The History Mix Volume 1
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| Studio album by Godley & Creme | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 55:57 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Nigel Gray, J. J. Jeczalik, Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Trevor Horn | |||
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The History Mix Volume 1 is the sixth album by British pop band Godley & Creme. The album was a remix of songs spanning the career of Godley & Creme and their earlier bands, 10cc, Doctor Father and Hotlegs.
The album produced two singles, "Golden Boy" and "Cry", the latter which became a groundbreaking video clip featuring numerous "changing faces" that cross-faded from one to another as they mimed the lyrics to the song.
"Wet Rubber Soup" was also made into a video, which was effectively a collage of snippets from Godley and Creme's past work. "Cry" is featured at the end, with a version of the video slightly different from the single version – one part shows Lol Creme 'morphing' into Gonzo from the Muppets.
In an interview in Musician magazine in 1985, Lol Creme said: "We're not in the music business. We left it in 1976 and we haven't taken it seriously since. We decided to celebrate our 25 years together by taking all the music we've ever done – demos, masters, whatever – and putting it in a musical blender, the Fairlight. Then we got J.J. of Art of Noise to reprogram the sounds to a disco beat so we could dance at our party."
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