10cc / The Original Soundtrack (US, Mercury, SRM-1-1029) <March 11, 1975> その② MAT ; A-1-CT / B-2-CT

10cc / The Original Soundtrack (US, Mercury, SRM-1-1029) <March 11, 1975> その② MAT ; A-1-CT / B-2-CT
(SIDE A) T1 MELY SRM-1-1029-A-1-CT　
(SIDE B) MELY T1 SRM-1-1029-B-2-CT

ややこしいですが「The Original Soundtrack」というタイトルの3作目のオリジナル・アルバムです。
マトリクスは前回と全く同じです。

"The Original Soundtrack" is the third studio album by the English art rock band 10cc. It was released in 1975 and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. The Original Soundtrack includes the singles "Life Is a Minestrone", and "I'm Not in Love", the band's most popular song.

The album received good reviews when originally released on LP and cassette by Mercury Records in March 1975. It was ranked number 976 in All-Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd. edition, 2000).

The album was recorded and produced by the band at Strawberry Studios in 1974 with Eric Stewart engineering and mixing. It album was the first to be released by Mercury Records after signing the band for $1 million in February 1975. The catalyst for the deal was the fact the record executives had heard one song – "I'm Not in Love". Eric Stewart recalled:

At that point in time we were still on Jonathan King's label, but struggling. We were absolutely skint, the lot of us, we were really struggling seriously, and Philips Phonogram wanted to do a deal with us. They wanted to buy Jonathan King's contract. I rang them. I said come and have a listen to what we've done, come and have a listen to this track. And they came up and they freaked, and they said, "This is a masterpiece. How much money, what do you want? What sort of a contract do you want? We'll do anything, we'll sign it." On the strength of that one song, we did a five-year deal with them for five albums and they paid us a serious amount of money.

The rest of the album, which was already complete, was released just weeks later.

The album's opening track, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme's "Une Nuit a Paris", is a nine-minute, multi-part "mini-operetta". In English, the title translates as "One Night in Paris" and the suite is divided into three separate parts:

Part 1 - One Night in Paris
Part 2 - The Same Night in Paris
Part 3 - Later That Same Night in Paris
Lyrically the song tells a tale of a British tourist in Paris, France. The locals attempt to con the man into buying items such as a Swiss watch and photographs. Eventually, the man ends up in the red-light district and although he feels ripped off, sleeps with a prostitute. Due to a series of complications, a policeman arrives on the scene and is shot dead.

The album's most famous song, "I'm Not in Love", was built around a simple title by Stewart which asks the many ways the words "I love you" can be said without uttering them.[citation needed]

The artwork was designed by Hipgnosis and illustrated by artist Humphrey Ocean.

(Wiki)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsD7krQ6RYw

"The Original Soundtrack"というタイトルにふさわしいエンディング曲ですね。この曲も大好きです。

[Verse 1]
Co-starring you and co-starring me
Starring us both together
The film of my love will travel the world
Forever and ever and ever
A back lot romance a scripted affair
The screenplay a blessing from heaven
We're gone with the wind on the Orient Express
To join the Magnificent Seven

[Chorus]
The film of my love will travel the world
And travel the whole world over
The film of my love will travel the world
Over and over and over
The film of my love will travel the world
Over and over and over
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over

[Verse 2]
A close-up of yours a long shot of mine
Superimposed together
I'll zoom in on you with a love that is true
In cinemascope forever
A clapper board kiss, there's an Oscar in this
A hit or a miss, whatever!
A box office wedding, a premier for two
We'll be on location forever

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
When Pathe recall the thrill of it all
They'll edit us both together
A legend a classic, an epic of love
Captured on film forever
A lasting embrace that time can't erase
Let them censor the wind, or the weather
The film of my love will conquer the world
Forever and ever and ever

[Chorus]
The film of my love will travel the world
And travel the whole world over
The film of my love will travel the world
Over and over and over
The film of my love will travel the world
Over and over and over
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over
Over and over and over