• Heavily expanded 6CD overview of first two albums by early 70s art-pop titans 10cc.
• Features previously-unissued alternative versions, album session highlights, out-takes, rehearsals and BBC recordings.
• Includes additional DVD/Blu-ray disc with live TV performances and Surround Sound mixes.
During their two-year spell at Jonathan King's UK Records label, fledgling pop polymaths 10cc - all four of whom had served protracted apprenticeships on the Manchester music scene of the 60s - cut two widely acclaimed albums, '10cc' and 'Sheet Music', as well as a handful of major hit singles that included 'Donna', 'The Wall Street Shuffle' and the chart-topping 'Rubber Bullets'.
These recordings have been collected on numerous occasions over the last few decades, but finally the full, previously undocumented picture can be unveiled. With 6CDs and a bonus DVD/Blu-ray of video performances and Surround Sound mixes, 'The Stockport Shuffle' is nothing less than the early 10cc mother lode - a forensic, revelatory examination of the band's activities at their Strawberry Studios base in Stockport during the first two years of their existence.
Alongside remastered versions of both albums and numerous singles are a dazzling number of previously unissued multitrack highlights (featuring alternative versions/arrangements/lyrics/ vocalists as well as works-in-progress, studio chatter, isolated vocal tracks and discarded instrumental/vocal parts), BBC session recordings and Eric Stewart's 1974 mono-only mixes for radio/TV use.
With a 40-page booklet featuring numerous rare photos, band quotes and a new 7,000 word essay on the band's time at UK Records, 'The Stockport Shuffle' is the definitive document of 10cc's early years as they established what would prove to be an enduring reputation as creators of some of the sharpest, wittiest, most intelligent pop music ever made.
DISC ONE
'10cc' album remaster + singles
1. Johnny, Don’t Do It!
2. Sand In My Face
3. Donna
4. The Dean And I
5. Headline Hustler
6. Speed Kills
7. Rubber Bullets
8. The Hospital Song
9. Ships Don’t Disappear (Do They?)
10. Fresh Air For My Mama Bonus tracks
11. Donna (UK single version)
12. Hot Sun Rock
13. Johnny, Don’t Do It! (UK single version)
14. 4% Of Something…
15. Rubber Bullets (UK single version)
16. Waterfall
17. The Dean And I (UK single version)
18. Bee In My Bonnet
19. Headline Hustler (US single version, stereo)
20. Rubber Bullets (US single version)
21. Headline Hustler (US single version, mono)
DISC TWO
'Sheet Music' album remaster + singles, vinyl rarities
1. The Wall Street Shuffle
2. The Worst Band In The World
3. Hotel
4. Old Wild Men
5. Clockwork Creep
6. Silly Love
7. Somewhere In Hollywood
8. Baron Samedi
9. The Sacro-Iliac
10. Oh Effendi Bonus tracks
11. The Worst Band In The World
12. 18 Carat Man Of Means
13. The Wall Street Shuffle (UK single version)
14. Gismo My Way
15. Silly Love (single edit)
16. The Worst Band In The World (“clean” version)
17. The Wall Street Shuffle (US stereo, “clean” version)
18. Hotel (promo edit)
19. Silly Love (promo edit)
20. The Wall Street Shuffle (US mono, “clean” version)
DISC THREE
BBC Transcription Discs 1972-1974, mono mixes for radio use, first album promo, single as Festival
1. Today (BBC Transcription Disc – studio version, extended mono mix)
2. Warm Me (BBC Transcription Disc - studio version)
3. Waterfall (BBC Transcription Disc - studio/live hybrid)
4. Rubber Bullets (BBC Transcription Disc - edited studio/ live hybrid)
5. The Worst Band In The World (BBC Transcription Disc - mono)
6. Headline Hustler (BBC Transcription Disc - edited studio version, no 'friend at the CIA' verse)
7. Somewhere In Hollywood (BBC Transcription Disc - original draft lyric, Monroe rather than Harlow)
8. Sand In My Face (TV/radio mix, mono)
9. The Dean And I (TV/radio mix, mono)
10. Speed Kills (TV/radio mix, mono)
11. Fresh Air For My Mama (TV/ radio mix, mono)
12. Headline Hustler (TV/radio mix, edited lyric, mono)
13. Rubber Bullets (TV/radio mix, edited lyric, mono)
14. The Worst Band In The World (TV/radio mix, edited lyric, mono)
15. Old Wild Men (TV/radio mix, mono)
16. LP sampler 7” Side One
17. LP sampler 7” Side Two
DISC FOUR
Extended Masters
1. Johnny, Don't Do It!
2. Sand In My Face
3. Donna
4. The Dean And I
5. Speed Kills
6. Rubber Bullets
7. Ships Don't Disappear (Do They?)
8. Fresh Air For My Mama
9. The Wall Street Shuffle
10. The Worst Band In The World
11. Hotel
12. Old Wild Men
13. Clockwork Creep
14. Silly Love
15. Somewhere In Hollywood
16. Baron Samedi
17. The Sacro-Iliac
18. Oh Effendi
19. Gismo My Way
20. Oh Effendi (vocal segment)
DISC FIVE
'10cc' album session highlights
1. Waterfall (instrumental master with vocal breakdown)
2. Waterfall (extended master)
3. Donna (early takes, with vocal sections)
4. Donna (instrumental master)
5. Johnny, Don't Do It! (mainly instrumental, vocal ending, police message)
6. Rubber Bullets (abandoned electric guitar intro)
7. Rubber Bullets (instrumental master)
8. Rubber Bullets (vocal section)
9. Sand In My Face (breakdown mix)
10. Sand In My Face (vocal section)
11. Fresh Air For My Mama (Lol and Kevin rehearsal)
12. Fresh Air For My Mama (early takes, breakdown)
13. Fresh Air For My Mama (instrumental master)
14. Speed Kills (strings only)
15. Speed Kills (breakdown mix)
16. Ships Don't Disappear (Do They?) (instrumental)
17. Ships Don't Disappear (Do They?) (breakdown mix)
18. The Dean And I (takes 1 and 2, instrumental)
19. The Dean And I (vocal track)
20. Headline Hustler (aborted attempt at master instrumental)
21. The Hospital Song (vocal section)
22. Bee In My Bonnet
23. Fresh Air For My Mama (vocal section)
DISC SIX
'Sheet Music' album session highlights
1. Baron Samedi (alternative version)
2. The Worst Band In The World (rehearsals)
3. Oh Effendi (demo, Eric guide vocal)
4. Oh Effendi (vocal track, Graham's acoustic guitar + percussion)
5. Old Wild Men (Lol's guitar and Gizmo test)
6. Old Wild Men (master, Kevin-only lead vocal)
7. Somewhere In Hollywood (master instrumental)
8. Somewhere In Hollywood (vocal track)
9. Baron Samedi (version 2, instrumental)
10. Hotel
11. 18 Carat Man Of Means (session highlights)
12. The Wall Street Shuffle (demo)
13. The Wall Street Shuffle (instrumental master)
14. The Wall Street Shuffle (vocal segment)
15. Clockwork Creep (takes 1-3)
16. Clockwork Creep (instrumental)
17. Clockwork Creep (vocal track)
18. Silly Love (take 1, studio chatter intro)
19. The Sacro-Iliac (take 1, breakdown)
20. The Sacro-Iliac (instrumental, Graham and Kevin)
21. The Sacro-Iliac (vocal segment)
22. 18 Carat Man Of Means (extended master)
23. Gismo My Way (take 1)
24. Old Wild Men (vocal segment)
DISC SEVEN - BLU-RAY
Video
1. Rubber Bullets (Top Of The Pops broadcast 25th December 1973)
2. The Dean And I (Filmed at Strawberry, mid-1973)
3. Old Wild Men (Old Grey Whistle Test, filmed at The Hardrock in Stretford, Manchester, broadcast 26th February 1974)
See You Sunday, broadcast 21st April 1974
4. Fresh Air For My Mama
5. The Wall Street Shuffle
BBC2 In Concert, broadcast 21st August 1974
6. Silly Love
7. The Wall Street Shuffle
8. Baron Samedi
9. Old Wild Men
10. Oh Effendi
11. Fresh Air For My Mama
12. Rubber Bullets
Dolby Atmos surround sound mixes
1. Waterfall
2. Donna
3. Johnny, Don't Do It!
4. Rubber Bullets
5. Sand In My Face
6. Fresh Air For My Mama
7. Speed Kills
8. Ships Don't Disappear (Do They?)
9. The Dean And I
10. The Hospital Song (album version)
11. Headline Hustler (early version)
12. Headline Hustler (album version)
13. Bee In My Bonnet
14. Baron Samedi (early version)
15. The Worst Band In The World
16. Oh Effendi
17. Old Wild Men
18. Somewhere In Hollywood
19. Baron Samedi
20. Hotel
21. 18 Carat Man Of Means
22. The Wall Street Shuffle
23. Clockwork Creep
24. Silly Love
25. The Sacro-Iliac
26. Gismo My Way
