All things Roy Wood thread.

List your favourite Roy Wood records inc Tbe Move & ELO.

 

John Lennon rated The Move very highly he said ' there like the Hollies with balls" and when Trevor Burton left the Move his first band was called BALLs also in the band was Denny Laine.

 

Well, I always loved The Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer in the U.S.) but my favorite Roy album is jazzy Super Active Wizzo by Roy Wood Wizzo Band.

 

i like some of wizzard's music.

 

Yes his Wizzard ( spectorian production ) is a joyous affair. His ELO was great chamber pop.

 

Wish It Would Be Christmas has eclipsed Slades ' Xmas .. Offering imo.

 

On a scale of 1-10, I rate the album "Mustard" a 25.

 

My 6 personal favourites: Beautiful Daughter, Fire Brigade, Ella James, Angel Fingers, See My Baby Jive, Goin' Down The Road.

All so catchy you can't help but sing along.

 

I love The Move's run of singles but not so keen on the albums and Roy's solo stuff. Meet Me At The Jailhouse is great/bonkers and popular though they are it's hard to knock See My Baby Jive and Wish It Could Be Xmas...perfect wall of sound pop. I'll have to dig out Wizzard Brew for a spin.
The "Ace Kefford"-era Move was my favourite and it's a shame there isn't more live film of them in action with that 4-man frontline. No doubting that Roy is a tremendous talent but he has chosen a somewhat..er...idiosyncratic career path.
BTW. what's Ace up to...he seemed to be doing much better a few years back with the release of his lost lp but not heard a peep out of him for years.

 

Omnibus is the great lost Number 1 of 1968- thrown away as a B side!

 

Long time fan here. Roy's is a fabulous multi talented musician, singer, songwriter and producer.
Needless to say he has led some of the most powerful UK pop bands of the late 60's to mid 70's.

My own personal Favorites off the top of my head.

Night Of Fear
I Can Hear The Grass Grow
Yellow Rainbow
Kilroy Was Here
Lemon Tree
Blackberry Way
Beautiful Daughter
Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited
Tonight
Chinatown
Ballpark Incident
See My Baby Jive
Song Of Praise
Dear Elaine
Brontosaurus
California Man
Way Beyond The Rain
Raining In The City

These guys could sing is an understatement:

 

This. Maybe the DIY masterpiece of all time.

 

Yes, I love this album; especially the use of splashing water as percussion in "Wake Up."

 

As an aside....anyone else hear or have the album "Sportin' Wood- A Tribute To Roy Wood" by The Flashcubes? Wow! If you have not heard it...look some of the tunes up on YouTube or something...a real treat for Roy Wood fans.

 

Blackberry Way is an excellent, excellent song.

 

The white album in one song.

 

Love the first five hit singles
Flowers In The Rain
I Can Hear The Grass Grow
Night Of Fear
Fire Brigade

and especially
Blackberry Way

Also his stuff with Wizzard - love See My Baby Jive

There's probably more but I'm only familiar with the singles

 

I struck me as a little more Magical Mystery Tour, but that's close enough.

 

Some of my favourites:

Flowers in the Rain
(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree
Fire Brigade
Omnibus
Mist on a Monday Morning
Blackberry Way
Look at Me Now
Carlsberg Special
Music to Commit Suicide By
Are You Ready to Rock

 

Boulders, Message from the Country and ELO are my favorites - amazing when you consider all three were recorded during the same time - well at least some of Boulders.

 

Looking Back- The Move
Fly
Heavy n Humble

 

I love the heavier moments of the Move--Turkish Tram Conductor Blues, Brontosaurus, Hello Susie etc, but I also am a fan of Wild Tiger Woman which sounds almost glam several years early.

 

My secret swoon is "You Got Me Running" - some 50's style bubblegum by Edie and the Falcons.
Waaay out there and brilliant.

 

pretty much anything Roy Wood ever touched is great