Livestock (Fraternity album)

Livestock
Studio album by Fraternity
Released	June 1971
Recorded	1970–1971
Genre	Progressive rock psychedelic rock
Length	36:08 (LP version) 42:38 (CD version)
Label	Sweet Peach (LP) Connoisseur Collection (CD reissue)
Producer	James Stewart Doug Ashdown
Fraternity chronology
Livestock (1971) Flaming Galah (1972)

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AllMusic	[1]

Livestock is the first album by Australian rock band Fraternity, released in 1971. Livestock is a largely progressive and psychedelic album, and was originally released on the Sweet Peach label, one of only ten albums ever released on it. Livestock was re-released for the first time on CD in 1998 with an alternative cover and three bonus tracks.

Track listing

1. "Livestock" (Mick Jurd, John Bisset) – 3:39
2. "Summerville" (Bruce Howe, Sam See) – 4:22
3. "Raglan's Folly" (M. Jurd, Bon Scott) – 6:02
4. "Cool Spot" (M. Jurd, Bisset) – 4:53
5. "Grand Canyon Suites" (M. Jurd) – 4:53
6. "Jupiter's Landscape" (Howe, See) – 2:47
7. "You Have a God" (M. Jurd, Carol Jurd) – 2:27
8. "It" (Jimmy Stewart, Doug Ashdown) – 8:28

1998 CD reissue

1. "The Race pt. 1" (Stewart, Ashdown) – 2:56 (Non-album single) *
2. "Seasons of Change" (John Robinson, Neale Johns) – 3:36 (single version) *
3. "Livestock" – 3:39
4. "Summerville" – 4:22
5. "Raglan's Folly" – 6:02
6. "Cool Spot" – 4:53
7. "Grand Canyon Suites" – 4:53
8. "Jupiter's Landscape" – 2:47
9. "You Have a God" – 2:27
10. "It" – 8:28
11. "The Race pt. 2" (Stewart, Ashdown) – 4:12 (B-side of track 1) *

(*) indicates bonus tracks.

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	44 [2]

Personnel

• Bon Scott – lead vocals, recorder
• Mick Jurd – lead guitar
• Bruce Howe – bass guitar
• John Bisset – keyboards
• John Freeman – drums
• "Uncle" John Eyers – harmonica on tracks 1 & 11 of the 1998 CD reissue

References

1. Valdivia, Victor W. "Fraternity - Livestock". AllMusic . Retrieved 10 July 2017.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 118. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.