Amen Corner is one group who has managed to capture the joy of unstructured play time at school — that midday break known as “Recess“:
“Recess”
Amen Corner (1969)
This song has particular meaning for this PTA parent who heads up a Recess Committee as a collective effort to improve the quality of the daily playtime experience at the nearby public school.
Sligo Creek Elementary School Recess Field Dedication
Members of County Council with Sligo Creek PTA, Administration & Students
May 11, 2019
That’s Andy Fairweather–Low, by the way, vocalizing a song he himself did not compose [that would be a gentleman by the surname of Henderson (the catalog record in Discogs links you to Fletcher Henderson, however I am having trouble linking this song title with any release by the famed bandleader], although one he did produce, nevertheless, along with Shel Talmy (early Kinks/Who producer, along with Goldie and the Gingerbreads) for the entire 1969 album, Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven, on which “Recess” appears.
Fun to point out that this song never saw single release, except as the B-side of a 45 released in New Zealand.
“Recess” can also be found on a 1969 sampler album of tracks from renegade indie label, Immediate, that bears the wry title, Happy to Be a Part of the Industry of Human Happiness.
