''Gimme Dat Ding'' is a

split album A split album (or split) is a music album that includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are also singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "v ...

by English bands

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(side one) and

The Pipkins The Pipkins were a short-lived English novelty duo, best known for their hit single " Gimme Dat Ding" (written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood), which reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Charts, No. 7 in Canada ( ''RPM'' Top Singles), and ...

(side two), released on EMI's budget record label, MFP ( Music For Pleasure) in 1970. It is named after the 1970 song " Gimme Dat Ding" by the Pipkins. In North America, The Pipkins released a full album of the same name, consisting of the six songs here and an additional four. It charted at No. 27 in Canada and No.132 in the US.

Background

This unusual alliance between two groups so radically opposed is attributed to that, in that time, both shared the same record producer ( John Burgess) and the same team of composers. After the poor commercial results with Burgess, in 1971 The Sweet decided to follow their own way, signing with the successful duet of songwriters

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and Mike Chapman and with a new producer, Phil Wainman. On the other hand, The Pipkins disappeared that same year due to the brief success that their comedy act had in their native Britain. According to the booklet of the CD version for this album, ''Gimme Dat Ding'' is considered "the first rap album", basically because of the material contributed by The Pipkins.

Content

; The Sweet Side one was given over to (then) fledgling pop band the Sweet and features the A and B-sides of what were three commercially unsuccessful singles (on

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Records) before the band finally found fame with "Funny Funny" released by

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. Despite the cover shot of The Sweet featuring Andy Scott, he was not actually a band member until "Funny Funny" and does not feature on any of these recordings. The band's then-guitarist was Mick Stewart (who replaced original guitarist Frank Torpey) and wrote two of the featured B-sides on this compilation. ; The Pipkins Side two consists of six songs from

with a casual and satirical content or humorous elements, in a

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style in most songs. In their comedy characters, Tony Burrows sings with a harsh voice and Roger Greenaway with a

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, accompanied by an uncredited studio band that plays all the instruments. Among them stands out the humorous song " Gimme Dat Ding", a success in several English-speaking countries around the world, composed by

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and Mike Hazlewood. The song was the debut and only hit of importance for the duo, when reaching the No. 6 in the UK singles chart and the No. 9 in

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in 1970. Another minor success was a parody of "

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" by

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, a very popular theme at the end of the 50s.

Track listing

Side one ''The Sweet''

#"Lollipop Man" (

, Mike Hazlewood) #"Time" (

Brian Connolly Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 10 February 1997) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of glam rock band Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and known for his charismatic stage presence and di ...

Steve Priest Stephen Norman Priest (23 February 1948 – 4 June 2020) was an English musician who was the Bass guitar, bassist (and, later, co-lead vocalist) of the glam rock band The Sweet. Early life Priest was born in Hayes, Hillingdon, Hayes, Middlese ...

, Mick Stewart, Mick Tucker) #"All You'll Ever Get from Me" ( Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway) #"The Juicer" (Mick Stewart) #"Get on the Line" (

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) #"Mr. McGallagher" (Mick Stewart) *Tracks 1, 2 produced by John Burgess; tracks 3–6 produced by John Burgess and Roger Easterby *Lew Warburton – arranger, conductor on "Get on the Line"

Side two ''The Pipkins''

#" Gimme Dat Ding" (Hammond, Hazlewood) #"

" ( Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) #"The People That You Wanna Phone Ya" (Hammond, Hazlewood) #" My Baby Loves Lovin'" (Cook, Greenaway) #"Busy Line" (Murray Semos, Frank Stanton) #" Sunny Honey Girl" (Cook, John Goodison, Greenaway,

Tony Hiller Anthony Toby Hiller (30 July 1927 – 26 August 2018) was an English songwriter and record producer. He was best known for writing and/or producing hits for Brotherhood of Man, including " United We Stand" (1970) and " Save Your Kisses for Me" ( ...

)

Production

*Produced by John Burgess *

Big Jim Sullivan James George Tomkins (14 February 1941 – 2 October 2012), known professionally as Big Jim Sullivan, was an English guitarist. Best known as a session guitarist, he was one of the most in-demand studio musicians in the UK in the 1960s ...

– arranger, conductor on "Gimme Dat Ding" *Gerry Butler – arranger, conductor (tracks 2–6)

References

External links

* * indicates the Pipkins/Sweet compilation was released in 1974. {{Authority control The Sweet albums 1971 compilation albums Split albums EMI Records compilation albums The Pipkins albums