The South African Rock Encyclopedia > Rock Legends > 1960s / 1970s > The Third Eye > Albums > Brother
Tracks
- Brother [3:55]
- Once Upon A Time (Part 1) [3:45]
- Once Upon A Time (Part 2) [3:57]
- Listen To The Bells [5:35]
- Sister [3:58]
- Young Folk And The Old Folk [3:27]
- Fire [7:49] The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown cover, see comments below
- Prelude
- Poem
- Fire
All songs composed by The Third Eye except tracks 2 & 3 by Maurice Saul and track 7 by Arthur Brown and Vincent Crane.
Musicians
- Ronnie Selby: Lead Guitar
- Maurice Saul: Vocals, Lead Guitar
- Dawn Selby: Piano, Hammond Organ
- Robbie Pavid: Drums, Tabla
- Mike Sauer: Six String Bass
Produced by Billy Forrest
Engineer – Paul Korsten & Friends
Release information
LP: October 1970, Polydor, 277043
LP, CD: 2010, Shadoks Music (Germany), Shadoks 117
2CD: 2010, Retrofresh, freshcd 172(D) (The Third Eye, 3 albums plus 6 bonus tracks)
Comments
Cover scan supplied by Dmitry Shumakov from Russia, May 2000, other info from Piet Obermeyer, June 2001.
Fire
The “Fire” suite is a cover of a tune by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. The original titles are: “Prelude – Nightmare”, “Fanfare – Fire Poem” and “Fire”.
“Fire” was released by The Third Eye as a single in September 1968, produced by Billy Forrest. The opening spoken words were changed to “I am the son of hellfire” rather than “god…”, possibly to appease the censors. It peaked at number 16 on the LM Radio charts.
When the track was re-recorded and expanded to be part of the “Fire” suite on the “Brother” album, the original proclamation was restored. Hear it at 4:55.
