Live Classics

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Live Classics
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Live album by
Released1992
Recorded1992
Genre Rock
Length76:01
Language English
Label EMI
Producer David J. Holman, Little River Band
Little River Band chronology
Worldwide Love
(1991)
Live Classics
(1992)
The Classic Collection
(1992)
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Live Classics is a live album by Australian band, Little River Band. It was recorded during their 1992 world tour. The album also included two new studio songs, "Walk Together" and "My Own Way Home". It was the last Little River Band album (other than subsequent compilations) with founder, Glenn Shorrock as lead vocalist.

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Background and release

During 1992 Little River Band went on an extensive worldwide tour throughout Europe and United States. A live album of the tour was released, Live Classics. It was dedicated to Wayne Nelson's daughter Aubree, who at the age of 13 died in a car crash that year. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Happy Anniversary" – Birtles, Briggs (4:50)
  2. "It's a Long Way There" – Goble (4:19)
  3. "I Dream Alone" – Pellicci, Shorrock (5:56)
  4. "Skyboat" – Trad. (1:30)
  5. "Man on Your Mind" – Shorrock, Tolhurst (3:54)
  6. "Lonesome Loser" – Briggs (4:00)
  7. "Take It Easy on Me" – Goble (4:03)
  8. "Reminiscing" – Goble (6:48)
  9. "Baby Come Back" – Beckett, Crowley (5:08)
  10. "Walk Together" – Froggatt, Thomas (3:42)
  11. "The Night Owls" – Goble (5:31)
  12. "Help Is on Its Way" – Shorrock (4:24)
  13. "Cool Change" – Shorrock (5:43)
  14. "Lady" – Goble (4:11)
  15. "Summertime Blues" – Capehart, Cochran (4:16)
  16. "Walk Together" [Studio] – Froggatt, Thomas (3:30)
  17. "My Own Way Home" [Studio] – Cadd, Shorrock (4:16)

Personnel

Little River Band

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References

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  2. "Peter Beckett the Voice of Player". peterbeckett-player.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.