Marcia Hines Live Across Australia

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Marcia Hines Live Across Australia
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Live album by
Marcia Hines
ReleasedFebruary 1978
Recorded1976–1978
Genre Disco, pop
Label Miracle Records
Producer Robie Porter
Marcia Hines chronology
Ladies and Gentlemen
(1977)		Marcia Hines Live Across Australia
(1978)		 Ooh Child
(1979)
Singles from Marcia Hines Live Across Australia
  1. "Music Is My Life"
    Released: February 1978
  2. "Imagination"
    Released: May 1978

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]

Contents

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [6] 7

Year-end charts

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

Chart (1978)Position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [8] 34

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References

  1. ↑ "Cash Box Newspaper" (PDF). Cash Box . 27 May 1978. p. 10. Retrieved 13 November 2021– via World Radio History.
  2. ↑ Marcia Hines - Billboard
  3. ↑ "Marcia Hines Biography". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Live Across Australia". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "MARCIA HINES". www.milesago.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 139. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of 1978". australian-charts.com/. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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