Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Track List: 1-3
1. It's A Long Way There (0:00)
2. Curiosity (Killed The Cat) (8:41)
3. Meanwhile . . . (12:23)
Part 1. youtu.be/YOWT2hEkMeg
Part 2. youtu.be/wBQ5ujulSsU
Part 3. youtu.be/VpbavAaR788
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkWvh9BoHZBo1gD-99aNYDvfaihZPJ6o9
Little River Band Review by Bruce Eder:
An Australian sextet, Little River Band's debut album sounds as American as anything by the Eagles or the Doobie Brothers, and is driven by "It's a Long Way There" -- whose eight and a half minutes of crunchy electric guitars, luminous acoustic guitar, and smooth harmonizing is spread across a musically dramatic arc that is worth every second of its running time. This is an astonishingly strong debut album. There aren't any surprises, just seven more eminently enjoyable if slightly looser structured mainstream rock songs in the same vein, inventive where they had to be (like on the solos or the variations on the extended choruses), all more modestly proportioned than the hit and thoroughly enjoyable. Guitarist Graham Goble dominated the song writing with the single and "I Know It," but singer Glenn Shorrock contributed significantly with the delightfully exuberant "Emma" and the hauntingly beautiful movie-within-a-song "The Man in Black," and guitarist Beeb Birtles showed himself no slouch in the ballad department with "I'll Always Call Your Name," which overstays its welcome by about 30 seconds but is otherwise nice and catchy.
Personnel:
Beeb Birtles – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric)
Ric Formosa – guitars (lead, acoustic, slide)
Graham Goble – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric), vocal arrangements
Roger McLachlan – bass guitar
Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion, harmonica
Additional musicians:
Stephen Cooney – clavinet (track 2), mandolin (track 9)
Gary Hyde – percussion
Peter Jones – strings (arrangement, conductor), piano (tracks 1–5, 7–9)
Col Loughnan – saxophone (track 8)
Ian Mason – piano (track 6)
Production details:
Engineering – Ross Cockle (recording and remix), Mark Opitz (mastering)
Producer – Birtles, Shorrock, Glenn Wheatley, Goble
Design – Art Sims
Track List: 1-3
1. It's A Long Way There (0:00)
2. Curiosity (Killed The Cat) (8:41)
3. Meanwhile . . . (12:23)
Part 1. youtu.be/YOWT2hEkMeg
Part 2. youtu.be/wBQ5ujulSsU
Part 3. youtu.be/VpbavAaR788
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkWvh9BoHZBo1gD-99aNYDvfaihZPJ6o9
Little River Band Review by Bruce Eder:
An Australian sextet, Little River Band's debut album sounds as American as anything by the Eagles or the Doobie Brothers, and is driven by "It's a Long Way There" -- whose eight and a half minutes of crunchy electric guitars, luminous acoustic guitar, and smooth harmonizing is spread across a musically dramatic arc that is worth every second of its running time. This is an astonishingly strong debut album. There aren't any surprises, just seven more eminently enjoyable if slightly looser structured mainstream rock songs in the same vein, inventive where they had to be (like on the solos or the variations on the extended choruses), all more modestly proportioned than the hit and thoroughly enjoyable. Guitarist Graham Goble dominated the song writing with the single and "I Know It," but singer Glenn Shorrock contributed significantly with the delightfully exuberant "Emma" and the hauntingly beautiful movie-within-a-song "The Man in Black," and guitarist Beeb Birtles showed himself no slouch in the ballad department with "I'll Always Call Your Name," which overstays its welcome by about 30 seconds but is otherwise nice and catchy.
Personnel:
Beeb Birtles – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric)
Ric Formosa – guitars (lead, acoustic, slide)
Graham Goble – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric), vocal arrangements
Roger McLachlan – bass guitar
Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion, harmonica
Additional musicians:
Stephen Cooney – clavinet (track 2), mandolin (track 9)
Gary Hyde – percussion
Peter Jones – strings (arrangement, conductor), piano (tracks 1–5, 7–9)
Col Loughnan – saxophone (track 8)
Ian Mason – piano (track 6)
Production details:
Engineering – Ross Cockle (recording and remix), Mark Opitz (mastering)
Producer – Birtles, Shorrock, Glenn Wheatley, Goble
Design – Art Sims
