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| Prior to assuming the Godley & Creme handle, Graham Gouldman & Eric Stewart were briefly called Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon. |
Spain's Guerssen Records has just released the first-ever vinyl version of the long rumoured 1969 studio album – plus related acetate and 45 only tracks – from pre-10cc duo GODLEY & CREME, during their days as Frabjoy And Runcible Spoon. Classic UK late 60s psychedelic/folk/pop sound recorded at Advision Studios with support from future 10cc colleagues Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart.
In mid-1969, legendary British R&B/psychedelic entrepreneur Giorgio Gomelsky signed two Manchester-based art students, renaming them Frabjoy And Runcible Spoon. Seeing the talented pair as a British Simon And Garfunkel, Gomelsky recorded an LP with them for release on his Marmalade label. A pre-LP single appeared (listen below), but sadly the album’s release was aborted.
Then in 2022 – some 53 years later – Grapefruit Records released "Frabjous Days: The Secret World of Godley & Creme 1967-1969, a 19-track CD version of this missing piece of the pre-10cc jigsaw puzzle. Now Guerssen presents a vinyl version (with five fewer tracks than the CD), liner notes by David Wells along with rare photos and memorabilia.
Get a copy via Bandcamp right here.
Check out the original Marmalade single release of "I'm Beside Myself," "To Fly Away" (100 Proof Album Version) along with "Take Me Back" and "Today" following the tracklisting below.
Godley & Creme – Fly Away: The Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon Sessions 1968-1969
Side A: A1. I'm Beside Myself - A2. Chaplin House - A3. Cowboys And Indians - A4. It's The Best Seaside In The World - A5. Fly Away (Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon Album version) - A6. Take Me Back - A7. Today
Side B: B1. Hot Sun - B2. Virgin Soldiers - B3. To Fly Away (100º Proof Album Version) - B4. Seeing Things Green - B5. Easy Life - B6. I'm Beside Myself (single version) - B7. Animal Song
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