The Winstons – Color Him Father / Amen, Brother

Interesting to note that "Color Him Father" has a similar song structure when compared to the 1967
https://discogs.versitio.com/master/2877442-The-Poets-Cant-Wait-Until-Tomorrow

Instead of categorizing this record as a mis press how about mentioning defective.

Don't listen to all the, "ouuu is it stereo", talk. It's they orginal Amen you nutters, their all like "ouuu this press, no confidence" like it's some hipster repress, like this isn't they most sampled record ever, absolutely hilarious. Lay off the Starbucks soy latte lads!

Amen break is always sampled in mono anyway, advanced mic'ing techniques of drums didn't even exist in the time period this track was recorded. You always mono in to your sampler. traditionally an S950.

This is Amen, what more is there to say, what more do you want? It's a slice of history and more than perfectly fine for the purpose of sampling, it is the standard.

But... Prices people are trying to scam the hipsters, prices are getting extortionate, don't ever massively over pay, when there's a very high quality Soul Jazz Records repress and there's the difference but still usable Ultimate Breaks (it's a 33 on the break part) version too.

If you can get a copy at a reasonable price go for it, I see it for under £10 in charity shops and at car boot sales at least twice a year, this record is not rare. I paid £8 for my VG original press version, its not mint but it plays completely fine, DO NOT pay 30 to 80 quid for Amen!!! It's just Amen - everyone has it! Do not let resellers exploit you if you are new to vinyl! It's they most sampled record ever because everyone has it, it is not rare.

Soundsoftheuniverse will sell you the JSR high quality repress for £12 (currently in stock), people a scummily reselling this record for double and more, if your in London just cycle on down to Soho (bus isn't worth it as getting it posted to you is cheaper),
And cop a copy for 12 quid , if you can't pick up in person they'll post it to you anywhere in the UK from purchase on the website for £2.80.

Amen is an important / legendary break yes, but it's value is around £10 max, most people who own it got it free or for 50p from a charity shop (I'm not over exaggerating), don't get robbed people. Look up reviews and the Jazz Soul Records press, it is highly rated. The UBB version is about £14 with postage! And again just keep an eye out in the charity shops and at boot sales, almost everyone who ever gave up hardware sampling has or had a copy of Amen so these get dumped in charity shops all the time from attics.

I own most versions of Amen Brother (I have multiples of some), if you are a prolific Amen break sampler, assuming your needle is in good nick and your turn table is decent (1210 being my base standard of "decent", so as good as that or above) - your going to get a few thousand plays out of the record from new before it's completely destroyed, a typical VG original that's already been played a lot, give it a wash and call it 100 plays before it's done. Obviously you'll save your sampled Amen at different clip on the audio in to your sampler, play it at different speeds and through different outboard gear like compressors an all that, 100 spins is more than enough to last a few years as you'll reuse each sample dozens of times. So you really only need two alright copy's and your golden. You don't need 50x of this record and you don't really "NEED" the original considering the JSR press is the bees knees. If you can, on a budget of max £30 get the original or JSR and maybe a year later pick up the UBB version on a repress run - your ABSOLUTELY golden mate!

Iconic record. A must for break beats sample based production, but not worth these inflated hipster prices. Other good options are available (quality represses).

Very possibly they best version, the ultimate breaks & beats version is iconic too (which i own also on 7" and the 12" compilation, its fine. I'd rank it a hair below a VG+ original press - UBB version is totally usable and definitely worth it if the price is rite though, just know the play speed on tbst version changes on the break).

I'd rate this slightly above the original press (which I own), which would make this they best version (but every version ive mentioned here is usable, reason - the noise floor is much lower, its a better quality press, sacrilege I know! But Amen was never a super high quality vinyl pressing, the original is fine of course (and a slice of history), if you can pick the original 7" at a charity shop or car boot sale for under £8 do it, but it's pointless paying 30 to 80 quid for it when some very decent represses exist, this being the cream of the crop.

It doesn't sound digitally sourced, it's spot on to my ears and im pretty picky usually!

I'd assume the 12" LP from the same represser / record lable is just as good but I only wanted Amen (and the iconic original known for being sampled was the 7") so this was a no brainer.

How good of a press this was actually shocked me.

Good, good, good! Can't recommend this version enough!

It’s a shame that Richard Spencer was not taken care of by at the very least the multi millionaires that sampled the break. Ice cube can’t afford to take care of this guy? Come on

WOW this record is quiet. Probably one of the quietest records I own. Talking about surface noise here, you can barely hear any, especially in the runout.

On sale on their website again - my 1st run copy sounded so good

i just dug this from a load of old boxes in a 2nd hand record store, unbelievable find, dude didn't know it, checked it via Discogs - fair enough being his shop/record, but damn, he can almost pay next months heating bill on me finding this for him!
- I would have just cut it with my RE-Issue...forever!...Love Discogs, but also sometimes I hate it - the chances of striking gold on a dig for your efforts are severely diminished thanks to this database/market...

Wax Factor Brighton UK for anyone on the hunt with a spare £300...i should be on commission...!

"Amen, Brother" is an uptempo instrumental funk cover of U.S. gospel standard, "Amen". WhoSampled estimates that, starting with Salt 'N' Pepa's Richard Spencer, and a second one is ongoing.

Sounds like it's based off the LP version of the song.