BLACKFEATHER
Single:
Seasons of Change entered the Australian singles chart* on 14 June 1971 and peaked at #11. The song was #65 on the Top 100 of 1971.
Album:
The song is on At the Mountain of Madness which entered the Australian albums chart* on 17 May 1971 and peaked at #14.
Songwriters:
Neale Johns, John Robinson
Producers:
Richard Batchens, John Robinson
Record label of Australian release:
Infinity
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
FRATERNITY
Lead vocals by Bon Scott, later of AC/DC
Australian singles charts:
Seasons of Change entered the Australian singles chart* on 10 May 1971 and peaked at #51.
Album:
The song is on Flaming Galah which entered the Australian albums chart* on 20 March 1972 and peaked at #28.
Songwriters:
Neale Johns, John Robinson
Producer:
Fraternity
Record label of Australian release:
Sweet Peach
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
The Blackfeather album At the Mountains of Madness included the track Seasons of Change, co-written by Neale Johns and John Robinson. During recording in late 1970, Robinson asked members of the group Fraternity, John Bissett and Bon Scott, to contribute to the album. Johns and Robinson gave Fraternity Seasons of Change to record as a single, with Scott on lead vocals. Fraternity relocated to Adelaide and released it in March 1971, peaking at #1 on the Adelaide charts. Robinson had a verbal agreement with Infinity’s David Sinclair that their label would not release the original Blackfeather version to compete with it. However, as soon as Fraternity’s version began charting in Adelaide, Festival broke that agreement and rush-released the Blackfeather version as a single.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfeather
Also on Milesago: www.milesago.com/artists/blackfeather.htm
Lyrics:
See the snow falling on the ground
Days of old, cold so cold
Red ship sailing among the clouds
Melts the snow, still I′m cold
People dancing in the street
In the town, a small boy cries
Eyes of love turn to nerves of stone
Blind the sun, not for me
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