# The Whole Thing's Started

The Whole Thing's Started is the second studio album by British/Australian soft rock band Air Supply, released in July 1977. The first single "Do What You Do" was released ahead of the album in June, "That's How the Whole Thing Started" followed in October and "Do It Again" appeared in February 1978. Neither the album nor the singles peaked into the Australian Kent Music Report Top 40 charts.

## Background

The Whole Thing's Started was produced by Peter Dawkins, and was released in July 1977 with Brenton White replaced on lead guitar by Rex Goh. The album spawned the singles "Do What You Do" (June), "That's How the Whole Thing Started" (October) and "Do It Again" (February 1978) but neither album nor singles charted into the top 40. From late 1977, the group supported Rod Stewart during his tour of Australia—he invited them to continue on to the United States and Canada. Their third album, Love & Other Bruises, included re-recordings of some earlier tracks, and was made mid-tour in Los Angeles in July–August and released internationally later that year on Columbia Records with Jimmy Horowitz producing. During the tour, Paul left the band with a new line-up of Goh, Hitchcock, Macara and Russell, plus Joey Carbone on keyboards, Robin LeMesurier on lead guitar and Howard Sukimoto on bass guitar. Paul, in 1980, joined fellow Air Supply bandmate McEntee in the lineup of Divinyls, fronted by Chrissie Amphlett. Air Supply performed in London supporting Chicago and Boz Scaggs.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Graham Russell

## Personnel

Air Supply members
* Russell Hitchcock – vocals
* Rex Goh – electric guitar
* Graham Russell – acoustic guitar, vocals
* Adrian Scott – keyboards
* Jeremy Paul – bass guitar, vocals
* Nigel Macara – drums
Additional musicians
* William Motzing – arranger and conductor (strings and brass)
Recording details
* Producer – Peter Dawkins
* Engineer – Bruce Brown at Albert Studios, Sydney
** Additional Engineering – Peter Dawkins and Wyn Wynyard
Artwork
* Art Direction and Design – J. Peter Thoeming
* Photography – Patrick Jones

## Charts

| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 32 |

## Release history

| Date | Region | Label | Format | Catalog | Notes |
| 1977 | Australia | CBS | LP | SBP 234999 | |
| 1977 | Australia | CBS | 2LP | SBP 241031 | Repackaged with Air Supply |
| 1977 | Australia | CBS | CAS | PC 4999 | |
| 1977 | Australia | Rainbow | CAS | RSV-001 | |
| 1977 | Australia | Summit/Rainbow | CAS | SUL 3001 | |
| 1980 | Japan | Epic/Sony | LP | 25•3P-238 | Japanese reissue, alternate cover |
| 1981 | Australia | Harmony | LP | HC 15070 | Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from The Whole Thing's Started |
| 1981 | Australia | Harmony | CAS | TCHC 15070 | Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from The Whole Thing's Started |
| 1981 | Australia | Summit/Rainbow | CAS | SC 3036 | Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from The Whole Thing's Started |
| 1988 | Australia | Columbia/Sony | CD | 463016 2 | Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from The Whole Thing's Started |
| 1988 | Australia | CBS/Disctronics | CD | 463016 2 | Reissue of 1981 compilation, alternate cover |
| 1988 | Australia | CBS | CAS | 463016 4 | Reissue of 1981 compilation, alternate cover |
| 1991 | Japan | Epic/Sony | CD | ESCA 5390 | First appearance of full album on CD |
| 1992 | Australia | Rainbow | 2CD | 2RCD 111/112 | Feel the Breeze, includes Air Supply and The Whole Thing's Started |
| 1996 | Korea | Columbia/Sony | CD | 486553.2 | Once Upon a Time, includes five tracks from The Whole Thing's Started |
| 1996 | Korea | Columbia/Sony | CAS | 486553.4 | Once Upon a Time, includes five tracks from The Whole Thing's Started |
| 2002 | Japan | Epic | CD | EICP 7033 | Reissue of 1991 release |