10CC : IN CONCERT

 

  1. intro / Silly love
  2. baron samedi
  3. old wild men
  4. sacro-Illiac
  5. somewhere in hollywood
  6. donna
  7. ships don't dissapear in the night (Do They ?)
  8. worst band in the world
  9. wall street shuffle
  10. rubber bullets

Label : King Biscuit Flower Hower

Venue : Civic Center, Santa Monica, California, USA

Date : November 26, 1975

Length : 58:25

Quality : Soundboard recording (A-)

Review : Nice recording of 10CC at the Civic Center in Santa Monica. The date on the artwork is not correct : the exact date of the recording is November 26, 1975.

Review (All Music) : 10cc's installment in the King Biscuit Flower Hour series was recorded on November 11, 1975, at California's Santa Monica Civic Center, featuring the original lineup of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme. Oddly, there are no songs included from The Original Soundtrack, the record the group was touring behind at the time (not even their smash hit "I'm Not in Love"). What is here, though, consistently holds the listener's attention anyway, as the band had already recorded enough top-quality material to produce a decent best-of LP. The sound quality is very good, and the band is in energetic form.

Review (Amazon) : A terrific live document of the original 10CC line up the "King Biscuit Flower Hour" features material from the band's first two albums (they performed material from their just completed third album "The Original Soundtrack" and one track from the pending album "How Dare You" but they have been left off here which is a pity). The recording is extremely good pulled from the mastertapes prepared for broadcast. My only compliant (and it is a minor one)is the fact that the three songs from the next two albums weren't included in this set (and that the entire concert wasn't included here either). It's a pity because there aren't an offical live documents aside form this one featuring material from their first four albums. This terrific live album proves that 10cc could deliver. Eric Stewart was once asked if 10cc could have been as big as Queen. He stated that he felt (humbly I might add) that they reached the level of success they deserved; I humbly disagree while the original four piece line up could be idiocycratic bordering on the avant garde at times (plenty of Zappa/Captain Beefheart influence in the Godley/Creme team nicely balanced out by the more mainstream songwriting instincts of the Stewart/Gouldman team), their music could be as accessible as Queen's. It was a matter of talent, image and timing that prevented them from building on the success of "I'm Not in Love", "The Things We Do For Love" and "Dreadlock Holiday" (Stewart's car accident took some of the wind out of the band's sails). Highly recommended.