Electric Light Orchestra is an English rock band that released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986. Conceived by multi-instrumentalists Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne, ELO started as an avant-garde spinoff of The Move with drummer Bev Bevan. After one album of psychedelic baroque rock, Wood departed for Wizzard, leaving Lynne to head a septet […]
Move is the debut album by Brummie pop-rock/psych band The Move, released in 1968 on Regal Zonophone. Tracklist: A1. “Yellow Rainbow” (2:35) A2. “Kilroy Was Here” (2:43) A3. “(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree” (2:59) A4. “Weekend” (1:46) A5. “Walk Upon the Water” (3:22) A6. “Flowers in the Rain” (2:29) A7. “Hey Grandma” (3:11) […]
Main Street was the intended third and final album by Roy Wood’s Wizzard, recorded in 1976 and released in 2000 on Edsel. Tracklist: 1. “Main Street” (6:03) 2. “Saxmaniax” (3:05) 3. “The Fire in His Guitar” (7:17) 4. “French Perfume” (4:45) 5. “Take My Hand” (3:58) 6. “Don’t You Feel Better” (5:13) 7. “Indiana Rainbow” (4:00)* […]
The Move was an English rock band from Birmingham that achieved UK fame with the 1967–68 pop-psych singles “Night of Fear,” “I Can Hear the Grass Grow,” “Flowers In the Rain,” and “Fire Brigade,” all written by guitarist Roy Wood. After their long-awaited album Move, they charted with the non-album 1968–69 singles “Blackberry Way,” “Wild […]
Message From the Country is the fourth and final album by Brummie art-rock/pop trio The Move, released in June 1971 on Harvest. The recording sessions ran concurrently with the band’s first undertaking as the Electric Light Orchestra — their avant/chamber-rock side project — the fruits of which went public that December. Tracklist: A1. “Message From […]
Roy Wood is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader from Birmingham who emerged as the musical mastermind of ’60s pop-psych band The Move, which evolved into Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) during the early 1970s. After recording one album with ELO, he left the project to form Wizzard. Starting with the 1973 release Boulders, he […]
The Electric Light Orchestra is the debut album by the namesake English symphonic-pop/art-rock combo, released in December 1971 on Harvest. Initially conceived by musicians Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne as an avant-garde side-project to their main engagements in The Move, the concept ultimately took on its own life in Wood’s absence. The album was recorded […]
Wizzard was an English rock band, formed in 1972 by onetime Move and Electric Light Orchestra frontman Roy Wood. They released four singles on Harvest, culminating with the 1973 album Wizzard Brew. Three singles on Warner surrounded the 1974 retro-rock concept album Introducing Eddy & The Falcons. On the ELO-vine imprint Jet, Wizzard issued a […]
