Little River Band – ‘Emma’
Written by: Glenn Shorrock
From the Self Titled Debut Album
Released: November 1975
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Little River Band – It’s A Long Way There
Little River Band – It’s A Long Way There
Label: EMI – 1975
Written: Graham Goble
Lead Singer: Glenn Shorrock
Producer: Glenn Wheatley, The Little River Band
EMI
Graeham Goble: “I wrote that song about how I moved to another state and I missed Adelaide a lot. I used to drive home 8–10 hours each month to visit my family. That’s where the title came from. And then as we used to play 7 nights a week, we were battling for material, we’d go for very long jams on that song, sometimes 20 minutes at a time. And during the long outros, I would hear and come up with different passages, so I would often jot them down and rehearse them and add or take out a bit here and there. Today, I believe that the lyric is about a personal journey, a journey through lifetimes to your soul evolution.”
*Although Roger McLachlan and Ric Formosa are featured on the record, David Briggs and George McArdle feature in this video.
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The Original Little River Band performing “It’s a Long Way There” on Australian television live on GTK (ABC).
Lineup: Beeb Birtles – Guitar/Vocals, Glenn Shorrock – Lead Vocals, Graeham Goble – Guitar/Vocals, Derek Pellicci – Drums, Ric Formosa – Lead Guitar, Roger McLachlan – Bass
‘It’s A Long Way There’ written by Graeham Goble.
Little River Band Self Titled Australian Album
A1 It’s A Long Way There Written-By – Graeham Goble 8:39
A2 Curiosity (Killed The Cat) Written-By – Beeb Birtles 3:40
A3 Meanwhile… Written-By – Glenn Shorrock 3:35
A4 My Lady And Me Written By – Graeham Goble 5:15
B1 I’ll Always Call Your Name Written-By – Beeb Birtles 4:48
B2 Emma Written-By – Glenn Shorrock 3:35
B3 The Man In Black Written-By – Glenn Shorrock 5:06
B4 Statue Of Liberty Written-By – Glenn Shorrock 3:28
B5 I Know It Written-By – Graeham Goble 3:21