10cc: The Great Stockport Bake-off - unearthing buried musical treasure
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- 10cc: THE GREAT STOCKPORT BAKE-OFF
Four music geeks. Three lost studio tapes by 1970s pop legends 10cc. One oven. What could possibly go wrong?
In December 2020, four intrepid 10cc fans set out to unearth buried treasure. They have in their possession three mysterious studio tapes by this great and underrated 1970s band. This reflexive documentary tells the exciting story of how they restore these unique and rare tapes - by baking them in a food dehydrator! One tape in particular, purporting to be a TV advert for make-up giant Revlon, has never been heard outside Strawberry Studios in Stockport. The adventure ends in a vintage recording studio in Salford, near Manchester, where they'll attempt to play the tapes. But will their first steps into the dark art of tape baking be a total disaster?
With huge thanks, especially, to:
The Strawberry Archive and David Jarvis's Graham Gouldman archive
All Strawberry staff, especially Peter Tattersall and Mark Cockburn
All media and copyright owners - we're endeavouring to contact you!
Harvey Lisberg
Ken Maliphant
Roy and Rene for their invaluable expertise
Listeners, subscribers and guests of The Consequences 10cc podcast - especially Panayiotis Bogdanos for his generous gift!
Kevin Godley, Graham Gouldman and all members of 10cc from 1972 - 2021
THE TEAM:
David Jarvis - curator of the official Graham Gouldman archive
Paul McNulty and Sean Macreavy - the Consequences 10cc podcast
Liam Newton - author of '10cc: The Worst Band in the World'
Peter Wadsworth - curator of the Strawberry Archive
Main camera - Rob Salmon, Orfactor Productions - www.orfactorpr...
B-roll, sound, multitrack mixing and incidental music - Sean Macreavy -www.seanmacrea...
Additional camera - Charlie McNulty and Peter Wadsworth
Tape restoration advice - Roy Harrison, Riverside Electronics
Multi-track capture - Rene Iacopino, Cotton Mouth Studios - www.cottonmouth...
Research - the Team
Edit consultants - The team and Kevin Godley - www.kevin-godle...
Producers - The team
Directed and edited by Sean Macreavy
© 2021 Sean Macreavy Media & The Strawberry Archive
For more information on the project, on tape restoration and other films by these filmmakers, please visit www.seanmacrea...
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Listen to Paul and Sean's podcast at: consequences.p...
Contact Liam and Peter on Twitter at @10ccWorstBand and @StrawberryNorth
#thegreatstockportbakeoff
I worked for Lasky's in the Arndale Manchester. The four came in and was the lucky one to serve them. I sold them a Philips video recorder each, Graham asked for his to be delivered and installed. He was not home when I went to install it, he lived in what looked like a Swiss Chalet. His maid answered and showed me to the bedroom where it was to be installed. The carpets were all white and about 2" thick, his bed was bigger than my bedroom and there were gold discs on the walls. A memory I have treasured all my life. Wonderful group and amazing music, so much talent.
I remember Laskys in Manchester. I think I bought my Akai GX4000DB from there and cost me £250. I still have it!
Amazing story John!
You deserve the memory! 💫
I loved the original lineup of 10CC and still do. Best band ever ❤️
It is like opening of Tutankhamen’s tomb.
10cc were a brilliant band.
Aye, they were. SO many people have compared this to King Tut! Cheers.
@@smacreavy Let's face it ... this isn't just music history. It's not even just social history.
This is actually archaeology, isn't it? The study of material remains of the industry of members of a culture group to enable us to complete the story of that culture group. That definition works at two levels: 1970s pop culture in the UK and 10cc themselves!
Those masks are a depressing reminder of the time when the world turned upside down and our pockets were emptied. And are still being emptied. From Neanderthal Man onwards these guy were so refreshing 👍
When I was about 9 or 10 yrs old, my big sister took me with her to a place called “The Preview House” in Hollywood, CA. It was a testing theatre for various media such as, TV shows, feature films, commercials, music, etc. We would sit in an audience and watch or listen to whatever they played for us and with a small handheld unit, we would rate the experience. Sometimes throughout the playback and sometimes after. One time I distinctly remember the room going dark, and I heard a beat, then all of a sudden I was mesmerized by the sound that filled the theatre. It was an ethereal and enveloping chorale that excited my ears like never before. It was as if I was transported into my own mind, floating and wandering through a spatial abyss. It was wonderful. The song they were playing was “I’m not in love” by 10cc. My young self could hardly process the lyrics but the music had me fully, and happily entranced. Easily, my most memorable visit to the Preview House. That song also played a big part in my becoming a musician. By the way, I gave them an A rating.
What an AMAZING story! Lovely.
Probably the ultimate 10cc rarity, great background story and of course thanks for sharing. Thanks also to Lol, Kevin, Graham and Eric for making some of the most inventive, witty, fantastic and just plain enjoyable music of the seventies. You were great.
Thanks so much!
@@smacreavy I wish that automatic closed captions were enabled. Can you fix that now?
Hearing impaired & non native language speakers would be infinitely grateful!
I just love this! I'm a 10cc super geek from childhood. Definitely agree with the others who say that this band is up there with the Beatles in creativity and pure warped pop genius. I finally got to see 10cc live in Belgium about 5 years ago. We had house-swapped in a little town called Eeklo, and it just so happened that they were the headline act at an annual music fest there. I was blown away, and overjoyed. Thanks for making this doc! And thanks to 10cc.
Hear hear! Thank you!
That was nothing short of fantastic. Well done everyone concerned.
@@staggerlee6794 thank you!
Great video, shout out to Sad Cafe, another Manchester legend who made some superb records.
First time I heard them was 1973 Donna, have always enjoyed the original line up with Eric. 2024 I still listen to them. Best line up ever
This is just amazing. Thanks for preserving this guys. A lost gem from one of the best bands of the 70s.
Wonderful stuff. One of the best bands ever.
This was an utter delight to watch. I was 6 yrs old when I’m Not In Love was released and nothing takes me back to that era as immersively or as immediately as that record. Decades later it’s sound still blows me away.
Thank you. And I couldn't agree more on INIL!
I'd love to give this a tumbs up, but I haven't washed my hand for a while.
😉
Irreplaceable creativity with this outstanding duo. I never tire of their music.
Duo? There were four members of 10cc 😁
I was raised strictly, when the world finally opened for me, this was MY band. No one else knew. I consumed 10cc like a perfect meal, each & every time. Unbelievable. Thank you.
Great stuff - thanks!
Im very fortunate to own Erics 56 Fender Stratocaster that he used in tandem with a Les Paul back then. He owned it for over 40 years and through all of 10CC and on 3 Paul McCartney albums!
@@stevestone07 Wow, fantastic!
What a treat to have stumbled on this and what a great story. I'll forever remember the huge sense of disappointment I experienced when, as a 16 year old kid late in 1976, I heard on the radio that Kevin and Lol had left 10CC. Even at that early age and having been a big 10CC fan since Rubber Bullets, I sensed they would be different going forward. When I finally got the chance to see them for the first time at Hammersmith Odeon (Deceptive Bends tour) in June, 1977 I was thrilled. If memory serves correctly, there were two circular screens, lowered from above the stage for the beginning of Feel The Benefit, against which was projected a faintly lit naked girl swimming underwater. I remember that because a few rows behind me a guy shouted out "you dirty "ol man" when that was shown. To my surprise, when I subsequently first heard the live album, there it was, immortalized forever. Still hard to fathom that Sheet Music has been on my record shelf for 50 years and I still love playing it.
@@marcusslade9804 Absolutely!
I'm a super 10CC lover from Tokyo, Japan. Thank you for your fantastic documentary video(Great 10CC lost tapes!!). Just amazing! ! Though I'm a rock band director/manager, I know sometimes the band forgets about their recording for some songs used in a commercial haha.
Ha ha, yes, they do! Thank you.
I've sat motionless having stumbled across this and have the same heartfelt adoration for four absolutely incredible human beings that are and always will be 10cc.
To have gone to the extremes you guys did to bring the Revlon ad music to the big screen.... That is, TH-cam has been a highlight of my years in love with music.
To have KG and GG in the final part was truly wonderful. Many, many people will one day be in awe of these musicians like... Just as we are, yet they haven't been born yet. Poor sods! A privilege to have been alive through the careers of the members of 10cc. Thank you for sharing such a gem.
Thank you SO much! Sean.
Think of all the people yet born who are going to hear 10cc for the first time, just like we did back in the day, and the joy it will bring them. "Poor sods"? Hardly.
Wow thanks for putting this out there for all of us to see and hear, good to see Graham and Kevin's reaction too, just love this band the production on those 70's albums were just sublime, what talent thanks again :-)
You're welcome! 100% agree.
the most intriguing story in music is of the Neil Sedaka album 'The Tra La Days Are Over' which was recorded at strawberry studios and featured 10cc on it as a band, before they were a band. it's a fascinating, overlooked story and also one of my favourite albums of all time, yet not on spotify etc, the album and story around it just vanished. I have it on vinyl
Fantastic film, us Stopfordian’s are very proud of Strawberry Studios and 10cc, great stuff.
Thanks Paddy!
I am beyond excited and thrilled! 🤩 I cant thank you all enough for this brilliant gem! ❤❤
Ha ha, thank you!
I never miss a chance to pass on 10cc to anyone I discus music with... what a band... great doc guys 👍👍👍👍
Cheers David!
Fantastic video - thank you for taking the time to do this and for putting it up on TH-cam. so many happy memories associated with 10cc - takes meback to the 70's and my broken hearted teenage years!
Thank you!
This is a fantastic video. I have only just seen it today but it is wonderful. You can feel the excitement of unearthing the track and the conversations with Graham and Kevin are great.
Thanks so much James!
I thought it was odd when this new song unexpectedly popped up on Spotify. Now I know who's responsible. A huge thanks to these lads!!
Thank you!
Thank you!
They should have never never never ever split up. They were at their peak. The best was yet inside this great 4-artists-team.
That was just incredible. Massive fan from the first album, would SO love to be able to chat to any of them now. And Liam's book was a fantastic read too! Thanks for sharing...
Thank you!
Needs to be a sad cafe documentary
...and good idea!
Great band, much underrated.
Fascinating video. I had an FX900 until last year from Strawberry, that my Dad bought from Rhythm House in the mid 90s. Also, a school friend mine lived next door to one of 10cc during the 80s, in New Mills.
When i first heard " I'm not in love" on the car radio, I thought it was Paul McCartney singing the lead vocal.
This is the kind of video that TH-cam was made for!!
TH-cam: INVENT A "LOVE" BUTTON FOR THIS VIDEO!!
Wow - thank you so much!
@@smacreavy Great work, Sean! Thanks for bringing this to us.
And for the record, I think its a beautiful piece of music. ;-)
EDIT: I meant to also comment, that little flat 5th descending piano line on the commercial sounds an awful lot like the intro guitar to Survivor....
Dunno how many times I've watched this video now, and every time I do, I keep picking out likenesses between the Revlon music, and other 10cc tunes. For example, the backing vocal voicings on the D chord are very reminiscent of the backing vocals that bring in Art For Art's Sake, as are the various guitar picky bits in the intro and middle section of AFAS to the piano part in the Revlon music.
I think it says that in 1976, the members of 10cc were definitely thinking about certain musical themes in their own and the band's music.
@@EddieG1888 Yes, they must have been aware!
@@smacreavy Btw Sean, re podcast 65, just to throw some more ambiguity and uncertainty into the backing vocal issue for you, I can definitely hear a high G on only the A, above Kevin's E, which would make that chord an A7. I'm fairly certain its not an overtone, because it seems to gently fade in on that chord, as though the person singing it only introduces it at that point. That note sung gentler, coupled with Eric's quieter part too, could that track have possibly been a bounce of two separate takes, Eric's part being a piece of one that was bounced in at a lower volume? Definitely very strange!
Saw 10cc in the 70s at Fairfield Hall, Croydon. I saw so many bands in the 70s including Hendrix, Zeppelin, The Who, Wings and The Doors. 10cc's live sound was the closest I've ever heard to recordings. Immaculate and precise. All four vocalists too, equally strong, unlike The Beatles.
@@477bus Yeah, brilliant.
Don't think I've been so nervous for a long time, worried you guys would cook the tapes! What a relief it all worked! Good job guys.
Ha ha, thanks. That tickled me!
Amazing!!! Thank you for your devotion to a truly great band! What fun!
Thank you - it was indeed!
A wonderfully told wonderful mystery story. Well done.
Thanks so much.
What an interesting find...quite ironic none of the members remember recording it!
All that is so lovely - thank you guys❤
Just lovely, this little advert has brought me such joy this morning.
That's so good to hear, Scott!
As I've just been able to hear Somewhere in Hollywood in my car I can say I loved hearing the tap dancing on it!
Well, that brightened my day a good deal. Been a fan since Rubber Bullets. Good baking, all!
Cheers Blain!
This fills me with joy! Thank you so much!!
Fantastic guys and to get Graham & Kevin’s input made this even better
Yes, stroke of luck that, wasn't it?! Thank you Dean.
Great input from Kevin's dog, too. I always had the impression that Mr Godley's bite was worse than his bark. Still some evidence of that here, thank goodness!
Hilarious, thank you Peter!
Such an adventure! To see your joy when what was on the tape was heard, was like being a kid with their first bike....thanks so much for your wonderful work....and lovely to see Kevin amd Graham talk about this....even though they can't remember it!!😊
Ah, thank you so much!
Brilliant really loved this and thanks for all your efforts with this and the podcast - very 10cc very wonderful
Thank you Deb!
Thank you for this! This band has fascinated me and inspired me to pick up music and try to write lyrics, so they're pretty important to me. Thank you for the time everyone put into making this.
Pleasure!
This was brilliant! I would be really interest in see a "making of..." for this if you had any more B-Roll. Concentrating on the technical challenges of restoring the tapes and the studio set up. I'm sure someone at "Sound On Sound" magazine would be really interest in that too possibly.
GREAT suggestion Andrew, thanks very much! When I've got the energy, I may revisit the B-Roll! ;- )
Absolutely loved this... beautiful harmonies on the Revlon ad.
Lol did a guest spot last summer at Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival in August, and it was so lovely to see his face and know he's ok.
To my delight, 10cc are performing at the same festival in 2023. Tickets went on sale yesterday. I saw them play a couple of months ago at The Swan Theatre in High Wycombe... it was wonderful!!! I've loved the band since seeing them on TOTP performing Donna. ♡♡♡
Thanks again!
I wept watching that. It made me realise what a catastrophe it was when they split and how much I miss the four of them together, even today.
This is absolutely wonderful.
Thanks so much, Mr Boyd!
Great doc! Thanks for making this - 10cc were amazing.
Couldn't agree more - they were incredible! Thanks.
That was absolutely delightful!!!
Thank you all so much, all you guys.
Thank you!
Absolutely fantastic !
Like finding the Holy Grail!
Wow, thanks!
I've been watching it with open mouth. Just wonderful Sean!
Good stuff, thanks!
Really enjoyed that guys!
" ,"10CC were the 70 s Beatles" he said it all .
Yep!
I’ve been waiting for this!!! So excited!!!
Enjoy!
This is amazing and so interesting. My hero's and agree that 10cc are so talented and underrated. I love the Consequences masks, can they be purchased?
Thanks! I just ordered our masks off the net - sent them a photo, and they arrived in the post. ;- ). Not good quality though. There are plenty of custom mask companies around...
Love this. Brought up listening to them. Still do. Thank you Sean.
Same here - thanks Dawn!
A true delight and beautifully told with humour , excitement and the trademark forensic qualities which i love. The inclusion of the two Mr Gs adds to the story and viewing pleasure as they did it and it is great to hear their memories or lack of them ! So Sean , Paul and Liam and everyone involved you all brought your own talents to this project and it all blended together wonderfully . As a 10cc fan since 1975 a big thank you for bringing this about , because it is important !
Wow, thank you so much Peter!
Wow. What an amazing surprise. Sorry so late. This could have made a great addition to How dare you.
Yep! Thanks.
Absolutely fantastic - thank you!
Ta!
In '70's all my pals had heavy, soul, punk etc and I chose 10cc,. Best thing I ever did was slow dance to INIL to my future gf and the rest of course is history. Thanks, loved this film and of course your 10cc book 👌
Nice story! Thank you sir.
That was fantastic, guys. Thank you so very very much for sharing that .
Thanks so much, Steve!
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing such an incredible 10cc adventure.
Thank you! You're welcome.
Great band so under rated...
Too right!
Brilliant film, so well made and entertaining 👍 thanks
Thanks so much!
What a amazing find this is and so great to hear the left n right so distinctive When i heard this for the first time i welled up I suppose this is our modern day reunion Please lads just get back for one more time the world needs 10cc original line up
While 10cc was not my thing back in the 70's and 80's, found this video fascinating.
Excellent! Delighted to have stumbled across this! Fantastic job you've done! Cheers Toby (Stockport resident!)
Cheers Toby!
As a recording enthusiast and 10CC fan, i really enjoyed watching this interesting and refreshing piece of musical history . Really good work going on here.❤️❤️
Thanking you Daniel!
Excellent, not to mention quite good. I thoroughly enjoyed this mini-doc.
Thanks!
This was absolutely fantastic. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes from Beechwood Recording in Derry.
Thank you The Nerve!
The hottest days of the year in summer of 1976 were exceptionally hot for England. An entire nation failed to cope. I was preparing for my A level exams...
And I was sitting my O levels.
Really enjoyed this video thank you so much I have been a fan of 10cc for nearly 50yrs now and found this story fascinating.
Thanks so much Teresa.
I enjoyed that very much! Maybe a little too much lead up though. Thank you for keeping the 10cc spirit alive. One of my favourite bands.
Thank you. Ours too!
Wow am a fan from 1st single to today. I remember seeing the melody maker front cover in the newspaper stand in piccadilly gardens with the news of the split in 1976. It broke my heart. Having seen them twice in manchesters fth just a few months prior where they were riding the crest of a wave prior to world success. Hearing this new recording is simply magic. Thanks to all involved. Youve made an old manc very happy indeed.
That's wonderful to read Alan, thanks so much!
Wonderful work (and documentary), so great you could actually play it to the guys!
Thanks!
Fantastic ! Loved this - bloody well done to all involved 👏
Cheers Jim!
This is amazing overall by you lads. Funny how 10CC were such perfectionists that they found it twee and simpering.
Thanks so much Kris! And yes, 100% agree.
Great stuff! What a delight to watch. Like you guys, I'm a life long 10cc addict (12 when I heard How Dare You! for the first time).
Ditto! Thanks.
One of the most gifted bands ever.........
You're 100% not wrong. ;- )
Great video.
Your enthusiasm is infectious 😂❤
1976 Knebworth...I was there...10CC was all i was interested in seeing
What a lovely watch that was , he's right , it is a great bass sound!
It is!
Fantastic!
Thanking you!
Great group
Brilliant, I really enjoyed watching
Ta!
That was great, really nicely done - well done! :)
Thanks Phil!
Wonderfully produced and equals (no, betters) the discovery of Tutankamun's tomb. Revlon's loss.
Ha ha, cheers!
What a great documentary, about a brilliant cheesy play, ending in a hillarious kind of anticlimax, but it definitaly should have become an albumtrack.
Thank you, and yes, I agree!
That was so great! BTW...the Dr. Pepper ad they were referring to was written and sung by Jake Holmes. He is another one of my musical gods! What a coinkidink?!!!
Fantastic. Thank you!
You're welcome, thank you!
Wow, fantastic stuff, thank you so much!!!
You're welcome!
Superb. Thanks gents.
Cheers!
Astonishing stuff! Re: why did they do it (Kevin's comment) - perhaps to get some brass to pay for Consequences and gizmo development! The band were the first headline act I ever saw live - Leeds University, 12 October 1974 (I was going to say first band, but the support act Vineyard take that spot). Love them to this day and have just bought Kevin's new album. Much love to everyone involved in this project. Congratulations!
Thank you!
Great story and a good production. Back in the very early '70s, I was intrigued by 'Rubber Bullets' and later, 'I'm Not in Love' played out over Sydney Harbour during those balmy winter days of 1976. Ultimately, 'How Dare You' became my constant LP companion in my North Sydney terrace where a view of Luna Park across Lavender Bay could be yours for just $22/week. Those were the days! In about '83, 10cc toured Australia so I managed to snaffle an interview with both Eric and Graham in Newcastle just prior to their first concert. My Marantz Superscope cassette recording (one of the few items not stolen from a vehicle break-in during the Concert) eventually became the basis of a 'Sonics' magazine article plus a two hour radio programme I made for a local FM radio station later that year. Eric and I really hit it off in that interview, especially when we delved deeply into just which Neumann microphone they used to record his Levi zip for the 'How Dare You' track: 'Iceberg'. I wonder what has become of Eric as we rarely see him. Has he become a recluse? What an astounding, multi-talented artist he is.
Thank you Craig, and I agree with all of your points! Eric has simply retired from music making...
@@smacreavy Eric was very gracious during the interview as nearly all my questions were about Godley & Creme!! I do hope Eric has not become 'bitter & twisted' as some of us can and he is simply enjoying the fruits of his talent along with his family.