Move Discography

Singles

TitleRelease DateUK Chart PositionCatalog Number
Night Of Fear/Disturbance12/662Deram DM 109
I Can Hear The Grass Grow/Wave The Flag And Stop The Train4/675Deram DM 117
Flowers In The Rain/The Lemon Tree9/675Regal Zonophone RZ 3001
Cherry Blossom Clinic/Vote For Me11/67Regal Zonophone (unissued, test pressings may exist;1-sided "Vote For Me" test pressings do exist
Fire Brigade/Walk Upon The Water2/683Regal Zonophone RZ 3005
Wild Tiger Woman/Omnibus7/68Regal Zonophone RZ 3012
Blackberry Way/Something1/691Regal Zonophone RZ 3015
Curly/This Time Tomorrow8/6912Regal Zonophone RZ 3021
Brontosaurus/Lightnin' Never Strikes Twice3/707Regal Zonophone RZ 3026
When Alice Comes Back To The Farm/What?9/70Fly BUG 2
Ella James/No Time (unissued)71Harvest HAR5036
Tonight/Don't Mess Me Up6/7111Harvest HAR5038
Chinatown/Down On The Bay10/7123Harvest HAR5043
Fire Brigade/I Can Hear The Grass Grow/Night Of Fear3/72MagniFl ECHO104
California Man/Down On The Bay5/727Harvest HAR5050
Do Ya/No Time9/74Harvest HAR5086

EPs

TitleRelease DateUK Chart PositionCatalog Number
Something Else From The MoveRegal Zonophone TRZ 2001

LPs

TitleRelease DateUK Chart PositionCatalog Number
The Move3/6815Regal Zonophone (S)LRZ 1002
Shazam2/70Regal Zonophone SLRZ 1012
Looking On10/70Fly HiFLY 1
Message From The Country7/71Harvest SHSP 4013

Bootlegs

TitleRelease DateUK Chart PositionCatalog Number
Black Country Rock

CDs

TitleCatalog Number
The BBC Sessions

"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.

Covers performed by the Move









MEMORIES OF THE MOVE
Well, let me be honest here. I don't really have any actual memories of the Move since I never met any of them and never saw them live. I had only first heard of them after the "Brontosaurus" single came out. I just thought I'd share a few things with you about one of my favorite groups. I first heard of the Move when a musician friend brought the "Brontosaurus" single to school.It was a promo he had gotten from a local radio station (of course they wouldn't play it). It had the same song on both sides. (Of course, if they HAD played it the record company wanted to make sure they didn't play the wrong side!) I fell in love with it immediately! Never had I heard a song so heavy and so catchy at the same time! He wouldn't give it to me so I had to kill him! (Not really, but even with threats he still wouldn't let me have it!) It would be about a year before I found a copy of the "Looking On" album with that song on it. Once, my friends and I decided to go to a little town about 50 miles from our hometown of Monroe, La. We were'nt having much luck with girls where we lived, so for some stupid reason we thought we'd do better elsewhere. Obviously, for even stupider reasons, we thought we'd each change our names to some famous rock star's to really impress the girls! I think one friend used Greg Allman, another Todd Rundren, and the other friend being a big Yes fan used Jon Anderson. I was Roy Wood! We did meet a couple of girls at a teen club or skating rink or something but it certainly wasn't our new names that impressed them. They had never even heard of Roy Wood, the rock star anyway! When I told one of them my nom de plume she asked me if I was kin to Roy Wood, an old guy who ran a used car lot in town. About this time some of the local guys were starting to get a little pissed at our moving in on they're women and we had to haul ass out of there! One More: A couple of friends in our little circle who were sisters wanted us to take them to Jackson, Miss.to see this new singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg (Yeah,I know, but when two beautiful young ladies ask you to take them to a concert you'll go see anybody!) None of us, including the two sisters, had any money but we were willing to go anyway. (Like I said, When two...) We get to the concert with no money and no tickets for the five of us but we had to find some way to get these girls in. Eventually, we meet some people who give us their used ticket stubs. We managed to convince the guy at the door that we had had to leave the concert for some minor emergency and that here were our ticket stubs to prove we really were supposed to be inside. He either believed us or more likely he was trying to impress the girls by letting us in anyway! After the show (which wasn't all that bad,I guess) we got invited by a young married couple we met at the concert to go home with them and smoke some weed. Their were maybe eight of us sharing a few joints that night including the couple's 3-year old son! I didn't say anything but I thought how awful to let a little child smoke marijuana. We were no strangers to dope but we were still shocked at this couple's carelessness. These days they would be turned in for child abuse! But it was their house (and dope!) so we kept our opinions to ourselves. He really seemed to enjoy himself though, walking in circles laughing at everything and always coming back for more. They invited us to sleep on their floor as we were in no condition to drive the 120 miles back to Monroe. They put a Hawkwind 8-track on the stereo and let it play all night long! I was never able to listen to that group again for many years! Well, the next day we recovered enough to get back home but on the way stopped at a record store in Jackson where I found The Move's "Looking On". You can bet I managed to scrape up the $2.98 plus tax for it too. I guess you probably thought I'd never get to the Move connection but everytime I play "Looking On" I think of this small part of my life in the early 70's. Now we can get on to reviewing one of the best groups of the 60's and also early 70's! MOVEMENTS-PART ONE This is disc one of the 3-CD set "Movements". It contains the first LP from 1967 plus three non-LP singles A and B sides. There is also an undubbed version of "Disturbance". The original members who play on nearly all the tracks here on the first CD were: Roy Wood-guitar, vocals; Carl Wayne- lead vocals,tambourine;Ace Kefford-bass;Trevor Burton-guitar;and Bev Bevan-drums. Most of the songs on the album were written by Roy Wood. He wrote catchy pop songs that were the equal of Lennon-McCartney or Boyce and Hart who wrote most of the Monkees hits. Why his songs weren't the big hits they deserved to be especially in the US is a really big mystery? Let's blame it on Peter Noone and others like Bobby Sherman who didn't even write their own stuff. They played so much of this crap there was no room left to fit in Roy's songs. So the Move remained obscure to all but the most dedicated of us Anglophiles over here! I'm sure they are far more popular today than back then due to the CD re-issue craze that's thankfully going on these days. Here's a rundown of the tracks on the first CD: 1)Night Of Fear(1966) - first single - made #2 in UK - uses 1812 Overture riff through out song - Move manager Tony Secunda tells Roy Wood the group needs original material, Roy returns next day with this and it's B-side Disturbance - both songs are about madness 2)Disturbance(1966) - B-side of first single 3)I Can Hear The Grass Grow(1967) - second single A-side - #5 in UK - supposedly about Trevor Burton's acid experiences - Roy didn't do drugs! - also covered by American group Blues Magoos 4)Wave The Flag And Stop The Train(1967) - B-side to second single - sounds like Roy's been listening to the Monkees - all four above songs were non-LP 5)Yellow Rainbow(1967) - Track one of the first LP 6)Kilroy Was Here(1967) - Kilroy was a (probably) fictional WW2 soldier who supposedly wrote the slogan "Kilroy Was Here" on walls and buildings everywhere he went in Europe 7)(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree(1967) - album track that was also the B-side of their 3rd single "Flowers in the Rain" - was covered by the Move's rivals from Birmingham the Idle Race which included Jeff Lynne later also of the Move 8)Weekend(1967) - cover of a song originally recorded by Eddie Cochran 9)Walk Upon The Water(1967) - also B-side of fourth single "Fire Brigade" 10)Flowers In The Rain(1967) - also third A-side - reached #2 in UK - A promo postcard of then premier Harold Wilson in a compromising position led to all royalties going to charities to avoid further legal action 11)Useless Information(1967) - This song along with "I Can Hear The Grass Grow" both contain bass riffs that seemed to inspire the Stone Roses song "I am the Resurection" 12)Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart(1967) - a cover of a Coasters song sung by the drummer Bev Beven 13)The Girl Outside(1967) - Carl Wayne who was the lead singer probably felt more at ease with this type of song, a ballad - Carl wanted to be Tom Jones and wanted the band to go on the cabaret circuit where they would make more money (but would lose credibility!) 14)Fire Brigade(1967) - also fourth single A-side - reached #3 in Uk in '68 - Ace Kefford left soon after this hit - Trevor took over on bass 15)Mist On A Monday Morning(1967) - Roy sings this one and probably plays the wind instruments on it - an early precurser to the later stuff with Jeff Lynne and ultimately ELO! 16)Cherry Blossom Clinic(1967) - originally the fourth single but withdrawn due to it's lyrics(another song about madness, Roy Wood's favorite subject) 17)Hey Grandma(1967) - A cover of a Moby Grape song - end of the first album 18)Disturbance(1966) - first of several disappointing outtakes on this box set - this is just the song minus the weird sounds in the background 19)Wild Tiger Woman(1968) - the band's fifth single A-side - did not chart - non-LP 20)Omnibus(1968) - B-side of "Wild Tiger Woman" MOVEMENTS-PART TWO This is the second disc of the Movements box set. It contains the whole of the "Shazam" album plus a couple of singles,including their only #1 and eight rarities. It covers the years 1968 to 1970 but some of the rarities are from '67. The "Shazam" album is in stereo and the quality is probably about as good as it gets, say as good as a mint copy of the LP. Most of the singles and rarities are mono. I find it odd that the booklet writer,John Platt, has little good to say about "Shazam" calling it a hard album to listen to. Shazam is one of the first heavy rock LP's to be released along with David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World" and Black Sabbath's 1st in 1970. It deserves better than being called "self Indulgent." Times were changing. The group was progressing, experimenting with a heavier sound but at the same time remaining very melodic. At least Platt likes their other LP's! Track Listing: 1)Blackberry Way(Wood) - The Move's only #1 in '68 - basic pop song driven by acoustic guitars for a lighter sound also using Mellotron for orchestral effects - Trevor Burton Quits to join The Uglies and then Denny Laines's Balls shortly after single's release - Roy Wood vocal - Mono version 2)Something(Morgan) - a friend of Carl Wayne wrote this one for him - fits Wayne's Tom Jones style as he was more comfortable with this type of cabaret material - B-side of "Blackberry Way" - in Mono 3)Curly(Wood) - Reached #12 in the UK in 1969 - probably a bit out-dated a style by then sounding more like '67 - 7th single A-side - Mono 4)This Time Tomorrow(Morgan) - B-side of "Curly" - Also by Carl's friend who also wrote 'Something' - Quiet acoustic song reminiscent of the Beatles' "And I Love Her" with a great backwards guitar solo at the end - Mono! 5)Hello Suzie(Wood) - First song of side one of the "Shazam" album which came out in 1970, three years after the last one! - This song was'nt released as a single in the UK (Although it should have been!) but I believe a shortened version was released in the US on A&M records. - The song WAS a hit for "Amen Corner"(#4) in 1969. - complete album is in stereo 6)Beautiful Daughter(Wood) - "Shazam" was divided into side one: Roy Wood originals and side two: covers of mostly folk material done hard 'n heavy! - Side one had three songs, two of which had been heard before in different versions: "Hello Susie" by Amen Corner in '69 and "Cherry Blossom Clinic" by the Move themselves on their first album in '67. This was a short poppier version compared to the "Shazam" one. - This left only "Beautiful Daughter" as new material and it's a bit light-weight with it's primarily orchestral back-up - of course it's sung by light-weight Carl! 7)Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited - Roy must have wanted to punish the record company for failing to release the original version back in 1967 by releasing it again in a longer re-make on "Shazam" - Contains a bit of Bach in the Roy Wood guitar solo parts 8)Fields of People(Day/Pierson) - Originally by an obscure 60's American band'Ars Nova'from their LP released in 1968. - First song side two of the "Shazam" LP - great multi-layered 12-string guitar parts which blends Byrds with a touch of Bolero - ends with long bass note preceding a wonderful sitar raga duel fought out faster and faster between the left and right speakers,which isn't credited on the album(or on this comp either!) 9)Don't Make My Baby Blue(Mann/Weill) - Carl Wayne sounds like he's having a hard time keeping up with this one, his voice not right for an almost heavy metal(for the time) version of an early 60's Brill Building written tune - song is uncannily similar to some of the material on Bowie's "Man Who Sold The World" especially the guitar 10)The Last Thing On My Mind(Paxton) - All of side two of the original album was filled with great Roy Wood guitar parts and this song is no exception - Roy plays wah-wah on this one - last song of the original album 11)(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree(Wood)(stereo single mix) - Yes, it's a stereo version on this the first of eight "rarities" 12)Cherry Blossom Clinic(Wood) - another stereo mix that we'll call a rarity - a bit of studio chatter on here 13)Fire Brigade(Wood) - early undubbed mix - Minus background vocals 14)Second Class(Wood) - an unreleased backing track which later was re-done as"She's Too Good For Me" on Roy Wood's first solo album "Boulders" 15)Wild Tiger Woman Blues(Wood) - an early undubbed mix in mono 16)Curly Where's Your Girly(Wood) - an early alternate mix - tape box listed this longer title of "Curly" 17)Something(Morgan) - an Italian language version of the Carl Wayne sung tune - many 60's groups and singers did Italian or German versions of their songs 18)Vote For Me(Wood) - previously unreleased song from 1967 - I may be wrong since memories sometimes(like now) fails but this may have appeared on a compilation somewhere before - originally the B-side of the unissued single "Cherry Blossom Clinic" - Maybe along with "something" in Italian the only real rarity on this box set! MOVEMENTS - PART THREE This third disc contains the "Looking On" album from 1971, one B-side from '70, and an expanded version of the "Something Else" live EP from '68. "Looking On" was the Move's third lp. The members at this point were Roy Wood; Jeff Lynne, who joined from fellow Birmingham band the Idle Race; Rick Price, who replaced Trevor Burton on bass; and Bev Bevan who had been the drummer from the very beginning. Carl Wayne had already quit after the "Shazam" LP, going on to a semi-successful career in cabaret. Most reviews at the time of this album's release considered it a failure and even the comprehensive PSYCH guide "Tapestry Of Delights" published in 1995 calls it a disappointment! To set the record straight: NO IT ISN"T!!! A careful listen will reveal an embarrassment of riches to be found there! The basic sound is heavy but Roy and Jeff pull out all the stops adding piano, sax, oboe, cello, and electric sitar to the mix. This is the album where you can first hear the coming of ELO! This CD version actually seems to sound better than the original LP. I can hear things in the mix I never noticed before! The rest of this CD contains the "Something Else" EP with the addition of four more songs. This live album was recorded Feb.27th,1968 at the Marquee and released that same year. The Move played a lot of covers live and indeed all these songs are cover versions. The sound quality is not up to the regular album standard but is quite an important document! Track List: 1)Looking On(Wood) - Heavy metal(For 1970) Roy Wood guitar begins this great tune which after a few minutes switches to a piano and sitar instrumental, then Roy playing oboe before lead guitar plays the song out - very eclectic track 2)Turkish Tram Conductor Blues(Wood) - You thought the first song was heavy until you hear this hard and furious tune - the energy never lets up! - Roy mixes saxophone with the guitar to actually sound harder than it already does, you can hear the horns better in this CD mix - someone in the control room says "good shit,men" half way through the song 3)What!(Lynne) - Jeff Lynnes first song with the group sounds a little like a harder Bee Gees in the vocals especially - B-side of "When Alice Comes Back To The Farm" single 4)When Alice Comes Back To The Farm(Wood) - The second single from this album is a rocking update of the '50's predating Roy's group sound in Wizzard - Did not chart! 5)Open Up Said The The World At The Door(Lynne) - Jeff's second contribution to the album is piano based with double tracked lead vocals eventually leading to a short Bev Bevan drum solo which is also played backwards for a few seconds before doomy guitar and chanted vocals end the song 6)Brontosaurus(Wood) - The first single from "Looking On" - charted at #2 in 1970 - Probably the only Move song to be played on FM radio in the US! - recently covered by Cheap Trick who had also covered "California Man" in the late 70's 7)Feel Too Good(Wood) - Long plodding song that grows on you after a few listens - embellished with piano, oboe, and what sounds like girl background singers on the chorus but is probably Roy and Jeff - closes with 50's style accapella - nice end to my favorite Move album 8)Lightning Never Strikes Twice(Price) - non-LP B-side of "Brontosaurus" - Written and lead vocals by Rick Price - would have been a great song on the album - ends with a sitar solo 9)So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star(McGuinn/Hillman) - The first song from the "Something Else" EP recorded at the Marquee in Feb. !968. - originally a hit by the Byrds in '67 10)Stephanie Knows Who(Lee) - a song originally done by the group Love on their LP "Da Capo" from 1967 11)Something Else(Cochran/Capeheart) - originally by Eddie Cochran in the late 50's 12)It'll Be Me(Clement) - I believe originally by Jerry Lee Lewis on the B-side of the "Whole Lotta Shakin'" 45 - The Move learned their version from Cliff Richard's! 13)Piece Of My Heart(Burns/Ragovoy) - They got this one from Irma Thomas' version - recorded 6 monthes before Janis Joplin's - unreleased until now 14)Too Much In Love(Laine) - The Move got this one from a Denny Laine's String Band 45 in early 1968. This group was short-lived but was an inspiration for Wood And Lynne to form ELO as Laine's group used amplified string instruments as early as '67! Denny Laine was later in Wings. - unreleased 15)Higher And Higher(Jackson/Miner/Smith) - A Jackie Wilson hit - unreleased 16)Sunshine Help Me(Wright) - They got it from Spooky Tooth off their '67 single - Ths was the last song on the original "Something Else" EP but this is an unedited version with 90 seconds more of Wood's guitar solo restored. Thus ends the 30th Anniversary Anthology 3-CD set by the Move. You get every single and album track from '66 thru '71 that was originally on the Deram(first two singles),Regal Zonophone and Fly labels plus a handful of disapointing rarities. Buy it anyway! you won't regret it and it's going for only about 30 bucks! THE MOVE - THE BBC SESSIONS Thank God for the BBC! And maybe we should thank God for stupid laws! You see, In England, they have(Had?) a law that states you can only play so much recorded material(ie. records etc.) a day on the radio. The rest of the time musicians would have to play live. I guess this was to assure the Musician's Union that their members would always be able to find work. This may have been intended for orchestras but caused a problem for rock groups and singers. They couldn't show up every day to play their hit live on the radio! So the BBC let them come in to their studio and record the hit song live to be played on such programs as "Saturday Club" or "Top Gear." This has resulted in a wealth of riches to be found in the BBC Archives as nearly everyone with a hit song(and many who didn't) recorded there. This often resulted in a different version of a song compared to the hit or album version. Also, many groups covered other's tunes live in the studio that never made it onto their albums. This is where the Move come in! Between Jan.'67 and Dec'68 the Move visited the BBC studios ten times resulting in 25 rarities that are better than most of those on the above box set. They are all in mono but the quality is excellent. There may be a few overdubs on these versions but you mostly hear the song live in the studio,rougher, sometimes more inspired than the album version. IF THERE IS AN ALBUM VERSION! The Move did a lot of covers of other's songs at their BBC sessions just like they did when they played live. Some of these are the most interesting! You also get to hear Trevor Burton sing lead, something he didn't get to do much on record. Here's a track listing of the sessions and air dates: 1)You'd Better Believe Me(Gallup/Davis) - 01/31/67 - Originally by Gene Vincent - Carl Wayne:vocals 2)Night Of Fear(Wood) - 01/31/67 - Their first single. They also played this one live in '66 and '67. - Carl, Roy & Trevor:vocals 3)Stop, Get A Hold Of Yourself(McCoy) - 01/31/67 - Originally by Gladys Knight and The Pips - written by Van McCoy who became famous in the 70's with the disco hit "The Hustle"! - Carl Wayne:vocals 4)Kilroy Was Here(Wood) - 04/10/67 - From the first album - Roy Wood:vocals 5)Walk On The Water(Wood) - 04/10/67 - From the first album - minus studio effects - Carl Wayne:vocals With Roy on chorus and bridge 6)I Can Hear The Grass Grow(Wood) - 04/10/67 - second single - another early live favorite - Carl, Roy, and Trevor:vocals 7)Morning Dew(Rose) - 09/14/67 - unreleased on LP - also done by Jeff Beck Group around the same time - nice wah-wah guitar by Roy - Trevor Burton:vocals 8)Flowers In The Rain(Wood) - 09/14/67 - third single - also on 1st LP - Carl and Roy:vocals 9)So You Wanna Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star(McGuinn/Hillman) - 09/14/67 - Live version on Something Else EP - cover of Byrds tune - Carl:vocals 10)Stephanie Knows Who(Lee) - 09/21/67 - Live version on Something Else EP - cover of Love tune - Carl:vocal 11)Cherry Blossom Clinic(Wood) - 09/21/67 - from the first album, longer version on "Shazam" - Roy with maybe Trevor:vocals 12)Hey Grandma(Miller/Stevenson) - 09/21/67 - From the first album - cover of Moby Grape tune - Carl, Roy, and Trevor:vocals 13)Fire Brigade(Wood) - 01/22/68 - 4th single and first LP minus studio effects - Roy with Carl:vocals 14)Weekend(Post) - 01/22/68 - from the first album - cover of Eddie Cochran tune - Carl:vocals 15)It'll Be Me(Clement) - 01/22/68 - Live version on "Something Else" EP - cover of Jerry Lee Lewis' tune - Carl:vocal 16)Useless Information(Wood) - 02/04/68 - from the first Lp - Roy:vocals 17)Kentucky Woman(Diamond) - 05/02/68 - unreleased - Neil Diamond cover - with a kinda Byrds arrangement of the song - Carl:vocals w/Roy and Trevor on chorus 18)Higher And Higher(Jackson/Minor/Smith) - 05/02/68 - unreleased until live version on above "Movements" box set 19)Long Black Veil(Dill/Wilkin) - 09/04/68 - unreleased - WOW! Country music by the Move! - Trevor:vocals with Roy 20)Wild Tiger Woman(Wood) - 09/04/68 - Their non-charting single - Carl and Roy:vocals 21)Piece Of My Heart(Ragovoy/Berns) - 09/04/68 - unreleased until live version on "Movements" box set - cover of Irma Thomas hit - recorded before Big Brother version - Carl:vocals 22)Blackberry Way(Wood) - 11/06/68 - Their #1 hit! - sounds like single version but slightly different background vocals and mix - Roy:Vocals 23)Going Back(Goffin/King) - 11/06/68 - unreleased - cover of the Byrds arangement - written by Carole King - Trevor:vocals 24)California Girls(Wilson) - 12/18/68 - unreleased - interesting arrangement of Beach Boys classic - Roy:vocals 25)Christian Life(Louvin/Louvin) - 12/18/68 - unreleased - cover of Byrds arrangement of Louvin Brothers country-gospel tune - Trevor:vocals with Roy THE GENIUS OF ROY WOOD Yes, Roy Wood IS a genius! It's just you may not be able to tell by this bootleg CD on the Tendolar label. Most of the stuff here is from his 70's and 80's output and doesn't impress like the earlier material.But there's still some nice things here. Here's a track listing: 1)Lonely Weekends - By Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders - B-side of their 1965 single "Here I Stand" - Cover of Charly Rich's hit song 2)Hold My Hand - By Mike Sheridan's Lot - A-side of their 1965 single - Song is actually called "Take My Hand" - Non-charting 3)Make Them Understand - B-side of the above single - Earliest Roy Wood composition on record - sung by M. Sheridan though 4)Don't Turn Your Back On Me - By Mike Sheridan's Lot - A-side of 1966 non-charting single - Great cover of a Jackie DeShannon Tune - Roy sings back-up vocals Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders released two 45's one in '63 and one in '64 before Roy Wood joined in '65 for the third single(B-side:Lonely Weekends on here). They then changed their name to Mike Sheridan's Lot for the next two singles. Sheridan went solo in '66. Roy formed the Move and the rest of the group became the Idle Race with the addition of Jeff Lynne. 5)Walk Right Back - By the Move - The Everly Brothers hit - Carl Wayne: Vocals with Roy 6)Falling Forever - By the Move - Sounds like Jeff Lynne on vocals - probably dates from 1970 with the "Looking On" sessions 7)Open My Eyes - By the Move - The Nazz semi-hit - Carl:vocals 8)She's A Woman - By the Move - The Beatles tune - really heavy live version - probably recorded during 1969 US tour - Roy:vocals None of these Move tracks are complete versions on here. The beginning and endings are chopped off of all four cuts. This is probably not the fault of the compiler as I used to own a cassette of rare Move and Idle Race tracks in the early 80's and these same songs were cut-up there too. Only "She's A Woman" sounds live. The rest are maybe BBC tracks from the late 60's or early 70's. The sound quality is passable mono. 9)French Perfume - By the Wizzo band - supposedly their first gig on live BBC-TV - Wizzo was formed by Roy in 1977 and included Rick Price. - this song is a jazzy vocal number that may be unreleased 10)On The Road Again - From his late 70's solo album "On The Road Again" 11)Wings Over The Sea - also from "On The Road Again" 12)Keep Your Hands On The Wheel - From "On The Road Again" LP I don't believe the "On The Road Again" LP was ever released on CD(not in the US anyway). These are most likely three of the better tracks. I never owned a copy of this LP, but in my defense it sounds like disco was creeping into Roy's music and I wouldn't have liked that anyway! 13)1,2,3 - Roy's last single from 1987. - A cover of the Len Barry hit of the 60's - Come on, Roy! Not a great song to end your recording career! 14)Farewell - By Ayshea - This is the A-side of a single from 1973 produced, written, and everything played by Roy Wood. Ayshea was Roy's girlfriend at the time. She had her own children's TV show in the early 70's:Lift off With Ayshea - She also released a couple of albums in the early 70's. 15)Rockin' On The Stage - By the Rockers - failed Roy Wood/Phil Lynott collaboration - from the 70's? 16)Down To Zero - By Roy Wood - Failed solo single - Don't know the year of release - late 70's or early 80's 17)Giving Your Heart Away - By the Helicopters - B-side to an 80's single - Helicopters was a band formed by Roy for playing live 18)Moon Rider - Same as #15 above - may be the B-side of the above 19)Dance Round The Maypole - By the Acid Gallery - A 1967 single written and produced by Roy - CD says by Roy and the Tremeloes but is actually by a group known as "The Epics" and later "Christie" who had a hit with "Yellow River"around '69 or 70. 20)See My Baby Jive - By Roy Wood's Big Band - Live BBC Dec.1993 - originally a 1973 single by Roy's band Wizzard 21)Kiss Me Goodnight,Bodacca - Same as#20 - new song by Roy thats probably still unrecorded due to lack of record label interest. A SHAME! 22)Blackberry Way - Same as #20 - On a good note this CD ends with a cover of the Move #1 classic from '68 These last three songs are from his lastest project the nearly all girl Roy Wood's Big Band. Too bad there are no recordings available of this group. These are all from the BBC. Well, thanks for reading my Move page. Now go out and get something by them. Better late than never!