Rabbitt covered the Jethro Tull classic ‘Locomotive Breath’ [ Ссылка ] in 1972 and released it as a single.
This song has been sourced from the original vinyl single, thanks to Tertius Louw.
B-side was "And The Planets Danced". [ Ссылка ]
It went to #11 on the Springbok Radio charts (in February 1973) and #3 on the LM Radio charts. It was number 96 in the LM Radio Top Hits of 1972. I guess you could say it was a runaway smash!
"Patric van Blerk engaged Trevor on a session to play guitar on a version of Jethro Tull’s ‘Locomotive Breath’ he had wanted to do. The recording session had Errol Friedman playing guitar (Ronnie Robot’s brother), Fransua Roos on keyboards (who did the arrangement), Lou “Moose” Forer (from Suck) on bass and Cedric Samson on drums. The single was put out under Rabbitt and took off into the charts (it made the LM top ten)." — The History Of Contemporary Music Of South Africa (1994, Toga)
The lyrics were “cleaned-up” for the South African censors: “his woman and his best friend” were now “travelling to the sun” and “the all-time winner” had got him by… “the hands”!
When Rabbitt re-recorded this track in 1975 for the ‘Boys Will Be Boys!’ album, the original Jethro Tull lyrics returned; a brave move at the time!
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