''The Flame'' is a 1970 album released by South African band

The Flames The Flames was a musical rock group from Durban in South Africa. They performed across London in the late 1960s, where they met Brian Jones, Keith Moon, Keith Richards, Jerry Garcia, Miles Davis and Carl Wilson. They later traveled to Los Ange ...

produced by

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member

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. It's the only non-Beach Boys album to be released on their

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label—albeit distributed by Starday-King Records as opposed to Reprise. According to Jerry Osbourne, "''The Flame'' is widely-regarded as the first quad LP." 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. 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. #"See the Light" – 3:06 #"Make It Easy" – 3:06 #"Hey Lord" – 3:49 #"Lady" – 3:28 #"Don't Worry, Bill" – 3:17 #"Get Your Mind Made Up" – 4:10 #"Highs and Lows" – 4:49 #"I'm So Happy" – 3:17 #"Dove" – 2:18 #"Another Day Like Heaven" – 5:42 #"See the Light (Reprise)" – 1:28

Personnel

Blondie Chaplin Terrence William "Blondie" Chaplin (born 7 July 1951) is a South African singer and guitarist from Durban, where he played in the band the Flames in the mid to late 1960s. From 1972 to 1973, he was a member of the Beach Boys and contributed ...

– guitar, vocals *

Ricky Fataar Ricky Fataar (born 5 September 1952) is a South African-English multi-instrumentalist of Cape Malay descent, who has performed as both a drummer and a guitarist. He gained fame as an actor in ''The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash'', a spoof on ...

– drums, vocals * Steve Fataar – guitar, vocals * Brother Fataar – bass, vocals * Steve Desper – engineer * Robert Jenkins – art direction, photography *

– producer

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flame 1970 albums Brother Records albums Albums produced by Carl Wilson