Record World Magazine "Hits of the Week" Jan. 13, 1973

[moorlock2003]

Front cover review of "Romany":

Group's growing popularity will be helped by their best LP yet. A rocking "Won't We Feel Good" has hit sound, as does beautiful "Jesus was a Crossmaker". A stunning record. Epic KE 31992.

"Romany" on UK Polydor was listed on two FM radio playlists as an import before its US release.

[anthony]

Have a agree this is a brilliant song

[moorlock2003]

If only it had been released as an A side. Instead it was stuck on the B side of an edited "Slow Down".

[cameron]

Probably one of their best LP opening tracks ever. It's energetic and exciting. A great enthusiastic drum pattern from Bobby and a thumping bass line from Bernie. Also does a "reverse key change", whereby it modulates to a lower key instead of the usual trend of modulating up a tone or to the related major. It was a trick that Tony Hicks and Kenny lynch used in a lot of their songwriting together, though this song wasn't written by them. It's probably Tony's arrangement though.

[anthony]

Mar 9, 2021 20:55:14 GMT cameron said:

Probably one of their best LP opening tracks ever. It's energetic and exciting. A great enthusiastic drum pattern from Bobby and a thumping bass line from Bernie. Also does a "reverse key change", whereby it modulates to a lower key instead of the usual trend of modulating up a tone or to the related major. It was a trick that Tony Hicks and Kenny lynch used in a lot of their songwriting together, though this song wasn't written by them. It's probably Tony's arrangement though.

Agree about being one of their best opening tracks,