এয়ার সাপলাই.........সফ্ট রকের রকার। ১৯৭৬ সালের কথা, একটা চুক্তুতে সাইনাপ করার জন্য সুদুর ইংল্যান্ড থেকে অস্ট্রেলিয়ায় উরে এসেছিলেন Graham Russell। অস্ট্রেলিয়া মিউজিক প্রডাকশন হাউজে অনেকটা নাটকীয় ভাবেই দেখা হয়ে যায় Russell Hitchcock নামের অস্টেলিয়ার এক উঠতি মিউজেশিয়ান এর সাথে Russell Hitchcock সেখানে তার লিরিক্সের পান্ডুলিপি সামলাচ্ছিলেন, কিন্তু বাতাস এসে ২/৩টা পাতা Graham Russell এর পায়ের সামনে এনে ফেলে, তিনি তখন প্রথমে আঁর চোখে এবং পরে মুগ্ধ চোখে তাকেয়ে দেখেন কি সুন্দর লিরিক্স? I know just how to whisper And I know just how to cry I know just where to find the answers And I know just how to lie I know just how to fake it And I know just how to scheme I know just when to face the truth And then I know just when to dream মানুষের পক্ষেকি এতো সুন্দর লিকিক্স লিখা সম্ভব? একেই তো মনে মনে এতদিন খুজেছি। সাথে সাথে সে Russell Hitchcock কফি সপে আমন্ত্রন জানান..........মাত্র ৫ মাসের মাথেয় ওদের সেল্ফ টাইটেল্ড "এয়ার সাপলাই" রিলিজ দেন......এলবামের দুই দুই টা গান ইউএস এমটিভির টপ চার্টে উঠে আসে। এর পর আর তাদেরকে বসে থাকতে হয় নাই। তাদের ক্লিয়ার কথা, "আমরা গান ভালোবাসি...আমরা এই ভালোবাসা সবার মাঝে ছরিয়ে দিতে চাই।" আর এই জন্যই মনে হয় এখনো তারা বিশ্বের হাজার কোটি ভক্তদের আনন্দ দেবার জন্য আকাশকেই বাসা বানিয়েছেন। মহা ব্যস্ততা, আজ নিউ ইয়র্ক, কাল সিডনি.....তাদের অফিসিয়াল ওয়েব সাইট টাও কিন্তু সবসময়ি আপডেট http://airsupplymusic.com "On November 18, 2008 - we will be appearing on Rock n' A Hard Place with Meatloaf battling against Quiet Riot on Direct TV 101." এই টাইপের নোটিশ, তাদের নোটিশবোর্ডে প্রতিদিনই চেইন্জ হচ্ছে। তাদের কম্পোজিশন এতো ইনটেক্ট যে খুব অল্প সময়েই তারা বেশ কিছু কোয়ালিটি মিউজিক ছেড়েছে। উল্লেখযোগ্য হলো: 1976: Air Supply (album) [Australian Record Company] 1977: The Whole Thing Started [Epic Sony] 1977: Love & Other Bruises [Columbia Records] 1979: Life Support (album) [Big Time Records] [Rereleased 1996 EMI Australia] 1980: Lost In Love #22 US [Arista Records] 1981: The One That You Love #10 US [Arista Records] 1982: Now And Forever #25 US [Arista Records] 1983: Greatest Hits #7 US [Arista Records] 1983: Making Love... The Very Best of Air Supply [Arista Records] 1985: Air Supply #26 US [Arista Records] 1986: Hearts In Motion #84 US [Arista Records] 1987: The Christmas Album [Arista Records] 1987: Russell Hitchcock (Solo Album)[Arista Records] 1991: The Earth Is... [Giant Records] 1993: The Vanishing Race [Giant Records] 1995: News From Nowhere [Giant Records] 1995: Now and Forever...Greatest Hits Live [Giant Records] 1997: The Book Of Love [Giant Records] 1999: The Definitive Collection [Arista Records] 2001: Yours Truly [Giant Records] 2002: The Heart of the Rose: A Rock Opera [Graham Russell project] [A Nice Pair] 2002: Celestine Travelers [Graham Russell project] [A Nice Pair] 2003: Across the Concrete Sky [A Nice Pear] 2003: Forever Love: 36 Greatest Hits [BMG] 2004: Platinum and Gold Collection [Arista Records] 2005: Love Songs [Arista Records] 2005: All Out of Love Live [Cleopatra] 2005: The Singer And The Song [A Nice Pear] 2007: The Future [Graham Russell solo project] ------------------------------------------------------------ তদের ভালো গান গুলো হলো: 1. All Out Of Love 2. Every Woman In The World 3. Goodbye 4. Just As I Am 5. Lonely Is The Night 6. Lost in Love 7. Making Love Out of Nothing At All 8. Sweet Dreams 9. Without You ------------------------------------------------------------ কিছু পছন্দের লিরিক্স: All Out of love I'm lying alone with my head on the phone Thinking of you till it hurts I know you hurt too but what else can we do Tormented and torn apart I wish I could carry your smile and my heart For times when my life feels so low It would make me believe what tomorrow could bring When today doesn't really know, doesn't really know Chorus: I 'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you I know you were right believing for so long I 'm all out of love, what am I without you I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong I want you to come back and carry me home Away from this long lonely nights I'm reaching for you, are you feeling it too Does the feeling seem oh so right And what would you say if I called on you now And said that I can't hold on There's no easy way, it gets harder each day Please love me or I'll be gone, I'll be gone Chorus Oh, what are you thinking of? What are you thinking of? Oh, what are you thinking of? What are you thinking of? GOODBYE I can see the pain living in your eyes And I know how hard you try You deserve to have much more I can feel your heart and I simpathize And I'll never criticize All you've ever meant to my life I don't want to let you down I don't want to lead you on i don't want to hold you back From where you might belong You would never ask me why My heart is so disguised I just can't live a lie anymore I would rather hurt myself Than to ever make you cry There's nothing left to say but goodbye You deserve the chance at the kind of love I'm not sure i'm worthy of Losing you is painful to me I don't want to let you down I don't want to lead you on i don't want to hold you back From where you might belong You would never ask me why My heart is so disguised I just can't live a lie anymore I would rather hurt myself Than to ever make you cry There's nothing left to say but goodbye You would never ask me why My heart is so disguised I just can't live a lie anymore I would rather hurt myself Than to ever make you cry There's nothing left to try Though it's gonna hurt us both There's no other way than to say goodbye The Vanishing Race un, I can't slow you down Run, build on sacred ground All of the leavesd have blown away Ghosts on a distant highway In a vanishing race Sleep, if your eyes must close Weep, over a poisoned rose Soon all the tears will blow away Dust on a distant highway In the vanishing race Fly, closer to the sun Fight, 'till your world is one Soon all the stars will burn away Ghosts on a different highway In the vanishing race Oh, shall we sleep tonight Take all your dreams and drive away Smoke on a distant highway From the vanishing race All my people Respect your Mother Earth Thank you for this life and this breath And all my people's strength Making Love Out Of Nothing At All Lyrics I know just how to whisper And I know just how to cry I know just where to find the answers And I know just how to lie I know just how to fake it And I know just how to scheme I know just when to face the truth And then I know just when to dream And I know just where to touch you And I know just what to prove I know when to pull you closer And I know when to let you loose And I know the night is fading And I know the time's gonna fly And I'm never gonna tell you Everything I gotta tell you But I know I gotta give it a try And I know the roads to riches And I know the ways to fame I know all the rules And I know how to break 'em And I always know the name of the game But I don't know how to leave you And I'll never let you fall And I don't know how you do it Making love out of nothing at all Out of nothing at all, out of nothing at all Out of nothing at all, out of nothing at all Out of nothing at all, Making love out of nothing at all Everytime I see you all the rays of the sun Are streaming through the waves in your hair And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes Like a spotlight The beating of my heart is a drum and it's lost And it's looking for a rhythm like you You can take the darkness from the pit of the night And turn into a beacon burning endlessly bright I've gotta follow it 'cause everything I know Well it's nothing till I give it to you I can make the runner stumble I can make the final block I can make every tackle at the sound of the whistle I can make all the stadiums rock I can make tonight forever Or I can make it disappear by the dawn I can make every promise that has ever been made I can make all your demons be gone But I'm never gonna make it without you Do you really want to see me crawl And I'm never gonna make it like you do Making love out of nothing at all Out of nothing at all, out of nothing at all Out of nothing at all, out of nothing at all Out of nothing at all, out of nothing at all Out of nothing at all তাদের লাইনাপ: Russell Hitchcock, (born June 15, 1949, Melbourne, Australia), vocals; Graham Russell, (born June 1, 1950, Nottingham, England), guitar and vocals; Ralph Cooper, drums; Rex Goh, guitar; David Green, bass; David Moyse, guitar; and Frank Esler-Smith, keyboards. এড্রেস: Record company--Giant Records, 8900 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 200, Beverly Hills, CA, 90211, (310) 289-5500, fax (310) 289-5501.