Strawberry Bubblegum is an album subtitled "A Collection of Pre-10cc Strawberry Studios Recordings 1969-1972". The album is a compilation of songs recorded at Strawberry Studios

Strawberry Studios

-Formation:The facility was originally called Inner City Studios and located above a music store in the town centre. In early 1968 it was bought by Peter Tattersall, a former road manager for Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas. Tattersall invited Eric Stewart – then lead guitarist and singer of...

 in Stockport

Stockport

Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...

, England, by the four musicians – Graham Gouldman

Graham Gouldman

Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...

, Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....

, Kevin Godley

Kevin Godley

Kevin Godley is a British musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....

 and Lol Creme

Lol Crème

Lol Creme is an English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc. He sings, plays guitar and keyboards.-Biography:...

 – who in 1972 would form the British pop band 10cc

10cc

10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...

, along with occasional guest vocalists.

Most of these songs were done for the American bubblegum production team of Super K Productions

Super K Productions

Super K Productions was a 1960s American recording production company under Buddah Records, headed by producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffrey Katz, whose groups specialized in bubblegum pop. Their biggest successes were The Ohio Express, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, Crazy Elephant and The Music Explosion...

, by whom Gouldman was employed as a writer during this time, but others were recorded with friends (such as Gouldman's former bandmate Peter Cowap) or as potential novelty hits (following the foursome's success as Hotlegs

Hotlegs

Hotlegs was a short-lived English band best known for its hit single "Neanderthal Man" in 1970. The band consisted of Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, Lol Creme and – briefly – Graham Gouldman...

 with "Neanderthal Man").

Track listing

1. "Sausalito (Is The Place To Go)" (Graham Gouldman
   Graham Gouldman
   Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
   
   ) — 2:13
   • Ohio Express, 1969; lead vocal: Gouldman.
2. "Come on Plane" (Gouldman, Jerry Kasenetz, Jeff Katz) — 2:31
   • Silver Fleet, 1971; lead vocal: Kevin Godley
     Kevin Godley
     Kevin Godley is a British musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....
     
     
3. "Tampa, Florida" (Peter Cowap, Gouldman) — 2:29
   • Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
4. "Have You Ever Been to Georgia?" (Gouldman) — 3:20
   • Garden Odyssey, 1972; lead vocal: unknown
5. "Travellin Man" (Gouldman) — 2:14
   • Tristar Airbus, 1972; lead vocal: Gouldman
6. "Crickets" (Cowap, Hillary) — 3:13
   • Peter Cowap, 1970; lead vocal: Cowap
7. "Susan's Tuba" (Ritchie Cordell, Gouldman) — 2:17
   • Freddie and the Dreamers
     Freddie and the Dreamers
     Freddie and the Dreamers were an English band who had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. Their stage act was based around the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall Freddie Garrity, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying. The group remained active...
     
     , 1971; lead vocal: Freddie Garrity
     Freddie Garrity
     Freddie Garrity was a singer and actor who was frontman and comical element in the 1960s pop band, Freddie and the Dreamers.-Biography:...
     
     
8. "Today" (Godley, Lol Creme
   Lol Crème
   Lol Creme is an English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc. He sings, plays guitar and keyboards.-Biography:...
   
   ) — 4:18
   • Festival, 1972; lead vocal: Godley
9. "Umbopo" (Godley, Creme) — 5:30
   • Doctor Father
     Doctor Father
     Doctor Father was the band name used by British musicians Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – later of 10cc – for the release of a single, "Umbopo", in August 1970....
     
     , 1970; lead vocal: Godley
10. "Safari" (Gouldman, Cowap) — 2:18
    • Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
11. "Da Doo Ron Ron
    Da Doo Ron Ron
    "Da Doo Ron Ron" is a 1963 hit single by The Crystals, produced by Phil Spector in his Wall of Sound style. The song was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Spector. The drummer was Hal Blaine....
    
    " (Ellie Greenwich
    Ellie Greenwich
    Eleanor Louise "Ellie" Greenwich was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote "Be My Baby", "Christmas ", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Leader of the Pack", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", and "River Deep, Mountain High", among many others...
    
    , Jeff Barry
    Jeff Barry
    Jeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...
    
    , Phil Spector
    Phil Spector
    Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
    
    ) — 3:04
    • Grumble, 1973; lead vocal: Creme
12. "The Joker" (Gouldman, Greenfield) — 2:35
    • Garden Odyssey, 1972; lead vocal: unknown
13. "Funky City" (Godley, Creme, Gouldman) — 2:26
    • Manchester City FC, 1972; lead vocal: Creme
14. "Man With The Golden Gun" (Cowap, Gouldman) — 2:39
    • Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
15. "When He Comes" (Gouldman, Katz, Kasenetz) — 3:37
    • Fighter Squadron, 1971; lead vocal: Godley
16. "Roll On" (Godley, Eric Stewart
    Eric Stewart
    Eric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....
    
    , Creme) — 4:43
    • Doctor Father
      Doctor Father
      Doctor Father was the band name used by British musicians Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – later of 10cc – for the release of a single, "Umbopo", in August 1970....
      
      , 1970; lead vocal: Stewart
17. "Wicked Melinda" (Cowap, Hillary) — 3:29
    • Peter Cowap, 1970; lead vocal: Cowap
18. "Willie Morgan" (Smith, Gouldman) — 2:49
    • Tristar Airbus, 1972; lead vocal: Jeff Smith
19. "Pig Bin An' Gone" (Stewart, Creme, Gouldman, Godley) — 4:01
    • Grumble, 1973; instrumental
20. "Warm Me" (Stewart, Gouldman) — 2:01
    • Festival, 1972; lead vocal: Stewart
21. "Oh Solomon" (Gouldman, Cowap) — 2:53
    • Peter Cowap, 1971; lead vocal: Cowap
22. "Boys In Blue" (Godley, Creme, Gouldman) — 2:34
    • Manchester City FC, 1972; instrumental
23. "There Ain't No Umbopo" (Godley, Creme) — 3:00
    • Crazy Elephant
      Crazy Elephant
      Crazy Elephant was a short-lived American bubblegum pop band noted for their 1969 hit single, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'". Crazy Elephant was a studio concoction, created by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz of Super K Productions...
      
      , 1970; lead vocal: Godley

(hidden track: "Santa Claus" by Leslie Crowther)