Lavishly illustrated and detailed, the story of 10cc, the self-styled worst band in the world is told through exclusive interviews and a lifetime of music.
Tracing Lol Creme, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman from their earliest music together, The Cost Of Living In Dreams tells the stories of all those projects - from the Whirlwinds and the Mockingbirds to Godley & Creme and Wax, and on to GG06, Graham and Kevin's most recent collaboration.
With full color throughout, eight detail packed appendices include an exclusive band family tree, multiple discographies, gigography and a rarities guide. The Cost Of Living In Dreams is the only currently available 10cc biography.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
introduction
HELLO JOSEPHINE
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders discography
A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE
The Mindbenders discography
THE GRAHAM GOULDMAN THING
Graham Gouldman discography 1964-1969
Graham Gouldman Compositions 1964-1969
MARMALADE SKIES
Marmalade & Related discography 1967-1969
STRAWBERRY BUBBLEGUM
Strawberry Studios discography 1970-1974
MAYBE THERE IS AN UMBOPO AFTER ALL
THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD
NASTY STAINS AND HOW TO HIDE THEM
MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS
10cc discography 1972-1976
CONSEQUENCES
AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T LIKE CRICKET
10cc discography 1976-1982
THIS SPORTING LIFE
Godley & Creme discography 1976-1987
MEANWHILE
10cc & related discography 1982-1996
AND ANOTHER THING
related discography 1996-2012
APPENDICES
CHANGING FACES - 10CC LINE-UPS 1972-2012
SONGWRITERS BY ALBUM 1964-2012
CONCERT DATES 1973-1995
BOOTLEG & LIVE RECORDINGS 1972-1983
VIDEO 1979-1979
GODLEY & CREME VIDEOGRAPHY 1979-1987
THE TOP 50 RARITIES
10CC FAMILY TREE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dave Thompson bought his first 10cc record, “Donna,” from a record store in Chatham, Kent, during trhe half-term holidays in late 1972. It was a toss-up between that and Lieutenant Pigeon’s “Mouldy Old Dough” (his mother’s first choice) but 10cc won out.
“Johnny Don’t Do It” followed, and “Rubber Bullets” too - but only after he was barred from calling it up on the telephone Dial-A-Disc service any longer. The first album, the second, the third... and the fourth, bought and returned three or four times, until finally he got a copy that wasn’t warped. 1976 - the year that major label vinyl halved in thickness. And the year he met Kevin Godley for the first time, at Queen’s free concert in Hyde Park.
The most impressively bearded rock star of the age chatted normally with an excited fan, and didn’t utter a word about the big news in his life; one month later, Godley and bandmate Lol Creme left the group.
Since that time, Thompson’s love for the band and its history has ebbed and flowed - strong through Bloody Tourists; sporadic and largely Godley & Cremey until The History Mix; intermittent since then, troughs and peaks of interest and enjoyment that will probably be evidenced as you read through this book.
Throughout it all, the collection continued to grow, tapes continued to trade and the urge to write about 10cc never went away. Indeed, the second article Thompson ever had published, in Record Collector in spring 1984, was a two-part 10cc retrospective. (The first, should you care, was Fairport Convention.)
Like the band, Thompson’s career has diversified vastly since that time. A Melody Maker regular through the 1980s, wherein he sang the praises of the newly-released The History Mix, and a contributor to (among many others) Rolling Stone, Mojo, Vox, Q and Alternative Press; and Goldmine, for whom he finally took a fresh look at the 10cc story in the wake of Mirror Mirror.
Thompson is also the author of well over one hundred books, including biographies of Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Cream, the Cure, Depeche Mode, Julie Driscoll, Joan Jett, John Otway, Iggy Pop, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Simple Minds, Sparks, the Sweet, James Taylor, U2, the Velvet Underground, ZZ Top and many more; encyclopedias on punk, glam, reggae, industrial and goth; handbooks for stamp and coin collectors, rare record price guides... a punky memoir and Bowie fiction. And, finally... 10cc.
A full bibliography, links to print and e-books, and other material is available at his official website.
Thompson lives in Delaware.
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