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]
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| Released | 27 July 1977 | |||
| Recorded | March 1977 | |||
| Studio | Albert Studios, Sydney | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Producer | Peter Dawkins | |||
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 Japanese reissue | ||||
| Singles from The Whole Thing's Started | ||||
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Background
editThe Whole Thing's Started was produced by Peter Dawkins,[3] and was released in July 1977 with Brenton White replaced on lead guitar by Rex Goh.[4] The album spawned the singles "Do What You Do" (June), "That's How the Whole Thing Started" (October) and "Do It Again" (February 1978) but neither album nor singles charted into the top 40.[2] From late 1977, the group supported Rod Stewart during his tour of Australia—he invited them to continue on to the United States and Canada. Their third album, Love & Other Bruises, included re-recordings of some earlier tracks, and was made mid-tour in Los Angeles in July–August and released internationally later that year on Columbia Records with Jimmy Horowitz producing.[3] During the tour, Paul left the band with a new line-up of Goh, Hitchcock, Macara and Russell, plus Joey Carbone on keyboards, Robin LeMesurier on lead guitar and Howard Sukimoto on bass guitar.[5] Paul, in 1980, joined fellow Air Supply bandmate McEntee in the lineup of Divinyls, fronted by Chrissie Amphlett. Air Supply performed in London supporting Chicago and Boz Scaggs.[4]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Graham Russell[6]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
editAir 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
edit| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report)[7] | 32 |
Release history
edit| Date | Region | Label | Format | Catalog | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Australia | CBS | LP | SBP 234999 | [8] |
| 2LP | SBP 241031 | Repackaged with Air Supply | |||
| CAS | 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 | 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
edit- ^ Biographies: Air Supply Retrieved 8 December 2008
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in 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.
- ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'". Whammo Homepage. Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2010. Note: Archived (on-line) copy has limited functionality.
- ^ Spencer, Chris; Nowara, Zbig; McHenry, Paul (2002) [1987]. "Air Supply entry". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. Note: (on-line) version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- ^ ""Teach Me to Run" at APRA search engine". 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
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 13. 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"
