Too Late to Load

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Too Late to Load
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Compilation album by
ReleasedApril 1989
Recorded1975-1986
Genre Rock
Length45:53
Label EMI
Producer Ern Rose, Little River Band,
Graham Goble, Richard Dodd
Little River Band chronology
Monsoon
(1988)
Too Late to Load
(1989)
Get Lucky
(1990)
Singles from Too Late to Load
  1. "When Will I Be Loved"
    Released: June 1989 [1]

Too Late to Load (subtitled (The Unissued, Unavailable And Ultra Rare LRB Masters, 1975 - 1986)) is an Australian-only rarities compilation album by Australian band Little River Band, released in 1988.

Contents

Background

While reviewing tracks for a Little River Band greatest hits collection, Glenn A. Baker and Graham Goble discovered many tracks which had been overlooked for earlier studio albums. [2]

Track listing

  1. "When Will I Be Loved" (1975) (P. Everly) - 2:50
  2. "D" (1983) (B. Birtles/G. Goble) - 3:03
  3. "Gunslinger" (1976) (G. Shorrock) - 4:47
  4. "Please Don't Ask Me" (1982) (G. Goble) - 3:17
  5. "The Shut Out" (1985) (G. Goble) - 2:50
  6. "One Day" (1986) (G. Goble) - 2:39
  7. "Love Letters" - live (1983) (V. Young/E. Heyman) - 3:07
  8. "Stormy Surrender" (1985) (G. Goble) - 4:53
  9. "What Ya Thinka Me" (1978) (G. Goble/B. Birtles) - 3:37
  10. "Tender Betrayal" (1986) (G. Goble) - 4:41
  11. "The Butterfly" - instrumental (1985) (trad., arr. Little River Band) - 2:33
  12. "Chip Off the Old Block" (1975) (G. Shorrock) - 2:54
  13. "Good Wine"

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References

  1. "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 19 June 1989". 19 June 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. Baker, Glenn A. (1988). "Too Late To Load". lrb.net. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2010.