- Flaming Galah
Infobox Album
Name = Flaming Galah
Type =Album
Artist = Fraternity
Recorded =1971 -1972
Released =April 1972
Genre =Blues Rock /Boogie Rock /Progressive Rock
Length = 42:13
Label =RCA
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Livestock"
(1971)
This album = "Flaming Galah"
(1972)
Next album = "The Complete Sessions 1971-72 "
(1997)"Flaming Galah" is Fraternity's second and final studio album. This album is very different from Livestock. Where the previous album was mostly a progressive and psychedelic one, Flaming Galah is a largely blues/boogie rock affair. This does not mean they abandoned their progressive side however with re-recordings of You Have a God, Raglan's Folly, and Canyon Suite (known as Grand Canyon Suite on Livestock) and with the introduction of Seasons of Change, one can find a pleasing amount of progressive rock on this album.
Track Listing
1. Welfare Boogie - 3:44
2. Annabelle - 4:00
3. Seasons of Change - 3:56
4. If You Got It - 4:07
5. You Have a God - 3:12
6. Hemming's Farm - 3:49
7. Raglan's Folly - 4:43
8. Getting Off - 3:26
9. Sommerville R.I.P. - 3:55
10. Canyon Suite - 7:21
Personnel
Bon Scott - Lead Vocals, RecorderMick Jurd - Lead GuitarsSam See - Slide Guitar, PianoBruce Howe - Bass GuitarJohn Bisset - Keyboards"Uncle"
John Eyers - HarmonicaJohn Freeman - Drums
Trivia
6 out of the ten songs on Flaming Galah are re-recordings:
*Annabelle originally appeared on Livestock as Cool Spot.
*Seasons of Change originally appeared as a single released after the first album but before Flaming Galah.
*You Have a God has an added echo effect the Livestock version did not.
*Raglan's Folly is shorter on this album and doesn't feature the use of Bon's recorder.
*Sommerville R.I.P. is virtually the same as the Livestock version except it is spelled with an "o" instead of a "u" and has R.I.P. after it. Musically wise, it is an updated version.
*Canyon Suite is a rerecording of Grand Canyon Suite, from Livestock, and features more use of piano, organ, andsynthesized guitar than the original version.Unlike Livestock, Flaming Galah has never had a CD reissue, although both this and the first album have been released as a two CD set including all the singles and other rarities released during Fraternity's career.
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