10cc singer-guitarist Gouldman, bassist Bernard Basso and drummer Kevin Godley, formerly of The Sabres with Creme). The Mockingbirds recorded five singles in 1965–66 without any success, before dissolving. The guitarist in both The Whirlwinds and The Mockingbirds was Stephen Jacobson, brother of well-known writer Howard Jacobson. In June 1967, Godley and Creme reunited and recorded a solitary single ("Seeing Things Green" b/w "Easy Life" on UK CBS) under the name "The Yellow Bellow Room Boom". In 1969, Gouldman took them to a Marmalade Records recording session. The boss Giorgio Gomelsky was impressed with Godley's falsetto voice and offered them a recording
Freeze Frame (Godley & Creme album) by Godley, Creme, and John McConnell (professor of physics at the University of Manchester) to give a guitar a bowed effect like a violin. The device used keys which, when pressed, allowed rotating wheels to touch the guitar strings. All tracks composed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme Note: The 1979 Polydor release of the album on vinyl, pressing no. 2442 166, contains the song "Silent Running" (4:01), appearing between tracks 3 and 4. This is listed neither on the record label, nor on the inner sleeve, nor on the cover. Freeze Frame (Godley & Creme album) Freeze Frame is