Move Discography
"The BBC Sessions" makes available to the public the performances by The Move in '66 and '67 at the BBC studios. These had most recently shown up as the bootleg "Black Country Rock". Sound quality is, of course, less than what you'd expect from a full-fledged studio recording. The BBC performances were done basically live in the studio (not necessarily broadcast live, but recorded without overdubs) and we get a chance to hear just what a great live band they were. But the BBC didn't as a rule save all the session tapes, so sometimes home recordings or transcriptions are the only way these gems still exist. However, it's my feeling that these recordings are of great historical importance, and hang the audiophile stuff! But, having said that, they really don't sound all *that* bad! :-) The BBC Sessions shows us the broad range of the Move. Certainly, there are a lot of those great Roy Wood tunes like "Night Of Fear", "Flowers In The Rain", "I Can Hear The Grass Grow", "Fire Brigade" and "Blackberry Way". We get a fair number of Carl (who Roy always calls "Charlie" for some reason) Wayne's caberet tunes, such as "Kentucky Woman", "Higher And Higher", "Piece Of My Heart" and "California Girls". It's also nice to hear them do songs that were obviously big influences on them like the Eddie Cochran classic "Weekend", and the Jerry Lee Lewis tune "It'll Be Me". I definately recommend this to all fans of the Move. However, if you've already got the "Black Country Rock" bootleg, don't bother getting the BBC Sessions. It's basically the same (a little less in fact) tunes, and the quality is not improved. That's the only real shame of it. The official release really should've at least included more info, but it looks like they just took BCR and released it legally. |