Past Hits and Previews

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Past Hits and Previews
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Compilation album by
ReleasedDecember 1978 (1978-12)
Recorded1973–1978
Label Infinity/Festival
Producer Richard Batchens
Richard Clapton chronology
Goodbye Tiger
(1977)
Past Hits and Previews
(1978)
Hearts on the Nightline
(1979)
Singles from Past Hits and Previews
  1. "Stepping Across the Line"
    Released: November 1978

Past Hits and Previews is the first greatest hits album by Australian rock musician Richard Clapton. The album was released in December 1978 and peaked at number 42 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.

Contents

The album includes tracks from all four of Clapton's studio albums to date, as well as "Capricorn Dancer" from Highway One soundtrack and two new tracks recorded in 1978, "Steppin' Across the Line" and "When the Heat's Off" during the Hearts on the Nightline recording session. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Clapton

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Stepping Across the Line"4:03
2."Girls on the Avenue"3:58
3."Goodbye Tiger"5:47
4."Capricorn Dancer"3:16
5."I Wanna Be a Survivor"4:03
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."When the Heat's Off"3:18
2."Deep Water"5:28
3."Blue Bay Blues"4:52
4."Need a Visionary"4:41
5."Suit Yourself"2:33

Charts

Chart (1978/79)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [2] 42

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalogue
AustraliaDecember 1978 Infinity Records / Festival Records LPL 36691
Australia1992InfinityCDD 19585

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