GALLAGHER AND LYLE – LOVE ON THE AIRWAVES LP – Nr MINT A3/B2 UK

Gallagher And Lyle – Love On The Airwaves
(A&M Records  1977  AMLH64620)
Matrix No’s: A3/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– a little wear to edges
Insert in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Gallagher and Lyle were a Scottish musical duo, comprising singer-songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle. Their style consisted mainly in pop, soft and folk rock oriented songs.

Their first recognition came in 1968, when they were signed by The Beatles to write for Apple Records’ artists. They were founding members of the band McGuinness Flint and wrote the 1970 UK chart hit “When I’m Dead and Gone”. In 1972 they formed the duo Gallagher and Lyle, whose fifth album Breakaway charted well and included the hit songs “Heart on My Sleeve” and “I Wanna Stay with You”. Don Williams took their song “Stay Young” to No. 1 on the US Country charts.

The duo split in 1980, but re-formed in 2010 and worked together on an intermittent basis, mainly as a live act, until 2018.

Gallagher and Lyle have worked, jointly and individually, on records with, among others, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood, Joan Armatrading, Ralph McTell, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention and Jim Diamond. Artists who have released Gallagher and Lyle songs include Bryan Ferry, Elkie Brooks, Fairport Convention, Art Garfunkel and Joe Brown.

Love On The Airwaves is the sixth studio album by Scottish duo Gallagher and Lyle and was released in 1977.

Track listing

All songs written and performed by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, with additional horn arrangements by John Mumford and Jimmy Jewell and string arrangements by Brian Rogers. Singer Jean Terrell released her first and only solo album a year later under the name “I Had To Fall in Love”, using Lyle and Gallagher’s song on it.
Side 1

1. “Love on the Airwaves” – 4:20
2. “Runaway” – 5:53
3. “Every Little Teardrop” – 3:52
4. “I Had To Fall in Love” – 5:09
5. “Street Boys” – 3:46

Side 2

1. “Never Give Up On Love” – 3:23
2. “Dude in the Dark” – 4:43
3. “Head Talk” – 3:49
4. “Call for The Captain” – 4:05
5. “It Only Hurts When I Laugh” – 2:57

Personnel

• Benny Gallagher – vocals, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion
• Graham Lyle – vocals, guitar
• Alan Hornall – bass
• Iain Rae – piano, organ, synthesizer
• Ray Duffy – drums
• Jimmy Jewell – saxophone
• John Mumford – trombone

Technical

• Geoff Emerick – engineer