Life... Is for Living
1975 studio album by Sherbet
Life... Is For Living | ||||
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Studio album by Sherbet | ||||
Released | November 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Studio | Trafalgar Studios, Armstrong Studios, Festival Studios | |||
Genre | Rock, pop | |||
Length | 36:43[1] | |||
Label | Infinity, Festival | |||
Producer | Clive Shakespeare, Garth Porter, John L Sayers | |||
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Singles from Life...Is for Living | ||||
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Life... Is for Living is the fourth studio album by Sherbet released in November 1975. The album reached at number 3 on the Kent Music Report.[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Arrival" | Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare | 1:56 |
2. | "Survival" | Porter, Shakespeare | 2:03 |
3. | "Life" | Porter, Shakespeare | 3:28 |
4. | "I Wanna Live" | Porter, Shakespeare | 4:12 |
5. | "Only One You" | Porter, Shakespeare | 3:46 |
6. | "Matter of Time" | Porter, Shakespeare | 3:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Just Being You" | Porter, Shakespeare | 3:50 |
2. | "Bluesong" | Clive Shakespeare | 2:46 |
3. | "I've Been in It Too Long" | Porter, Shakespeare | 2:55 |
4. | "Where Do We Go?" | Shakespeare | 4:15 |
5. | "Survival (Reprise)" | Porter, Shakespeare | 4:32 |
Total length: | 36:43 |
Personnel
"Survival"
- Garth Porter – clavinet, Hammond organ, Moog, Yamaha combo organ
- Clive Shakespeare – guitars
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar
- Alan Sandow – drums
"Life"
- Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals
- Garth Porter – Mu-Tron, clavinet, Moog, organ, harmony vocals
- Clive Shakespeare – electric guitar, acoustic classical guitar, harmony vocals
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
- Alan Sandow – drums, roto-toms
"I Wanna Live"
- Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals
- Garth Porter – organ, clavinet, saxophones, harmony vocals
- Clive Shakespeare – slide guitars, acoustic guitars, Burns Flyte guitars, harmony vocals
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
- Alan Sandow – drums, roto-toms, percussion
- Dalvanius and The Fascinations – harmony vocals
"Only One You"
- Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals
- Garth Porter – Hammond organs, Yamaha organs, piano, string synthesizer, harmony vocals
- Clive Shakespeare – classical guitars, 12 string guitars, harmony vocals
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
- Alan Sandow – drums
- Bruce Sandell – flute
"Matter of Time"
- Garth Porter – lead vocals, saxophones, piano
- Clive Shakespeare – electric guitar
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar
- Alan Sandow – drums
- Daryl Braithwaite – Burns Flyte guitar
- Geoff Oakes – saxophone solo
"Just Being You"
- Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine
- Garth Porter – clavinet, piano, saxes, harmony vocals
- Clive Shakespeare – lead guitar, Uni-Vibe guitars, 12 string guitars, Burns Flyte guitars
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
- Alan Sandow – drums
- Dal & Fascinations – vocals
"Bluesong"
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, lead vocals
- Garth Porter – Wurlitzer piano
- Clive Shakespeare – guitars, harmony vocals
- Alan Sandow – drums, gon bop congas
- Peter Jones – vibes
"I've Been In It Too Long"
- Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
- Garth Porter – lead vocals on 2nd verse, piano, saxophones
- Clive Shakespeare – ukulele, vocals, harp, kitchen sink
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, vocals
- Alan Sandow – lead vocals on 1st verse, drums
"Where Do We Go?"
- Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine
- Garth Porter – electric piano, grand piano, organ, saxophones, harmony vocals
- Clive Shakespeare – 12 string guitar, slide guitars, Burns Flyte guitar, harmony vocals
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
- Alan Sandow – drums, harmony vocals
- Dal & The Fascinations – harmony vocals
- David Bronn – saxophone
- Miguel Carranza – trombone
- Bruce Sandell – flute
- Russell Smith – trumpet
"Survival (Reprise)"
- Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
- Garth Porter – electric piano, synthesizers, strings, Yamaha combo organ
- Clive Shakespeare – electric guitars, acoustic guitars
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar
- Alan Sandow – drums
- Russell Smith – trumpet
Charts
Chart (1975/76) | Peak position |
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Australia Kent Music Report[3] | 3 |
Release history
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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Australia | November 1975 | Festival | LP, cassette | L 35652 |
Australia | 23 August 1999 | Festival | CD | D20031 |
References
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Sherbet / Highway / The Sherbs
- Clive Shakespeare
- Daryl Braithwaite
- Alan Sandow
- Garth Porter
- Tony Mitchell
- Harvey James
- Dennis Laughlin
- Gunther Gorman
- Tony Leigh
- Sam See
- Danny Taylor
- Doug Rea
- Bruce Worrall
- John Watson
- Time Change... A Natural Progression
- On with the Show
- Slipstream
- Life... Is for Living
- Howzat!
- Photoplay
- Sherbet
- The Skill
- Defying Gravity
- Shaping Up
- In Concert
- Caught in the Act... Live
- Can You Feel It Baby
- "Can You Feel It, Baby?"
- "Free the People"
- "You're All Woman"
- "You've Got the Gun"
- "Hound Dog"
- "Cassandra"
- "So Glad You're Mine"
- "Slipstream"
- "Silvery Moon"
- "Summer Love"
- "Freedom"
- "Life"
- "Howzat"
- "Magazine Madonna"
- "We Ride Tonight"
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