Fickle Pickle - A Complete Pickle - [CD]

3 CD SET FROM THE FICKLE PICKLE, FEATURING MEMBERS OF RED DIRT, THE SMOKE AND ORANGE BICYCLEBoasting four writers, singers and multi-instrumentalists who, between them, also handled production, engineering and arrangement duties, Fickle Pickle had the wit, cynicism, hooks, harmonies and technical dexterity to bridge the barren years between the demise of The Beatles and the eventual arrival in late 1972 of their kindred spirits 10cc.Fickle Pickle consisted of former members of the bands The Smoke (Cliff Wade, Geoff Gill), Orange Bicycle (Wil Malone) and Red Dirt (Steve Howden), who also worked as sound engineers and producers at North London's Morgan Studios. Danny Beckerman (Pussy/Fortes Mentum) helped out as a musician and songwriter in the bands early days.In August 1970, Fickle Pickle published a cover version of Paul McCartney's song Maybe I'm Amazed as a single in the UK, the USA and the Netherlands, where it climbed to No. 36 in the Top 40 in the spring of 1971. In the autumn of 1971, California Calling, written by Gill and Beckerman reached number 26. Due to this success in the Netherlands in 1972 released an album, Sinful Skinful. That album, plus singles, B sides, previously unreleased tracks, outtakes, alternate versions and live material has been lovingly compiled into a 3 CD setTRACK LISTINGDisc 1: * California Calling * Sinful Skinful * Sandy * Doctor Octopus * Saturday * Only For The Summer * Let Me Tell You * Down Smokey Lane * Blown Away * Sunshine Pie * Barcelona * Our Time Is Through * Millionaire * Sam and Sadie * Maybe I'm Amazed * Sitting On A Goldmine * American Pie * Just An Old Fashioned Love Song * Ask The People * The Letter * Here and NowDisc 2: * Goodnight * Keep On Doing What You Do To Me * Do You Remember My Name * Tell Me * Playing With Magic * Bringing It All Back Home * Time To Go (Cliff vocal) * The Man With One Leg * Through The Days * Like A Good Man Should * Old Feet, New Socks * Poor Little Frogs * Sweet Wilfred - A Rodent Of Note * Ride Ride Ride * Guy Fawkes * Jesus Cristo * Holiday Farm * Time to Go * Buena Vista * Don't Let It Bring You Down * Everyday * Let Me Be The One * I Need You * Ring Me * Love Every Little Thing About You * Do Wah Diddy Diddy Disc 3: * Maybe I'm Amazed * Sinful Skinful * People I Know * Only For The Summer * Bringing It All Back Home * You've Got A Friend * Silently - But I Do * Woodstock * Sandy * Down Smokey Lane * --interlude-- * Buena Vista * California Calling * Let Me Tell You * Time To Go