''After Hours'' is the second studio album from the Australian rock band

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, released in April 1976. It peaked at No. 5 on the Australian

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Glenn Shorrock Glenn Barrie Shorrock (born 30 June 1944) is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of rock bands the Twilights, Axiom, Little River Band and post LRB spin-off trio Birtles Shorrock Goble, as well as being a solo ...

names this album as his favourite album by the band. The album was released in the US in 1980. In between the recording of ''After Hours'' and ''Diamantina Cocktail'', two founding members of the band departed: Ric Formosa (lead guitar) and Roger McLachlan (bass).

Reception

The

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rating for ''After Hours'' is for the 1980 US version that is a compilation of leftovers from the Australian albums following the international release of ''Diamantina Cocktail''.

Track listing

Australian and European version

;Side A # "Days on the Road" (G. Goble) – 5:20 # " Everyday of My Life" (B. Birtles) – 3:45 # "Broke Again" (B. Birtles/G. Goble) – 3:25 # "Seine City" (G. Shorrock) – 3:43 # "Another Runway" (B. Birtles/R. Formosa) – 6:28 ;Side B # "Bourbon Street" (R. Formosa) – 4:22 # "Sweet Old Fashioned Man" (G. Shorrock) – 4:34 # "Take Me Home" (B. Birtles) – 5:09 # "Country Girls" (G. Goble) – 7:11

US version

# "Seine City" (G. Shorrock) – 3:46 # "Bourbon Street" (R. Formosa) – 4:22 # "Sweet Old Fashioned Man" (G. Shorrock) – 4:38 # "Country Girls" (G. Goble) – 7:13 # "The Drifter" (G. Goble) – 3:53 # "L.A. in the Sunshine" (D. Briggs/G. Shorrock) – 3:07 # "Witchery" (B. Birtles) – 2:48 # "Raelene Raelene" (B. Birtles) – 4:27 # "Changed and Different" (G. Goble) – 4:02 # "The Butterfly" (live) (traditional) – 2:41* # "Days on the Road" (live) (G. Goble) – 5:20* # "Long Jumping Jeweller" (G. Shorrock) – 4:46* * *1997 re-release bonus tracks

Personnel

Beeb Birtles Beeb Birtles (born Gerard Bertelkamp, 28 November 1948) is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has been a member of various Australian groups including Zoot (1967–71), Mississippi (1972–74), Little River Band (1975 ...

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Ric Formosa Riccardo Formosa (born 1 September 1954) is an Italian-born Australian musician and composer. He was the lead guitarist of the pop band Little River Band from 1975 to 1976 and recorded their first two albums, ''Little River Band'' and '' After Hou ...

– guitars, slide guitar, dobro, lead vocals on "Bourbon Street" *

Graham Goble Graeham George Goble, (born 15 May 1947)Goble, Graeham (2006Graeham Goble: Biography. Retrieved on 14 July 2008. is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of Australian rock group Little Riv ...

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Roger McLachlan Roger McLachlan (born 15 January 1954) is a New Zealand bass guitarist based in Australia. He was an early bass player for Little River Band. Early life McLachlan was born on 15 January 1954 in the small town of Riverton, near Invercargill, New ...

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Derek Pellicci Derek Allan Pellicci (born 18 February 1953) is an English-born Australian drummer. He is best known as a founding member of Little River Band. Pellicci lives in Melbourne with his wife, Anne and a son. Early life In 1960, Pellicci's family, his ...

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– lead vocals,

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, acoustic guitar on "Seine City"

Additional musicians

* Accordion iano Accordion– Aurora Moratti * Alto Saxophone, Flute – Graeme Lyall * Cor Anglais – Eddy Denton * Keyboards – Ian Mason * Mandolin – Kerryn Tolhurst * Steel Guitar edal– Mike Burke (3) * Tenor Saxophone – Tony Buchanan * Trombone – Don Lock * Trumpet – Bobby Vinier, Peter Salt

Production details

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– Ross Cockle (recording and remix) * Producer – Little River Band

Charts

References

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