10cc - Hot Sun Rock (1978)

10cc achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s, although they'd been around for a number of years before that, plying their trade as jobbing songsmiths and session musicians. The band initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together in various partnerships for about five years before assuming the name 10cc in 1972. The band featured two songwriting teams, one 'commercial' and one 'artistic'. Stewart and Gouldman were predominantly pop songwriters, who created most of the band's accessible songs. By way of contrast, Godley and Creme were the predominantly experimental half of 10cc, featuring an 'art school' sensibility and cinematically-inspired writing. Every member of the group was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer and producer, and the writing teams frequently switched partners, so that Godley/Gouldman or Creme/Stewart compositions were not uncommon. With such a wealth of songwriting talent on board, it's no wonder that there were a surfeit of songs recorded at their own Strawberry Studios, and so most of their early singles had a non-album track on the flip. This collection is made up of b-sides of their singles between 1972 and 1978. 

Track listing

01 4% Of Something (b-side of 'Johnny, Don't Do It!' 1972)
02 Hot Sun Rock (b-side of 'Donna' 1972)
03 Speed Kills (b-side of 'Headline Hustler' 1973)
04 Bee In My Bonnet (b-side of 'The Dean And I' 1973)
05 Waterfall (b-side of 'Rubber Bullets' 1973)
06 Gizmo My Way (b-side of 'The Wall Street Shuffle' 1974)
07 18 Carat Man Of Means (b-side of 'The Worst Band In The World' 1974)
08 Good News (b-side of 'I'm Not In Love' 1975)
09 Get It While You Can (b-side of 'Art For Art's Sake' 1975)
10 Channel Swimmer (b-side of 'Life Is A Minestrone' 1975)
11 Hot To Trot (b-side of 'The Things We Do For Love' 1976)
12 Don't Squeeze Me Like Toothpaste (b-side of 'Good Morning Judge' 1977)
13 I'm So Laid Back I'm Laid Out (b-side of 'People In Love' 1977)
14 Nothing Can Move Me (b-side of 'Dreadlock Holiday' 1978)