Infobox Album |
Name = Strawberry Bubblegum
Type =compilation
Artist = 10cc
Background = darkseagreen
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
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:dcftxqtaldke link]
Last album = "The Very Best of 10cc"
(1997)
This album = "Strawberry Bubblegum"
(2003)
Next album = "Greatest Hits ... And More"
(2006)
"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,[cite book | author=George Tremlett | title=The 10cc Story | year= 1976 | id=ISBN 0-8600-7378-5 | publisher= Futura ] 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").]Track listing
# "Sausalito (Is The Place To Go)" (Graham Gouldman) — 2:13
#* Ohio Express, 1969; lead vocal: Gouldman.
# "Come on Plane" (Gouldman, Jerry Kasenetz, Jeff Katz) — 2:31
#* Silver Fleet, 1971; lead vocal: Kevin Godley
# "Tampa, Florida" (Peter Cowap, Gouldman) — 2:29
#* Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
# "Have You Ever Been to Georgia?" (Gouldman) — 3:20
#* Garden Odyssey, 1972; lead vocal: unknown
# "Travellin Man" (Gouldman) — 2:14
#* Tristar Airbus, 1972; lead vocal: Gouldman
# "Crickets" (Cowap, Hillary) — 3:13
#* Peter Cowap, 1970; lead vocal: Cowap
# "Susan's Tuba" (Ritchie Cordell, Gouldman) — 2:17
#* Freddie and the Dreamers, 1971; lead vocal: Freddie Garrity
# "Today" (Godley, Lol Creme) — 4:18
#* Festival, 1972; lead vocal: Godley
# "Umbopo" (Godley, Creme) — 5:30
#* Doctor Father, 1970; lead vocal: Godley
# "Safari" (Gouldman, Cowap) — 2:18
#* Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
# "Da Doo Ron Ron" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) — 3:04
#* Grumble, 1973; lead vocal: Creme
# "The Joker" (Gouldman, Greenfield) — 2:35
#* Garden Odyssey, 1972; lead vocal: unknown
# "Funky City" (Godley, Creme, Gouldman) — 2:26
#* Manchester City FC, 1972; lead vocal: Creme
# "Man With The Golden Gun" (Cowap, Gouldman) — 2:39
#* Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
# "When He Comes" (Gouldman, Katz, Kasenetz) — 3:37
#* Fighter Squadron, 1971; lead vocal: Godley
# "Roll On" (Godley, Eric Stewart, Creme) — 4:43
#* Doctor Father, 1970; lead vocal: Stewart
# "Wicked Melinda" (Cowap, Hillary) — 3:29
#* Peter Cowap, 1970; lead vocal: Cowap
# "Willie Morgan" (Smith, Gouldman) — 2:49
#* Tristar Airbus, 1972; lead vocal: Jeff Smith
# "Pig Bin An' Gone" (Stewart, Creme, Gouldman, Godley) — 4:01
#* Grumble, 1973; instrumental
# "Warm Me" (Stewart, Gouldman) — 2:01
#* Festival, 1972; lead vocal: Stewart
# "Oh Solomon" (Gouldman, Cowap) — 2:53
#* Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
# "Boys In Blue" (Godley, Creme, Gouldman) — 2:34
#* Manchester City FC, 1972; instrumental
# "There Ain't No Umbopo" (Godley, Creme) — 3:00
#* Crazy Elephant, 1970; lead vocal: Godley(hidden track: "Santa Claus" by Leslie Crowther)
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