Flash And The Pan LP 1978 Australian Vanda Young promo Easybeats AC/DC M—
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Flash And The Pan LP 1978 Australian Vanda Young promo AC/DC M—
Original Australian pressing on red Alberts label.
The best-known alter ego of the Harry Vanda/George Young songwriting team (the creative force behind the Easybeats), Flash and the Pan began simply as a between-production project in 1976. By 1979, the project had turned out a novelty hit with the single "Hey St. Peter." A second single, "Down Among the Dead," also became a hit throughout Australia and Europe, inspiring the release of the album Flash and the Pan. American radio began playing import copies which led to a deal with Epic Records. The album would soon reach the Top 100 in the U.S. despite the lack of a supporting tour. They released two more albums with some minor success in the U.K., but failed to make much impact due to the part-time nature of the project. ~ Chris Woodstra, Rovi
Flash and The Pan - the spoken vocals, the mysterious musical settings and unforgettable melodies - was never meant to last beyond a self-titled debut, but it did.
Formed as a creative release for writer / producers Harry Vanda and George Young, singles like "Hey St. Peter", "Down Among the Dead Men" and "Walking in the Rain", established a momentum that proved difficult to stop. Combining masterful song writing and a decidedly bent world view Vanda and Young managed to create a string of hit albums - attracting a vast and loyal international fan-base in the process.
The story began in 1964 at an austere migrant hostel in Sydney. It was there that George Young made friends with Harry Vanda. They were misfits, no doubt about it (Harry barely spoke a word of English, George's Glasgow brogue was so thick barely anyone understood him) but they formed a friendship that was to last through the decades
That meeting resulted in the formation of a great rock & roll band. The Easybeats created a string of classic hit records including “Friday On My Mind”. Harry and George branched out as producers working with AC/DC, Rose Tattoo and the Angels creating the blueprint for a generation of contemporary rock & roll bands and with John Paul Young, William Shakespeare and Mark Williams writing and producing hit after international hit.
Alongside this body of work they maintained recording Flash and The Pan. Since the debut there's been Lights in the Night, Headlines (including "Waiting for a Train"), Early Morning Wakeup Call (an immense hit in Europe) and Nights in France (including two European Top 10 hits with "Money Don't Lie" and "Ayla".
Harry Vanda - producer, guitar, vocals
George Young - producer, synthesizer, lead vocals
Les Karski - bass
Ray Arnott - drums
Warren Morgan – piano
A1 The African Shuffle 4:27
A2 California 4:18
A3 Man In The Middle 3:19
A4 Walking In The Rain 3:31
A5 Hey, St. Peter 4:23
B1 Lady Killer 4:17
B2 The Man Who Knew The Answer 4:27
B3 Hole In The Middle 4:22
B4 Down Among The Dead Men 4:50
B5 First And Last 6:39
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SLEEVE: EX++ Creasing at top right
RECORD: M— Ex-shop stock, played once
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