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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: 10CC: The Complete UK Recordings |
| Date | Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:46:48 -0800 (PST) |
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And for all you 10cc fans...
I highly recommend Graham Gouldman's "..And Another Thing". Which also has Andrew Gold all over it. One fine pop album.
Marty
---- audities@smoe.org wrote:
>
> I've been listening, and listening, and listening again to "10CC: The
> Complete Recordings", which was just released on Varese Sarabande. The two
> discs contain the band's first two albums, 10CC and Sheet Music, along with
> several b-sides and 45 edits.
>
> I once posted on Audities that I thought the original Wondermints (including
> Brian Kassan, now of Chewy Marble) were the best foursome of
> singer/songwriters that I could think of. Someone responded with their pick
> of Lol Creme, Kevin Godley, Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart of 10CC, and
> that was a great call. What a brilliant band this was when all four of them
> were together! They had the uncanny knack of gleaning all sorts of popular
> musical stylings and meshing them within and between songs, and wedding to
> that some extremely clever, glib, and silly lyrics chock full of double
> entendres and puns. Although all four of them sung very well, I've got to
> say that Kevin Godley's last name was extremely descriptive of his vocals
> (anyone who's heard his version of "To Fly Away" on the Rare Tracks LP may
> agree with me).
>
> Though the two albums are great (especially Sheet Music), it's the b-sides
> and 45 edits that make this collection really cool. I especially love the
> subtle difference betwen the album version and the 45 of "Worst Band In The
> World". If anyone who hasn't read the liner notes knows the difference
> between the two, they deserve a prize of some sort (I have a hunch Mr.
> Spradlin knows).
>
> Again, what a brilliant band!
> --
> Pop Rules!!!!!
> Take Care,
> David "Silly Love" Bash
>
>
>
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