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Little River Band: First Under the Wire

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On July 9, 1979, “Capitol” label released “First Under the Wire”, the fifth Little River Band studio album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by John Boylan, Glenn Shorrock, David Briggs, Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble, Clive Harrison and Derek Pellicci.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals
  • David Briggs – lead guitars, Roland synthesizer guitars, electric sitar
  • Beeb Birtles – lead and co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars guitar
  • Graham Goble – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Clive Harrison – bass guitar
  • Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
  • John Boylan – acoustic guitar
  • Peter Sullivan – piano
  • Peter Jones – piano, keyboards, orchestrations
  • Mike Clarke – bass
  • Bill Harrower – saxophones

Track listing:

  1. Lonesome Loser – David Briggs
  2. The Rumour – Glenn Shorrock
  3. By My Side – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  4. Cool Change – Glenn Shorrock
  5. It’s Not a Wonder – Graham Goble
  6. Hard Life (prelude) – David Briggs
  7. Hard Life – Graham Goble
  8. Middle Man – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  9. Man on the Run – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  10. Mistress of Mine – Graham Goble

Graham Parker: Another Grey Area

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On March 15, 1982, “RCA” label released “Another Grey Area”, the sixth Graham Parker album, his first solo album without his regular band, The Rumour. It was recorded in 1981, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Douglas and Graham Parker.

Personnel:

  • Graham Parker – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Nicky Hopkins– acoustic piano
  • George Small – keyboards, ondioline
  • Hugh McCracken– electric guitars, harmonica
  • David Brown – electric guitars
  • Doug Stegmeyer– bass
  • Michael Braun – drums
  • Kurt McGettric – flute, baritone saxophone
  • Jim Clouse – saxophones
  • Paul Prestopino – banjo
  • Jack Douglas– percussion
  • Krystal Davis, Karen Lawrence, Eric Troyer, Fred Hostetler – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Graham Parker.

  1. Temporary Beauty
  2. Another Grey Area
  3. No More Excuses
  4. Dark Side of the Bright Lights
  5. Can’t Waste a Minute
  6. Big Fat Zero
  7. You Hit the Spot
  8. It’s All Worth Nothing Alone
  9. Crying for Attention
  10. Thankless Task
  11. Fear Not

Little River Band: First Under the Wire

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In July 1979, “Capitol” label released “First Under the Wire”, the fifth Little River Band album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by John Boylan. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals
  • David Briggs – lead guitars, Roland synthesizer guitars, electric sitar
  • Beeb Birtles – vocals, electric and acoustic
  • Graham Goble – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars,  arrangements
  • John Boylan- acoustic guitar
  • Peter Sullivan – piano
  • Peter Jones – piano, keyboards, orchestrations
  • Clive Harrison – bass guitar
  • Mike Clarke – bass
  • Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
  • Bill Harrower – saxophones

Track listing:

  1. Lonesome Loser – David Briggs
  2. The Rumour – Glenn Shorrock
  3. By My Side – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  4. Cool Change – Glenn Shorrock
  5. It’s Not a Wonder – Graham Goble
  6. Hard Life (Prelude) – David Briggs
  7. Hard Life – Graham Goble
  8. Middle Man – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  9. Man on the Run – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  10. Mistress of Mine – Graham Goble