The Flame (The Flames album)

The Flame is a 1970^[1] album released by South African band The Flames produced by Beach Boys member Carl Wilson. It's the only non-Beach Boys album to be released on their Brother Records label—albeit distributed by Starday-King Records as opposed to Reprise.^[2][3] According to Jerry Osbourne, "The Flame is widely-regarded as the first quad LP."^{[citation needed]} To avoid confusion with James Brown's band of the same name, the "s" on the Flames was dropped, but it was retained on South African pressings.^[4] Unlike previous Flames albums which contain covers, all eleven tracks are original, written by the band.

Track listing[]

As per label, all songs written by Fataar/Chaplin/Fataar/Fataar.

1. "See the Light" – 3:06
2. "Make It Easy" – 3:06
3. "Hey Lord" – 3:49
4. "Lady" – 3:28
5. "Don't Worry, Bill" – 3:17
6. "Get Your Mind Made Up" – 4:10
7. "Highs and Lows" – 4:49
8. "I'm So Happy" – 3:17
9. "Dove" – 2:18
10. "Another Day Like Heaven" – 5:42
11. "See the Light (Reprise)" – 1:28

Personnel[]

• Blondie Chaplin – guitar, vocals
• Ricky Fataar – drums, vocals
• Steve Fataar – guitar, vocals
• Brother Fataar – bass, vocals
•  – engineer
• Robert Jenkins – art direction, photography
• Carl Wilson – producer

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