of compositions by blues kings like Otis Spann and B.B. King. It is made up of progressive heavy blues rock typical of the time, a psychedelic blues monster, although more psych than blues.