The Whole Thing's Started
The Whole Thing's Started | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 27, 1977 | |||
Recorded | March 1977 | |||
Studio | Albert Studios, Sydney | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Label | CBS | |||
Producer | Peter Dawkins | |||
Air Supply chronology | ||||
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Alternate cover | ||||
Singles from The Whole Thing's Started | ||||
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The Whole Thing's Started is the second studio album by British/Australian soft rock band Air Supply, released in July 1977.[1] The first single "Do What You Do" was released ahead of the album in June, "That's How the Whole Thing Started" followed in October and "Do It Again" appeared in February 1978. Neither the album nor the singles peaked into the Australian Kent Music Report Top 40 charts.[2]
Background
The Whole Thing's Started was produced by
Track listing
All tracks are written by Graham Russell[6]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Teach Me to Run" | 4:02 |
2. | "Do It Again" | 3:35 |
3. | "Do What You Do" | 3:47 |
4. | "There's Nothing I Can Do" | 3:38 |
5. | "Ready for You" | 4:28 |
6. | "That's How the Whole Thing Started" | 4:03 |
7. | "Love Comes to Me" | 5:51 |
8. | "The Answer Lies" | 3:44 |
9. | "It's Automatic" | 2:57 |
10. | "The End of the Line" | 3:33 |
Personnel
Air Supply members
- Russell Hitchcock – vocals
- Rex Goh – electric guitar
- Graham Russell – acoustic guitar, vocals
- Adrian Scott – keyboards
- Jeremy Paul – bass guitar, vocals
- Nigel Macara – drums
Additional musicians
- William Motzing – arranger and conductor (strings and brass)
Recording details
- Producer – Peter Dawkins
- Engineer – Bruce Brown at Albert Studios, Sydney
- Additional Engineering – Peter Dawkins and Wyn Wynyard
Artwork
- Art Direction and Design – J. Peter Thoeming
- Photography – Patrick Jones
Charts
Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)[7] | 32 |
Release history
Date | Region | Label | Format | Catalog | Notes |
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1977 | Australia | CBS | LP | SBP 234999 | [8] |
2LP | SBP 241031 | Repackaged with Air Supply | |||
CAS
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PC 4999 | ||||
Rainbow | RSV-001 | ||||
Summit/Rainbow | SUL 3001 | ||||
1980 | Japan | Epic/Sony | LP | 25•3P-238 | Japanese reissue, alternate cover[9] |
1981 | Australia | Harmony | LP | HC 15070 | Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from The Whole Thing's Started |
CAS | TCHC 15070 | ||||
Summit/Rainbow | SC 3036 | ||||
1988 | Australia | Columbia/ Sony
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CD | 463016 2 | |
CBS/Disctronics | 463016 2 | Reissue of 1981 compilation, alternate cover[10] | |||
CBS | CAS | 463016 4 | |||
1991 | Japan | Epic/Sony | CD | ESCA 5390 | First appearance of full album on CD [9] |
1992 | Australia | Rainbow | 2CD | 2RCD 111/112 | Feel the Breeze, includes Air Supply and The Whole Thing's Started [9] |
1996 | Korea | Columbia/Sony | CD | 486553.2 | Once Upon a Time, includes five tracks from The Whole Thing's Started[11] |
CAS | 486553.4 | ||||
2002 | Japan | Epic | CD | EICP 7033 | Reissue of 1991 release[9] |
References
- ^ Biographies: Air Supply Retrieved 8 December 2008
- ^ ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own chartsin mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
- ^ a b Holmgren, Magnus; Thornton, Mary Ann; Padgett, Chris. "Air Supply". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the originalon 5 April 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2010. Note: Archived (on-line) copy has limited functionality.
- ISBN 1-86503-891-1. Note: (on-line) version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machinein 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Australasian Performing Right Association(APRA). Retrieved 17 August 2010. Note: Results for "Teach Me to Run" are shown. Search engine (at 'Search again' tab) requires user to enter song title e.g. Do It Again
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "1977 Print Ad"
- ^ a b c d "Air Supply History: Chapter 18"
- ^ "Air Supply History: Chapter 16"
- ^ "Air Supply History: Chapter 20"