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Audio Autopsy, 1968: The Graham Gouldman Thing LP; Collab w/Hugh Jones of The Record Store Years

Before the hits with 10cc in the '70s, and melting into Wax with Andrew Gold in the '80s, Graham Gouldman was a hit songwriter for hire in the '60s! Meet the 2014 Songwriters HOF inductee!

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The Graham Gouldman Thing (RCA Victor LSP 3954, 1968)

Hugh Jones of The Record Store Years, writes:

It’s always interesting to me when artists who are ‘behind the scenes’ and have long careers with success in different eras - often w…

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I am a writer, musician and carpenter living in Seattle, Washington. I spent 25 years (1975-2000) with a small chain of Seattle-area record stores known as Cellophane Square, and also published the Led Zeppelin fanzine "Proximity" during this time.
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