10cc - 2LP's
Жанр: Rock
Носитель: LP
Год выпуска: 1977
Лейбл: Mercury/6310 502
Страна-производитель: UK
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Формат записи: 24/96
Формат раздачи: 24/96
Продолжительность: 1:22:42
Источник оцифровки: LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
1976 - How Dare You!
Год выпуска: 1976
Лейбл: Mercury/SRM-1-1061
Страна-производитель: US
Продолжительность: 42:23
Треклист:
A1 How Dare You
A2 Lazy Ways
A3 I Wanna Rule The World
A4 I’m Mandy Fly Me
A5 Iceberg
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B1 Art For Arts Sake
B2 Rock ‘N’ Roll Lullaby
B3 Head Room
B4 Don’t Hang Up
Код класса состояния винила: NM-
Устройство воспроизведения: Technics SL-1200MK2 Quartz
Головка звукоснимателя: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Предварительный усилитель: Marantz 2252
АЦП: E-MU 0404
Обработка: Manual DeClick
Спектр
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Уровень записи
DR12
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Analyzed folder: /10cc - How Dare You! (LP)
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DR11 -0.25 dB -14.03 dB 01 10cc - LADO 1- How Dare You.wav
DR13 -0.37 dB -16.06 dB 02 10cc - Lazy Ways.wav
DR11 -1.18 dB -14.43 dB 03 10cc - I Wanna Rule The World.wav
DR11 -0.59 dB -13.51 dB 04 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me.wav
DR12 -0.14 dB -14.44 dB 05 10cc - Iceberg.wav
DR13 -0.65 dB -16.41 dB 06 10cc - LADO 2- Art For Arts Sake.wav
DR12 -0.27 dB -14.16 dB 07 10cc - Rock 'N' Roll Lullaby.wav
DR12 -0.86 dB -14.55 dB 08 10cc - Head Room.wav
DR11 -0.26 dB -14.62 dB 09 10cc - Don't Hang Up.wav
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Number of files: 9
Official DR value: DR12
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About
A hugely successful album on its release, “How Dare You” spawned two monster hits “I’m Mandy Fly Me” and “Art for Art’s Sake”. I remember I hardly had this off the turntable at the time. Each song is a gem, there is no filler on this brilliant album.
The first track on Side 1, the title track “How Dare You” is an excellent instrumental which was used in Jack Rosenthal’s successful television play “Barmitzvah Boy”, based around a thirteen year old Jewish boy’s experiences during his coming of age ceremony. “Lazy Ways” is a lush song about “hazy ways and lazy ways” , some interesting arrangements here, and of course some studio and backing vocal chorus effects similar to “I’m Not in Love”. The next song “I Wanna Rule the World” is almost a crazy megolamaniac’s anthem! “Wannabeaboss wannabea Big Boss”, or just could be about an ordinary teenage kid ready to take on the world, though there are dark messages within, including a Despot style rallying speech, and a nightmare teeny tot! “How you gonna do it – little by little, bit by bit “. The next track “I’m Mandy Fly Me”, a huge hit in 1976, is based on a certain Airline’s advertising campaign slogan “I’m……..Fly Me….” featuring pretty air hostesses. In the story the narrator sees Mandy in the poster come to his aid during an air crash either real or in a dream sequence, and it seems Mandy doesn’t exist at all…or does she?? “Iceberg” is a typical example of 10cc’s quirky songwriting skills, ever feel you were being stalked by a maniac?? Puzzling song here ending in pig grunts (?).
Side 2 on the LP kicks of with the excellent song “Art for Art’s Sake”, which includes those dreamy backing vocals and leads into a stomping riff and echo effects, “gimme the readies, gimme the cash”, a satire on art of course, and money talks. “Art for art’s sake, money for god’s sake..!!”. “Rock’n’roll Lullaby” is a doo-wop style song similar to “Donna” about getting the kid to sleep, “it’s daybreak in the land of nod so get to sleep you little sod…” (love it), the song includes a great blues guitar solo and big chorus fade-out. “Head Room” is a boogie-style/country-style rocker about a pre- pubescent boy discovering sex with all its connotations and “drawbacks”! The “telephone” theme of the album artwork comes home on the last track “Don’t Hang Up” (and “How Dare You” to a degree) which is about events we all experience in a lousy relationship of a broken marriage, “lots to learn about women”, they’re not kiddin’ !! The song features very watery piano effects and ends with ….don’t …hang..u…..drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Some may say this could be one of 10cc’s proggiest albums and i can understand that, in many instances while listening I am reminded of other music that was around at the time such as ELO and Supertramp in style, definitely Prog-related IMHO, also an excellent album which stands the test of time very well indeed and I would happily rate it a masterpiece of rock five stars, but on PA Prog ratings a well deserved four stars!
Review by mystic fred, progarchives.com
1977- Deceptive Bends
Год выпуска: 1977
Лейбл: Mercury/6310 502
Страна-производитель: UK
Продолжительность: 40:18
Треклист:
A1 Good Morning Judge
A2 The Things We Do For Love
A3 Marriage Bureau Rendezvous
A4 People In Love
A5 Modern Man Blues
B1 Honeymoon With A B Troop
B2 I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor
B3 You've Got A Cold
B4 Feel The Benefit
i. Reminisce And Speculation
ii. A Latin Break
iii. Feel The Benefit
Код класса состояния винила: Ex+
Устройство воспроизведения: Marantz 6170
Головка звукоснимателя: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Предварительный усилитель: Marantz 2252
АЦП: E-MU 0404
Обработка: DeClick with iZotope RX3: Only Manual (Click per click)
Спектр
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Уровень записи
DR13
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Analyzed folder: /10cc - Deceptive Bends (LP)
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR13 -1.25 dB -16.23 dB 01 10cc - LADO 1- Good Morning Judge.wav
DR13 -1.34 dB -16.29 dB 02 10cc - The Things We Do For Love.wav
DR13 -3.14 dB -19.41 dB 03 10cc - Marriage Bureau Rendezvous.wav
DR13 -5.24 dB -20.89 dB 04 10cc - People In Love.wav
DR13 -1.50 dB -17.93 dB 05 10cc - Modern Man Blues.wav
DR13 -1.73 dB -16.34 dB 06 10cc - LADO 2- Honeymoon With A B Troop.wav
DR15 -4.28 dB -21.35 dB 07 10cc - I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor.wav
DR13 -0.39 dB -15.99 dB 08 10cc - You've Got A Cold.wav
DR12 -0.32 dB -16.51 dB 09 10cc - Feel The Benefit (3 Parts).wav
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Number of files: 9
Official DR value: DR13
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About
This was the first album released by the band after the departure of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. Many wondered at the time if the remaining half, Gouldman/Stewart, could pull off a decent album or would it be a let down. When it came out I rushed out to buy it, hoping it would be pretty good. Well, it was more than pretty good! It's one of their best. Augmented by Paul Burgess on drums, who had already worked live with the band, Graham and Eric managed to make it sound as if Kevin and Lol had never left! 'Good Morning Judge' was a hit in the charts, and is typical 10cc. Clever lyrics are again present and nice guitar from Eric Stewart. Because the original four had quite similar voices at times, it wasn't too hard to replicate the classic sound here. Graham Gouldman can sound quite like Kevin Godley when he sings deeply, and Eric Stewart can do a falsetto almost as well as Lol Creme. The second track, 'The Things We Do For Love' was a decent chart hit, and already heard and known before the album came out. Listening to it, you would swear it was the original four on the record. In fact, before I got the album, I wondered if the track had had the benefit of all four singing on it, because the songs for this album were being written and recorded whilst Godley and Creme were commencing work on their debut opus, 'Consequences'. I thought maybe they had sung on this before they had left the band. However, they hadn't. 'Marriage Bureau Rendezvous' is sung by Graham. A nice, quite romantic song really, with a good melody and gentle satire in its lyrics, it is instantly hummable.The story, about a man going to a marriage bureau to meet his Mrs Right, only to end up with the girl trying to fix him up with a date, is quite moving, without being mawdling. 'People In Love' is a nice ballad, the type this band were expert at writing when the mood took them. Eric sings this one and it's a straightforward song with minimal satire. 'Modern Man Blues' is sung by both Eric and Graham, and has a superb twist when it comes to the chorus. The verse seems to bemoan the fact that the hero of the song has had his wife walk out on him, but the chorus sees him celebrating, now that he is free and able to do what he likes! Classic 10cc. 'Honeymoon With B Troop' is quite short and very funny, with classic lines abounding, such as: 'So, don't touch her...' and then the backing vocals sing: 'bum, bum, bum, bum,bum,bum,bum,bum,' before the next line: Oh, it's so fine, and you know what's mine is mine.' One of my favourites on the album. 'I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor' is even shorter, and very, very clever. The lyrics contain various references to guitar chords, such as: C what I'm going through, A to B with you, in A flat, by the C. Again, a fave of mine. And the tune is catchy too, with nice guitar work from Eric, reminding us how well the man can play. 'You've Got A Cold' is probably my least favourite here, but it's still good. It's a song about, yes, you've guessed it, someone with a cold. Plenty of vocal interplay on this one. Solid stuff. Finally comes the magnum opus, a three part epic called 'Feel The Benefit'. I played this track again and again when I first heard it. Eric takes the main lead here, though Graham contributes too. Lyrically, it's quite poignant. The first part is slow paced, the middle part has an infectious rhythm, and the third part reprises the first, ending with a superb guitar solo from Eric. Brilliant stuff! This was the last what I would call 'classic' albums from the band, although the next, Bloody Tourists, has its merits too. This deserves four stars, easily.
Review by chessman, progarchives.com
Personel
- Graham Gouldman / organ, bass, dobro, guitar, autoharp, guitar, tambourine, triangle, vocals, handclapping, producer, harmony vocals, fuzz bass
- Eric Stewart / organ, guitar, piano, guitar (electric), keyboards, maraccas, piano (electric), vocals, moog synthesizer, whistle, producer, engineer, slide guitar
With:
- Terry Bozzio / drums
- Paul Burgess / percussion, piano, conga, drums, gong, tambourine, triangle, bells, claves, handclapping, vibraphone, cabassa, wood block, bell tree
- Del Newman / strings, arranger, conductor
- Jean Roussel / organ, keyboards, piano (electric)
- Tony Spath / piano, oboe
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