Classic Albums- Howzat by Sherbet 1976

The Howzat album by legendary Australian group Sherbet was released in 1976. this album was the first for member Harvey James(from Ariel) who had joined the group in early 1976 when founding member, guitarist and songwriter Clive Shakespeare left the group which Gunther Gorman joined but left within weeks and Harvey's first recording with the group was the title track Howzat which was written by Garth Porter and Tony Mitchell which inspired by the sport of cricket and it went to number 1 in Australia,no 4 in the UK, number 61 in the USA and was top 10 in Europe,South Africa,parts of the Middle East and some of the Asian nations. The Howzat album was recorded at EMI studios from March-May 1976 with Richard Lush who had worked with the Beatles was the producer along with the group as well as being engineer and also Sherbet did the arranging as well as Ralph White who played Brass and Bill Motzing did the string arrangements. the album was released which went to number 1 in Australia for 2 weeks and the all the songs on it were written by songwriter and keyboard player Garth Porter which he co-wrote some with Daryl Braithwaite,Tony Mitchell,Harvey James, and Alan Sandow which there is great songs on this album besides from the title track like Hollywood Dreaming with Garth on lead vocals, Dancer, Lady of the Night,Motor Of Love,Blueswalkin, if I had My way, Gimme Love and others. this is an excellent album which sounds as great today as it was 36 years ago with great singing by Daryl,great songwriting by Garth and excellent playing by tony,Harvey and Alan and at this time Sherbet were on the top bands along with Skyhooks in Australia playing to sell out crowds as well as appearing on COuntdown . As it's been an year since the passing of Harvey James I thought it would be appropriate to start the classic album segment with this album which his work with Sherbet will live on and this album is an classic indeed