The Whole Thing's Started Explained

The Whole Thing's Started
Type:Studio album
Artist:Air Supply
Cover:The Whole Thing's Started cover.jpg
Released:27 July 1977
Recorded:March 1977
Studio:Albert Studios, Sydney
Genre:Soft rock
Label:CBS
Producer:Peter Dawkins
Prev Title:Air Supply
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Love & Other Bruises
Next Year:1977

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]

Background

The 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]

Personnel

Air Supply members

Additional musicians

Recording details

Artwork

Release history

DateRegionLabelFormatCatalogNotes
1977AustraliaCBSLPSBP 234999[7]
2LPSBP 241031Repackaged with Air Supply
CASPC 4999
RainbowRSV-001
Summit/RainbowSUL 3001
1980JapanEpic/SonyLP25•3P-238Japanese reissue, alternate cover[8]
1981AustraliaHarmonyLPHC 15070Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from The Whole Thing's Started
CASTCHC 15070
Summit/RainbowSC 3036
1988AustraliaColumbia/SonyCD463016 2
CBS/Disctronics463016 2Reissue of 1981 compilation, alternate cover[9]
CBSCAS463016 4
1991JapanEpic/SonyCDESCA 5390First appearance of full album on CD
1992AustraliaRainbow2CD2RCD 111/112Feel the Breeze, includes Air Supply and The Whole Thing's Started
1996KoreaColumbia/SonyCD486553.2Once Upon a Time, includes five tracks from The Whole Thing's Started[10]
CAS486553.4
2002JapanEpicCDEICP 7033Reissue of 1991 release

Notes and References

  1. http://www.classicbands.com/airsupply.html Biographies: Air Supply
  2. Book: Kent, David . . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book Ltd . . 1993 . 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.
  3. Web site: Air Supply . . Magnus Holmgren . Magnus . Holmgren . Thornton . Mary Ann . Padgett . Chris . 16 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022063127/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/airsupply.html . 22 October 2013 .
  4. Encyclopedia: McFarlane. Ian. Ian McFarlane. Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Whammo Homepage. Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'. https://web.archive.org/web/20040803083316/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=19. 16 August 2010. 1999. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 1-86508-072-1. https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp. 5 April 2004. Note: Archived (on-line) copy has limited functionality.
  5. Book: Spencer, Chris. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Zbig . Nowara . Paul . McHenry . 1987. 2002. Five Mile Press. Noble Park, Vic.. Air Supply entry. 1-86503-891-1. Note: (on-line) version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
  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. 13.
  7. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MTH9L3apH_c/UC-zPx5mHpI/AAAAAAAABzE/WkU-2eTvP1s/s1600/1977+Ad+Whole+Things+Started.jpg "1977 Print Ad"
  8. http://airsupplyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/chapter-eighteen-giant-records-new.html "Air Supply History: Chapter 18"
  9. http://airsupplyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/07/chapter-sixteen-silent-years.html "Air Supply History: Chapter 16"
  10. http://airsupplyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/06/chapter-twenty-news-from-everywhere.html "Air Supply History: Chapter 20"