Making Of Facades/Ideals

The bands most successful album  'Facades' (anagram Sad Cafe -No 8 Album Charts,  No 3 Single Chart 'Everyday Hurts') and 'Misplaced Ideals'  which went silver but never achieved as much. Maybe we should have carried the 'anagram' idea further, (Deaf Sac, Safe Cad, Ace Fads, Face Ads etc)

Covers of  both albums designed by the infamous Sturm Thurgerson of 'Hipgnosis'. Responsible for all the amazing cover art work of the 70s/80s for classic bands like Floyd, Wings, etc. 'Ideals' was made by an Hollywood special effects company who were involved in the 'Superman' pictures and was VERY expensive, as was the 'Shooting Cocktail Glasses' picture on the next album cover. It was taken off the shelves in stores like WH Smith as it was supposed to be frightening passing punters and their children. I also remember seeing it on the corner shop wall in an episode of 'Coronation Street'. The record company withdrew it and changed the cover to an exact opposite banal picture; (a family on a beach with an alsation. I wonder who got a pay rise on that one!) . This screwing about virtually stiffed the album and wasted a lot of the bands income (yes of course, everything on the bands bill folks. Surprise!). Yet another management/record company exec that stifled the bands  progress.

'Everyday Hurts' was the biggest selling single of 1979 and still didn't make it to No:1 !! Lena Martell single 'One day at a time Sweet Jesus'  (Yawn) pipped it (Explain That Conspiracy Theorists Please!!)

Pictures below taken whilst recording albums at Strawberry South. Studio jams, laughs,  and bloopers below.

Facades/Ideals Pics

Eric at console with special Sad Cafe steering device	Relaxin back at the hotel after slog in studio	Eric needs a massage	More goofin in hotel	Studio pool room
Strawb Logo	Paul making a custom car in workshop	John tries to get Paul out of the workshop to do some singing	Kit setup in studio with large amounts of sound baffle, tape, foam etc.	Peekaboo
Should be in studio but hey the sun came out!	Eric and Vic arrive!	Studio pool room between takes	Kit set up in live sound booth for 'My Oh My'	Paul and Roger(sound engineer - head crew)
Ash playing pool with studio secretary	Playback in control room	More dressing up and messing about!	..and More dressing up and buffoonery!	Pool room!
Quick toastie (studio menu)	Sat in the studio contemplating forthcoming world domination plan	Pool! Aargh	Paul bein naughty to the Strawb mural	Chick Corea - No sorry Vic behind his Moog
A 1 A 2 a 1234 Go!	Pool room goofing about	You think this is Funny! Put the camera away and do some schleppin!!	Doesnt anybody wanna use this very expensive studio -cmon -Hit records to make!!	Another walk out awaiting shop steward advice
Hotel Pool	Eric at the controls	Four Just Men with Dave exploding light head in live room

 

Jams, Bloopers, and Goofoffs

♫ Jam1

♫ GooneyTunes2

♫ GooneyTunes3

♫ PaulSnortsOne

♫ ChipmunksOnAcidMeetEric

Chords to 'Everyday' and 'My-Oh-My'

'EVERYDAY'

Intro

Am7 / Bm7 / Cmaj7 / A/B

Verse 1st part

E / B/D# / C#m7 / C#m7/B / B/D# / C#m7 / C/D

E / B/D# / C#m7 / C#m7/B F#/A# / G#m / A / Cmaj7 / E / A/B

Verse 2nd part

E / B/D# / C#m7 / C#m7/B / B/D# / C#m7 / C/D

E / B/D# / C#m7 / C#m7/B F#/A# / G#m / F#m / B / A/E / F#sus4 / F#

Chorus

B / G#m / E / F# / B / C#m7 / D#m7 / G#m7 / E7 / Bm / F# x 2 (A/B 2nd time)

(modulate a tone to C# after guitar solo and fade)
 

MY-OH-MY

Intro

E / D/E A/E (C / G/B / Am / G passing chords) with slide guitar line or sax.

Verse

E / D/E A/E E

E / D/E A/E E

Link

G / D / E

G / D / E (build A / G / E)

Chorus

E / A / C / D / E / A / G / E

E / A / G / E / A / G / E

E / A / G / A

E / A

E / G / A ( with B passing notes G to E)

Back to Intro 2nd Verse 2nd Chorus guitar solo Chorus out. Stick the track on for timings etc.