''Flaming Galah'' is Australian rock band

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's second and final studio album, released in 1972. This album differs musically from their previous effort, ''

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'', which consisted mostly of a progressive and psychedelic sound. For ''Flaming Galah'', the band moved in a more blues/boogie rock direction. They continued their progressive side however, with re-recordings of a number of tracks from ''Livestock'', such as "You Have a God", "Raglan's Folly", and "Canyon Suite" (known as "Grand Canyon Suites" on ''Livestock''), and with the introduction of " Seasons of Change", a considerable amount of progressive rock is evident on the album. "Annabelle" is a reworking of "Cool Spot", from ''Livestock''. Interviews with band members clarify the songwriting credits for those songs which were credited to the whole band on the album sleeve. John Bisset recalled "Welfare Boogie" as having been written by "Sam eeand possibly Bruce

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, with "Hemming's Farm" being "mainly Sam's". Sam See has stated that he wrote "Hemming's Farm" himself, and co-wrote "Welfare Boogie" with Terry Wilkins from his previous band

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. Bisset himself wrote "If You Got It".

Track listing

*All tracks written by Fraternity unless otherwise stated. #"Welfare Boogie" – 3:41 #"Annabelle" (Mick Jurd, John Bisset) – 3:57 #" Seasons of Change" (John Robinson, Neale Johns) – 3:53 #"If You Got It" – 4:04 #"You Have a God" (M. Jurd, Carol Jurd) – 3:10 #"Hemming's Farm" (Sam See) – 3:48 #"Raglan's Folly" (M. Jurd,

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) – 4:41 #"Getting Off" (M. Jurd) – 3:23 #"Sommerville R.I.P." (Bruce Howe, Sam See) – 3:52 #"Canyon Suite" (M. Jurd) – 7:28

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Personnel

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*Mick Jurd –

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s *Sam See –

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*Bruce Howe –

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*John Bisset – keyboards *"Uncle" John Eyers –

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*John Freeman –

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Re-recordings

Five out of the ten songs on ''Flaming Galah'' are re-recordings of older tracks: *"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'' LP version did not. *"Raglan's Folly" is shorter on this album and does not feature the use of Scott's recorder. *"Sommerville R.I.P." is virtually the same as the ''Livestock'' version except that the first version was named simply "Summerville". *"Canyon Suite" is a rerecording of "Grand Canyon Suites", from ''Livestock'', and features more use of piano, organ, and synthesized 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.

References

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