''Love Performance'' is the first

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by Australian singer-songwriter

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. It was recorded in 1976, during the Love Performance Tour, in

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. The tour promoted her 1976 album, ''

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''. The album was released only in 1981 by

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(formerly Toshiba EMI). The vinyl LP sold 123,590 and the cassette 10,600 copies in Japan. No re-release has been made since the original issue, making this a coveted item among Olivia's fans. However, six tracks were released as bonus tracks on the re-release of some Newton-John studio albums, which were included in the box '' 40th Anniversary Collection'', released by

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Background

The album artwork and booklet features pictures from Totally Hot World Tour. The booklet also lists the tracks "

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" and " Nevertheless" as, respectively, "Country Roads", "Air That I Breathe" and "Never the Less". It's the only released performances of "Nevertheless", " As Time Goes By" and " Love Is Alive" by Newton-John (all three songs were also performed in the 1977 TV special, ''Only Olivia'').

Track listing

References

External links

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