Cherry Red Records Sleeper Catcher / First Under The Wire

The Little River Band are a Australian rock band,
formed in Melbourne in 1975. The band chose its name after passing
a road sign leading to the Victorian township of Little River, near Geelong,
on the way to a performance.
 
The band has enjoyed sustained
commercial success not only in Australia, but also in the United States
where they have sold more than 25 million records and achieved 13 U.S. Top 40
hits.
 
The band’s original members are: Glenn
Shorrock, Graeham Goble, Beeb Birtles,
Ric Formosa,
Roger McLachlan, and Derek Pellicci. Goble was the only original
member born in Australia.
 
Sleeper Catcher was the
fourth album by the Little River
Band, released during 1978. It reached #16 in the United States on
the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. The album
was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1979.
 
From this album, the band earned
its first two “top ten” U.S. successes with the songs ‘Reminiscing’
and ‘Lady’.
 
First Under the Wire was the
fifth album from the Little River
Band, released in 1979 by Capitol
Records. It was the band’s only top ten album in the U.S.
 
The album included two top
10 Billboard Hot 100 hits in ‘Lonesome Loser’ and ‘Cool Change’.
Release Date: 29/04/2013