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| 1. flowers in the rain | |||
| 2. blackberry way | |||
| 3. i can hear the gras grow | |||
| 4. night of fear | |||
| 5. california man | |||
| 6. fire brigade | |||
| 7. omnibus | |||
| 8. beautiful daughter | |||
| 9. when alice comes back to the farm | |||
| 10. curly | |||
| 11. tonight | |||
| 12. don t throw stones at me | |||
| 13. (here we go round) the lemon tree | |||
| 14. it ll be me (live at the marquee) | |||
| 15. do ya | |||
| 16. cherry blossom clinic | |||
| 17. disturbance | |||
| 18. hello susie (abridged) | |||
| 19. wild tiger woman | |||
| 20. piece of my heart (live at the marquee) | |||
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This compilation focuses exclusively on the music of the Move up to 1970 (when they were subsidiaries of the Decca label), though if you look up Roy Wood, you'll find other compilations that span the Move, Wizzard and Roy Wood solo tracks, perhaps including early ELO as well.
It took a couple of years from formation for the Move to get a chart record but they made up for lost time by having three top five UK hits in 1967, these being Night of fear, I can hear the grass grow and Flowers in the rain, the last-named being the first record ever played on BBC Radio 1, which was by far the most influential radio station in the country for many years. Another top five hit, Fie brigade, followed in early 1968. Their next hit, Blackberry way, topped the UK charts at the end of 1968. The five hits they had in 1967 and 1968 are the ones they are best remembered for, but they continued to make great music.
The Move never again made the UK top five, but they twice peaked at seven (Brontosaurus, California man) and had two other major hits (Curly, Tonight) that just missed the top ten. Chinatown was less successful, stalling outside the top twenty.
This compilation contains their first seven UK hits. The last three (Tonight, Chinatown, California man) were recorded for a different record label (Harvest) in 1971 and 1972 but they are, in any case, of less importance than the first seven. You also get their cover of Higher and higher (Jackie Wilson) and some interesting but obscure original songs.
If you enjoy late sixties rock music, you should definitely listen to the Move.
What I got from just these tracks was that the Move were a perfect amalgamation of the raw vitality of the Who, the stonking bass lines of Motown, the sublime, rich backing vox of the Beach Boys/Beatles and all wrapped up in Wood's brilliant way with a word and a melody - this man should be knighted!
Great tracks to look out for include the seminal "Blackberry Way", and the quirky "Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited".
BUY THIS ALBUM! I guarantee you will like it!!
(Don't be put off, by the way, by Roy Wood's leading role in the band - he was actually pretty good before ELO, and, god forbid, Wizzard!!)
to my collection.
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