Tracklist
| A1 | Good Morning Judge | ||
| A2 | The Things We Do For Love | ||
| A3 | Marriage Bureau Rendezvous | ||
| A4 | People In Love | ||
| A5 | Modern Man Blues | ||
| B1 | Honeymoon With B Troop | ||
| B2 | I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor | ||
| B3 | You've Got A Cold | ||
| Feel The Benefit | |||
| B4-i | Reminisce And Speculation | ||
| B4-ii | A Latin Break | ||
| B4-iii | Feel The Benefit |
Companies, etc.
- Published By – St. Annes Music Ltd.
- Published By – St. Anne's Music
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd.
- Recorded At – Strawberry Studios South
- Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – I.B.C. Studios
- Marketed By – Phonogram
- Record Company – Phonogram Ltd.
Credits
- Arranged By [Strings, Brass], Conductor [Strings, Brass] – Del Newman (tracks: A4, B4)
- Design [Sleeve Design] – Hipgnosis (2)
- Design [Uncredited] – Storm Thorgerson
- Engineer [Assistant] – Tony Spath
- Engineer, Mixed By, Technician [Final Reduction], Instruments – Eric Stewart
- Graphics [Liner Bag Graphics] – George Hardie
- Graphics [Sleeve Graphics] – Colin Elgie
- Lacquer Cut By – Melys* (tracks: B1 to B4)
- Mastered By – Melvyn Abrahams
- Photography By [Group, Divers] – Hipgnosis (2)
- Photography By [Retouching] – Richard Manning (3)
- Photography By [Uncredited] – Peter Christopherson
- Producer, Written-By, Instruments – Graham Gouldman
Notes
Printed inner sleeve. 'Feel The Benefit' appears without the additional information on the sleeve.
[On inner sleeve]:
Recorded at Strawberry Recording Studios (South).
[On labels]:
A2 ℗ 1976 Phonogram Ltd.
A1, A3 to B4 ℗ 1977 Phonogram Ltd.
Made in England
Recorded at Strawberry Studios South
All runout variants are stamped except for the trailing 'MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU' and 'MELYS' which are hand-etched.
[On inner sleeve]:
Recorded at Strawberry Recording Studios (South).
[On labels]:
A2 ℗ 1976 Phonogram Ltd.
A1, A3 to B4 ℗ 1977 Phonogram Ltd.
Made in England
Recorded at Strawberry Studios South
All runout variants are stamped except for the trailing 'MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU' and 'MELYS' which are hand-etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Price Code: BE
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 9102 502 1
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 9102 502 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 1): 9102 502 1Y // 2 IB 12 14 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 1): 9102 502 2Y // 4 IB 1 3 4 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 2): 9102 502 1Y // 3 IB 1 1 5 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 2): 9102 502 2Y // 4 IB 11 1 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 3): 9102 502 1Y // 2 IB 1 2 1 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 3): 9102 502 2Y // 3 IB 14 5 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 4): 9102 502 1Y // 4 IB 11 5 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 4): 9102 502 2Y // 3 IB 1 1 10 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 5): 9102 502 1Y // 2 IB 1 2 19 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 5): 9102 502 2Y // 3 IB 25 1 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 6): 9102 502 1Y // 2 IB 1 1 20 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 6): 9102 502 2Y // 4 IB 14 19 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 7): 9102502 1Y // 4 IB 13 4 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 7): 9102502 2Y // 4 IB 1 1 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 8): 9102502 1Y // 2 IB 11 8 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 8): 9102502 2Y // 3 IB 12 1 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 9): 9102502 1Y // 4 IB 1 1 1 5 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 9): 9102502 2Y // 4 IB 1 2 1 6 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 10): 9102502 1Y // 4 IB 1 2 8 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 10): 9102502 2Y // 4 IB 1 4 1 9 MELYS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, var 11): 9102502 1Y // 4 IB 11 1 3 MELY + ERIC + GRAHAM + PAUL LOVE YOU
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, var 11): 9102502 2Y // 3 IB 14 MELYS 2 1
Other Versions (5 of 103)
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Deceptive Bends (LP, Album, Gatefold ) | Mercury | 6310 502 | Australia | 1977 | ||
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Deceptive Bends (LP, Album, Gatefold, Santa Maria Pressing) | Mercury | SRM-1-3702 | US | 1977 | ||
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Deceptive Bends (LP, Album, Stereo) | Philips | 9199 003, 9199.003 | Canada | 1977 | ||
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Deceptive Bends (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Mercury | 6310 502 | Netherlands | 1977 | ||
| Deceptive Bends (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold sleeve) | Mercury | 6310 502 | 1977 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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The title of this album comes from a road sign that was on the A24, just as you started south along a stretch known locally as The Mickleham Bends (or Micky Bends- a fantastic winding racetrack of a dual carriageway, the other end of which takes you to Box Hill) between Leatherhead and Dorking as you headed from London to Strawberry Recording Studios (South), where this LP was recorded.
Sadly, the sign disappeared somewhere around the end of the 80s and I can't find any photograph of it. Wonder where it is now. -
Edited 3 years agoOne of the first lp's that I ever owned and I have fond memories of it. It's not the best 10cc album by a long chalk, but .... it has one of the best guitar solos of all time tucked away in the final track (Feel The Benefit, Part 3). A tremendous climax and a wonderfully constructed piece by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman that gets me every time I play it. Stewart especially was a very underrated guitarist and deserves great credit for his musicianship as well as his songwriting. The album is worth procuring simply for this highlight, IMHO.
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