September 23, 2010	Dates for your Listening Diary Add September 23^rd as a good listening date… we bring you a 60 second burst of The Acapulco Kid. The sound quality isn’t excellent but you will be able to hear the opening minute of the demo tape for the Bloody Tourists album’s missing track. It can be found on the Demo’s page. Music and lyrics by Gouldman & Gouldman (Graham & Hymie, that is) We also have been given access to a previously-unknown-about song. A track called Ulysses was recorded in two parts, back in 1965 by a young Mr Gouldman. We have an old acetate recording of this song and Graham has informed us that it IS genuine. We’ll be site-posting a section of that song for your listening pleasure at the weekend.
September 11, 2010	Dates for your Listening Diary Definitely Different Radio in Manchester sent us an email the other day… On Wednesday 15th September from 8 pm (BST), we'll be broadcasting a tribute to Strawberry Studios and talking to co-owner and sound engineering 'legend', Peter Tattersall.  We would especially like 10CC fans to join us! http://www.ddrmanchester.co.uk AND… From Kenneth Thornfeldt… I did an interview by telephone with Graham Gouldman. He was very kind and nice to talk to. I will send the interview in my radio show Flying on Radio Eskilstuna 92.7 on September 26 at 7.30pm Swedish time. That is 6.30pm British time. I said to Graham that I should contact the Fan Club Site so that the fans all around the world can hear the interview. It will be possible to hear this over the internet by going to Radio Eskilstuna and clicking on the top left icon, “Webradio” It worked well when I interviewed Eric Stewart last year.
August 25 2010	Yet More Swedish… Here’s the link to the whole programme. Eric comes complete with Swedish subtitles… The whole show is 28 minutes 15 seconds long, and makes for good viewing. http://svtplay.se/v/2111831/the_seventies/del_6_av_10__1975 Do please contact us by email if anyone can possibly supply the fan club with a copy of the show on DVD (preferably Region 2) Over on the Dates page… We have just published the set of dates that 10cc’s agent has sent us. The concerts listed are ONLY for 2010. As and when we get next year’s concert dates, we will site-post them.
August 18 2010	More Swedish… Rickard writes again… “Swedish Television has published a first taste of the programme on Saturday 21/8. Here  http://svtplay.se/v/2104145/the_seventies/eric_stewart_om__i_m_not_in_love_ you can see a taste of the Eric Stewart interview, more to come on Saturday 21/8 at 21:00 (9 pm).”
August 13 2010	Swedish fans take note… We received an email the other day from Swedish 10cc fan Rickard Sandberg… “Just notice that Eric Stewart will be interviewed on Swedish TV on the 21st of August at 21:00 (9 pm) on Swedish TV 1  (SVT1) in a program called “The Seventies” (About pop/rock-music during the 70’s) and now it has come to 1975. You can also see here http://svt.se/2.130679/1.2049890/artistpusslet although in Swedish.” Thanks, Rickard.
August 1 2010	www.YouTube.com/10ccFanClub Over at our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/10ccfanclub), we have recently added a lot more goodies from the pipeline. 10cc’s first album “10cc” has received the “home-made” treatment as well as three tracks from Godley & Creme’s album ISMISM. We’ve also posted a video of Kev and Lol guesting for Rick Wakeman and Andy Fairweather Low. There are now over 60 clips and videos that all 10cc related on our YouTube channel. And there will be more…
July 9 2010	Alejanda Guzman – unico Único is the 13th album of music by Mexican female rock singer Alejandra Guzman. The album's songs were influenced by British Rock - it was recorded in 2008 in several studios across the United Kingdom. It was released in November of 2009. Graham Gouldman plays guitars on two tracks on the album…”Ahogada En Tu Tristeza” and “No Importa” Quoting from Wikipedia : Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal (born February 9, 1968 in Mexico City), better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world.
July 3 2010	Windows In The YouTube Jungle Over at our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/10ccfanclub) today, not only have we uploaded 8 more “home-mades”… (the entire Windows In The Jungle album has been added), but also two very rare commercials from deep within the fan club’s vaults. There’s a TV advert for 10cc’s Live And Let Live album and a cinema commercial for Godley & Crème’s Consequences album – the narration on the film is by Peter Cook. You’ll also find 24 Hours, Feel The Love (Oomachasaooma), Yes I Am, Working Girls, Food For Thought, Taxi! Taxi!, City Lights and Americana Panorama all available for watching. And don’t forget that The Secret Life Of Henry is already there (the B-side of Food For Thought). All in all we have almost 50 10cc related clips and videos on our YouTube channel.
June 6 2010	Knebworth DVD set Further to our report on April 8^th, we have since learned that there is one 10cc song on the DVD, that being Rubber Bullets. There’s also an interview with the concert promoter Freddie Bannister which according to reports wasn’t too complimentary to the band. The double-disk DVD of the Knebworth 1976 concert was released on 19^th April at a much lower price than the original package.  Here is the link: http://www.play.com/Music/MusicDVD/4-/13865014/Live-In-Knebworth-1976/Product.html In an unashamed promotion for our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/10ccfanclub) we have added even more videos, including two part-interviews with Kevin Godley and “home-mades” for 10cc’s The Secret Life Of Henry, Head Room, The Film Of My Love ; Eric Stewart’s Make The Pieces Fit and Blown By The Wind that Eric recorded for Alan Parsons ; Graham Gouldman’s 2006 recording of Bus Stop and Rise Up by Wax
May 14 2010	Graham’s touring 10cc : Dates Over on the dates page, we have updated this year’s list of concert appearances… we will be adding more dates soon. We are being informed of European dates for 2011 but they are still awaiting confirmation. …meanwhile, on our YouTube channel, we have added some more “home-made videos” – we now have 29 10cc-related watchable items for your enjoyment.
April 18 2010	10cc Rarities We bring you the lyrics to two previously unreleased 10cc songs, both of which feature Graham Gouldman on lead vocals, we are informed. They’re called “Love Colours” and “The Call”. We will bring you more details about them as and when we can.
April 8 2010	Knebworth DVD set Play.com are releasing a double-disk DVD of the Knebworth 1976 concert on 19^th April at a much lower price than the original package.  Here is the link: http://www.play.com/Music/MusicDVD/4-/13865014/Live-In-Knebworth-1976/Product.html As yet, we don’t have any news of what 10cc content is included.
February 11 2010	Graham’s touring 10cc : Dates Over on the dates page, we have added this year’s list of concert appearances (so far – there may be more to add…). Australia, Belgium, Denmark and Germany each get a handful. Over on our YouTube channel, we have added a very rare clip of FFF performing the song “Then There’s A Knock At The Door” which was penned by Eric and Graham. This is from several years ago. Also added is an interview with Graham Gouldman and Andrew Gold, when they had formed “Common Knowledge” which went on to become Wax. Included with the interview is their single “Don’t Break My Heart”
January 30 2010	Graham & Mick Wilson : Dates 2 dates for your notebooks… Sunday 7^th March and Monday 8^th March at “The Inn at Lathones”, Largoward, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. These are part of the Fifestock Music Festival. More details at www.mundellmusic.com
September 29	Tribute To Kevin Godley Foremost internet radio program Listening Through A Glass Onyon, hosted by Billy James, will be paying tribute to legendary music artist and video producer extraordinaire Kevin Godley. This special edition of Listening Through A Glass Onyon will be aired on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST (USA) / 5:00 pm (UK) and can be accessed at www.GetReadyToRockRadio.com/glassonyon.htm The program will showcase music from various points in Godley's career - from Hotlegs to 10cc to Godley and Creme to his most recent celebrated collaboration with former 10cc partner Graham Gouldman, under the guise GG06. Kevin Godley, former half of the pioneering duo Godley and Creme, has directed and produced some of the most successful music videos in rock and roll for such artists as Duran Duran, U2, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, Rod Stewart, Keane and The Police to name just a few. The six new GG06 tracks are graced with his tremendous voice - Kevin is arguably one of the great vocalists in music today. "I always figured Kevin had the best voice in the band," complements Graham Gouldman, "ironic that he never sang lead on a 10cc single… Even I managed that. Now justice has been done. Kevin's voice and razor sharp lyrics take us places we haven't visited before… Always a good place to start!" Godley and Gouldman's recent collaboration GG06 has been receiving rave reviews worldwide. “Now with Gouldman being a legendary songwriter in the sixties, this was likely to be a melodic treat." says Stuart Hamilton of Zeitgeist. "And it is. Despite the years, he and Godley seem to bring out the best in each other, with Godley adding a bit of an edge and Gouldman smoothing the rougher edges away. But it's a much bleaker world they inhabit nowadays with tales of workplace ennui, rape, lost youth and bullying. Not a cheery place. But, despite the passing of time, Godley and Gouldman haven't forgotten how to write a hook, and it's to their credit that you still feel drawn to the material, regardless of the subject matter.” The new GG06 tracks are currently only available for download from the duo's website: www.gg06.co.uk Listening Through A Glass Onyon is broadcasted out of London the first Sunday of every month. Former shows include specials on Gregg Rolie (Santana/Journey), Gong and guitar legend Bruce Cameron.
August 2	More concert photos We've received some excellent photos that were taken at the recent North Kilworth, England gig that the boys did, from MJBeaufoy (relation) and we thought you'd all like to see them. So click on the link. When you get there, click on the photos to supersize them	10ccfanclub on YouTube The most recent addition to our YouTube page is Honeymoon With “B” Troop. Just before that, a video for Wax’s People All Over This World was also placed on the channel. Happy viewing from Roy, Dave and Val
June 6	10ccfanclub on YouTube Our YouTube page is growing in size again. The very latest video to be added is one we’ve produced for Eric Stewart’s song Gnome Sweet Gnomes. We have been asked to only site-post a short version of the video because downloads of Eric’s album Viva La Difference are still doing really well. Also we recently added 10cc’s Hotel from Sheet Music to our ever-growing repertoire of “home-grown videos”. We hope you will enjoy all we have there!
May 10	The Record Producers A 2 hour long version of the show first broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on May 4^th can be heard by clicking on the following link, but only for the next 7 days.		Happy Birthday Mr Gouldman On behalf of fans of Graham all around the world, we here at the10ccfanclub.com (Dave, Val & Roy) would like to extend our most sincere and heartfelt wishes for a very enjoyable birthday!
May 9	Concert Reviews We sent our intrepid reporters, Dave & Val, along to the recent concert at Manchester’s Opera House. Read their review by clicking here		Birthday News May 10^th brings Graham Gouldman his 63^rd birthday. You can see a cross-section of the birthday wishes fans have sent in by clicking here
May 4	News update The 2009 UK tour kicked off last week in Southampton and continues this week with gigs in Manchester, Leicester and Peterborough before continuing on throughout the whole of May and the first two weeks in June. Graham and his touring 10cc friends (Paul Burgess, Rick Fenn, Mick Wilson and Keith Hayman) have already completed one large tour this year, in Holland and Germany. The tourbook can be seen by going to the Concert Books page, and of course by buying one at the concerts. Our Guest Book is getting bigger. Lots of fans wrote in during the recent Dutch tour and fans in England have started sending some concert praise. Fans can either sign our Guest Book or email us a review of the concert they went to. We’ll set up a review page like we did in 2007 for you to read. The email address to use is reviews@the10ccfanclub.com Our YouTube page is growing in popularity too. Although it does seem that our most watched clip actually DOESN’T feature 10cc. There’s a certain tartan-clad group of the 70’s seen recording one of their songs at Strawberry Studios (Stockport). Send us your birthday wishes for Graham, celebrating his birthday on May 10^th and we’ll pass them on to him. The email address to use is birthdays@the10ccfanclub.com
April 30	New interviews with Kev, Eric, Graham and Lol Listen to BBC Radio 2 next Monday (May 4^th) at 8pm British Summer Time, and you can hear interviews with the original members of 10cc and “exclusive access to the original multi-track recordings of Donna, Wall Street Shuffle and I'm Not In Love”. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k8947
April 7	About one concert date on the list… We’ve just received this advert for an upcoming appearance by Graham Gouldman. Sunday June 14^th will see Graham taking part in the 25^th Anniversary celebrations of the Manchester Jewish Museum. Tickets can be purchased from QUAYTICKETS Phone: 0870 428 0785 or www.quaytickets.com
April 1	This is not an April Fool’s joke… Coming out in CD form on April 13^th is a live concert recording of 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends AND Kevin Godley. It’s the audio CD of the Clever Clogs DVD that was released last year. Use this link and you can pre-order the CD for GBP8.99		…and neither is this! In 10cc related news, Sad Café are to get their self titled album Sad Café, one of the two produced by Eric Stewart, released on CD. US record company Renaissance are set to release it on April 21^st.We’re being told it will be available through Amazon.
March 25	2009 Tour News Update… The latest version of the list of dates for the upcoming tour of England has just been posted on our site and over at 10ccworld.com Apologies to Scotland and Ireland though… no dates for you (so far). Graham, Rick, Paul, Mick and Keith have been wowing the audiences in Holland and Germany for the past few weeks and have just over a week left on that particular tour.
March 22	Strawberry Studios Website Update… Peter Wadsworth contacted us the other day to let us know that he has been busy updating his website for Strawberry Recording Studios, Stockport. He says there is still a lot to be added to it, but that there is plenty to see for now.
March 14	Our YouTube channel 10ccfanclub is growing and getting more and more hits each day. For example, we have just uploaded, today, The Things We Do For Love, which is the first of several planned clips of Eric, Graham and Rick performing acoustically in Liverpool in 1995. This was the last UK concert before heading off to Japan for a short tour. After that, they went their separate ways. Amongst the others on the site are some montage videos of Don’t (the demo edit), Lost In Love, the newly added We’ve Heard It All Before and the demo edit of From Rochdale To Ocho Rios, which started out life as a track called Man In A Suitcase. The staff here at the10ccfanclub.com all hope you will enjoy these videos and keep coming back for more. After all, as the band once said… “there’s a lot more goodies in the pipeline!!!”
February 22	There’s a New Website in Town… We’d like to announce the fairly recent launch of 10ccworld.com – a new website for 10cc followers. Working alongside our own site, 10ccworld will aim to keep everyone informed on all tour dates and aspects of Graham’s current incarnation of 10cc.		YouTube, 10cc and the10ccfanclub.com We have launched our own channel on YouTube… look for 10ccfanclub. We shall be scouring our archives to bring you long lost (10cc-related) footage. Already added is a Godley & Creme directed commercial for Wrangler that Kev and Lol actually wrote and performed the music for.
February 13	We have kindly been given permission by EMSinc Music to reproduce the lyrics for both Do Not Bend and Viva La Difference on the site. Click on this link to take you to the Eric Stewart lyric pages. Please note that the lyrics for both of these albums are the “As Sung” lyrics and NOT the lyrics supplied with the CD’s.
February 10	2009 Tour Line-Up Announced… We’ve been informed that the 2009 “touring 10cc” line-up will be as follows… Graham Gouldman on guitars and vocals, Rick Fenn on vocals and guitars, Paul Burgess on drums and percussion (not guitars), Mick Wilson (percussion, vocals and guitars) with Keith Hayman (keyboards) instead of Mike Stevens. The only problem is that we just weren’t told what line-up was for which dates. We’ll try our best to find out as soon as possible. STOP PRESS : This line-up will appear on both the Dutch and the UK tours		Publicity Push For “We’re Not Alone” From the news desk over at www.ericstewart.uk.com “We have had so many people remark that the track We’re Not Alone (from Viva La Difference) would make a great single! You could all help the song to get more attention by encouraging your friends to download it as a single track and/or by telling any other online music group that you think would like We’re Not Alone. The song is available from iTunes in all regions, from Amazon.com (USA) and many other download sites (search under “Eric Stewart”).”
January 23	We can now bring you our review of Eric’s latest album, Viva La Difference. To read what our panel of experts thought, click here We have been sent a list of additional dates for Graham’s touring 10cc for February, May and June of next year. The full list of dates, venues and box office numbers can be seen here.
January 15	It can now be stated that Eric’s Viva La Difference is available on iTunes, along with his Do Not Bend. We should also add that Graham Gouldman’s albums, The Graham Gouldman Thing, and And Another Thing can be downloaded from iTunes as well.
January 14	Kenneth Thörnfeldt at Radio Eskilstuna 92.7 has contacted us… Hi, I run a radio show in Sweden called Flying. On Sunday 18^th January at 7.30pm Swedish time, 6.30pm GMT, I will be doing a telephone interview with Eric Stewart. It will be possible to hear this over the internet by going to Radio Eskilstuna and clicking on the top left icon, “Webradio”
January 13	Henrietta Bannister at the Rolling Stones Commemorative Box-set site has written to us again… A special January sale to visitors to this site and only for January… the Knebworth 10cc set for the very special price of £42.95. If anyone is interested in obtaining this wonderful set, contact info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com stating that they saw the offer right here on our site. The Knebworth 10cc set includes the following: The programme, ticket and flyer from the 1976 Knebworth festival all designed by Storm of Hipgnosis. 12 photos from the 1976 festival.   A 330 page book entitled There Must Be A Better Way, which tells how 10cc brought a crane so they could install a large nose and droopy moustache above the Rolling Stones tongue and lip logo stage.  A special gift of 6 CDs and 3 DVDs consisting of: A very rare DVD of 10cc ; 1 CD of 10cc A 75 mins DVD of The Rolling Stones appearance at the 1976 Knebworth festival, soundboard with excellent definition. A 50 mins DVD of various Knebworth festivals between 1974 – 1979, including Lynyrd Skynyrd (I believe this is the only recording available of the legendary performance of Freebird from Knebworth '76), Led Zeppelin and  Genesis with interviews and the sound check. 2 CDs Rolling Stones ; 1 CD Lynyrd Skynyrd ; 1 CD Todd Rundgren ; 1 CD Hot Tuna A New Barbarians live DVD from Knebworth 1979
January 8	Viva La Difference, the latest album from Eric Stewart is available from two retail sources for now… To buy in GBP sterling from the UK retailer, go to www.keymailorder.com Both Viva La Difference and Do Not Bend are available at Key Mail Order To buy in US dollars from the US retailer, go to www.cdbaby.com CD Baby has limited stock available for now but will be getting more soon. On iTunes, Do Not Bend is readily available. Viva La Difference will be available on iTunes shortly. We are currently finishing our review of Viva and we’ll bring it to you as soon as we can. But for now, we will just say it’s a very enjoyable album indeed!
January 3 2009	We have been informed that the server that hosts the Eric Stewart website and several other sites has been hijacked and all the sites are affected. The server company is well aware of what has taken place and is working to restore the sites as we speak. We were contacted this week by an American fan, Valerie Williams-Smiley, who has asked if we could set up something for Eric Stewart’s birthday which is coming up on January 20^th. She has asked if we could set up a page or two of short notes on how or why the music of Eric and or 10cc has been an inspiration to them. So please send in your emails (by the 11^th of January if possible) to inspirations@the10ccfanclub.com and we’ll site-post them in time for the 20^th. We’ll be bringing you our review of Eric’s forthcoming new solo album “Viva La Difference” as soon as we can, along with full details on how and where you can buy it.
December 22	An early Christmas present for UK fans... we have been sent a list of dates for Graham’s touring 10cc for April, May and June of next year. 17 concerts have been listed on our Dates page, starting in Torquay on April 29^th. The full list of dates, venues and box office numbers can be seen here. Season’s greetings to each and every fan around the world from all of us here at the website (Roy, Dave, Val and Ann) and on behalf of everyone connected with 10cc.
December 3	Over on Eric Stewart’s website, news has just been posted about his next offering “Viva La Difference”. It now seems highly probable that the album will be released unto the world in January. More news, details and hopefully a review in the very near future.
October 17	Apologies for having taken so long but a decision has finally been reached in the latest Caption Contest… the winning entry is Kevin : You know what, Graham, I’ve never been kissed before. Can I cop a feel? Graham : How dare you!!! It was sent in by Roshen Kaye and we will be contacting Roshen in the very near future. Congratulations to Roshen and to everyone who entered, we salute you!
October 2	Back in November of 2004, the following was added to our site Guest Book by someone signing off as Rob. B. “I guess the story I am about to tell you is something very special. At least it is to me. I am a hobby songwriter from Germany and all my life I have been thinking what it would sound like to have one of my songs professionally recorded and produced. Earlier this year I was able to get one of the best to participate in my project: Andrew Gold. I spent 4 days with him in his home studio (Qbrain Studios). He really made my song come to life by adding bits and pieces, vocals and additional instruments. This is how Andrew described the situation that followed the recording session: “This guy Rob. B emailed me, telling me he was a fan and also a songwriter, and would I consider producing and singing a song he had written. I agreed, and he came over from Germany and we did the song, which turned out pretty well. So well, in fact, that when Robert came back from the States, he managed to get it on a few radio stations. As it turns out, it's being requested and it's starting to have real momentum....not something we were quite prepared for.” Yes, the song did get quite a bit of airplay time on German radio stations. I think at one point Andrew and Graham Gouldman were even discussing using the momentum of the song to start a comeback with WAX. For various reasons I could not get any labels interested in releasing the song. But who knows what will happen with this song in the future. The song is called “Did You Get What You Want” and it sounds very WAX-like. This whole thing was an unbelievable experience I will cherish for years to come.” (And yes, the song does sound VERY Wax-ish indeed. Ed) Well, this week, we received an email from Robert Baitinger and this is what he had to say. “I just wanted to let you know that my debut album is now finally available. It is called “Helping Hands” and I gave my project the ingenious name “Rob B. Project”. Many awesome artists and producers from around the world helped me record my songs. Andrew Gold was one of my helping hands. I would be very grateful if you could support me and let the world know about this album. Many thanks in advance. What does my music sound like? Well…very diverse. No, that’s not a new style. Just take a cooking bowl, put in catchy, emotional rock/pop songs and ballads. Add a dash of Christina Aguilera, Electric Light Orchestra, Andrew Gold, Eagles, LeAnn Rimes, Alan Parsons Project, Sting, Nickelback and Santana and mix thoroughly. Out comes music that sounds familiar and contemporary, yet fresh and unique. You can find more information and samples here: www.cdbaby.com/cd/robbproj www.robertbaitinger.de So dreams can come true after all.
September 19	Many thanks to all who have entered our latest caption contest… the judges are still deliberating over which caption is the best, so we’ll bring you the decision once they’ve decided. The captions we’ve received – (no more, thanks) – can still be accessed by clicking here What else can we tell you… oh, yes… should anyone feel the urge to purchase some 10cc goodies, try going to this website www.ronoshop.de – it’s the site that sells all the tour merchandise when Graham goes out on the road with his friends. You can either read the site in English or German but the price is always in Euro’s Speaking of Graham going out on the road with his friends, it was recently brought to our attention that the part of R. Fenn during recent concerts was performed by Rupert Fenn and NOT Rick. Rick was at home in Australia, therefore making himself unavailable for some gigs, so his nephew stepped in as a replacement. However, from all accounts by fans AND Graham, Rupert was excellent. One more item of note… an extra date has been added at Dartford at the start of October at the Mick Jagger Centre. We have been informed that the original planned concert has sold out so a second gig has been added.
July 6	Geoff Lamb of Stockport wins the tickets to Frome… the answers that we were looking for were (a) The Empire, Liverpool (b) Gentlemen Thanks to all of you who entered.
June 26	We now bring you another competition… a chance to win two tickets to see the latest incarnation of 10cc (Graham & Friends) at the Frome Cheese & Grain Festival, Somerset, England, on July12th. To win, all you have to do is answer two questions… then email your answers with your name and address to tickets@the10ccfanclub.com. Please note ONLY the tickets are the prize. You must make your own arrangements to get to and from the Festival. Anyway, the questions… (a) 10cc (Eric, Graham, Rick) played their very last Live UK Concert prior to jetting off to tour Japan in 1995… name the venue. (b) Rick Fenn was recommended to Eric and Graham by Paul Burgess. What was the name of the group that Rick was playing in at the time? Good luck to everyone. Keep your entries coming in for the caption contest too… Tickets courtesy of Matt and the gang at www.midnightmango.co.uk Many thanks indeed, Matt
June 20	Lots of things to bring you today… Firstly – More concert dates for 10cc feat. Graham Gouldman and Friends… August 9^th in Bielstein, Germany and then in November and December, they are performing on the Nokia Night Of The Proms 2008 Tour, again in Germany, but for 18 concerts. Also touring are Robin Gibb and Tears For Fears. They have all been added to the dates page. Secondly, we are starting up a brand new caption contest on the front page of the site… First (and only) prize is a complete set of the Knebworth CD/DVD/book memorabilia as previously mentioned (see February 29). Our most sincere thanks to everyone at rockmusicmemorabillia.com for their very generous donation of the prize. Study the photo carefully, then email your entries with your name to captioncontest@the10ccfanclub.com The winner will be announced here in due course. (C) ANOTHER pair of demo edits… Charity Begins At Home, from the …meanwhile album and Don’t which was the B-side to Welcome To Paradise, also from the …meanwhile album. A slight change to all the demo/edits we have posted… they are now mp3 files and not wav files. Memory constraints at the site have forced us to switch them over to smaller file sizes, but they are still just as enjoyable as ever. They can be found on the Demo’s page.
June 12	We bring you TWO demo mixes today… one from Eric Stewart and one from 10cc. From 10cc, we bring you a track that was originally called Man In A Suitcase but when it finally appeared in public as part of the 1978 Bloody Tourists LP, it had changed its name to From Rochdale To Ocho Rios. The offering from Eric is called Warm, Warm, Warm and comes from his 1980 soundtrack album Girls. They can both be found on the Demo’s page as ever, and more will appear soon.
June 3	In March of 2008, the monthly Jaguar Drivers’ Club magazine published a very interesting article about one Jag’ driver in particular, namely Eric Stewart. It was a 5 page full colour spread and made for some very good reading. Well, Steve the editor had a chat with his Company Secretary regarding the spare copies of the magazines that they have. “We always have a few extra printed for shows and events etc., and I asked whether some of these copies could be made available to the fan club”. Well, the answer was yes, and a limited number of these (available while stocks last) can now be ordered from the club for GBP4.25 including postage (in the UK). You can order by post with a cheque from: The Jaguar Drivers' Club Ltd Jaguar House 18 Stuart Street Luton Beds. LU1 2SL Or by phone and with card on 01582 419332 - Just ask for the March 2008 issue. For those that don’t live in the UK, please ask for full pricing details by emailing jaguar_drivers_club@lineone.net. In other news, Graham and his touring 10cc friends are going to be very busy over in Holland next year. Tour dates for February, March and April (2009) have just been added to the dates page.
May 27	Think we’ve heard it all before? Then think again as you listen to the latest 10cc demo to get site-posted… The Secret Life Of Henry (B-side of Food For Thought). More will be added to the Demo’s page in the not-too-distant future.
May 26	We’ve just received word of more dates for Graham’s line-up of 10cc. More UK dates have been added, including the Cornbury Festival which will also feature Crowded House, and a mini-tour of Belgium in October. More dates will be added to the dates page as and when we get them.
May 17	Wendy Bannister at the Rolling Stones Commemorative Box-set site has written to us… I wonder if you would mention on your site the 1976 Knebworth T shirt, featuring 10cc we are now selling. To avoid any billing problems with 10cc and The Rolling Stones the artwork was designed as a circle with all the bands in equal size and prominence. However, because 10cc appear at the top of the artwork it puts them in the position of the headliner. If anyone is interested the price of the T shirts is only £11.95 plus post and can be either purchased on line at www.rockmusicmemorabilia.com or by emailing me at info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com
May 14	Okay, you’ve hopefully all seen the new front page by now, complete with the NEW “Demo’s” button, which will take you directly to ALL the demo’s we gave you last year. We’ve added two more this week by way of a late birthday celebration for Graham Gouldman, who reached the ripe young age of 62 on May 10^th. Now what we’ve done with these two demo’s from Graham’s soundtrack album Animalympics is to edit together the demo version of a song with the finished version. We’ve given “Go For It” and “Love’s Not For Me” this treatment. This also lets people who may not have heard any Animalympics songs before, the chance to hear them!!! Enjoy!!!
May 13	Big L International this week will be featuring Graham Gouldman as a special guest for a 2 part special. The first hour airs this Sunday at 4pm with the second airing the following Sunday 4pm. “Graham Gouldman, writer of so many hits for various acts over the years- including 10cc, will be chatting with Mike Read in a 2 part special this coming Sunday at 4pm (bst). He'll be talking about his career as a song writer and his life with 10cc, Wax and Hot Legs. We'll also hear some of the stories behind some of those classic tracks from 10cc and how the band got it's name. You can listen to the programme online at www.bigl.co.uk and on sky digital channel 0190.
May 9	Lol Crème and his band, the Producers, are performing at the Royal Albert Hall, London on May 18^th as the support act to operatic singer Zucchero. .
April 7	Just as a footnote… the Gizmotron sold for a total of GBP94.00
March 25	A seller on eBay has a Gizmotron up for sale… there are 2 bids so far with the total standing at GBP26.00. This is such a rare item, we thought we’d let you know about it. The eBay item number is: 12023758901 or copy and paste this into your browser… http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120237589012&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=002 Oh, there are 8 days left on the auction, by the way. Thanks to John Knight for the information. Ellen Mallernee contacted us today with this : “I’m an Editor at Gibson Guitar and we’ve just posted a great story on 10cc” Click here to read about Sheet Music’s “Somewhere In Hollywood”
March 24	Coming to a DVD player near you soon… 10cc – Clever Clogs. The DVD release of a concert filmed last year… the line-up is Graham Gouldman, Rick Fenn, Paul Burgess, Mick Wilson, Mike Stevens and special guest Kevin Godley singing live at a 10cc concert for the first time in 30 years. Special bonuses include an extended interview with Graham Gouldman, and film of Kevin’s appearance at Cardiff on the same tour. The release date from Eureka Entertainment is now scheduled for May 12^th. www.hmv.co.uk have it pre-orderable at a very reasonable price of £8.99 saving £6.00 on the normal selling price. Track listing : Son Of Man (excerpt), The Wall Street Shuffle, The Things We Do For Love, Good Morning Judge, I’m Mandy- Fly Me, Life Is A Minestrone, Art For Art’s Sake, Bus Stop, Look Through Any Window, For Your Love, Old Wild Men, beautifulloser.com, Silly Love, Donna, The Dean And I, Bridge To Your Heart, I’m Not in Love, Dreadlock Holiday, Ready To Go Home, Rubber Bullets A promotional clip for the DVD can be found here:  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hemqiZiiuio Details of the DVD insert/liner notes can be found here:  http://www.david-finch.com/10ccSlvStormThorgersen.pdf
March 2	Even more releases from Cherry Red Records : Live And Let Live and Food For Thought, the inlays contain well written liner notes, as well as all the lyrics. Live And Let Live track listing: CD 1 : The Second Sitting For The Last Supper / You’ve Got A Cold / Honeymoon With B Troop / Art For Arts Sake / People In Love / Wall Street Shuffle / Ships Don’t Disappear In The Night / I’m Mandy Fly Me / Marriage Bureau Rendezvous CD 2 : Good Morning Judge / Feel The Benefit / The Things We Do For Love / Waterfall / I’m Not In Love / Modern Man Blues Food For Thought (re-release of a ‘long ago’ compilation) track listing: Life Is A Minestrone / Don’t Hang Up / Good Morning Judge / Last Night / One-Two-Five / We’ve Heard It All Before / 24 Hours / Dreadlock Holiday / Rock N Roll Lullaby / Take These Chains / The Power Of Love / Survivor / Feel The Love / Food For Thought Bonus Track The Secret Life Of Henry Both are available through www.cherryred.co.uk and leading record stores, priced at GBP9.95.
February 29	Henrietta Bannister at the Rolling Stones Commemorative Box-set site (see February 22) has written to us again… Because of the success of the first 1976 Knebworth commemorative set (which has now completely sold out) we have produced a further set which includes the following and I should be grateful if you would mention it on your site. I have reserved numbers 1-10 for 10cc fan club site visitors.  The price of the set is £49.99, a reduction of £10 on the normal price of £59.99. The new Knebworth 10cc set includes the following: The programme, ticket and flyer from the 1976 Knebworth festival all designed by Storm of Hipgnosis. 12 photos from the 1976 festival.   A 330 page book entitled There Must Be A Better Way, which tells how 10cc brought a crane so they could install a large nose and droopy moustache above the Rolling Stones tongue and lip logo stage.  A special gift of 6 CDs and 3 DVDs consisting of: A very rare DVD of 10cc 1 CD of 10cc A 75 mins DVD of The Rolling Stones appearance at the 1976 Knebworth festival, soundboard with excellent definition. A 50 mins DVD of various Knebworth festivals between 1974 – 1979, including Lynyrd Skynyrd (I believe this is the only recording available of the legendary performance of Freebird from Knebworth '76), Led Zeppelin and  Genesis with interviews and the sound check. 2 CDs Rolling Stones 1 CD Lynyrd Skynyrd 1 CD Todd Rundgren 1 CD Hot Tuna for further details contact info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com
February 27	Confirmed tour dates for 2008 have just been added to the “Dates for your Diary” page.
February 23	Another date for your diaries… Thursday May 1^st, Graham and co will be appearing at IndigO2, part of the 02/Millennium Dome complex in London. Click here to see the flyer for the concert.
February 9	Sunday February 10^th on Gold radio in the UK (available online – click here ) At 11am GMT, Kevin Godley will be running down the chart of 23^rd June 1973 when Rubber Bullets stood proudly at the top of the charts. Gold operate the Listen Again service on the site just in case you miss it the first time around. More releases from Cherry Red Records : Look Hear? and …meanwhile, The inlays contain well written liner notes, as well as all the lyrics. Look Hear? track listing: One-Two-Five / Welcome To The World / How’m I Ever Gonna Say Goodbye / Don’t Send We Back / I Took You Home / It Doesn’t Matter At All / Dressed To Kill / Lovers Anonymous / I Hate To Eat Alone / Strange Lover / L.A. Inflatable Bonus Tracks One-Two-Five (Edited Single Version) / Only Child …meanwhile track listing: Woman In Love / Wonderland / Fill Her Up / Something Special / Welcome To Paradise / The Stars Didn’t Show / Green Eyed Monster / Charity Begins At Home / Shine A Light In The Dark / Don’t Break The Promises Bonus Tracks Man With A Mission / Don’t / Lost In Love / Welcome To Paradise (7” Edit)/ Woman In Love (DJ Edit) Both are available through www.cherryred.co.uk and leading record stores, priced at GBP9.95. A 3CD compilation also worth mentioning is : 10cc Collected from Universal. The track listing is as follows : Disc 1 : The Wall Street Shuffle, The Things We Do For Love, Good Morning Judge, Dreadlock Holiday, Marriage Bureau Rendezvous, Don't Turn Me Away, People In Love, I'm Mandy Fly Me, Feel The Love, Don't Hang Up, It Doesn't Matter At All, For You And I, Lifeline, I'm Not In Love, I Hate To Eat Alone, Feel The Benefit Disc 2 : Art For Art's Sake, Somewhere In Hollywood, Old Wild Men, Life Is A Minestrone, You've Got A Cold, Tokyo, Reds In My Bed, From Rochdale To Ocho Rios, One-Two-Five, Food For Thought, Les Nouveaux Riches, Channel Swimmer, Run Away, Don't Squeeze Me Like Toothpaste, Woman In Love, Welcome To Paradise, The Second Sitting For The Last Supper Disc 3 : Donna, Rubber Bullets, The Dean And I, Silly Love, Une Nuit A Paris, Lazy Ways, Five O'Clock In The Morning, Sunburn, An Englishman In New York, Love's Not For Me, Memories, The Power Of Love, Under Your Thumb, Wedding Bells, 24 Hours, Cry, A Little Piece Of Heaven, Neanderthal Man This can be found at www.bol.com for €18,99. Two notable tracks to be found here are Graham’s Sunburn single, and also, Love’s Not For Me from the Animalympics soundtrack album. There’s even a Dutch TV commercial which can be seen on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh3uDSmkE1M. The Fan Club would like to thank Jose Gomez over at www.minestrone.org for supplying us with this information.
January 26	Two early announcements on appearances by the current 10cc line-up… Friday May 2^nd at the Market Harborough Leisure Centre, England Saturday May 3^rd at the Labadoux Festival, Belgium
January 18	In honour of Eric reaching 63 years young on the 20^th January, we are delighted to bring you a demo that was called “Stranger Love”. The finished article ended up on the Look Hear? Album as “Strange Love”. Click the strawberries on the front page as usual. Anyone having trouble with the Strawberry link on the front page, click here instead On behalf of all 10cc and Eric Stewart fans everywhere, Roy, Dave, Val and Ann, the staff here at the10ccfanclub.com, wish Eric a very happy birthday indeed!!! There seems to be confusion about how to listen to the demo’s… please use the following links to access all that we’ve made available so far… 24 Hours Part 001 here 24 Hours Part 002 here 24 Hours Part 003 here 24 Hours Part 004 here 24 Hours Part 005 here 24 Hours Part 006 here Voodoo Boogie 01 here Voodoo Boogie 02 here Voodoo Boogie 03 here Stranger Love here Only Child here I’m So Laid Back, I’m Laid Out here
January 3 2008	On the News front, with regards to the concert that was filmed last March at Shepherd’s Bush, London, which also featured Kevin Godley doing a couple of songs, we can reveal that the DVD will be released to the public this coming April. We recently received got this email from Henrietta Bannister… Just to wish you a Happy New Year and to mention that although we do not normally sell number 1  of each set, but retain it for ourselves, I thought as you have been so helpful to us, if any of the visitors to your site are interested we would sell 1/200 of the 10cc Knebworth set at no additional cost. If anyone is interested they should email me at info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com Very best wishes and thank you for your help in the past year. Henrietta So there is one set left if anyone else wants one… and this is what it is… THE KNEBWORTH COMMEMORATIVE SET The programme, flyer and the ticket from 1976 Knebworth Rolling Stones festival all designed by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis; 12 photos from the 1976 Knebworth festival, including Paul and Linda McCartney talking to Kevin Godley; 330 page book on the behind the scenes hassles of promoting the Knebworth festivals. (the title of the book was taken from graffiti written on the steps leading up to the stage by Peter Rudge, the Rolling Stones manager at that time); A 1976 T shirt with '10cc' on the artwork; The special free gift of 6 CDs and 3 DVDs live from the 1976 festival which includes: 1 CD of 10cc's whole performance; 2 CDs Rolling Stones; 1 CD Lynyrd Skynyrd; 1 CD Todd Rundgren; 1 CD Hot Tuna; A 20 mins very rare DVD of 10cc at Knebworth; A 75 mins DVD of The Rolling Stones appearance at the 1976 Knebworth festival, soundboard with excellent definition.; A 50 mins DVD of various Knebworth festivals between 1974 – 1979, including Lynyrd Skynyrd (I believe this is the only recording available of the legendary performance of Freebird from Knebworth '76), Led Zeppelin and  Genesis with interviews and the sound check.
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