Flash and the Pan (album)
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Flash and the Pan was Flash and the Pan
's 1979 debut album release. The album covers differed between the Australian release and UK
release (shown below). The track "And The Band Played On (Down Among the Dead Men)" — about the sinking of the Titanic — was released as a UK single, reaching No. 54 in September 1978.
"Walking in the Rain" was later covered by Grace Jones
, as part of her 1981 Nightclubbing
album. The song was also recorded by South African icon Johannes Kerkorrel
, who included it on his album Die Ander Kant in 2000.
Flash and the Pan
Flash and the Pan was an Australian New Wave musical group initiated during the late 1970s by Harry Vanda and George Young, both former members of The Easybeats...
's 1979 debut album release. The album covers differed between the Australian release and UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
release (shown below). The track "And The Band Played On (Down Among the Dead Men)" — about the sinking of the Titanic — was released as a UK single, reaching No. 54 in September 1978.
"Walking in the Rain" was later covered by Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
, as part of her 1981 Nightclubbing
Nightclubbing
Nightclubbing is the fifth studio album by Grace Jones, released in 1981. It is the second of three post-disco albums that Jones made at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and became Jones' commercial breakthrough and also formed the basis of her groundbreaking concept tour A One Man Show...
album. The song was also recorded by South African icon Johannes Kerkorrel
Johannes Kerkorrel
Johannes Kerkorrel was an Afrikaner singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright from South Africa....
, who included it on his album Die Ander Kant in 2000.
Track listing
- "Hey, St. Peter"
- "Man in the Middle"
- "Walking in the Rain"
- "The African Shuffle"
- "California"
- "Lady Killer"
- "The Man Who Knew the Answer"
- "Hole in the Middle"
- "And the Band Played On (Down Among the Dead Men)"
- "First and Last"
Personnel
- Harry VandaHarry VandaHarry Vanda , is a Dutch-born Australian popular music singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer.-Career:...
- producer, guitar, vocals - George Young - producer, synthesizer, lead vocals
- Les Karski - bass
- Ray ArnottRay ArnottRaymond "Ray" Walter Arnott is an Australian rock drummer, singer-songwriter, he was a member of Spectrum , which had a number one hit with "I'll Be Gone" in January 1971...
- drums - Warren Morgan - piano