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Melody Maker, 1977

The things we do for Art Melody Maker, 24 September 1977 Godley and Creme, whose invention of the Gizmo split 10cc, give their first interview since the break to Harry Doherty I first heard about it in Manchester last November, in the loo at Slack…

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Giles Booth

Melody Maker 1977 review

The Consequences of going it alone LOL CREME/KEVIN GODLEY: “Consequences” (Mercury CONS 017/6641 658). Written, arranged and performed by Lol Creme and Kevin Godley (guitars, percussion, Gizmo, vocals), with dialogue written and performed by Peter Cook. Guest appearances by Sarah Vaughan, Judy Huxtable, Peter Wheeler…

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Melody Maker 1977 news

Smart Cookie LOL CREME and Kevin Godley are introducing Peter Cook to rock and roll with unforeseen results. Cook appears on "Consequences," the triple album that Creme and Godley premiered at a reception in Amsterdam on Saturday. Pete also sat in on the Press conference…

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Audio clips

Okay, this is where this site really shows its age - it was originally built in 1997. MP3s were a new fad and iPods hadn't been invented yet. Nobody had broadband. 17 bonus points for anyone who can play a RealAudio file these days... though I…

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Record Mirror, Oct 77

Persons of Consequence Record Mirror, October 15th 1977 JIM EVANS talks to LOL CREME and KEVIN GODLEY, the gizmo duo on the release of their latest epic 'Consequences'. LOL CREME and Kevin Godley, who left IOcc last year to develop a new musical device called…

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