The Whole Thing's Started is the second studio album by British/Australian soft rock band Air Supply, released in July 1977.Biographies: Air Supply Retrieved 8 December 2008 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. 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.
Background The Whole Thing's Started was produced by Peter Dawkins, and was released in July 1977 with Brenton White replaced on lead guitar by Rex Goh. Note: Archived (on-line) copy has limited functionality. 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. 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. 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. Note: (on-line) version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. 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.
Track listing
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)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report)32
Release history Date Region Label Format Catalog Notes 1977 Australia CBS LP SBP 234999 "1977 Print Ad" 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"Air Supply History: Chapter 18" 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"Air Supply History: Chapter 16" CBS CAS 463016 4 1991 Japan Epic/Sony CD ESCA 5390 First appearance of full album on CD 1992 Australia Rainbow 2CD 2RCD 111/112 Feel the Breeze, includes Air Supply and The Whole Thing's Started 1996 Korea Columbia/Sony CD 486553.2 Once Upon a Time, includes five tracks from The Whole Thing's Started"Air Supply History: Chapter 20" CAS 486553.4 2002 Japan Epic CD EICP 7033 Reissue of 1991 release
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