The Whole Thing's Started

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All tracks are written by Graham Russell [6]

The Whole Thing's Started
The Whole Thing's Started cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 July 1977
RecordedMarch 1977
StudioAlbert Studios, Sydney
Genre Soft rock
Label CBS
Producer Peter Dawkins
Air Supply chronology
Air Supply
(1976)
The Whole Thing's Started
(1977)
Love & Other Bruises
(1977)
Alternate cover
Air Supply 1977 Japan.jpg
Japanese reissue
No.TitleLength
1."Teach Me to Run"4:02
2."Do It Again"3:35
3."Do What You Do"3:47
4."There's Nothing I Can Do"3:38
5."Ready for You"4:28
6."That's How the Whole Thing Started"4:03
7."Love Comes to Me"5:51
8."The Answer Lies"3:44
9."It's Automatic"2:57
10."The End of the Line"3:33

Personnel

Air Supply members

Additional musicians

Recording details

Artwork

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [7] 32

Release history

DateRegionLabelFormatCatalogNotes
1977AustraliaCBSLPSBP 234999 [8]
2LP SBP 241031Repackaged with Air Supply
CAS PC 4999
RainbowRSV-001
Summit/RainbowSUL 3001
1980Japan Epic/Sony LP25•3P-238Japanese reissue, alternate cover [9]
1981AustraliaHarmonyLPHC 15070Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from The Whole Thing's Started
CASTCHC 15070
Summit/RainbowSC 3036
1988AustraliaColumbia/Sony CD463016 2
CBS/Disctronics463016 2Reissue of 1981 compilation, alternate cover [10]
CBSCAS463016 4
1991JapanEpic/SonyCDESCA 5390First appearance of full album on CD [9]
1992AustraliaRainbow 2CD 2RCD 111/112Feel the Breeze, includes Air Supply and The Whole Thing's Started [9]
1996KoreaColumbia/SonyCD486553.2Once Upon a Time, includes five tracks from The Whole Thing's Started [11]
CAS486553.4
2002JapanEpicCDEICP 7033Reissue of 1991 release [9]

References

  1. Biographies: Air Supply Retrieved 8 December 2008
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 Holmgren, Magnus; Thornton, Mary Ann; Padgett, Chris. "Air Supply". Australian Rock Database . Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  4. 1 2 McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'". Whammo Homepage. Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2010. Note: Archived (on-line) copy has limited functionality.
  5. Spencer, Chris; Nowara, Zbig; McHenry, Paul (2002) [1987]. "Air Supply entry". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN   1-86503-891-1. Note: (on-line) version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
  6. ""Teach Me to Run" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 17 August 2010. Note: Results for "Teach Me to Run" are shown. Search engine (at 'Search again' tab) requires user to enter song title e.g. Do It Again
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 13. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  8. "1977 Print Ad"
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Air Supply History: Chapter 18"
  10. "Air Supply History: Chapter 16"
  11. "Air Supply History: Chapter 20"