January 15, 1971 - Gimme Dat Ding

is a split album featuring The Sweet on side one and The Pipkins on side two, released in 1970 on EMI's budget label, MFP (Music For Pleasure). The album is titled after The Pipkins' 1970 song "Gimme Dat Ding." In North America, The Pipkins released a full album with the same title, which included the six songs from this album plus four additional tracks. It reached No. 27 on the Canadian charts and No. 132 in the United States.

Background

This unexpected partnership between two groups with such opposing views is due to the fact that, at that time, they both had the same record producer (John Burgess) and shared the same team of composers.

In 1971, following unsatisfactory commercial outcomes with Burgess, The Sweet chose to chart their own course by partnering with the successful songwriting duo Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and a new producer, Phil Wainman. Meanwhile, The Pipkins disbanded that year, as their comedy act experienced only fleeting success in their home country, Britain.

The CD version booklet for this album claims that Gimme Dat Ding is regarded as "the first rap album," primarily due to The Pipkins' contributions.

Side one The Sweet

"Lollipop Man" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood)

"Time" (Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Mick Stewart, Mick Tucker)

"All You'll Ever Get from Me" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway)

"The Juicer" (Mick Stewart)

"Get on the Line" (Jeff Barry, Andy Kim)

"Mr. McGallagher" (Mick Stewart)

Side two The Pipkins

"Gimme Dat Ding" (Hammond, Hazlewood)

"Yakety Yak" (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)

Title: The Sweet & The Pipkins

Label: Music For Pleasure

Country: Germany

Catalogue: MFP 5248

Date: 1974

Format: LP