Livestock (Fraternity album)

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.

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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.