''Seekers Seen in Green'' is the sixth

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by the Australian group

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. It was released in the UK and Europe in 1967 by

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and

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. It was released in Canada in 1967 and in the US in 1968 by

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. (The American release replaced "On The Other Side" with Kenny Young's "When Will the Good Apples Fall," their last big British hit.) It was also released in Germany and the Netherlands on LP on the Emidisc‡ label in 1976. It was released on CD in 1999 in the UK. ‡(EMIDISC is a product of the EMI-Group Companies issued in Germany by ELECTROLA GmbH., Köln and in the Netherlands by N. V. Bovema, Heemstede). It was the group's final studio album until 1975's ''The Seekers'' which featured the vocals of Louisa Wisseling.

Reception

Richie Unterberger from

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gave the album 3 out of 5 saying; "The pleasant folk-pop harmonic blend was seasoned by orchestration, including trombone, harpsichord, trumpet, clarinet, flute, and celeste. About half of the material was original, but Bruce Woodley penned a couple of interesting collaborations with Paul Simon ("Cloudy") and Tom Paxton ("Angeline Is Always Friday")."

Track listing

Side 1 #"Love Is Kind, Love Is Wine" (Bruce Woodley) – 2:21 #"The Sad Cloud" (Bruce Woodley,

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) – 4:02 #"All I Can Remember" (Keith Potger) – 1:55 #"Chase a Rainbow (Follow Your Dream)" (Bruce Woodley) – 2:28 Side 2 #"Angeline Is Always Friday" (Bruce Woodley,

Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

) – 2:40 #"On the Other Side" (Bob Sage,

Gary Osborne Gary Osborne (born 1949 in London) is an English singer and songwriter. He chaired The Songwriters Executive of the British Academy Of Songwriters Composers and Authors for 12 years during which time he was also chairman of The Ivor Novello Awar ...

Tom Springfield Tom Springfield (born Dionysius Patrick O'Brien, 2 July 1934 – 27 July 2022) was an English musician, songwriter and record producer who was prominent in the 1960s folk and pop music scene. He was the older brother of singer Dusty Springfield ...

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" (Bruce Woodley, Paul Simon) – 2:19 #"Can't Make Up My Mind" (David Reilly, Judith Durham) – 2:18 #"Rattler" (Bruce Woodley) – 2:51 #"Colours of My Life" (David Reilly, Judith Durham) – 2:35

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