On the same disc, it’s easily apparent from the strong and astute writing in You’re Driving Me Out Of My Mind (a personal favourite of Mrs Magpie it seems) the ballad Cool Change and Witchery why this band has stood the test of time.ĬD 2 takes us on a slightly different journey although the core band’s ( Graeham Goble – guitar, vocals (1975–92), Glenn Shorrock – vocals (1975–82, 1987–96) Beeb Birtles – guitar, vocals (1975–83) and Derek Pellicci – drums (1975–84, 1987–98) ) still shines through, even with a variety of personnel changes including none other than John Farnham into the fold. On CD 1 Everyday of My Life, the chunkilicious It’s Not a Wonder and the atmospheric Down On the Border have quickly become RMHQ family favourites, especially when played loudish in the car on a long motorway journey recently. I’m surprised how many of the 50+ songs stand up today it’s almost as if the Punk Wars were all in vain. and doing that it’s been a bit of a blast. The Triple Album/Double CD starts with an eight and a half minute opus called It’s A Long Way There and the harmonies are so lush you’d half imagine them to be sung by a host of Angels! A bit cinematic for my current liking but once I’d took my socks off, rolled my jacket sleeves up and put my brain into Miami Vice mode I ‘got it’ and what follows made a lot more sense.Īs I say I no nothing about Little River Band’s discography so have to treat this as a whole new release pretending it’s a soundtrack to some kind of 80’s themed Movie or TV show (cops of course!) from that period …. not least because one of the first ‘freebies’ I ever received was a Cassette copy of their 1978 release SLEEPER CATCHER, which I got in a Goody Bag when I attended a Music Industry Fair alongside my mate who was a manager for FW Woolworth!Ī lot of water and peroxide has flowed under the bridge for all of us since then bringing us to this delightful and thoughtfully packaged release coincidentally just in time for Christmas … isn’t that lucky?Īpart from that album 44 years ago which I remember very little about, I know nothing about one of Australia’s foremost and groundbreaking bands, so this has been a journey of discovery.

WOW! This is a ‘blast from the past’ in many ways ….

A Soundtrack To a Time of Fast Cars, Short Skirts, No Socks, Big Hair and ….

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