The Move (album)

Move
Studio album by The Move
Released	March, 1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	42:12
Label	Regal Zonophone
Producer	Denny Cordell
The Move chronology
The Move (1968) Something Else from The Move (1968)

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George Starostin

Move is the eponymous debut album by The Move, released on the Regal Zonophone label. The only one which was recorded by the group’s initial line-up before bassist Ace Kefford left, it includes both sides of their third and fourth singles ('Flowers In The Rain' and 'Fire Brigade').

The last track, 'Cherry Blossom Clinic', was intended as a single at the end of 1967, and an acetate, with 'Vote For Me' (a song which remained unreleased until 1997), was pressed. Release was cancelled, as the lyrics were about the inmate of a mental home, and in the wake of the controversy which had dogged 'Flowers In The Rain', with its promotional postcard featuring an allegedly libellous drawing of Prime Minister Harold Wilson, it was felt that to risk further allegations of bad taste and scandal would harm their career irreparably.

The remainder of the album consisted of Roy Wood originals, and three cover versions that had featured prominently in their live set. 'Weekend' was an Eddie Cochran song, and 'Hey Grandma' had originally been recorded by US psychedelic band Moby Grape. 'Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart' was an old James F. Hanley standard, with an arrangement copied from The Coasters. It was their only album to chart, reaching No. 15.

It was later reissued on CD with additional tracks in 1998. It was then reissued in a deluxe two disc package in 2007 by Salvo.

Track listing

(+ was in mono - or slightly rechannelled - on the stereo issue)

1. "Yellow Rainbow" (Roy Wood) – 2:35 + (Travor Burton, lead vocal)
2. "Kilroy Was Here" (Roy Wood) – 2:43 + (group vocal)
3. "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree" (Roy Wood) – 2:59 (Roy Wood, lead vocal)
4. "Weekend" (Bill Post, Doree Post) – 1:46 (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)
5. "Walk Upon The Water" (Roy Wood) – 3:22 (Trevor Burton, lead vocal)
6. "Flowers in the Rain" (Roy Wood) – 2:29 (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)
7. "Hey Grandma" (Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson) – 3:11 + (group vocal)
8. "Useless Information" (Roy Wood) – 2:56 (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)
9. "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" (James F. Hanley) (Bev Bevan, lead vocal)
10. "The Girl Outside" (Roy Wood) – 2:53 (stereo version features a different vocal take) (Trevor burton, lead vocal)
11. "Fire Brigade" (Roy Wood) 2.22 + (Roy Wood, lead vocal)
12. "Mist on a Monday Morning" (Roy Wood) – 2:30 + (Roy Wood, lead vocal)
13. "Cherry Blossom Clinic" (Roy Wood) – 2:30 + (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

Bonus tracks (1998 reissue)

14. "Night of Fear" (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal with Ace Kefford, vocal in the chorus)

15. "The Disturbance" (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

16. "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

17. "Wave Your Flag and Stop the Train" (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

18. "Vote for Me" (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

19. "The Disturbance" [Alternate Version][Alternate Take] (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

20. "Fire Brigade" [Alternate Version][Alternate Take] (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

21. "Second Class (She's Too Good for You)" [Move backing track, unfinished and became part of Roy Wood's "Boulders" album] (Roy Wood)

22. "Cherry Blossom Clinic" (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

23. "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree" [Stereo Version] (Roy Wood) (Roy Wood, lead vocal)

24. "Weekend" [Stereo Version] (Bill Post, Doree Post) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

25. "Flowers in the Rain" [Stereo Version] (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

26. "Useless Information" [Stereo Version] (Roy Wood) (Carl Wayne, lead vocal)

27. "Zing! Went the Strings of My Hear" [Stereo Version] (James F. Hanley) (Bev Bevan, lead vocal)

28. "The Girl Outside" [Stereo Version] (Roy Wood) (Trevor Burton, lead vocal)

29. "Walk Upon the Water" [Stereo Version] (Roy Wood) (Trevor Burton, lead vocal)

Bonus tracks (2007 reissue)

14. "Vote for Me" (Roy Wood)

15. "Disturbance" (Roy Wood)

16. "Night of Fear" (Roy Wood)

17. "Wave the Flag and Stop the Train" (Roy Wood)

18. "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" (Roy Wood)

Disc 2

New Movement

1. "Move Intro" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

2. "Move" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

3. "Cherry Blossom Clinic" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

4. "Fire Brigade" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

5. "Kilroy Was Here" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

6. "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

7. "Weekend" [Stereo][#] (Bill Post, Doree Post)

8. "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" [Stereo][#] (James F. Hanley)

9. "Don't Throw Stones at Me" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

10. "Mist on a Monday Morning" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

11. "Vote for Me" [Alternate Version][#] (Roy Wood)

12. "Night of Fear" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

13. "Girl Outside" [Stereo][Alternate Take] (Roy Wood)

14. "Walk Upon the Water" [Stereo] (Roy Wood)

15. "Useless Information" [Stereo] (Roy Wood)

16. "Flowers in the Rain" [Stereo][#] (Roy Wood)

#-Previously Unreleased

Personnel

• Carl Wayne – lead vocals
• Roy Wood – lead vocals, guitars
• Bev Bevan – vocals, drums
• Ace Kefford – vocals, bass
• Trevor Burton – vocals, guitars
• Nicky Hopkins - piano ('Hey Grandma'), harpsichord ('Mist on a Monday morning')
• Tony Visconti - string, brass and woodwind arrangements