The Original Soundtrack

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The album was recorded and produced by the band at Strawberry Studios in 1974 with Eric Stewart engineering and mixing. This re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1975 Mercury Records UK release with legendary Hipgnosis-designed gatefold sleeve and printed inner and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl. Bien à part du tube i'm not in love, le morceau "OpéraRock" genre Queen, et autres plus courts sont très inventifs et bien produits. We were absolutely skint, the lot of us, we were really struggling seriously, and Philips Phonogram wanted to do a deal with us. The very nature of a limited edition print is that it is limited, forever, to the total number detailed in the original edition.

On later works, the band begin to split their separate ways but here they are working in perfect harmony. Many of the tracks feature highs that are recorded with a great deal of clarity which I found quite pleasant.

This reissue faithfully replicates the original 1975 Mercury Records UK release with legendary Hipgnosis-designed gatefold sleeve and printed inner and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl.

If anything, this band's cleverness at songwriting, multi-instrumental prowess and willingness to take risks with their use of instruments and production techniques on this album showed that at this point, they had moved so far beyond the level of routinely good pop groups. This re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1975 Mercury Records UK release with legendary Hipgnosis- designed gatefold sleeve and printed inner and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl.The classy tone continues,including; The second sitting for the last supper (so acidic), the hit single;life is a minestrone and concludes with the tongue-in cheek: The film of my love,bursting with class and humour as usual - a wonderful album in every way. There will also be Artists Proofs (APs) numbering up to a maximum of 10% of the edition, and sometimes Printer’s Proofs (PPs) which are usually kept by the printer, or Hors Commerce prints (HCs) which are used by the publisher for promotional purposes. Their biggest success came with the song that sold the album, "I'm Not in Love", which gave the band their second UK No.

These songs are teeming with smart ideas, intelligent arrangements, clever hooks and great playing, underscored by a wittiness and refusal to take themselves too seriously that is beguiling. Royal Mail’s service is a little slower than FedEx and other couriers, but is the only way, at present, for us to guarantee that our prints are actually delivered to a human and signed for. Also containing the hit single Life is a Minestrone, the album opens with the influential nine-minute mini-opera, Un Nuit A Paris, demonstrating how far pop music had travelled in a short space of time.

Of course, "I'm not in love" is the big hit, but the rest of 10cc's The Original Soundtrack, while certainly more obscure, is an adventure in eclectic soundscapes. The catalyst for the deal was the fact the record executives had heard one song – "I'm Not in Love". The group's signature song - played over five million times on US radio - was one of many riches on their eagerly anticipated 1975 album, The Original Soundtrack.