Marcia Hines Live Across Australia Explained

Marcia Hines Live Across Australia
Type:live
Artist:Marcia Hines
Cover:Marcia_Hines_Live_Across_Australia.jpeg
Released:February 1978
Recorded:1976–1978
Genre:Disco, pop
Label:Miracle Records
Producer:Robie Porter
Prev Title:Ladies and Gentlemen
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Ooh Child
Next Year:1979

Marcia Hines Live Across Australia is the first live album (fourth album in total) from Australian recording artist, Marcia Hines. It peaked at No. 7, becoming Hines' fourth consecutive top ten album. It sold over 50,000 in five days[1] and sold over 100,000 copies in total.[2] [3]

The album was released digitally in November 2016.[4]

Background

Hines had toured solidly through 1976–77, cementing her recording success with sell-out shows around the country. The band that consisted of Stephen Housden (guitar), Frank Esler-Smith (keyboards), Tony Hedges (keyboards), Warren Ford (keyboards), Mike Cleary (trumpet), Mike Bukovsky (trumpet), Richard Gawned (tenor sax, flute), Steve Parkinson (baritone sax, flute), Monalisa and Terry Young (backing vocals), Jackie Orszaczky (musical director, bass) and Mark Kennedy (drums)[5]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) - 3:26
  2. "Once We Get Started" (Gavin Christopher) - 3:52
  3. "You" (Tom Snow) - 3:%2
  4. "Maybe It's Time To Start Calling It Love" (Gary Harju, James David, Steve Dorff) - 2:57
  5. "Imagination" (Bob Margolin) - 4:01
  6. "Shining" (Jill Wagner, Robie Porter) - 4:14

Side B

  1. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) - 6:33
  2. "Whatever Goes Around" (Al Sharp) - 3:04
  3. "Love Is Blue" (André Popp, Bryan Blackburn, Pierre Cour) - 3:50
  4. "Do You Know What It Means" (Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter) - 3:51
  5. "Fire and Rain" (James Taylor) - 6:19

Side C

  1. "Trilogy" (Porter) - 5:53
  2. "More Than You'll Ever Know" (Al Kooper) - 8:16
  3. "Empty" (Porter) - 2:53
  4. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 8:16
  5. "What I Did for Love" (Ed Kleban, Marvin Hamlisch) - 3:26

Side D

  1. "Believe in Me" (Rick Springfield) - 2:52
  2. "I've Got the Music in Me" (Bias Boshell)
  3. "From the Inside"
  4. "Music Is My Life" (studio recording) (Porter, Wagner, Hines) - 2:07

Charts

Year-end charts

The album was the 4th highest-selling album by an Australian artist in 1978.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Cash Box Newspaper. Cash Box. World Radio History. 10. 27 May 1978. 13 November 2021.
  2. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marcia-hines-p18259/biography Marcia Hines - Billboard
  3. Web site: Marcia Hines Biography. iTunes Australia. 30 October 2014.
  4. Web site: Live Across Australia. iTunes Australia. 8 February 2017.
  5. Web site: MARCIA HINES . www.milesago.com. 31 October 2014.
  6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 139.
  7. http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"
  8. Web site: Top 100 Singles of 1978. australian-charts.com/. 30 October 2014.