109-440: Bear Witness is the first and only studio album by Australian pop rock band I'm Talking . The line-up was Zan Abeyratne and Kate Ceberano on co-lead vocals, Stephen Charlesworth on keyboards, Ian Cox on saxophone, Robert Goodge on lead guitar, Barbara Hogarth on bass guitar and Cameron Newman on drums. It was released in August 1986 on Regular Records and reached No. 14 on
218-420: A "live" sound. Recordings, including live, may contain editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology , artists can be recorded in separate rooms or at separate times while listening to the other parts using headphones ; with each part recorded as a separate track . Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of
327-517: A River ") and mixes of two tracks ("Lead the Way" New York mix, "Do You Wanna Be" Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) 12" mix). Bloodlines also provided a 36-track collector's edition via music download (DL), which Goodge analysed track-by-track. This version includes all the content from the 2× CD reissue plus 15 tracks: all of Someday EP and "rarities inspired by their New York experiences with hip hop culture and 12" mixes". AllMusic 's Andy Kellman defined
436-458: A brown heavy paper sleeve with a large hole in the center so the record's label could be seen. The fragile records were stored on their sides. By the mid-1920s, photo album publishers sold collections of empty sleeves of heavier paper in bound volumes with stiff covers slightly larger than the 10" popular records. (Classical records measured 12".) On the paper cover in small type were the words "Record Album". Now records could be stored vertically with
545-412: A collection of pieces or songs on a single record was called an "album"; the word was extended to other recording media such as compact disc, MiniDisc , compact audio cassette, 8-track tape and digital albums as they were introduced. An album (Latin albus , white), in ancient Rome, was a board chalked or painted white, on which decrees, edicts, and other public notices were inscribed in black. It
654-403: A compilation of songs created by any average listener of music. The songs on a mixtape generally relate to one another in some way, whether it be a conceptual theme or an overall sound. After the introduction of Compact discs, the term "Mixtape" began to apply to any personal compilation of songs on any given format. The sales of Compact Cassettes eventually began to decline in the 1990s, after
763-424: A current or former member of a musical group which is released under that artist's name only, even though some or all other band members may be involved. The solo album appeared as early as the late 1940s. A 1947 Billboard magazine article heralded " Margaret Whiting huddling with Capitol execs over her first solo album on which she will be backed by Frank De Vol ". There is no formal definition setting forth
872-557: A customer buys a whole album rather than just one or two songs from the artist. The song is not necessarily free nor is it available as a stand-alone download, adding also to the incentive to buy the complete album. In contrast to hidden tracks , bonus tracks are included on track listings and usually do not have a gap of silence between other album tracks. Bonus tracks on CD or vinyl albums are common in Japan for releases by European and North American artists; since importing international copies of
981-677: A duet, "Goin' Back", on Mushroom Records in February 1983. One of his backing singers was Wendy Matthews who had been a session singer in Los Angeles. "We're Coming to Get You", which peaked at No. 6 in October, was recorded with folk group , the Bushwackers . It was the theme for the film We're Coming to Get You . He released "Don't Girls Get Lonely?" in November. In 1984, he recorded "Restless" for
1090-461: A few hours to several years. This process usually requires several takes with different parts recorded separately, and then brought or " mixed " together. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed "live", even when done in a studio. Studios are built to absorb sound, eliminating reverberation , to assist in mixing different takes; other locations, such as concert venues and some "live rooms", have reverberation, which creates
1199-640: A result of the Beatles ' popularity, members of the Checkmates and the Hurricanes merged to form the Twilights in 1964. In 1964 Shorrock, with McCartney as co-lead vocalist, formed the Twilights by merging with the Hurricanes' Frank Barnard on drums, Peter Brideoake on guitar, Terry Britten on guitar and John Bywaters on bass guitar. Their debut single, "I'll Be Where You Are", co-written by Shorrock and Britten,
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#17328849227101308-514: A simple danceability criteria is energetic and dominated by Ceberano." In October 2010 the CD re-issue version of 1996 was listed at number 93 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums . The authors— John O'Donnell , Toby Creswell and Craig Mathieson —explained that "[it] remains a definitive Australian pop album, stocked with single after impressive single." Its legacy "inspired a new generation of electronic artists and DJs who would make their mark in
1417-485: A single artist, genre or period, a single artist covering the songs of various artists or a single artist, genre or period, or any variation of an album of cover songs which is marketed as a "tribute". Glenn Shorrock Glenn Barrie Shorrock AM (born 30 June 1944) is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of rock bands the Twilights , Axiom , Little River Band and post LRB spin-off trio Birtles Shorrock Goble , as well as being
1526-522: A single case, or a triple album containing three LPs or compact discs. Recording artists who have an extensive back catalogue may re-release several CDs in one single box with a unified design, often containing one or more albums (in this scenario, these releases can sometimes be referred to as a "two (or three)-fer"), or a compilation of previously unreleased recordings. These are known as box sets . Some musical artists have also released more than three compact discs or LP records of new recordings at once, in
1635-433: A solo album for several reasons. A solo performer working with other members will typically have full creative control of the band, be able to hire and fire accompanists, and get the majority of the proceeds. The performer may be able to produce songs that differ widely from the sound of the band with which the performer has been associated, or that the group as a whole chose not to include in its own albums. Graham Nash of
1744-459: A solo performer. The Twilights had eight consecutive national hit singles including "Needle in a Haystack" and "What's Wrong with the Way I Live". Axiom's top 10 hits were "Arkansas Grass", "Little Ray of Sunshine" and "My Baby's Gone". Little River Band had national and international chart success, including the Shorrock-penned "Emma", " Help Is on Its Way " and " Cool Change ". Shorrock
1853-414: A studio. However, the common understanding of a "live album" is one that was recorded at a concert with a public audience, even when the recording is overdubbed or multi-tracked. Concert or stage performances are recorded using remote recording techniques. Albums may be recorded at a single concert , or combine recordings made at multiple concerts. They may include applause, laughter and other noise from
1962-421: A stunning ballad that reminds you that [Ceberano] was then barely legal but had years of under-age jazz shows under her wings." In December 2021 Rolling Stone Australia ranked Bear Witness at No. 162 on their list of 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time. Adams, now writing for Rolling Stone Australia , observed, "[it's] a snapshot of Australian pop being changed forever, for the better", which "merged
2071-468: A subsequent two-year tour. On tour Shorrock played his hit songs, along with those of Axiom accompanied by Cadd and a backing band of Rex Goh on guitar (ex- Air Supply ), Kirk Lorange on guitar ( Richard Clapton Band ) and Mark Kennedy on drums ( Spectrum , Ayers Rock , Marcia Hines Band ). Long Way to the Top was a 2001 ABC TV six-part documentary on the history of Australian rock and roll from 1956 to
2180-683: A subsidiary of the Mushroom Group . This version added two tracks from early singles, "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and "Trust Me". On the same day in March 2018 the album was reissued as a 2× CD expanded version with the first disc having the same content as the related vinyl reissue and a second disc being a compilation of previously unreleased tracks ("So Far Away", "Run Away with Me"), 12" mixes ("Do You Wanna Be?", "Holy Word", "Disaster", "Someday"), B-sides of singles ("Disko (Fall in Love Forever)", " Cry Me
2289-493: A successful DVD and CD, Full Circle (2005), and toured until 2007. In August–September, the trio played a medley of Little River Band hits at the Countdown Spectacular two concert series. In 2005, Shorrock also undertook his career-spanning "The Reminiscing Tour – Glenn Shorrock & Friends" with invited guest singers including Doug Parkinson and Wendy Matthews. In May–June 2006, he partnered actress Judy Nunn on
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#17328849227102398-406: A theme such as the "greatest hits" from one artist, B-sides and rarities by one artist, or selections from a record label , a musical genre , a certain time period, or a regional music scene. Promotional sampler albums are compilations. A tribute or cover album is a compilation of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may involve various artists covering the songs of
2507-509: A trend of shifting sales in the music industry , some observers feel that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album . An album may contain any number of tracks. In the United States, The Recording Academy 's rules for Grammy Awards state that an album must comprise a minimum total playing time of 15 minutes with at least five distinct tracks or a minimum total playing time of 30 minutes with no minimum track requirement. In
2616-430: A way of promoting the album. Albums have been issued that are compilations of older tracks not originally released together, such as singles not originally found on albums, b-sides of singles, or unfinished " demo " recordings. Double albums during the seventies were sometimes sequenced for record changers . In the case of a two-record set, for example, sides 1 and 4 would be stamped on one record, and sides 2 and 3 on
2725-469: Is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music ) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette ), or digital . Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album ; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm . The album
2834-580: Is any vocal content. A track that has the same name as the album is called the title track. A bonus track (also known as a bonus cut or bonus) is a piece of music which has been included as an extra. This may be done as a marketing promotion, or for other reasons. It is not uncommon to include singles, B-sides , live recordings , and demo recordings as bonus tracks on re-issues of old albums, where those tracks were not originally included. Online music stores allow buyers to create their own albums by selecting songs themselves; bonus tracks may be included if
2943-552: Is not necessarily just in MP3 file format, in which higher quality formats such as FLAC and WAV can be used on storage media that MP3 albums reside on, such as CD-R-ROMs , hard drives , flash memory (e.g. thumbdrives , MP3 players , SD cards ), etc. The contents of the album are usually recorded in a studio or live in concert, though may be recorded in other locations, such as at home (as with JJ Cale's Okie , Beck's Odelay , David Gray's White Ladder , and others), in
3052-402: Is recorded on both the "A" and "B" side of the tape, with cassette being "turned" to play the other side of the album. Compact Cassettes were also a popular way for musicians to record " Demos " or "Demo Tapes" of their music to distribute to various record labels, in the hopes of acquiring a recording contract . Compact cassettes also saw the creation of mixtapes , which are tapes containing
3161-732: The Orcades in August 1954 when he was 10. His father, Harry Shorrock, was a Yorkshire -born fitter and turner at the Weapons Research Establishment in Salisbury, South Australia . The 1954–55 summer had days of 42 °C (108 °F) and Black Sunday bushfires ravaged the Adelaide Hills in January 1955. His London-born mother, Joyce Shorrock, was not impressed with Australia and she took Shorrock and his younger sister back to UK on
3270-613: The Strathmore , only to return to Australia on the Fairsea for a second attempt in 1956. The family settled in Elizabeth , 20 km (12 mi) north of Adelaide. Shorrock's first public performance took place in 1958 at St Peter's Lutheran church hall in Elizabeth when he mimed to Elvis Presley 's recording of " All Shook Up " on a gramophone and strumming on a cardboard guitar. When
3379-488: The 1987 ARIA Music Awards . I'm Talking received international interest; as a result they undertook a 36-date tour of the United Kingdom supporting Five Star in late 1986. In October 2010, Bear Witness was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums . In December 2021 Rolling Stone Australia ranked it No. 162 on their list of 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time. An expanded re-mastered version of
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3488-920: The ARIA Top 100 Physical Albums and No. 2 on its Hitseeker Albums chart. Regular Records (RML 53202, RMC 53202) All tracks are written by Ian Frank Cox, Robert William Goodge Regular Records (CD 53202) All tracks are written by Cox and Goodge Regular Records (D91056, RMD51056, TVD91056) All tracks are written by Cox and Goodge unless otherwise specified Bloodlines/Universal Music Australia (BLOODLP9) All tracks are written by Cox and Goodge unless otherwise specified Bloodlines/Universal Music Australia (BLOOD15) All tracks are written by Cox and Goodge unless otherwise specified All tracks are written by Cox and Goodge unless otherwise specified Bloodlines All tracks are written by Cox and Goodge unless otherwise specified Credits: I'm Talking Additional musicians Artisans Studio album An album
3597-592: The Australian Made tour from December 1986 to January 1987. In between tour dates, they recorded two new tracks, "So Far Away" and "Run Away with Me". In March, Abeyratne, Charlesworth and McLean left I'm Talking and the remaining four-piece disbanded in July. For the CD version of Bear Witness , issued in 1996, I'm Talking added five tracks: two dance mixes of the album's first two singles, "Do You Wanna Be?" and "Holy Word", three A-sides of earlier singles: "Trust Me", "Lead
3706-469: The Kent Music Report albums chart. All eight tracks were co-written by Cox (lyrics) and Goodge (music). The album yielded three singles, " Do You Wanna Be? " (May), " Holy Word " (July) and "How Can It Be?" (October). At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards Bear Witness was nominated for Best Debut Album. Richard Alan, responsible for its cover, was nominated for Best Cover Artist at
3815-602: The Kent Music Report singles chart. In February 1982, Shorrock left Little River Band and was replaced by John Farnham who was managed by Wheatley. Shorrock returned to Little River Band in 1988 but, despite several quality albums, they did not regain the earlier stellar recognition. He left again in 1991 leaving the naming rights with guitarist Stephen Housden . In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th-anniversary celebrations, named "Cool Change" as one of
3924-641: The Top 30 Australian songs of all time. In 1982, Shorrock released the solo album Villain of the Peace and a single, "Rock and Roll Soldier", on Capitol Records recorded in Los Angeles with John Boylan ( Charlie Daniels , Little River Band) producing. "Rock and Roll Soldier" reached the Australian top 40 in November but he did not achieve the international success attained with Little River Band. Late in 1982 he toured Australia and then teamed with Renée Geyer to release
4033-517: The iPod , US album sales dropped 54.6% from 2001 to 2009. The CD is a digital data storage device which permits digital recording technology to be used to record and play-back the recorded music. Most recently, the MP3 audio format has matured, revolutionizing the concept of digital storage. Early MP3 albums were essentially CD-rips created by early CD- ripping software, and sometimes real-time rips from cassettes and vinyl. The so-called "MP3 album"
4142-514: The 1970s members of Little River Band: Birtles, David Briggs , Goble, George McArdle, Derek Pellicci and Shorrock, were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. The later members, including fellow Australian John Farnham and US-based musicians, were not included in this induction. Due to a 2002 legal ruling on their right to use the band's name, they performed "Help Is on the Way" as the "classic lineup" of Little River Band. Birtles Shorrock Goble recorded
4251-514: The 1970s. Appraising the concept in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said most "are profit-taking recaps marred by sound and format inappropriate to phonographic reproduction (you can't put sights, smells, or fellowship on audio tape). But for Joe Cocker and Bette Midler and Bob-Dylan -in-the-arena, the form makes a compelling kind of sense." Among
4360-543: The 1990s and beyond." A Various Artists' compilation album of songs from those 100 albums was released in November 2010, which included "Trust Me". It is about personal relationships and was described by the book's writers, "the sting in the tale made clear where the power lay" in the relationship, with Ceberano exclaiming, "Everything is in my hands tonight." The book's writers also state: The tracks were full-bodied and vigorous, swept along by [Goodge]'s unobtrusive but finely honed funk guitar parts. The songs were richer than
4469-443: The 25-minute mark. The album Dopesmoker by Sleep contains only a single track, but the composition is over 63 minutes long. There are no formal rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as "albums". If an album becomes too long to fit onto a single vinyl record or CD, it may be released as a double album where two vinyl LPs or compact discs are packaged together in
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4578-609: The Groop ), Doug Lavery ( The Valentines ) on drums and Chris Stockley ( Cam-Pact ) on guitar. They recorded two highly acclaimed albums, Fool's Gold and If Only ... ; and had three top 10 singles, "Arkansas Grass", "Little Ray of Sunshine" and "My Baby's Gone" on the Go-Set national charts. Axiom travelled to the UK but disbanded there in March 1971. Shorrock remained in the UK to pursue his solo career; he signed with MAM Records and released
4687-491: The Hollies described his experience in developing a solo album as follows: "The thing that I go through that results in a solo album is an interesting process of collecting songs that can't be done, for whatever reason, by a lot of people". A solo album may also represent the departure of the performer from the group. A compilation album is a collection of material from various recording projects or various artists, assembled with
4796-614: The Masters Apprentices ) to become their manager. Birtles, previously in Adelaide band Zoot , called Shorrock to take part in the line up. Shorrock returned to Australia in October 1974 and joined Mississippi in January 1975 in Melbourne. They were soon renamed as Little River Band with the original line up of Birtles, Goble, Pellicci, Shorrock and lead guitarist Ric Formosa and bassist Roger McLachlan. The group went on to become one of
4905-521: The Order of Australia (AM) on 26 January 2020, awarded for significant service to the performing arts as a singer, songwriter and entertainer. In 2021, Shorrock appeared in the Australian film A Stitch in Time . Shorrock met his first wife, Sue Doran, a Melbourne nurse, in 1966. The couple married in 1967 but divorced in 1971. In 1975, Shorrock met Jo Swan, a video producer nine years his junior, who worked in
5014-486: The Shorrock-written track "Statue of Liberty". He left Esperanto before their third album was released in 1974 and performed backing vocals for Cliff Richard . Mississippi was an Australian rock band which was working in the UK, with Beeb Birtles on vocals and guitar, Graham Goble (later Graeham Goble ) on guitar and vocals and Derek Pellicci on drums. They contacted Glenn Wheatley (former bass guitarist for
5123-655: The Sounds with the prize including a trip to London. In 1967, shortly after returning from London, the group regularly performed the entire Sgt Pepper's album live in sequence, weeks before it was released in Australia. The Twilights disbanded in January 1969 and Shorrock became band manager for Brisbane pop group the Avengers. In May 1969 in Melbourne, Shorrock formed an early Australian "supergroup", Axiom , with Brian Cadd on keyboards and vocals, Don Mudie on lead guitar (both ex-
5232-516: The United Kingdom, the criteria for the UK Albums Chart is that a recording counts as an "album" if it either has more than four tracks or lasts more than 25 minutes. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs . Albums such as Tubular Bells , Amarok , and Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield , and Yes's Close to the Edge , include fewer than four tracks, but still surpass
5341-405: The Way " (June 1985) and their cover version of Rose Royce's " Love Don't Live Here Anymore " (August)—were produced by Cockle for Regular Records. Writing credits for the first two singles were given as Ceberano, Charlesworth, Cox, Goodge, Hogarth and Newman. Ceberano later clarified that the other members of the group viewed the band as a collective, in which "everything was shared—the philosophy,
5450-491: The Way" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". Regular Records' former owner, Martin Fabinyi, provided Goodge with I'm Talking's studio master tapes in the late 2010s. Goodge worked on analogue tapes: some had to be baked to avoid their disintegration during remixing, and he was able to source a machine to play the tapes. This resulted in an expanded re-mastered version of the album, which was released in March 2018 on vinyl by Bloodlines,
5559-413: The album can be cheaper than buying a domestically released version, Japanese releases often feature bonus tracks to incentivize domestic purchase. Commercial sheet music is published in conjunction with the release of a new album (studio, compilation, soundtrack, etc.). A matching folio songbook is a compilation of the music notation of all the songs included in that particular album. It typically has
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#17328849227105668-537: The album should sound, particularly after Maher brought in his Scritti Politti band mate David Gamson to assist in programming and rearranging some songs. Ceberano stated "[Goodge] resented the whole idea that someone else could rearrange a song that he had written and represent it as a new piece of work". The original album provided three singles, " Do You Wanna Be? " (May 1986), " Holy Word " – with lead vocals by Abeyratne – in July and "How Can It Be?" (October). Abeyratne's lead vocals for "Holy Word" occurred as Ceberano
5777-533: The album was issued in March 2018 by Bloodlines, a subsidiary of the Mushroom Group . It included three non-album singles—" Trust Me " (November 1984), " Lead the Way " (June 1985) and " Love Don't Live Here Anymore " (August)—as well as B-sides and mix tracks. This release peaked at No. 41 on the ARIA Top ;100 Physical Albums chart and No. 2 on the ARIA Hitseeker Albums chart. Bear Witness
5886-516: The album's artwork on its cover and, in addition to sheet music, it includes photos of the artist. Most pop and rock releases come in standard Piano/Vocal/Guitar notation format (and occasionally Easy Piano / E-Z Play Today). Rock-oriented releases may also come in Guitar Recorded Versions edition, which are note-for-note transcriptions written directly from artist recordings. Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one-half of
5995-478: The album's cover, was nominated for Best Cover Artist at the 1987 ARIA Music Awards . Considering earlier singles, which appear on the reissues of Bear Witness , "Trust Me" won Best Debut Single at the 1984 Countdown Australian Music Awards (held in May 1985), Ceberano was nominated for Best Female Performance in a Video ("Trust Me"), and the group won Most Promising New Talent. The 2018 reissue peaked at No. 41 on
6104-455: The album's name has "no specific meaning". According to The Canberra Times ' Pollyanna Sutton their earlier song writing process consisted of "a member presenting a melody to the other members, who in turn make up something to suit the riff on their own instruments, with [Cox] adding lyrics". Goodge later described it as being "a collaborative process not just with each other but with the producer and engineer". I'm Talking's first release
6213-458: The album. If a pop or rock album contained tracks released separately as commercial singles , they were conventionally placed in particular positions on the album. During the sixties, particularly in the UK, singles were generally released separately from albums. Today, many commercial albums of music tracks feature one or more singles, which are released separately to radio, TV or the Internet as
6322-424: The amount of participation a band member can solicit from other members of their band, and still have the album referred to as a solo album. One reviewer wrote that Ringo Starr 's third venture, Ringo , "[t]echnically... wasn't a solo album because all four Beatles appeared on it". Three of the four members of the Beatles released solo albums while the group was officially still together. A performer may record
6431-480: The arrangements ourselves. For the album we'll use someone different again – we're talking to two American guys out of Scritti Politti who are interested in doing it. They contacted us when they were out here." Goodge also decided not to include their singles, "[they] won't be on it. I always feel that's a bit of a rip-off – we will have done four singles so we're almost up to one side of an album – there's no point. It's more fun for us to do all new stuff." Bear Witness
6540-510: The audience, comments by the performers between pieces, improvisation, and so on. They may use multitrack recording direct from the stage sound system (rather than microphones placed among the audience), and can employ additional manipulation and effects during post-production to enhance the quality of the recording. Notable early live albums include the double album of Benny Goodman , The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert , released in 1950. Live double albums later became popular during
6649-406: The best selling live albums are Eric Clapton 's Unplugged (1992), selling over 26 million copies, Garth Brooks ' Double Live (1998), over 21 million copies, and Peter Frampton 's Frampton Comes Alive! (1976), over 11 million copies. In Rolling Stone ' s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , 18 albums were live albums. A solo album , in popular music , is an album recorded by
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#17328849227106758-446: The cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s before sharply declining during the 1990s. The cassette had largely disappeared by the first decade of the 2000s. Most albums are recorded in a studio , although they may also be recorded in a concert venue , at home, in the field, or a mix of places. The time frame for completely recording an album varies between
6867-410: The credits, the money"; however, in reality, she had little to do with the song writing or production. I'm Talking performed "Trust Me" on teen pop music TV programme Countdown on 9 December 1984. "Lead the Way" was broadcast on the same show in August 1985. In preparation for Bear Witness , Goodge explained that they would not use Cockle: "[he] was an engineer more than a musician, so we did all of
6976-541: The documentary World Safari II: The Final Adventure . In 1985, Shorrock released The First Twenty Years , which was a double- LP album compilation of his career work with tracks by the Twilights, Axiom and Little River Band as well as solo work. He was compere of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV music series Rock Arena in 1986 and as a breakfast announcer for radio station Magic 11 in Sydney. His solo single, "American Flyers", appeared in July. He performed on
7085-570: The escapism of Studio 54 dance music with the experimentalism of Melbourne post-punk/post-funk". Bryget Chrisfield of Stack described Ceberano's performance on "Someday" as "flawless vocal on [a] sax-tastic" song. The original release of Bear Witness peaked at No. 14 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart: "Do You Wanna Be?" reached No. 8 on the related Kent Music Report Singles Chart – their highest placement, while "Holy Word" got to No. 9. The 1996 CD reissue included
7194-612: The field – as with early blues recordings, in prison, or with a mobile recording unit such as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio . Most albums are studio albums —that is, they are recorded in a recording studio with equipment meant to give those overseeing the recording as much control as possible over the sound of the album. They minimize external noises and reverberations and have highly sensitive microphones and sound mixing equipment. Band members may record their parts in separate rooms or at separate times, listening to
7303-457: The first season of a reality TV singing competition, It Takes Two . They were voted off after week three. His first solo CD for seven years, Meanwhile , which contains acoustic versions of his career hits was released in 2007 on the Liberation Blue label. He performed a Beatles tribute show, Let It Be , with Parkinson, Sharon O'Neill and Mark Williams . In 2008, Shorrock toured with
7412-511: The first wave of Madonna 's hits, which were breaking concurrently, and both [Ceberano] and [Abeyratne] were more powerful vocalists... The necessity of playing live grounded the compositions – the muscular assuredness of [Hogarth]'s bass on the likes of 'How Can it Be?', a melancholic funk ballad, allowed a young [Ceberano] to play a wronged diva... the music was upbeat but the lyrics were rarely celebratory... [T]he relationships described on Bear Witness are generally unbalanced – one party controls
7521-494: The form of a prototype. Compact Cassettes became especially popular during the 1980s after the advent of the Sony Walkman , which allowed the person to control what they listened to. The Walkman was convenient because of its size, the device could fit in most pockets and often came equipped with a clip for belts or pants. The compact cassette used double-sided magnetic tape to distribute music for commercial sale. The music
7630-480: The form of boxed sets, although in that case the work is still usually considered to be an album. Material (music or sounds) is stored on an album in sections termed tracks. A music track (often simply referred to as a track) is an individual song or instrumental recording. The term is particularly associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks; the term is also used for other formats such as EPs and singles . When vinyl records were
7739-444: The group's range, which "eased across spring-loaded pop-funk, pure R&B balladry, and freestyle with a bright synthesis of played and programmed instrumentation." Deborah Cameron of The Canberra Times describes Bear Witness as having "a very strong disco sound, and while disco is not my preference, I have a feeling one day [Ceberano] will rise above it, the sound is good. It is a Countdown audience sound though, and if measured on
7848-582: The later '30s, record companies began releasing albums of previously released recordings of popular music in albums organized by performer, singers or bands, or by type of music, boogie-woogie , for example. When Columbia introduced the Long Playing record format in 1948, it was natural the term album would continue. Columbia expected that the record size distinction in 78s would continue, with classical music on 12" records and popular music on 10" records, and singles on 78s. Columbia's first popular 10" LP in fact
7957-488: The longer 12-inch 78s, playing around 4–5 minutes per side. For example, in 1924, George Gershwin recorded a drastically shortened version of his new seventeen-minute composition Rhapsody in Blue with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. The recording was issued on both sides of a single record, Victor 55225 and ran for 8m 59s. By 1910, though some European record companies had issued albums of complete operas and other works,
8066-584: The media launch of the Titanic II project. This was at the personal invitation of Australian entrepreneur Clive Palmer . In October 2014, Shorrock was inducted into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame alongside Bon Scott's former band Fraternity, Chris Finnen and David "Daisy" Day. Shorrock released his autobiography, Now, Where Was I? , in June 2018. Shorrock was appointed an honorary member of
8175-483: The mid-1930s, record companies had adopted the album format for classical music selections that were longer than the roughly eight minutes that fit on both sides of a classical 12" 78 rpm record. Initially the covers were plain, with the name of the selection and performer in small type. In 1938, Columbia Records hired the first graphic designer in the business to design covers, others soon followed and colorful album covers cover became an important selling feature. By
8284-479: The mid-1960s to the late 1970s when the Compact Cassette format took over. The format is regarded as an obsolete technology, and was relatively unknown outside the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Stereo 8 was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear of Lear Jet Corporation , along with Ampex , Ford Motor Company , General Motors , Motorola , and RCA Victor Records . It
8393-418: The mix stage." Goodge expanded, "We spoke to lots of people who said, 'Yes, they knew what we wanted and they could do it', but we found that they couldn't. We threw the first tapes away, but we were learning all the time." Eventually they found Ross Cockle ( Glenn Shorrock , Real Life ), "who had an empathy with the group and with disco". Their first three non-album singles—" Trust Me " (November 1984), " Lead
8502-723: The modern era. Shorrock provided some interviews, "In Awe of The Beatles", "Being Pop Stars" and "Coming from the UK", about his early years with the Twilights. A Long Way to the Top Tour followed in August–September 2002 with Shorrock appearing with the Twilights in the first set performing "What's Wrong with the Way I Live?" and "Needle in a Haystack"; he returned in the second set with Axiom to perform "Arkansas Grass" and "Little Ray of Sunshine". In 2002, Shorrock reunited with other Little River Band founders Beeb Birtles and Graeham Goble to form Birtles Shorrock Goble . On 17 October 2004,
8611-484: The most successful bands ever to come out of Australia and the first to achieve major commercial success in the United States. For Little River Band, Shorrock wrote the hits "Emma", " Help Is on Its Way " (Australian No. 1) and " Cool Change ". While still a member of Little River Band, Shorrock released a solo single, a cover of Bobby Darin 's 1959 hit " Dream Lover " in April 1979 on EMI , which peaked at No. 8 on
8720-569: The music. The EP was recorded before Abeyratne joined, according to Newman: "[Abeyratne] was a friend of [Ceberano]'s. She joined after about three gigs. [Ceberano] suggested that she come along and do some backing vocals, because none of us could sing." The band were managed by Ken West and Vivian Lees, and following the release of Someday , they were signed to Regular Records , which had been founded by Cameron Allan and Martin Fabinyi . The group's initial work with Allan as producer were scrapped, "we just didn't see eye to eye. We didn't even reach
8829-525: The musical Shout! The Legend of the Wild One based on the life of Australian rocker Johnny O'Keefe . In July 2010, Shorrock performed a retrospective of his 45 years in the music industry. Currently Shorrock continues to tour Australia performing for public and private events in Australia and promotes new local music artists. In early 2013 he and his band were headlining performers in Macau, New York and London for
8938-443: The other parts of the track with headphones to keep the timing right. In the 2000s, with the advent of digital recording , it became possible for musicians to record their part of a song in another studio in another part of the world, and send their contribution over digital channels to be included in the final product. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing or multi-tracking are termed "live", even when done in
9047-414: The other. The user would stack the two records onto the spindle of an automatic record changer, with side 1 on the bottom and side 2 (on the other record) on top. Side 1 would automatically drop onto the turntable and be played. When finished, the tone arm's position would trigger a mechanism which moved the arm out of the way, dropped the record with side 2, and played it. When both records had been played,
9156-512: The other. When they're equal, there's simply mistrust. Stack ' s Jeff Jenkins commented of the expanded reissue, "More than three decades later, the songs still sound sophisticated... [one of] the era's finest example[s] of dance-pop." Cameron Adams of Rolling Stone Australia described "How Can It Be?" as having "channelled the slow-burn jazz tunes the wildly talented Ceberano sang before I’m Talking and returned to after they disbanded". When writing for The Herald Sun he observed "[it's]
9265-464: The practice of issuing albums was not widely taken up by American record companies until the 1920s. By about 1910, bound collections of empty sleeves with a paperboard or leather cover, similar to a photograph album, were sold as record albums that customers could use to store their records (the term "record album" was printed on some covers). These albums came in both 10-inch and 12-inch sizes. The covers of these bound books were wider and taller than
9374-452: The previous three singles: "Trust Me" had peaked at No. 10, "Lead the Way" at No. 25 and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" at No. 21. "How Can It Be?", however, failed to chart, which Goodge and Ceberano put down to the fact that it was released when they were touring the UK and were unable to promote it. At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards Bear Witness was nominated for Best Debut Album. Richard Alan, responsible for
9483-406: The primary medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves and many album covers or sleeves included numbers for the tracks on each side. On a compact disc the track number is indexed so that a player can jump straight to the start of any track. On digital music stores such as iTunes the term song is often used interchangeably with track regardless of whether there
9592-404: The record industry as a standard format for the "album". Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, it has remained the standard format for vinyl albums. The term "album" was extended to other recording media such as 8-track tape , cassette tape , compact disc , MiniDisc , and digital albums, as they were introduced. As part of
9701-617: The record not touching the shelf, and the term was applied to the collection. In the early nineteenth century, "album" was occasionally used in the titles of some classical music sets, such as Robert Schumann 's Album for the Young Opus 68, a set of 43 short pieces. With the advent of 78 rpm records in the early 1900s, the typical 10-inch disc could only hold about three minutes of sound per side, so almost all popular recordings were limited to around three minutes in length. Classical-music and spoken-word items generally were released on
9810-606: The record player stopped he was forced to continue singing by himself and realised he had a good voice. In 1962, Shorrock formed his first band, the Checkmates, with Clem McCartney, Mike Sykes and Billy Volraat. They were a doo-wop harmony group covering the Platters and the Crew Cuts material. Sometimes teaming up with instrumental groups the Vector Men or the Hurricanes, the Checkmates performed in Adelaide cafes and folk clubs. As
9919-451: The recording, and lyrics or librettos . Historically, the term "album" was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage, the word was used for collections of short pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78s were bundled in book-like albums (one side of a 78 rpm record could hold only about 3.5 minutes of sound). When LP records were introduced,
10028-497: The records inside, allowing the record album to be placed on a shelf upright, like a book, suspending the fragile records above the shelf and protecting them. In the 1930s, record companies began issuing collections of 78s by one performer or of one type of music in specially assembled albums, typically with artwork on the front cover and liner notes on the back or inside cover. Most albums included three or four records, with two sides each, making six or eight compositions per album. By
10137-452: The release and distribution Compact Discs . The 2010s saw a revival of Compact Cassettes by independent record labels and DIY musicians who preferred the format because of its difficulty to share over the internet . The compact disc format replaced both the vinyl record and the cassette as the standard for the commercial mass-market distribution of physical music albums. After the introduction of music downloading and MP3 players such as
10246-472: The same building ( Armstrong Studios ) where Little River band was recording its first album. They married in 1980, separated in 2019 and divorced in 2020. Shorrock married Irene Rose, a teacher, on 21 December 2021. He has at times had arthritis , anxiety and stage fright . The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony which recognises excellence, innovation and achievement across all genres of Australian music . They commenced in 1987. Shorrock
10355-560: The self-penned "Let's Get the Band Together" single in October 1971. This was followed by a cover of " Rock and Roll Lullaby " in March 1972. As Andre L'Escargot and His Society Syncopaters, he released "Purple Umbrella" with his backing band being Quartet members Britten, Kevin Peek, Trevor Spencer and Alan Tarney. He joined the multinational progressive rock band Esperanto, which released their debut album, Esperanto Rock Orchestra , in 1973 with
10464-739: The tour of the stage show One for the Money in 1986–87. He appeared in other stage shows including Evita (1989) and his own showcase productions Go Cat Go (1990–91) and Two Up (1996). On 25 March 1991 , Shorrock was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame , alongside contemporary rocker Billy Thorpe , bass-baritone Peter Dawson and jazz musician Don Burrows . In 1993, he re-joined with Axiom bandmate Brian Cadd to record Blazing Salads and three singles for Blue Martin Records as well as
10573-461: The user would pick up the stack, turn it over, and put them back on the spindle—sides 3 and 4 would then play in sequence. Record changers were used for many years of the LP era, but eventually fell out of use. 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8: commonly known as the eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, or simply eight-track) is a magnetic tape sound recording technology popular in the United States from
10682-592: Was Frank Sinatra's first album, the four-record eight-song The Voice of Frank Sinatra , originally issued in 1946. RCA's introduction of the smaller 45 rpm format later in 1948 disrupted Columbia's expectations. By the mid-1950s, 45s dominated the singles market and 12" LPs dominated the album market and both 78s and 10" LPs were discontinued. In the 1950s albums of popular music were also issued on 45s, sold in small heavy paper-covered "gate-fold" albums with multiple discs in sleeves or in sleeves in small boxes. This format disappeared around 1960. Sinatra's "The Voice"
10791-443: Was a further development of the similar Stereo-Pak four-track cartridge created by Earl "Madman" Muntz . A later quadraphonic version of the format was announced by RCA in April 1970 and first known as Quad-8, then later changed to just Q8. The Compact Cassette was a popular medium for distributing pre-recorded music from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The first "Compact Cassette" was introduced by Philips in August 1963 in
10900-585: Was a six-track extended play, Someday (May 1984), on independent label Randelli. The title track was aired on SBS-TV 's Rock Around the World with a music video created after "we did some music for this video art thing and they did a rock clip for us in return". Robert Randall and Frank Bendinelli of Randelli Music had created an art installation, More Love Stories (1984), at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art , South Yarra , for which I'm Talking provided
11009-414: Was from this that in medieval and modern times, album came to denote a book of blank pages in which verses, autographs, sketches, photographs and the like are collected. This in turn led to the modern meaning of an album as a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item. The first audio albums were actually published by the publishers of photograph albums. Single 78 rpm records were sold in
11118-585: Was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1991 and as a member of Little River Band in 2004 . In May 2001, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th-anniversary celebrations, named "Cool Change" as one of the APRA Top 30 Australian songs of all time. Glenn Barrie Shorrock was born on 30 June 1944 in Chatham, Kent , England. His family migrated to Adelaide, South Australia, on
11227-399: Was issued in 1952 on two extended play 45s, with two songs on each side, in both packagings. The 10-inch and 12-inch LP record (long play), or 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. A single LP record often had the same or similar number of tunes as a typical album of 78s, and it was adopted by
11336-733: Was produced by Fred Maher and Martyn Webster (chief engineer on ABC 's How to Be a ... Zillionaire! ) for Regular Records. Maher of British group Scritti Politti had seen "Lead the Way" on Countdown when his group had visited Australia and agreed to produce their album. He also provided drums on some tracks as regular drummer Newman "had trouble with some of the songs". They started recording it with Maher in New York at François Kevorkian 's studio and finished with Webster at Melbourne's AAV Studios . Ceberano, in her autobiography, I'm Talking: My Life, My Words, My Music (2014), recalls that during their time in New York, Goodge and Maher disagreed on how
11445-657: Was released in June 1965. The band had eight consecutive hit singles, including covers of the Velvelettes ' "Needle in a Haystack" and the Hollies ' "What's Wrong with the Way I Live" (recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London). With two lead singers, two guitarists and five vocalists, the Twilights performed note-perfect covers of pop-rock songs and were famed for their live prowess. They relocated to Melbourne late in 1965 and were popular with teenage audiences and respected by fellow musicians. In July 1966, they won Hoadley's Battle of
11554-606: Was shot in Edinburgh , which shows Ceberano in the woods and has a "moody and romantic nature". By the time the album was released Newman had been replaced on drums by Warren McLean (ex- Machinations ). For international releases they were signed to London Records . The band received considerable international interest, and, as a result I'm Talking undertook a 36-date United Kingdom tour supporting Five Star . Back in their home country they added Kevin Wiltshire on keyboards and performed on
11663-517: Was the debut studio album issued by Australian pop rock band I'm Talking on 4 August 1986. The line-up was Zan Abeyratne and Kate Ceberano on co-lead vocals, Stephen Charlesworth on keyboards, Ian Cox on saxophone, Robert Goodge on lead guitar, Barbara Hogarth on bass guitar and Cameron Newman on drums. Whilst most contemporary Australian musicians were playing pub rock in the 1980s, I'm Talking provided London-influenced soul combined with American R&B and electro-funk . Ceberano stated that
11772-411: Was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era . Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by
11881-443: Was unavailable the day they were recording its demos, according to Goodge. Abeyratne also sang lead vocals for the track "It's Over". Goodge later described recording "How Can It Be?", "[Maher] added the percussive flourishes but [Webster] mixed it alone. I think [Maher] loved the idea of doing a freestyle track but baulked at the idea of something so genre bearing his final imprint. I think [Webster] got it just right." Its music video
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