52-633: And Another Thing may refer to: And Another Thing... (album) , a 2000 Graham Gouldman album And Another Thing... (novel) , a 2009 novel by Eoin Colfer and part six in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy" And Another Thing , a 2007 album by Messiah J and the Expert The blog of radio host Dave Thompson And Another Thing ,
104-460: A 1988 interview by Creme, and also on the webpage of Gouldman's current line-up is that the band name represented ten cubic centimetres , a volume of semen that was more than the average amount ejaculated, thus emphasising their potency or prowess. "Donna", released as the first 10cc single, was chosen by BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Tony Blackburn as his Record of the Week, helping to launch it into
156-487: A 2005 book by Jeremy Clarkson Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title And Another Thing . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=And_Another_Thing&oldid=545443701 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
208-598: A No. 86 US hit credited to Ohio Express and released in July 1969. In fact the song featured Gouldman on lead vocal, and vocal and instrumental backing by the other three future 10cc members. In December 1969, Kasenetz and Katz agreed to a proposal by Gouldman that he work solely at Strawberry, rather than move constantly between Stockport, London and New York. Gouldman convinced the pair that these throwaway two-minute songs could all be written, performed and produced by him and his three colleagues, Stewart, Godley and Creme, at
260-622: A cover version of Paul Simon 's " Cecilia ", was one of the few tracks the band released that they had not written. It also failed to chart. The band also continued outside production work at Strawberry, working with Dave Berry , Wayne Fontana , Peter Cowap and Herman's Hermits, and doing original compositions for various UK football (soccer) teams. In 1971 they produced and played on Space Hymns , an album by New Age musician Ramases ; in 1972–73 they co-produced and played on two Neil Sedaka albums, Solitaire and The Tra-La Days Are Over . The experience of working on Solitaire , which became
312-703: A few months later with " The Dean and I ", which peaked at No. 10 in September. They released two singles, "Headline Hustler" (in the US) and the self-mocking "The Worst Band in the World" (in the UK) and launched a UK tour on 26 August 1973, joined by second drummer Paul Burgess , before returning to Strawberry Studios in November to record the remainder of their second LP, Sheet Music (1974), which included "The Worst Band in
364-417: A fraction of the cost of hiring outside session musicians. Kasenetz and Katz booked the studio for three months. Godley recalled: We did a lot of tracks in a very short time – it was really like a machine. Twenty tracks in about two weeks – a lot of crap really – really shit. We used to do the voices, everything – it saved 'em money. We even did the female backing vocals. The three-month project resulted in
416-558: A little more free in our thinking with regard to our work practices, the band as a corporate and creative entity could have realised that it could have been useful rather than detrimental for two members to spend some time developing and then bring whatever they'd learned back to the corporate party. Unfortunately, that wasn't to be. Our contemporaries were people like Roxy Music who allowed that to happen and they gained from that ... Had we been allowed to get it out of our system and come back home, who knows what would have happened. In
468-404: A new Stewart/Gouldman song "Warm Me"), which was released under the name Festival. The single failed to chart, and the band moved on to record a Stewart/Gouldman song, "Waterfall", in early 1972. Stewart offered the acetate to Apple Records . He waited months before receiving a note from the label saying the song was not commercial enough to release as a single. Undeterred by Apple's rejection,
520-511: A number of tracks that appeared under various band names owned by Kasenetz-Katz, including "There Ain't No Umbopo" by Crazy Elephant , "When He Comes" by Fighter Squadron and "Come on Plane" by Silver Fleet (all three with lead vocals by Godley), and "Susan's Tuba" by Freddie and the Dreamers (which was a hit in France and featured lead vocals by Freddie Garrity , despite claims by some that it
572-607: A radio talk show), " Life Is a Minestrone " (1975) was another UK Top 10 placing, peaking at No. 7. Their biggest success came with the dreamy "I'm Not in Love", which gave the band their second UK No. 1 in June 1975. The song provided them with their first US chart success when the song reached No. 2. A collaborative effort built around a title by Stewart, "I'm Not in Love" is notable for its innovative production, especially its richly overdubbed choral backing. Godley stated: If I
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#1732780521423624-523: A series of albums by Godley & Creme , Consequences began as a demonstration record for the " Gizmotron ", an electric guitar effect they had invented. The device, which fitted over the bridge of an electric guitar, contained six small motor-driven wheels attached to small keys (four wheels for electric basses); when the key was depressed, the Gizmotron wheels bowed the guitar strings, producing notes and chords with endless sustain . First used during
676-557: A short tour supporting the Moody Blues , before releasing a follow-up single "Lady Sadie" b/w (Backed With) "The Loser". Philips Records reworked their sole album, removing "Neanderthal Man" and adding "Today", and issued it as Song . Stewart, Creme and Godley released another single in February 1971 under yet another name, The New Wave Band, this time with former Herman's Hermits member Derek "Lek" Leckenby on guitar. The song,
728-406: A song from 10cc 's album Mirror Mirror that reflects the passing of Graham's father; "Sometimes" and "Can Anybody See You?" from Wax releases The Wax Files and Common Knowledge.com respectively. Among the new songs "Walking With Angels" was co-written with Nashville session guitarist and writer Gordon Kennedy , responsible for Eric Clapton 's " Change the World ", while "Dancing Days'
780-429: A success for Sedaka, was enough to prompt the band to seek recognition on their own merits. Gouldman—who by 1972 was back at Strawberry Studios—said: It was Neil Sedaka's success that did it, I think. We'd just been accepting any job we were offered and were getting really frustrated. We knew that we were worth more than that, but it needed something to prod us into facing that. We were a bit choked to think that we'd done
832-476: A worldwide hit, selling more than two million copies. Around the same time, the trio released "Umbopo" under the name of Doctor Father . The song, a slower, longer and more melancholic version of the track earlier released under the name of Crazy Elephant, failed to chart. Reverting to the successful band name Hotlegs, in early 1971 Godley, Creme and Stewart recorded the album Thinks: School Stinks , which included "Neanderthal Man". They then recalled Gouldman for
884-494: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages And Another Thing... (album) And Another Thing... is a third studio album by 10cc bass player Graham Gouldman released in 2000. The album is a mix of newly written songs and new versions of tracks from earlier stages of Gouldman's musical career. The album's title is a reference to Gouldman's first solo album, released in 1968: The Graham Gouldman Thing , which utilized
936-467: The Beatles ' " Strawberry Fields Forever ". In 1969, Gouldman also began using Strawberry to record demos of songs he was writing for Marmalade . He had become much more in demand as a songwriter than as a performer. By the end of the year, he too was a financial partner in the studios. By 1969, all four members of the original 10cc line-up were working together regularly at Strawberry Studios. Around
988-602: The Lol Creme composition "Baby Not Like You", as the B-side of their only single, "Look At Me". The Whirlwinds then changed members and name, becoming The Mockingbirds (including singer-guitarist Gouldman, bassist Bernard Basso and drummer Kevin Godley, formerly of The Sabres with Creme). The Mockingbirds recorded five singles in 1965–66 without any success, before dissolving. The guitarist in both The Whirlwinds and The Mockingbirds
1040-573: The Time" and "Off and Running". In March 1968, Gouldman joined Stewart in the Mindbenders, replacing bassist Bob Lang and playing on some tour dates. Gouldman wrote two of the band's last three singles, "Schoolgirl" (released November 1967) and "Uncle Joe the Ice Cream Man" (August 1968). Those singles did not chart, and the Mindbenders broke up after a short tour of England in November. In
1092-552: The Top 30. The song peaked at No. 2 in the UK in October 1972. Although their second single, a similarly 1950s-influenced song called "Johnny Don't Do It", was not a major chart success, " Rubber Bullets ", a catchy satirical take on the " Jailhouse Rock " concept, became a hit internationally and gave 10cc their first British No. 1 single in June 1973. They consolidated their success
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#17327805214231144-494: The UK Top 40, three of which were the chart-toppers " Rubber Bullets " (1973), " I'm Not in Love " (1975) and " Dreadlock Holiday " (1978). "I'm Not in Love" was their breakthrough worldwide hit, and is known for its innovative backing track. In 1976, Godley and Creme quit the band to concentrate on developing an electronic music device, " The Gizmo ", and getting into video production and music as Godley & Creme . Stewart left
1196-435: The World" along with other hits " The Wall Street Shuffle " (No. 10, 1974) and " Silly Love " (No. 24, 1974). Sheet Music became the band's breakthrough album, remaining on the UK charts for six months and paving the way for a US tour in February 1974. In February 1975, the band announced they were splitting with Jonathan King and that they had signed with Mercury Records for US$ 1 million. The catalyst for
1248-537: The album and freaked. He said "This is a masterpiece, it's a done deal!". We did a five-year deal with them for five albums and they paid us a serious amount of money. It was Grainge's idea to release 'Life Is A Minestrone' as the first single holding back the big one to give us more longevity for the album. Speaking in the BBC Four documentary I'm Not in Love: The Story of 10cc in 2015, Stewart expanded on
1300-524: The background, explaining that their royalty returns under the contract with King were a mere 4%. Creme therefore planned to sign with Richard Branson 's new Virgin label. Stewart and Creme gave power of attorney to their manager Harvey Lisberg to finalise the deal, as they were both to go on holiday. Contrary to their instructions, Lisberg then accepted a revised offer from Phonogram. Creme said that he felt "horrified, embarrassed and disgusted – to this day I still am". The Original Soundtrack , which
1352-502: The band in 1995. Since 1999, Gouldman has led a touring version of 10cc. Three of the founding members of 10cc were childhood friends in the Manchester area. As boys, Godley and Creme knew each other; Gouldman and Godley attended the same secondary school, and their musical enthusiasm led to their playing at the local Jewish Lads' Brigade . Their first recorded collaboration was in 1964, when Gouldman's band The Whirlwinds recorded
1404-451: The deal was one song – " I'm Not in Love ". Stewart recalled: At that point in time we were still on Jonathan King's label, but struggling. We were absolutely skint, the lot of us, we were really struggling seriously, and Philips Phonogram wanted to do a deal with us. They wanted to buy Jonathan's contract. Our manager Ric Dixon invited them to listen to what we've done. Head of A & R Nigel Grainge came up to our Strawberry Studio, heard
1456-502: The dying days of the Mindbenders, Stewart began recording demos of new material at Inner City Studios, a Stockport studio then owned by Peter Tattersall, a former road manager for Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas . In July 1968, Stewart joined Tattersall as a partner in the studio, where he could further hone his skills as a recording engineer. In October 1968, the studio was moved to bigger premises and renamed Strawberry Studios , after
1508-518: The end of 10cc? 10cc 10cc are a British rock band formed in Stockport in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians — Graham Gouldman , Eric Stewart , Kevin Godley and Lol Creme — who had written and recorded together since 1968. All four members contributed to songwriting, working together in various permutations. Godley and Creme’s songwriting has been described as being inspired by art and cinema. Every member of 10cc
1560-485: The four members had begun to fray, and it was the last album with the original line-up. 10cc's success prompted the 1976 re-release of the Hotlegs album under the new title You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think of It with two additional tracks. The title track was the epic B-side of "Neanderthal Man", a section of which had been reworked as "Fresh Air for My Mama" on the 10cc album. Frictions mounted between
1612-470: The group decided to plug another song which had been written as a possible B-side to "Waterfall", a Godley/Creme composition titled " Donna ". The song was a Frank Zappa -influenced 1950s doo-wop parody, a sharp mix of commercial pop and irony with a chorus sung in falsetto. Stewart said: "We knew it had something. We only knew of one person who was mad enough to release it, and that was Jonathan King ." Stewart called King, who drove to Strawberry, listened to
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1664-489: The group's two creative teams during the recording of How Dare You , with each pair realising how far apart their ideas had become. At the beginning of the sessions for the band's fifth album, further creative differences occurred; and Godley and Creme left 10cc to work on a project that eventually evolved into the triple-LP set Consequences (1977), a sprawling concept album that featured contributions from satirist Peter Cook and jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan . The first of
1716-431: The opportunity to be as creative as possible and leaving seemed to be the right thing to do at that moment. Unfortunately, the band wasn't democratic or smart enough at that time to allow us the freedom to go ahead and do this project and we were placed in the unfortunate position of having to leave to do it. Looking back, it was a very northern work ethic being applied to the group, all for one and one for all. If we'd been
1768-619: The recording of the Sheet Music track "Old Wild Men", the device was designed to further cut their recording costs: by using it on an electric guitar with studio effects, they could effectively simulate strings and other sounds, enabling them to dispense with expensive orchestral overdubs. In a 2007 interview with the ProGGnosis—Progressive Rock & Fusion website, Godley explained: "We left because we no longer liked what Gouldman and Stewart were writing. We left because 10cc
1820-472: The remaining three continued to dabble in the studio. With Gouldman absent, Godley, Creme and Stewart continued recording singles. The first, " Neanderthal Man ", released under the name Hotlegs , began life as a test of drum layering at the new Strawberry Studios mixing desk, but when released as a single by Fontana Records in July 1970, climbed to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and became
1872-460: The same concept. The album includes new Gouldman's versions of: " Heart Full of Soul ", a major hit for the Yardbirds in 1965; "You Stole My Love", first recorded by The Mockingbirds released circa 1966, the band that featured Gouldman, Bernard Basso, Stephen Jacobson and Kevin Godley (the new version of the song features chorus of another of Gouldman's songs, 'Schoolgirl'; "Ready To Go Home",
1924-414: The same time, American bubblegum pop writer-producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz of Super K Productions came to England and commissioned Gouldman to write and produce formulaic bubblegum songs, many of which were recorded at Strawberry Studios, and were either augmented or performed entirely by varying combinations of the future 10cc line-up. Among the recordings from this period was "Sausalito",
1976-545: The track and "fell about laughing", declaring: "It's fabulous, it's a hit." King signed the band to his UK Records label in July 1972 and dubbed them 10cc. By his own account, King chose the name after having a dream in which he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in London where the boarding read "10cc The Best Band in the World". A widely repeated claim, disputed by King and Godley, but confirmed in
2028-622: The unlisted bonus track, Gouldman plays a simple guitar accompaniment as he sings a light-hearted post-script to his 23-year career in 10cc , presumably repeating the questions most asked since the band's 1995 breakup: What comes first, The music or the words? Do you still see Kev and Lol ? Did you split amicably, You and the lads in 10cc? Where did you get your name from? Go and ask Jonathan King Sing " Art for Art’s Sake ", " Wall Street Shuffle " " Rubber Bullets " and " The Dean and I " " I'm Not in Love " and " Dreadlock Holiday " Will you tell me why oh why Did 1983 See
2080-425: The whole of Neil's first album with him just for flat session fees when we could have been recording our own material. Stewart said the decision was made over a meal in a Chinese restaurant: "We asked ourselves whether we shouldn't pool our creative talents and try to do something with the songs that each of us was working on at the time." Once again a four-piece, the group re-recorded the Hotlegs track "Today" (b/w
2132-486: Was "The Late Mr. Late"; a year later, Godley's song "To Fly Away" reappeared as "Fly Away", in the debut Hotlegs album, Thinks: School Stinks . Gouldman, meanwhile, had made a name for himself as a hit songwriter, penning " Heart Full of Soul ", " Evil Hearted You " and " For Your Love " for The Yardbirds , " Look Through Any Window " and " Bus Stop " for The Hollies and " No Milk Today ", "East West" and " Listen People " for Herman's Hermits . Guitarist Eric Stewart
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2184-530: Was Gouldman). Lol Creme remembered: "Singles kept coming out under strange names that had really been recorded by us. I've no idea how many there were, or what happened to them all." But Stewart described the Kasenetz-Katz deal as a breakthrough: "That allowed us to get the extra equipment to turn it into a real studio. To begin with they were interested in Graham's songwriting and when they heard that he
2236-598: Was Stephen Jacobson, brother of writer Howard Jacobson . In June 1967, Godley and Creme reunited and recorded a solitary single ("Seeing Things Green" b/w "Easy Life" on UK CBS) under the name "The Yellow Bellow Room Boom". In 1969, Gouldman took them to a Marmalade Records recording session. The boss, Giorgio Gomelsky , was impressed with Godley's falsetto voice and offered them a recording contract. In September 1969, Godley & Creme recorded some basic tracks at Strawberry Studios , with Stewart on guitar and Gouldman on bass. The song, "I'm Beside Myself" b/w "Animal Song",
2288-455: Was a member of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders , a group that hit No. 1 with " The Game of Love ", and scored a number of other mid-1960s hits. When Fontana left the band in October 1965, the group became known simply as the Mindbenders , with Stewart as their lead vocalist. The band scored a hit with " A Groovy Kind of Love " (released December 1965) and made an appearance in the 1967 film To Sir, with Love with "It's Getting Harder All
2340-542: Was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer and producer. Most of the band's records were recorded at their own Strawberry Studios (North) in Stockport and Strawberry Studios (South) in Dorking , with most of those engineered by Stewart. From 1972 to 1978, 10cc had five consecutive UK top-ten albums: Sheet Music (1974), The Original Soundtrack (1975), How Dare You! (1976), Deceptive Bends (1977) and Bloody Tourists (1978). 10cc also had twelve singles reach
2392-606: Was already complete, was released just weeks later. It was both a critical and commercial success, and featured distinctive cover art created by the Hipgnosis team and drawn by musician and artist Humphrey Ocean . It is also notable for its opening track, Godley and Creme's "Une Nuit A Paris (One Night in Paris)", an eight-minute, multi-part "mini-operetta" that is thought to have been an influence on " Bohemian Rhapsody " by Queen . Although it bore an unlikely title (picked up from
2444-511: Was also released on later reissues of the Blue Jays album by Hayward and John Lodge . 10cc's fourth LP, How Dare You! (1976), featuring another Hipgnosis cover, furnished two more UK Top Ten hits—the witty " Art for Art's Sake " (No. 5 in January 1976) and " I'm Mandy, Fly Me " (No. 6, April 1976). However, by this time the once close personal and working relationships between
2496-606: Was becoming safe and predictable and we felt trapped." But speaking to Uncut magazine 10 years earlier, he expressed regret about the band breaking up as they embarked on the Consequences project: We'd reached a certain crossroads with 10cc and already spent three weeks on the genesis of what turned out to be Consequences ... The stuff that we were coming up with didn't have any home, we couldn't import it into 10cc. And we were kind of constrained by 10cc live ... We felt like creative people who should give ourselves
2548-538: Was co-written with former Nashville Songwriter of the Year Gary Burr . Several songs were written with Gary Barlow , former Take That front man, but only one, "Walkin' Away", was included on the album. The album features long-time Gouldman collaborator Andrew Gold on six tracks and former 10cc guitarist Rick Fenn on two tracks. Former Squeeze singer-songwriter Chris Difford also assisted, along with Madness singer Graham McPherson (aka Suggs). On
2600-421: Was involved in a studio I think they thought the most economical thing for them to do would be to book his studio and then put him to work there – but they ended up recording Graham's songs and then some of Kevin and Lol's songs, and we were all working together." When the three-month production deal with Kasenetz-Katz ended, Gouldman returned to New York to work as a staff songwriter for Super K Productions and
2652-470: Was issued as a single, credited to Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon. Gomelsky (an ex-manager of The Yardbirds ) planned to market Godley & Creme as a duo, in the vein of Simon & Garfunkel . Plans for an album by Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon faltered, however, when Marmalade ran out of funds. Solo tracks by Godley and Gouldman, however - both involved Stewart and Creme – were released on a 1969 Marmalade Records compilation album, 100 Proof . Gouldman's track
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#17327805214232704-469: Was to pick one track from everything we've done, "I'm Not in Love" would be my favourite. It's got something that none of our other tracks have at all. It's not clever in a conscious way but it says it all so simply in, what, six minutes. – NME , February 1976 During this time 10cc also collaborated with Justin Hayward on the single "Blue Guitar", being a backing band and doing production work. The song
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