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Preamble

Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were half of the original group 10cc along with Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart. In 1977 Kevin and Lol left 10cc at the peak of the group's popularity to start their own self-titled group. Their first release was the intimidating 3 LP set called Consequences, a mixture of atmospheric programme music, songs and musical theatre which tells the story of an eccentric musical genius placating nature in revolt. The album was a showcase for their instrument called the Gizmo, a box placed over the bridge of a guitar that could create orchestral string sounds. The album was poorly timed to arrive right in the middle of the punk revolution and its high cost and quirky nature doomed it to commercial failure. Nevertheless, the album has a well deserved cult following 27 years later. Godley and Creme went on to produce a total of 7 albums and many singles and videos during their 1977-1988 collaboration. Consequences has been re-released on CD and it can be purchased easily through most big online music stores. Some Godley & Creme albums are also readily available online, but others are strangely hard to find.

Fans of Godley & Creme are typically attracted by these attributes of their works: eccentric subject matter, performance and engineering perfection, experimental bravery, diverse styles, complex multi-tracking and dense vocal harmonies. These guys also compose and direct their video clips and create the album artwork.

The Album Collection

In April 2002 I began a hobby project to try and collect every piece of music recorded by Godley & Creme. I already owned 5 of the original LP albums and had carefully converted them to compact discs. I had to locate 2 more original albums, 2 compilations and some of the rare singles and alternate song versions.

My profound thanks goes out to the generous, patient and helpful fans I met in the Minestrone group who emailed me with feedback about this web page (you all know who you are!!). After many months of swapping rare songs via the old fashioned mail, I can now proudly claim to have every album by Godley & Creme. The following table shows the state of the album collection in January 2005.

TITLE MEDIA SOURCE
Consequences (1977) 3-LP boxed set and booklet
  Digitised from Vinyl
  2-CD set issued in 2000 by One Way Records
L (1978) Original
  Digitised from Vinyl
  Japanese Limited Release
Freeze Frame (1979) Two copies of the LP in the vinyl collection
  Digitised from Vinyl
Ismism (1981) Australian LP without perforated cover
  Digitised from Vinyl
Birds of Prey (1983) Created from combined MP3 downloads and CD rips
Birds of Prey (1983) Digitised from Vinyl (in May 2004)
The History Mix Volume 1 (1985) Australian LP
Goodbye Blue Sky (1988) Retail CD
Images (1993) Retail CD song compilation
Master Series (1999) Retail CD song compilation
Cry / Love Bombs 7" Single
An Englishman in New York / Silent Running 7" Single (Englishman short version)
A Little Piece of Heaven / Bits of Blue 7" Single (2 copies)

Singles and special release song versions have been difficult to identify and collect, but progress is slow and steady. The collected singles and missing singles are listed at the end of the table below. I've been taking my discography from a Japanese web site called Sheet Music run by someone called Kazuo, with additional cross-referencing at Minestrone in their Godley & Creme Discography page.

The following discography shows the current state of the Godley & Creme collection as a formatted directory listing. Most album cover images can be clicked to pop-up an enlargement. A detailed list of albums, tracks, singles and covers can be found on Kazuo's Godley & Creme pages in English & Japanese.

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Detailed Collection Discography

See below for a gallery of scans of all pages in the booklet that came in the 3 LP boxed set

1977 Consequences

01-43 - Seascape
02-43 - Seascape & Wind
03-43 - Fireworks
04-43 - Stampede
05-43 - Burial Scene
06-43 - Sleeping Earth
07-43 - Honolulu Lulu
08-43 - The Flood
09-43 - 5 O'Clock in the Morning
10-43 - Dialogue (The Parties Meet)
11-43 - When Things Go Wrong
12-43 - Dialogue (Mine Yours)
13-43 - Dialogue (Blint Enters)
14-43 - Dialogue (Ba-ba-ba-boon)
15-43 - Dialogue (Teeth)
16-43 - Dialogue (The Stapletons Alone)
17-43 - Lost Weekend
18-43 - Dialogue
19-43 - Dialogue (Gambling)
20-43 - Dialogue (Butcher Tale)
21-43 - Dialogue (Blint Interrupts)
22-43 - Dialogue (Lulu & Blint)
23-43 - Rosie
24-43 - Dialogue
25-43 - Dialogue (Office Panic)
26-43 - Dialogue (Piano Test)
27-43 - Dialogue
28-43 - It's Cool Cool Cool in the Morning
29-43 - It's Cool Cool Cool (Reprise)
30-43 - Dialogue (Veronica)
31-43 - Sailor
32-43 - Dialogue
33-43 - Dialogue (TV Report)
34-43 - Dialogue (Dear Debbie)
35-43 - Mobilization
36-43 - Dialogue (Help Me)
37-43 - Please Please Please
38-43 - Dialogue (Jump)
39-43 - Dialogue (Lead me in)
40-43 - Blint's Concerto (Part-1)
41-43 - Blint's Concerto (Part-2)
42-43 - Blint's Concerto (Part-3)
43-43 - Blint's Concerto (Part-4)

 

1978 L

01-08 - This Sporting Life {07:25}
02-08 - Sandwiches of You {03:17}
03-08 - Art School Canteen {02:59}
04-08 - Group Life {04:05}
05-08 - Punchbag {04:42}
06-08 - Foreign Accents {04:34}
07-08 - Hit Factory {02:31}
08-08 - Business is Business {04:29}

 
 

1979 Freeze Frame

01-08 - An Englishman in New York {05:51}
02-08 - Random Brainwave {02:41}
03-08 - I Pity Inanimate Objects {05:21}
04-08 - Freeze Frame {04:42}
05-08 - Clues {05:23}
06-08 - Brazilia (Wish You Were Here) {06:05}
07-08 - Mugshots {03:50}
08-08 - Get Well Soon {04:28}
 
 

1981 ismism

01-08 - Snack Attack {07:07}
02-08 - Under Your Thumb {04:40}
03-08 - Joey's Camel {05:23}
04-08 - The Problem & Ready For Ralph {06:23}
05-08 - Wedding Bells {03:21}
06-08 - Lonnie {04:45}
07-08 - Sale of the Century {04:20}
08-08 - The Party {08:00}

The album ismism was called Snack Attack in the USA and was only released on vinyl. The standard cover originally had the title spelt out via holes in the cover which showed a contrasting colour beneath. Later versions used coloured dots instead of holes. Thanks to Stan Silberman for this information and a fine scan of his Snack Attack cover (click the thumbnail to pop-up an enlargement).
 
 

1983 Birds of Prey

01-09 - My Body The Car {02:23}
02-09 - Worm and The Rattlesnake {03:20}
03-09 - Cats Eyes {03:41}
04-09 - Samson {05:26}
05-09 - Save a Mountain For Me {03:32}
06-09 - Madame Guillotine {05:01}
07-09 - Woodwork {04:35}
08-09 - Twisted Nerve {03:58}
09-09 - Out in the cold {04:43}

In May 2004 these tracks were digitised from a newly purchased 2nd hand LP. The previous collection of files from a mix of CD rips and mp3 downloads remain in the collection for comparison.
 
 

1985 Goodbye Blue Sky

01-11 - H.E.A.V.E.N. {01:20}
02-11 - A Little Piece of Heaven {03:42}
03-11 - Don't Set Fire {03:27}
04-11 - Golden Rings {04:17}
05-11 - Crime & Punishment {07:22}
06-11 - The Big Bang {02:32}
07-11 - 10.000 Angels {05:16}
08-11 - Sweet Memory {04:50}
09-11 - Airforce One {03:40}
10-11 - Last Page of History {04:02}
11-11 - Desperate Times {03:38}
 
 

1988 History Mix Volume 1

01-07 - Wet Rubber Soup, Cry {18:56}
02-07 - Cry {03:54}
03-07 - Expanding The Business {17:05}
04-07 - Light Me Up {04:25}
05-07 - An Englishman in New York {05:53}
06-07 - Save a Mountain For Me {03:33}
07-07 - Golden Boy {05:43}

 

1993 Images

01-14 An Englishman In New York {05:53} [1979-1]
02-14 Get Well Soon {04:31} [1979-8]
03-14 Wedding Bells {03:20} [1981-8]
04-14 The Power Behind The Throne {03:38}
05-14 Out In The Cold {04:51} [1983-9]
06-14 My Body The Car {02:28} [1983-1]
07-14 Bits Of Blue Sky {05:47}
08-14 Cry {03:58} [1988-2]
09-14 A Little Piece Of Heaven {03:46} [1985-2]
10-14 Save a Mountain For Me {03:33} [1983-5]
11-14 Wide Boy {03:33}
12-14 The Party {08:03} [1981-8]
13-14 Submarine {04:02}
14-14 Lost Weekend {04:51} [1977-17]

1999 Master Series

01-18 - Under Your Thumb {4:43} [1982-2]
02-18 - Wedding Bells {3:23} [1981-5]
03-18 - Wide Boy {3:32}
04-18 - Cry {3:58} [1988-2]
05-18 - Samson UK 7" Promo Single Edit {3:58}
06-18 - Freeze Frame {4:45} [1979-4]
07-18 - A Little Piece Of Heaven {3:46} [1985-2]
08-18 - Love Bombs {3:57}
09-18 - Golden Boy {3:48}
10-18 - 5 O'Clock In The Morning {3:57} [1977-9]
11-18 - Mugshots {3:52} [1979-7]
12-18 - My Body The Car {2:26} [1983-1]
13-18 - Joey's Camel {5:21} [1981-3]
14-18 - Marciano (instrumental) {3:24}
15-18 - Welcome To Breakfast Television {2:34}
16-18 - Random Brainwave {2:41} [1979-2]
17-18 - An Englishman In New York {5:51} [1979-1]
18-18 - Sale Of The Century {4:22} [1981-7]

The albums Images and Master Series are compilations which mix songs from previous albums and some songs that were only released as singles. The [Y-S] suffixes indicates the Year and track Sequence where the song originally appeared.
 

Singles

A LIttle Piece of Heaven (Extended Mix) {6:08}
Babies {4:41}
Can't Sleep {2:09}
Cry {6:25}
Cry (Extended Version) {7:24}
Cry (Miami Vice Remix) {6:27}
Golden Boy (12 inch) {5:47}
Good News {3:49}
Hidden Heartbeat {4:32}
I Pity Inanimate Objects (Dick Rhythm Remix) {4:10}
Love Bombs (Video CD Single) {4:55}
Rhino Rhino {3:19}
Silent Running {3:51}
Snack Attack (Remix) {3:55}
A Little Piece of Heaven (EP A-Side) {3:42}
Bits of Blue (EP B-Side) {5:42}
An Englishman in New York (EP A-Side) {3:53}
Silent Running (EP B-Side) {3:53}
Cry (EP A-Side) {3:55}
Love Bombs (EP B-Side) {3:54}
 

Songs Possibly Pending Collection

Gizmotron (1980 A-side single)
Samson Dance Mix (1983 B-side single)
Wet Rubber Soup Edit (1985 B-side single)
Golden Boy Remix (1985 A-side single)
  • Is Gizmotron a G&C track or an older 10cc track?
  • Is the Samson Dance Mix is identical to one of the {5:29} or {3:58} versions I already have?
  • Is the Wet Rubber Soup Edit is the same as the {18:56} track I already have on History Mix?
  • Is the Golden Boy Remix the same as one of the {5:43} or {5:47} versions I already have? (In fact I'm wondering if I've got duplicates already!!)
  • Are there any other G&C rarities I'm missing?

The original Consequences recording was not divided into 43 tracks as shown in the discography above; the long LP tracks were carefully sliced at points of near silence where characters or themes changed and the result was the track divisions above. I am quite proud of the quality of the albums Consequences, L, Freeze Frame and ismism which I digitised with loving care from the original vinyl LPs. The records were recorded through a 25 year old Hi-Fi system and carefully filtered of background noise and transients (clicks and pops) in CoolEdit 2000. The resulting sound quality is astonishingly clear. You can read about the equipment used in the recording process on the Hi-Fi page. See the Digitising Vinyl page for technical information on the recording and filtering process.

I would appreciate advice from anyone who can help me obtain the singles needed to complete my collection. I am also keen to hear of any errors or omissions in my listings. My thanks go out to José in the US, Mack in Spain, Willem in Holland, Derek in Scotland, Stan, Francisco and other members of the Minestrone group who have offered detailed advice and generously helped me obtain some very rare tracks to complete the collection.

Consequences Booklet

These scans were made from the covers and pages of the booklet in the original 1977 Australian boxed-set release of Consequences. The three records in the set were packaged in yellow, red and purple sleeves respectively, with the lyrics printed on the corresponding sleeve sides.

Click an image to pop-up an enlargement

The Fun Starts Here

Sample images taken from Godley & Creme's 1981 book of pen drawings titled The Fun Starts Here - Outakes from A Rock Memoir. For more information see Lol Creme's The Fun Starts Here page in www.lolster.com.

Click an image to pop-up an enlargement

Gallery (Part-1)

Just as the previous images were included in this page I found some more in another folder. I think these are covers of rare Godley and Creme singles that might have come from Kazuo's web site. I'll include them here as well, just in case they are useful to someone.

Gallery (Part-2)

These images were sent to me by a G&C fan I was corresponding with back in early 2003, but the images sat on my disk for over year before I remembered to append them to this page. The originals were large very high resolution images, so they have been reduced to 600 pixels wide on the popups.

   

Gallery (Part-3)

While cleaning up my hard disc I found a folder of miscellaneous pictures of Godley & Creme, 10cc and their record covers. I was going to delete the folder, but I thought I might as well dump the images onto the bottom of this page just in case someone might find them useful. Click the thumbnails to pop-up enlargements (they're not very large).

   
   
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