From Loudersound.
10cc mainstay Graham Gouldman has announced that he will release a brand new solo album, I Have Notes, through Lojinx Records on July 5.
The album features guest appearances from an array of stars including Ringo Starr, Queen guitarist Brian May, Hank Marvin, Albert Lee, as well as featuring a cover courtesy of Peter Curzon at StormStudios (of course Storm Thergerson of Hiognosis were responsible for several notable 10cc album covers). You can see the artwork below.
“I wrote this song in Nashville last year with Beth Nielsen Chapman and Gordon Kennedy,” Gouldman explains. “Both of whom I’ve worked with before. I just started playing this opening riff, there’s some nodding going on, it sounded quite exuberant and so the theme had to be something life-affirming. Beth came up with the We’re Alive title, and then we finished off the song really quickly together.
“There are certain references, which I love, that are kind of interesting. “Pull back the sofa, wind up the gramophone”. You know who’s got a gramophone? Nobody!”
The album features an array of musical styles including what is being referred to as a “space-ballad” (Floating In Heaven with May), the “unashamed Beatle-inspired” Couldn’t Love You More (featuring Starr), the “long-lost 10cc-era confessional I’m Lazy” and a live rendition of Heart Full Of Soul, featuring an all-star band Brian May and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal on guitar, Derek Sherinian on keyboards, Ric Fierabracci on bass and Simon Phillips on drums.
Gouldman will premiere I Have Notes with two special one-off album launch shows on July 1 and 2, at Pizza Express Live in Holborn, which will see him debut songs from I Have Notes, along with favourites from across his incredible career.
(Image credit: Decca Records)
Explore eil.com & 991.com sister – the world’s best online store for rare, collectable & out of print Vinyl Records, CDs & Music memorabilia since 1987.
EIL.COM Favourite Music Update Rare CDs, CD Singles, Rare Records, Vinyl Records, Albums and Music
- Boss Hog - Action Box - US - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.25, €30.25 (Back In Stock) (arrived 08-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 8, 2025 at 6:57 pm
BOSS HOG Action Box (1991 German pressed 4-track double 7" vinyl set from Amphetamine Reptile records, featuring tracks Big Fish, Bunny Fly, Black Throat & Not Guilty, housed in a fold-over picture sleeve SCALE39)
- Tears For Fears - Shout - UK - 12" vinyl - £12.00, $15.00, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 08-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 8, 2025 at 6:57 pm
TEARS FOR FEARS Shout (1984 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single featuring the Remix and 7" Version of the title track & The Big Chair. The picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear and the disc appears barely played IDEA812)
- Mike Oldfield - Flying Start - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.75, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 08-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 8, 2025 at 6:57 pm
MIKE OLDFIELD Flying Start (1988 UK 2-track 12" vinyl single featuring 12" Version with vocals by Kevin Ayers plus The Wind Chimes [Part 2 Edit], glossy picture sleeve VST1047)
- Radio Heart - London Times - Test pressing - UK - 12" vinyl - Promo - £15.00, $18.75, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 08-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 8, 2025 at 6:57 pm
RADIO HEART featuring GARY NUMAN London Times (Original 1987 GFM Records UK white label test pressing for the 2-track 12" vinyl single featuring the Extended Version plus Rumour. Pressed for quality control and potentially distributed in small numbers to radio and DJs GFMT112)
- Gary Numan - I Can't Stop - UK - shaped picture disc - £25.00, $31.25, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 08-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 8, 2025 at 6:57 pm
GARY NUMAN I Can't Stop (1986 UK limited edition 7" 'Harvard' Aeroplane Shaped Picture Disc single, also including Faces, housed in a clear PVC sleeve NUP17)
Be the first to comment