Song:Reminiscing
Album:The Definitive Collection
The Aussie group Little River Band had six top ten hits from 1978-81. Reminiscing was the first and biggest of those hits. In Australian terms, Little River Band was a supergroup. Glenn Shorrock was the lead singer of the 60s group The Twilights and the early 70s group Axiom. Guitarist Beeb Birtles was in the 60s band Zoot. Bassist Graeham Goble led the folk group Alison Gros and then Mississippi. Birtles and drummer Derek Pellicci were also in that band. Lead guitarist Ric Formosa was a Canadian who moved to Australia in 1974. When LRB was formed, they wanted to have international success. They hired manager Glenn Wheatley to help them do that. Before they began touring, Formosa was replaced by David Briggs and original bassist Roger McLachlan was replaced by George McArdle. They signed with Capitol Records and hotshot producer John Boylan was hired. The 1977 album Diamantina Cocktail went Gold. But then they hit the jackpot when Reminiscing reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album Sleeper Catcher was certified Platinum. Goble wrote Reminiscing. Their 1979 album First Under The Wire was also certified Platinum and they had five more top ten hits. McArdle left to become a minister and was replaced by Wayne Nelson. Briggs was replaced by Stephen Housden in 1981. But the big change was when Glenn Shorrock was forced out of the band and replaced by veteran Aussie pop singer John Farnham. Many fans objected to this change and it led to the band's decline and 1986 split. You can get all their hits on this comp. LRB reformed in 1988 and signed with MCA. They weren't very successful and split up in 1996. Stephen Housden owns the copyright to the LRB name and Wayne Nelson leads a version of LRB today. Birtles, Goble and Shorrock reunited in 2002 but couldn't use the LRB name. They toured as Birtles Shorrock Goble. The current version of Little River Band has no original members. Here's the video for Reminiscing by Little River Band.
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