Diamantina Cocktail is the third album by the Little River Band

Little River Band

Little River Band is an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in early 1975.The group chose the name after passing a road sign leading to the Victorian township of Little River, near Geelong, on the way to a performance. Little River Band enjoyed sustained commercial success in not only...

. The U.S.

United States

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 version of the album was actually a partial compilation of the Australian versions of After Hours

After Hours (Little River Band album)

After Hours is the second album from the Australian rock band Little River Band, released in 1976 by Capitol Records. The first single from the album, "Everyday of My Life" was a top ten hit in Australia....

and Diamantina Cocktail. In the 1980s, Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 released the remaining tracks on a U.S. version of After Hours.

The album was the band's breakthrough in the United States, reaching #49 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes

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 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

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 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

Diamantina River

The Diamantina River is a river in south west Queensland and the far north of South Australia. Rising north-west of Longreach in the Swords Range, it flows in a south-westerly direction through central Queensland and the Channel Country to form the Warburton River at its confluence with the...

 in Queensland

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, Australia

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. It consists of Bundaberg Rum

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, condensed milk

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 and an emu

Emu

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's egg.

Personnel

Glenn Shorrock

Glenn Shorrock

Glenn Barrie Shorrock is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of pop groups The Twilights, Axiom and Little River Band as well as being a solo performer....

 : lead vocals, piano

Graeham Goble

Graeham Goble

Graeham George Goble is a musician, singer/songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of rock performers Little River Band ....

 : guitars, vocals

Beeb Birtles

Beeb Birtles

Beeb Birtles , is a Dutch / Australian musician, one of the founding members of the Little River Band....

 : guitars, vocals

David Briggs

David Briggs (Australian musician)

David Briggs is an Australian musician and record producer, educated at Wesley College, Melbourne best known for his time as a guitarist in the rock band, Little River Band between 1976 and 1981.In 1976 he joined Little River Band. He wrote their hit single "Lonesome Loser", as well as "Happy...

 : guitars

George McArdle : bass guitar

Derek Pellicci

Derek Pellicci

Derek Allan Pellicci is an Australian pop music drummer. He is best known as a founding member of Little River Band...

 : drums, percussion

Australian version

1. "Help Is on Its Way
   Help Is on Its Way
   "Help Is on Its Way" was written by Glenn Shorrock and was a hit single by the Australian group Little River Band in 1977. It was featured on the album Diamantina Cocktail. The song went to number one in Australia on the Kent Music Report singles chart. The song was the fourth highest selling...
   
   " (Glenn Shorrock
   Glenn Shorrock
   Glenn Barrie Shorrock is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of pop groups The Twilights, Axiom and Little River Band as well as being a solo performer....
   
   ) - 4:06
2. "The Drifter" (Graeham Goble
   Graeham Goble
   Graeham George Goble is a musician, singer/songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of rock performers Little River Band ....
   
   ) - 3:53
3. "L.A. in the Sunshine" (David Briggs
   David Briggs (Australian musician)
   David Briggs is an Australian musician and record producer, educated at Wesley College, Melbourne best known for his time as a guitarist in the rock band, Little River Band between 1976 and 1981.In 1976 he joined Little River Band. He wrote their hit single "Lonesome Loser", as well as "Happy...
   
   , Shorrock) - 3:07
4. "The Inner Light" (Goble) - 3:31
5. "Witchery" (Beeb Birtles
   Beeb Birtles
   Beeb Birtles , is a Dutch / Australian musician, one of the founding members of the Little River Band....
   
   ) - 2:48
6. "Home on Monday" (Birtles, Shorrock) - 3:53
7. "Happy Anniversary" (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" (Briggs) - 4:04
4. "Another Runway" (Birtles, Ric Formosa
   Ric Formosa
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   ) - 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)

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Top LPs & Tapes	49

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1977	"Help Is on Its Way"	Hot 100 Singles	14
1978	"Happy Anniversary"	Hot 100 Singles	16