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==Background==
==Background==
[[Chrissie Hammond]], [[Russell Hitchcock]] and [[Graham Russell]] met in May 1975 while performing in the Australian production of the [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]] musical, ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''.<ref name="McF">{{cite book|last=McFarlane|first=Ian|authorlink=Ian McFarlane|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]]|title=Whammo Homepage|url=http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp|chapter=Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'|chapterurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040803083316/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=19|accessdate=16 August 2010|year=1999|publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]]|location=[[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]]|isbn=1-86508-072-1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp|archivedate=5 April 2004}} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.</ref><ref name="SpencerAirS">{{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last=Spencer|first=Chris|author2=Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by [[Ed Nimmervoll]]|origyear=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=[[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]], Vic.|chapter=Air Supply entry|isbn=1-86503-891-1}}</ref> With Hammond and Hitchcock on vocals and Russell on guitar, they formed Air Supply as a harmony vocal group in Melbourne.<ref name="ARDb">{{cite web | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/airsupply.html | work = [[Australian Rock Database]] | title = Air Supply | publisher = Magnus Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last1 = Holmgren | last2 = Thornton | first2 = Mary Ann | last3 = Padgett | first3 = Chris | accessdate = 16 August 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100926155029/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/airsupply.html| archivedate= 26 September 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> Hammond left to form [[Cheetah (band)|Cheetah]] and was replaced by Jeremy Paul (ex-Soffrok) on bass guitar and vocals in 1976.<ref name="McF"/> The group's first single, "Love and Other Bruises", peaked at No.&nbsp;6 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] Singles Chart in October.<ref name="Kent"/> It was followed by ''Air Supply'', their debut album, in December, which reached No.&nbsp;17 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart and achieved [[gold record|gold]] in Australia.<ref name="Kent"/><ref name="McF"/> The album was produced by [[Peter Dawkins (musician)|Peter Dawkins]] ([[Spectrum (band)|Spectrum]], [[Ross Ryan]]) with Air Supply line-up as Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and drummer Jeff Browne, guitarist [[Mark McEntee]] and keyboardist, arranger Adrian Scott.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="SpencerAirS"/> The second single was "Empty Pages" peaked at No.&nbsp;43.<ref name="Kent"/> A national tour followed with Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and Scott joined by Nigel Macara (ex-[[Tamam Shud]], [[Ariel (Australian band)|Ariel]]) on drums and Brenton White (Skintight) on guitar.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="SpencerAirS"/> Brenton White rehearsed but did not perform with Air Supply.
[[Chrissie Hammond]], [[Russell Hitchcock]] and [[Graham Russell]] met in May 1975 while performing in the Australian production of the [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]] musical, ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''.<ref name="McF">{{cite book|last=McFarlane|first=Ian|authorlink=Ian McFarlane|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]]|title=Whammo Homepage|url=http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp|chapter=Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'|chapterurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040803083316/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=19|accessdate=16 August 2010|year=1999|publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]]|location=[[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]]|isbn=1-86508-072-1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp|archivedate=5 April 2004}} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.</ref><ref name="SpencerAirS">{{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last=Spencer|first=Chris|author2=Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by [[Ed Nimmervoll]]|origyear=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=[[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]], Vic.|chapter=Air Supply entry|isbn=1-86503-891-1}}</ref> With Hammond and Hitchcock on vocals and Russell on guitar, they formed Air Supply as a harmony vocal group in Melbourne.<ref name="ARDb">{{cite web|url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/airsupply.html |work=[[Australian Rock Database]] |title=Air Supply |publisher=Magnus Holmgren |first1=Magnus |last1=Holmgren |last2=Thornton |first2=Mary Ann |last3=Padgett |first3=Chris |accessdate=16 August 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926155029/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/airsupply.html |archivedate=26 September 2010 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}</ref> Hammond left to form [[Cheetah (band)|Cheetah]] and was replaced by Jeremy Paul (ex-Soffrok) on bass guitar and vocals in 1976.<ref name="McF"/> The group's first single, "Love and Other Bruises", peaked at No.&nbsp;6 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] Singles Chart in October.<ref name="Kent"/> It was followed by ''Air Supply'', their debut album, in December, which reached No.&nbsp;17 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart and achieved [[gold record|gold]] in Australia.<ref name="Kent"/><ref name="McF"/> The album was produced by [[Peter Dawkins (musician)|Peter Dawkins]] ([[Spectrum (band)|Spectrum]], [[Ross Ryan]]) with Air Supply line-up as Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and drummer Jeff Browne, guitarist [[Mark McEntee]] and keyboardist, arranger Adrian Scott.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="SpencerAirS"/> The second single was "Empty Pages" peaked at No.&nbsp;43.<ref name="Kent"/> A national tour followed with Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and Scott joined by Nigel Macara (ex-[[Tamam Shud]], [[Ariel (Australian band)|Ariel]]) on drums and Brenton White (Skintight) on guitar.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="SpencerAirS"/> Brenton White rehearsed but did not perform with Air Supply.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 08:09, 6 October 2016

This article is about the 1976 album by the band Air Supply. For their 1985 album, see Air Supply (1985 album).
Untitled

Air Supply is the debut album by Australian soft rock band Air Supply which was released on CBS Records in December 1976.[1] The album peaked at No. 17 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart.[2] It includes the single, "Love and Other Bruises" released ahead of the album in October which reached No. 6 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart.[2] The second single, "Empty Pages", issued in February 1977 did not reach the Top 40.[2] The album reached gold status in Australia. It wasn't until the album Lost In Love that the band broke through international charts.

Background

Chrissie Hammond, Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell met in May 1975 while performing in the Australian production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, Jesus Christ Superstar.[3][4] With Hammond and Hitchcock on vocals and Russell on guitar, they formed Air Supply as a harmony vocal group in Melbourne.[5] Hammond left to form Cheetah and was replaced by Jeremy Paul (ex-Soffrok) on bass guitar and vocals in 1976.[3] The group's first single, "Love and Other Bruises", peaked at No. 6 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in October.[2] It was followed by Air Supply, their debut album, in December, which reached No. 17 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart and achieved gold in Australia.[2][3] The album was produced by Peter Dawkins (Spectrum, Ross Ryan) with Air Supply line-up as Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and drummer Jeff Browne, guitarist Mark McEntee and keyboardist, arranger Adrian Scott.[3][4] The second single was "Empty Pages" peaked at No. 43.[2] A national tour followed with Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and Scott joined by Nigel Macara (ex-Tamam Shud, Ariel) on drums and Brenton White (Skintight) on guitar.[3][4] Brenton White rehearsed but did not perform with Air Supply.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Graham Russell[6]

No.TitleLength
1."Feel the Breeze"3:55
2."I Don't Believe You"4:02
3."Empty Pages"4:20
4."What a Life"4:36
5."Secret Agent"3:41
6."The Weight Is My Soul"3:29
7."Love and Other Bruises"3:43
8."It's Not Easy"4:24
9."We Are All Alone"3:16
10."Strangers in Love"3:46
11."Ain't It a Shame"3:10

Personnel

Air Supply members

  • Russell Hitchcock – lead (1-3, 7, 8, 10, 11) and backing vocals, congas
  • Mark McEntee – electric lead and rhythm guitars
  • Graham Russell – electric and acoustic guitars, lead (2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) and backing vocals
  • Adrian Scott – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Paul – bass guitars, lead (2, 4) and backing vocals
  • Jeff Browne – drums (all but 7)

Additional musicians

  • Ian Bloxsom – extra percussion
  • Peter Deacon – piano (7)
  • William Motzing – string arrangements and conductor
  • Graeme Pearce – drums (7)

Recording details

  • Producer – Peter Dawkins
  • Engineer – Richard Lush at EMI Studios, Sydney
    • Except "Love and Other Bruises" engineer – Bruce Brown at Albert Studios
    • Additional engineer – Martin Benge
  • Mastered – CBS Records, Artarmon

Art work

  • Art direction & design – J. Peter Thoeming
  • Photography – Carroll Holloway

Release History

7" Singles [7]

Date Tracks Length Label Catalog
1976 "Love and Other Bruises" 3:43 CBS BA 222231
"If You Knew Me" 4:02
1977 "Empty Pages" 4:20 BA 222274
"Feel the Breeze" 3:55


Album

Date Region Label Format Catalog Notes
1976 Australia CBS LP SBP 234929 [7]
New Zealand
Canada Columbia PES 90413
1976 Australia CBS CAS PC 4929
Summit/Rainbow SUL 3002
1977 Australia CBS 2LP SBP 241031 Repackaged with The Whole Thing's Started
1980 Japan Epic/Sony LP 25•3P-232 Issued as Strangers in Love, alternate cover[7]
1981 Australia Harmony LP HC 15070 Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from Air Supply
CAS TCHC 15070
Summit/Rainbow SC 3036
1988 Australia Columbia/Sony CD 463016 2
CBS/Disctronics 463016 2 Reissue of 1981 compilation, alternate cover[8]
CBS CAS 463016 4
1991 Australia Rainbow CD RCD 1118 First appearance of full album on CD [9]
1992 Australia Rainbow 2CD 2RCD 111/112 Feel the Breeze, includes Air Supply and The Whole Thing's Started [9]
1996 Korea Columbia/Sony CD 486553.2 Once Upon a Time, includes three tracks from Air Supply
CAS 486553.4

References

  1. ^ Air Supply History URL accessed 8 December 2008
  2. ^ a b c d e f Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 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. ^ a b c d e McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'". Whammo Homepage. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2010. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |encyclopedia= ignored (help) Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  4. ^ a b c Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. "Air Supply entry". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.
  5. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Thornton, Mary Ann; Padgett, Chris. "Air Supply". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ ""Feel the Breeze" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 17 August 2010. Note: Results for "Feel the Breeze" are shown. Search engine (at 'Search again' tab) requires user to enter song title e.g. I Don't Believe You
  7. ^ a b c "Air Supply History: Chapter 3"
  8. ^ "Air Supply History: Chapter 16"
  9. ^ a b "Air Supply History: Chapter 18"
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