The History Mix Volume 1

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The History Mix Volume 1
The History Mix Volume 1 cover
Studio album by Godley & Creme
Released 1985
Genre Rock
Length 55:57
Label Polydor
Producer Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Nigel Gray, J. J. Jeczalik, Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Trevor Horn
Professional reviews
Godley & Creme chronology
Birds of Prey
(1983)		 The History Mix Volume 1
(1985)		 Goodbye Blue Sky
(1988)

The History Mix Volume 1 is the sixth album by British pop band Godley & Creme. The album was a remix of songs spanning the career of Godley & Creme and their earlier bands, 10cc, Doctor Father and Hotlegs.

The album produced two singles, "Golden Boy and "Cry", the latter which became a groundbreaking video clip featuring numerous "changing faces" that morphed from one to another as they mimed the lyrics to the song.

"Wet Rubber Soup" was also made into a video, which was effectively a cleverly executed collage of snippets of Godley and Creme's work. "Cry" is featured at the end, with a version of the video slightly different from the single version - one part shows Lol Creme 'morphing' into Gonzo from the Muppets!

In an interview in Musician magazine in 1985, Lol Creme said: "We're not in the music business. We left it in 1976 and we haven't taken it seriously since. We decided to celebrate our 25 years together by taking all the music we've ever done – demos, masters, whatever – and putting it in a musical blender, the Fairlight. Then we got J.J. of Art of Noise to reprogram the sounds to a disco beat so we could dance at our party."

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Wet Rubber Soup" – 18:52
  2. "Cry" (Godley, Creme) - 3:22 [subtitled "Volume 1" on vinyl and CD pressings]
    • This is the mix heard at the end of the album's music video reel.
  3. "Cry" (Godley, Creme) - 3:43—(not on cassette pressing) [subtitled "Volume 2" on vinyl and CD pressings]
    • This is the mix that was released as a single.
  4. "Expanding the Business/The 'Dare You' Man/Hum Drum Boys in Paris/Mountain Tension" – 17:03—(not on vinyl pressing)
    • (Recycled from: "Business is Business" (Godley, Creme), "How Dare You" (Godley, Creme), "Neanderthal Man" (Godley, Creme, Stewart), "This Sporting Life" (Godley, Creme), "One Night in Paris" (Godley, Creme), "The Dean and I" (Godley, Creme), "Dynamic Tension" (Godley, Creme), "Umbopo" (Godley, Creme))
  5. "Light Me Up" (Godley, Creme) – 4:30
  6. "An Englishman in New York: (Godley, Creme) – 05:52
  7. "Save a Mountain For Me" (Godley, Creme) – 3:34
  8. "Golden Boy" (Godley, Creme) – 5:48

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