Strawberry Bubblegum

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Strawberry Bubblegum
Strawberry Bubblegum cover
Compilation album by 10cc
Released 2003
Recorded 1969-1972
Genre Rock
Length 1.14:25
Label Castle Music
Producer Strawberry Productions, Jerry Kasenetz, Jeff Katz, Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme, Ritchie Cordell
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Strawberry Bubblegum is an album subtitled "A Collection of Pre-10cc Strawberry Studios Recordings 1969-1972". The album is a compilation of songs recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England, by the four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who in 1972 would form the British pop band 10cc, along with occasional guest vocalists.

Most of these songs were done for the American bubblegum production team of Super K Productions, by whom Gouldman was employed as a writer during this time,[1] but others were recorded with friends (such as Gouldman's former bandmate Peter Cowap) or as potential novelty hits (following the foursome's success as Hotlegs with "Neanderthal Man").

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Sausalito (Is The Place To Go)" (Graham Gouldman) — 2:13
  2. "Come on Plane" (Gouldman, Jerry Kasenetz, Jeff Katz) — 2:31
  3. "Tampa, Florida" (Peter Cowap, Gouldman) — 2:29
    • Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
  4. "Have You Ever Been to Georgia?" (Gouldman) — 3:20
    • Garden Odyssey, 1972; lead vocal: unknown
  5. "Travellin Man" (Gouldman) — 2:14
    • Tristar Airbus, 1972; lead vocal: Gouldman
  6. "Crickets" (Cowap, Hillary) — 3:13
    • Peter Cowap, 1970; lead vocal: Cowap
  7. "Susan's Tuba" (Ritchie Cordell, Gouldman) — 2:17
  8. "Today" (Godley, Lol Creme) — 4:18
    • Festival, 1972; lead vocal: Godley
  9. "Umbopo" (Godley, Creme) — 5:30
  10. "Safari" (Gouldman, Cowap) — 2:18
    • Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
  11. "Da Doo Ron Ron" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) — 3:04
    • Grumble, 1973; lead vocal: Creme
  12. "The Joker" (Gouldman, Greenfield) — 2:35
    • Garden Odyssey, 1972; lead vocal: unknown
  13. "Funky City" (Godley, Creme, Gouldman) — 2:26
    • Manchester City FC, 1972; lead vocal: Creme
  14. "Man With The Golden Gun" (Cowap, Gouldman) — 2:39
    • Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
  15. "When He Comes" (Gouldman, Katz, Kasenetz) — 3:37
    • Fighter Squadron, 1971; lead vocal: Godley
  16. "Roll On" (Godley, Eric Stewart, Creme) — 4:43
  17. "Wicked Melinda" (Cowap, Hillary) — 3:29
    • Peter Cowap, 1970; lead vocal: Cowap
  18. "Willie Morgan" (Smith, Gouldman) — 2:49
    • Tristar Airbus, 1972; lead vocal: Jeff Smith
  19. "Pig Bin An' Gone" (Stewart, Creme, Gouldman, Godley) — 4:01
    • Grumble, 1973; instrumental
  20. "Warm Me" (Stewart, Gouldman) — 2:01
    • Festival, 1972; lead vocal: Stewart
  21. "Oh Solomon" (Gouldman, Cowap) — 2:53
    • Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
  22. "Boys In Blue" (Godley, Creme, Gouldman) — 2:34
    • Manchester City FC, 1972; instrumental
  23. "There Ain't No Umbopo" (Godley, Creme) — 3:00

(hidden track: "Santa Claus" by Leslie Crowther)

[edit] References

  1. ^ George Tremlett (1976). The 10cc Story. Futura. ISBN 0-8600-7378-5.