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Great stuff! Must be the highest number of hit singles played at Cropredy by people involved in the making of said songs. Loved Russ Ballard guest spot (since you've been gone - classic rock!). Trevor Horn looks like he's having a good time as well. Fantastic not-really-a-covers-band band.

They were great. I also liked the T-Shirts....

Tremendous band, great set , loved them

Trific.

"Relax" at Cropredy. Who'd a thought it?

Trevor Horn doing what he's really good at in bringing new talent on. Loved Jamie Squire's voice!

I know he wrote them, but this was still no morw than a covers band and I'm afraid I don't like most of the songs he wrote. Musically very good, but not for me.

Wonderful. Loved almost everything

Yep, and bringing on Russ Ballard was genius.

Excellent!  If they'd headlined it would have ended Day 1 on a real high note.

I really didn't know what to expect, but I was impressed. Russ Ballard fab, as was the X Factor bloke. I think they would have been a better Thursday headline than The Divine Comedy.

I must have been asleep during his heyday - but loved all the songs which I didn't know he (and Lol) had been associated with.
The crowd belting out "God Gave Rock and Roll to you" was fantastic.

He is no more a covers band than FC. He wrote and played on nearly everything he played on Thursday, that makes it legit in my book. Awesome set, especially Russ Ballard and felt sorry for Divine Comedy following on when the field was full of everyone singing God Gave Rock n Roll to you.

Didn't expect to like them but was happy to be proved wrong.

Personally, I think they've missed a trick by not calling themselves 'Creme Horn'. Anyway, when they played 'Relax', I was reminded of Mike Read's appearance on the same stage 28 years ago. Funny old world...

The highlight of the festival for me. I was down the front for the whole set. They should have headlined rather than the somewhat dreary Divine Comedy. When Trevor Horn said to the rest of the band "we're running late, we're going to have to cut a number". I thought "Oh no, not Owner of a Lonely Heart". Phew it wasn't. They played it perfectly.  

I was hoping they would do "Into the Lens" from his Yes (and Buggles) days! Oh well, all in all it was an enjoyable and eclectic set, ranging from tATu to Argent.

I saw them at last year's Wickham festival so pretty much knew what to expect and was fairly certain they would go down well at Cropredy.
The one thing which made this even better than at Wickham was the appearance of Russ Ballard, thought he was excellent and would like to have heard more from him.

In what way does Lol Creme singing 10CC songs constitute "a covers band"????

Obviously to some this band were Marmite-like, but Wendy and I enjoyed them immensely.

Their setlist:

Two Tribes
Video Killed the Radio Star
All the Things She Said
Rubber Bullets
Cry
Since You Been Gone
God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You
Slave to the Rhythm
Living in the Plastic Age
I'm Not in Love
Kiss from a Rose
The Power of Love
Owner of a Lonely Heart
Relax

Yes, this was a covers band, but it was their own material and they were superb.

An unexpected pleasure. We really enjoyed this

Hit after hit after hit, just as I thought it would be. Loved them, a real crowd pleaser.

Not wishing to open up a debate about what defines a covers band (as life is too short and I'm probably missing something obvious anyway), but if it's their own material...

However, we too thought they were superb and enjoyed the set immensely. Definitely one of the highlights.

Kiss From a Rose was not sung by Seal. Holly Johnson was not on stage to sing Relax or Two Tribes, Jon Anderson did not sing Owner Of A Lonely Heart.  Some original artists, but not all. That's what I meant.

Should've headlined Thursday! Brilliant set like a Top of the Pops of the last 30 or so years. The genius that is Russ Ballard was the icing on the top (of the Creme Horn  ;D )

Fantastic set - hit music brilliantly re-created live.  Definitely should have been put above The Divine Comedy - what a finish to the night that would have been ... Relax! Wow!

Firstly I am going to say I enjoyed the set and in general felt it was well presented and competently performed.  However it was simply a rehash of some of the huge number of hits that he has been involved with, most of which he did not perform in as far as I am aware.

Given his involvement this was clearly not a covers band bashing out standards, but it could have been and would have been just as interesting to listen to.  The only thing that lifted this was the physical presence of Trevor Horn himself which added a modicum of originality to the set.

For many (most likely the majority) he would have made a better headliner for the night, however I was happy to listen to him from the back and sing along with the odd bit and go down to listen to DC as a proper band performing their own numbers (and yes I know the line-up is not the same as it was)

I saw them at Wickham last year, and knew what to expect. Great fun as a band. Not seen Russ Ballard with them before, and he was great. I do think the present incarnation of 10cc does Rubber Bullets better, as Lol Creme's top notes sounded slightly rough, but everything they did was pretty good. Matt Cardle was the same guest as the previous time, and he sings well.

Like many posters, I felt they should have been on last.

Paul

To be fair, Lol Creme didn't sing much on the 10CC numbers, the main vocalist for those was Jamie Squire.

All sorts of pleasures to be had, from the obvious ones, like Two Tribes and Video Killed... Felt a little embarrassed singing Relax at the top of my voice when I spotted a small boy on someone's shoulder's next to me, not so with Living In The Plastic Age, which I can safely say I was the only person singing along to every word (used to collect Buggles singles as a teenager). The Russ Ballard guesting was inspirational, and doesn't he still sing well (with Jamie's help); Matt Cardle stormed it on The Power of Love and especially Owner of a Lonely Heart; Jamie was stunning singing Cry.

Couple of gripes - one female singer was flat (not sure which as they sung together) and the 10CC songs were a bit weak - but otherwise a great fun set with something for everyone.

It has to be said that the current 10CC did a better job of both Rubber Bullets and I'm Not In Love when they played in 2013, with the only original member being Graham Gouldman. Also, I'm not sure Cry lends itself to a live performance, given the massive overdubs on the original.

Still had a great time with the Trevor Horn Band, though.

I really enjoyed Cry - never expected to hear that song live and I thought Jamie Squire's vocal really did it justice.
(My shaky / poorly-composed video of most of it, with reasonable sound 'though, is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI5_jI_HAKs&t=2s)

I've seen Graham Gouldman's 10cc several times in recent years, splendidly enjoyable but I think I preferred Trevor Horn's I'm Not in Love ... the TH band version seemed to have less reliance on a backing track.

My favourite band of the weekend  :)

Funny, when they were first announced I checked them out and saw that Russ Ballard (a hero of mine) sometimes plays with them, and posted on TAW how amazing it would be if he turned up and to have the crowd singing along to God Gave Rock'n'Roll to You. Hendo responded that he couldn't think of anything worse!!

Anyway - fast forward and there I was, at Cropredy, singing along to it  :D fan-bloody-tastic.

Lol Crème was a bit squeaky, but Jamie Squires was brilliant, Matt Cardle amazed me, had no idea he could sing so well, and they whole set was great. I was quite happy that they didn't headline as it meant we could go back to the tent and watch the shooting stars.

I did! Sorry. Just didn't want a covers band sing along thing!
Having said that we played a fest on the Sat night and the headliners were a very poor covers band doing much the same material!

I thought Jamie Squire had a great voice, I liked most of the songs he sang. Matt Cardle I thought destroyed Power Of Love, would have been better if JS had sung it. Overall I thought they were reasonably entertaining.

The only track I've listened to is Owner of a Lonely Heart.  The singer is competent, but nothing more.  There's no subtlety - either musically or vocally...no light and shade.  They sound like a loud, brash wedding reception covers band to me.  There's a time and a place for this, of course.  In a world of covers bands, the ex-talent show wannabe is King.  Louder, faster, 'better'.  Look at me, it screams... Just right for 2017.

Update: Actually, I have listened to Rubber Bullets over breakfast, which is much better (imho).

Love and Pride? They would get my vote!

Wear your Docs, mind.. ;D

That's going to earwig me for the rest of the day  ;D

Lol....I love Love And Pride...but I will forever onwards hear the band shout 'Wear your docs, mind', instead of 'Get your boots on.'

I did enjoy this set a lot, and even Matt Cardle, (more his X Factor thing rather than him) didn't ruin it. I'd side with the it's a covers band though, as a lot of the stuff was records they produced, (the original band name was The Producers), rather than wrote - and if Trevor had a writing credit, it's along with a zillion other people, suggesting that the song was brought in by the band and he suggested a tweak in his producer role - so it's a bit like the Alan Parsons Project doing Dark Side Of The Moon. No biggie though. It was good to hear Cry. Good fun.

Useless trivia: Both Trevor Horn and Trevor Rabin who were involved in Owner Of A Lonely Heart, have the middle name Charles.  

Now this is the kind of sh1t we need more of...  ;D

And Trevor Horn once produced a group that had four sisters with the last name Charles!

Just adding to the useless s*** ;)

 ;D

The irony is that when they were The Producers they played original material. There are two or three top tunes on their album.

The only thing I know is Barking Up The Right Tree, which is on the Big Stiff Box Set. Is the album worth looking into?

Oh nice one Robert, I didn't make that connection....I assumed it was the US band of the same name on the Stiff box...my knackered old eyes tend not to be able to read sleeve notes anymore.  

It is very likable if you have a fondness very polished late 80s sounding pop (Art of Noise, Tears For Fears, Cutting Crew, that sort of thing). Not a masterpiece by any means but it has a fair share of earworms. Perhaps Every Single Night In Jamaica in particular. The album is getting quite hard to find so pick one up quick if you are interested.

I'm not sure what the Stiff connection is as my copy of the album is on an offshoot of Trevor Horn's ZTT label.

Just realized what the connection is. We're both right in essence. The song I mentioned was released as a single on Stiff, but the album was on ZTT.

That's one of the songs on the box set that I never play. I played it last night because I couldn't remember it. Won't be playing it again. Didn't realise that was Trevor Horn. I'm glad he didn't play it at Cropredy.

It's quite pleasant really. I'd never have guessed in a million years it was Lol Creme singing...but then again I thought it was the US band.

(There's a vid on YouTube in case anybody is wondering what the fuss is about.)