The next single was recorded under Jackie Christian (no idea why the band wasn't added to the label), was "Rosy / You Chose a Fine Time" and released in 1972. This single was also released in NZ. The band signed with Alberts in 1974, and they recorded two songs penned and produced by Vanda & Young, namely "Love" and "The Last Time I Go to Baltimore". "Love" was chosen as an A-side and the single was released on the Alberts label. Polydor released it under the name Jackie Christian and Target in Canada and NZ.
Flight also recorded another Vanda & Young song called "Love Fever", but the producers did not like Jackie Christian's vocals and eventually gave the song to Ray Burgess, who recorded verses over Jackie Christian and Flight's track (which included backing vocals). The song was released in 1975 and was a hit for Burgess. The band featured Tony Currenti (who played on AC/DC's 'High Voltage') on drums. Not long after, Jackie Christian went solo, and the members of Flight disbanded and went on to join various successful bands.
Members
Jackie Christian (vocals), Tony Currenti (drums), Phil Doherty (guitar), Michael Meehan (guitar), Steve Hart (bass)
''Love (#86) / The Last Time I Go To Baltimore'' 1974 Alberts
Good God that brings back some memories. Jackie Christian and Flight. they were all New Aussie Jackie Con? and his girl friend Sue? (Big lunged Sue a very nice Brunette lady about 20 at the time I remember her) used to come to our place a few times at Moorfields rd Kingsgrove when "Love" (I always thought it was called "But you gotta show me") came out. My father was a 5 quid Pom and was peripherally aquainted with Vander and Young via the Villawood Spam cans (anyone that was there knows, as well a the Youngs kenn that Red Fire Engine in Burwood park we used climb all over in the 60s every Sunday and old Victoria Park pool LOL)Man they were the days. When Reginaldos Pizzas were "Real Pizza's" not the processed cheap crap they sell now. Reginaldo had a real wood Oven and the Pizzas were 2 inchs thick, not the Mob enforced fast food discs they sell now. God I miss those "Real Pizzas". We all grew up with all the Races in those early decades after the war and I loved them all, but the what passes for a pizza now is just cheese on toast they wave a sausage and the bottom of tomato drenched ladle over. When I went back to Reginaldos in the mid 90s I had one slice and left 90% of the pitiful thing as a tacit sign of displeasure that a piece of our multi culture had gone the way of the greedy psychopath bankers. Funny days though. St Goerge Dragons end of season BBQ at Clempton park and Stuart Mills drank a schooner with a cigarette butt in it and hurled and with in 30 seconds the entire tent of 50 people spewing or dry heaving cause it was raining and everyone was jammed in there. The big dope plant I found growing in a front yard on Moorfields rd that filled up 3 of those old Woolies bags (the big stiff paper ones about 5 gallon volume) or the night I decided I wasn't going to walk via streets but as the crow flies home from Tempe all the way to Kingsgrove much via the old green belt beside the East Hills in a straight line. However by Bexly North and Bardwell Valley I was climbing over houses and factories trying to hold a straight line and did for of the way and though people came out angry, but when I told them what I was doing and wasn't out to steal anything they just laughed and went back inside. Australia was different place then. I could drive around with my rifle under the back seat and the Cops were more interested in the bald tires. If it wasn't for Politicians we'd still have a culture. I still remember Askin taking a 20,000 bribe so the Southern Cross Rally could start at Wentworth not far from Rogerson murdered Lanfranchi. The greedy lard assed bent SOB Masonry making "good" (thieves) men richer and get away with mass murder for 30 years; when i rode past Rogerson on a stolen CR125 motorcycle outside Kingsgrove Police station in my school unform but the Kingsgrove South HS tie on and did it up then left back at the where I took looking brand new but with the Red Devil colour scheme. A culture where the innocent are not punished for what "might" happen until an actual crime does occur and 70% of what did like Port Arthur was manipulative political psychos in any case. ^0's Australia in the South Western Suburbs. What a ball. I should have written a book about it. I still laugh so hard about what we got up to in unmalicious mischief I nearly spew. The Kingsgrove brick pit Sluggy wars. Riding motor cycles along the East hills line greenbelt and storm drain system from Kingsgrove to St Marys, Holsworthy and Wallachia near enough on unregistered self made trail bikes. The poor kids of today have been ripped off. That area is destroyed now.
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