Many of us have received an incredible surprise thudding onto our doormats over the last couple of months. Liam Newton's long-awaited and astounding new book, '10cc: the Worst Band in the World' was finally published by super-cool Rocket 88 to a shower of rave reviews.
An almost complete re-write of his book of the same name some 25 years ago, this answers many prayers for fellow 10cc fans. It's a comprehensive and exhaustively-researched account of the 10cc universe, giving fascinating detail on the lives, careers and output of Lol, Kevin, Graham and Eric. Literally every page reveals hitherto unknown nuggets of information, culled from Liam's hugely extensive, first-hand research and reliable sources, such as interviews with band members and many others, press articles, tour dates and diaries.
Paul and Sean are having real fun here chewing the fat with our affable guest. We use it as an excuse not just to delve into the genesis and mechanics of this major undertaking, but of course to discuss some of the murkier and more fascinating corners of the 10cc closet! We discuss the book's launch in Stockport, the importance of the bands' 1960s work, the splits in 1976 and 1980, the effect of Eric's car crash in 1979, 10cc mkI versus mk2, some of the musical highs and lows, Liam's enormous collection of music papers, some of the incredible photos, and key players who've led and crossed their paths over the years. We critique the book a little of course, but this is almost churlish. This is a 514-page treasure trove.
Thank you so much to the podcast subscribers who so kindly sent us mini-reviews of Liam's book: Michael Svensson, Andrew Dalgarno, Panayiotis Bogdanos, Karen Piercey, Marc Hollis, Shelby Guinn, Nigel Collyer and Simon Smith. Your contributions are fantastic, and I'm sorry that we couldn't play all of your tapes to Liam during our conversation.
The Worst Book in the World? Not half!
The book is available from Rocket88 via www.10ccbook.com
Consequences 10cc podcast 79 - The Great Graham Gouldman Bake-off
Consequences 10cc podcast 78 - No Words Today, with Graham
Consequences 10cc podcast 77 - Shifting Through the McGears with Mike McCartney
Consequences 10cc podcast 76 - The Great Alcester Bake-off #3: Hello from Mike, Paul and Linda
Consequences 10cc podcast 75 - The Great 10cc Alcester Bake-off # 2: Life is a Missing Minestrone
Consequences 10cc podcast 74 - The Great 10cc Alcester Bake-off #1: This is Not an Orchestra
Consequences 10cc podcast 73 - Swinging our Benefits in a Red Bandana
Consequences 10cc podcast 72 - Beaucoup Plus Tard La Même Nuit à Paris
Consequences 10cc podcast 71 - One and One Make Acetates: rare treasures from Godley and Creme
Consequences 10cc podcast 70 - Adventures in Harmony & Lol's Magic Chord - with Eric Baumgartner
Consequences 10cc podcast 69 - Rick Fenn pt 2 - Life Could Be a Dream
Consequences 10cc podcast 68 - Welcome to the World pt 1 - with Rick Fenn
Consequences 10cc podcast 67 - You Didn’t Like It Because You Didn’t Bake It - tape deep dives #2
Consequences 10cc podcast 66 - Your Disco King: Andy Peebles on 10cc
Consequences 10cc podcast 65 - Natural Plunder - a Revlon tape deep dive with Eric Baumgartner
Consequences 10cc podcast 64 - Gizmo Fantasia and Mr Blint's Attic - with Giles Booth
Consequences 10cc podcast 63 - The Worst Zoom Call in the World - with Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman
Consequences 10cc podcast 61 - Kevin Godley: Muscle Memory
Consequences 10cc podcast 60 - This Strawberry Life - with engineer Mark Cockburn
Consequences 10cc podcast 59 - From Leatherhead to Seattle: Lalo Creme
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