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Length
  
38:09

Artist
  
Little River Band

Label
  
Harvest Records

Diamantina Cocktail (1977)
  
Sleeper Catcher (1978)

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Rock music

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Released
  
April 1977 (AUS) June 1977 (USA)

Similar
  
Little River Band albums, Rock music albums

Little river band diamantina cocktail


Diamantina Cocktail is the third album by the Little River Band. The U.S. version of the album was actually a partial compilation of the Australian versions of After Hours and Diamantina Cocktail. In 1980 Capitol Records released the remaining tracks on a U.S. version of After Hours.

Contents

The album was the band's breakthrough in the United States, reaching #49 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart in 1977 and containing two top 20 singles in "Help Is on Its Way" and "Happy Anniversary".

On 30 July 2010, the original Australian version of Diamantina Cocktail became available for download (in digitally remastered form) at the iTunes Store for the first time in the U.S. The U.S. versions of "Days on the Road" and "Take Me Home" were added as bonus tracks, although the cover art for the American version was still used.

A "diamantina cocktail" is a drink invented in the area of the Diamantina River in Queensland, Australia. It consists of Bundaberg Rum, condensed milk and an emu egg.

Personnel

  • Glenn Shorrock : lead vocals, piano
  • Graeham Goble : guitars, vocals
  • Beeb Birtles : guitars, vocals
  • David Briggs : guitars
  • George McArdle : bass guitar
  • Derek Pellicci : drums, percussion
  • Australian version

    1. "Help Is on Its Way" (Glenn Shorrock) - 4:06
    2. "The Drifter" (Graeham Goble) - 3:53
    3. "L.A. in the Sunshine" (David Briggs, Shorrock) - 3:07
    4. "The Inner Light" (Goble) - 3:31
    5. "Witchery" (Beeb Birtles) - 2:48
    6. "Home on Monday" (Birtles, Shorrock) - 3:53
    7. "Happy Anniversary" (Birtles, Briggs) - 4:04
    8. "Raelene, Raelene" (Birtles) - 4:27
    9. "Changed and Different" (Goble) - 4:02
    10. "Days on the Road" (version 2) (Goble) - 4:51 (bonus track on 2010 remaster)
    11. "Take Me Home" (version 2) (Birtles) - 3:48 (bonus track on 2010 remaster)

    International version

    1. "Help Is on Its Way" (Shorrock) - 4:06
    2. "Days on the Road" (Goble) - 4:54
    3. "Happy Anniversary" (Birtles, Briggs) - 4:04
    4. "Another Runway" (Birtles, Ric Formosa) - 6:33
    5. "Every Day of My Life" (Birtles) - 3:53
    6. "Home on Monday" (Birtles, Shorrock) - 3:53
    7. "The Inner Light" (Goble) - 3:31
    8. "Broke Again" (Birtles, Goble) - 3:27
    9. "Take Me Home" (Birtles) - 3:48

    Charts

    Album - Billboard (United States)

    Singles - Billboard (United States)

    Songs

    1Help Is On It's Way4:03
    2Days on the Road4:55
    3Happy Anniversary4:01

    References

    Diamantina Cocktail Wikipedia