COVER OF THE WEEK
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13 is "L" by Godley & Creme.
Imagine yourself part of a successful band with hit singles and albums
and decide to go your own way and pursue a musical path that leads to
rapidly dwindling sales.
That's what one half of the very popular early 70s British band 10cc did. Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman saw Kevin Godley & Lol Creme leave to sell their guitar sound changing thingy called The Gizmo and to release a handful of ecclectic albums.
In retrospect it's easy to see the difference between Stewart/Gouldman's fetching pop and Godley/Creme's inventiveness and twists on the same pop formula making a perfect mix just like Lennon and McCartney found the right blend in The Beatles a decade earlier.
Godley & Creme's "L" is the second album from the duo following the critically dissed triple vinyl outing titled "Consequences".
It
features the cover design of the letter L just as it can be seen on the
UK plates used for driving a car before you get the driving license.
Godley & Creme "learning " the art of going solo or is it
all about the L-plate we all should display while driving our way through
life?
Please feel free to make up your own conclusions! Whatever you ome up with it is a striking and simple cover.
On the flip side of the cover you can see a set of small pictures all displaying - in some way or another - the form of "L".
Historically any Godley & Creme song added to RadioDupree's playlist has not been recieved well ... Let's see what happens with the tracks from this album.
More on Godley & Creme (as well as 10cc) here:
http://nss.31rsm.ne.jp/~kazu-n/10cc/index-e.html
Yes,
you get extra credit for comparing and finding the similarities in the
theme/lyrics of the track "Sandwiches Of You" with the
10cc song "Life Is A Minestrone".
Mail it in! I promise to eat it all up... :-)
With commercial success a bit thin on the ground they made a career as very successful music video directors all through the 80s and 90s.
We're still waiting for the follow-up to the very "earthy", simple and soulful sounding "Goodbye Blue Sky" recorded on "an old 16-track" and released back in 1988...
P.S.Please notice the remnants of plastic wrapper as well as the telltale cut-out corner on the big pic of the cover. Just to prove I own the vinyl.. :-)
Nebbukadnessar Stephenson