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USELESS INFORMATION The Move Mailing List Digest Issue #003 October 16, 1997 In this issue: Roy Wood UK press release w/tour dates Million Sellers low-budget CDs Available Move/Roy Wood CDs Roy to appear on Debbie Thrower radio show ============================================================ ALL PUBLIC RESPONSES TO ARTICLES ON THIS LIST SHOULD BE SENT TO THE TALK LIST ADDRESS: move-list@eskimo.com ============================================================ Subject: Hot off Rob Caiger's desk! Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 17:48:24 +0000 From: Lynn Hoskins Here's the press release that Rob is sending out to all the UK media. Be sure to check http://www.roywood.com for updates. (Thanks, Rob!) I'm looking forward to reading concert reviews on this list! :-) ROY WOOD - ON TOUR & MORE!!! The ROY WOOD BIG BAND launch their 1ST major UK Tour at The Wimbledon Theatre (0181 540 0362) on Friday 24th October 1997, continuing throughout the country during November and December. The 12-strong BIG BAND features a 6-piece female brass section, including 2 sets of sisters: Penny (27) and Sue (29), and Helen (21) and Henzi (23) together with twin sisters Sharron and Michelle (27) on backing vocals and keyboards. Woody is often heard muttering "It's a terrible job, but someone has to do it"! All the brass section have played for the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Members have also guested with Fuzz Box, Jools Holland, and Goldblade. All dates will include NEW tracks from the forthcoming ALIVE! album (The House of Love, Lion's Heart, and Bodicea) together with many of Roy's hit songs, including BLACKBERRY WAY, FLOWERS IN THE RAIN, CALIFORNIA MAN, SEE MY BABY JIVE, FOREVER, and I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY. TALK TO ROY! The tour will feature Roy Wood's classic hit singles for THE MOVE, celebrated with the release of the NEW 3-CD BOX SET on Westside Records, MOVEMENTS - 30th Anniversary Anthology. FIND OUT WHY: Roy Wood and The Move outraged Prime Minister Harold Wilson with FLOWERS IN THE RAIN (the 1st ever record played on Radio 1) 30 years ago. Roy started ELO in 1972 with Jeff Lynne and then dramatically left after their first hit single to form WIZZARD. Woody accepted invitations to perform live with OCEAN COLOUR SCENE, PAUL WELLER, DODGY, REEVES & MORTIMER, CHEAP TRICK and FAIRPORT CONVENTION. PAUL WELLER dedicates MERMAIDS on his new album HEAVY SOUL to "Mr. Roy Wood". STEVE ALBINI produced Roy's Move classic BRONTOSAURUS for Cheap Trick on the new Sub Pop release Roy is now a member of the SOCIETY OF DISTINGUISHED SONGWRITERS (along with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lionel Bart, and Graham Gouldman - a SOD and proud of it!) Roy Wood set up his own record label WOODY RECORDS and internet web site - www.roywood.com Roy will be touring BOSNIA, THE FALKLANDS, IRELAND, USA, and EUROPE. But most of all: FIND OUT WHY WOODY is one of Britain's greatest popular songwriters BY SEEING THE ROY WOOD BIG BAND ON THEIR 1997 UK TOUR! Contact: Rob Caiger - corinthian@dial.pipex.com THE ROY WOOD BIG BAND - THE ALIVE! TOUR 1997 Oct-24 Wimbledon Theatre - Box Office: 0181 540 0362 - Tour launch and showcase gig Nov-06 Derby Assembly Hall - 01332 255800 Nov-07 Worthing Assembly Hall - 01903 820500 Nov-12 Bradford St. George's Hall - 01274 752000 Nov-13 Bridlington Royal Spa Hall - 01262 604625 Nov-19 Airdrie Town Hall - 01236 755436 Nov-20 Aberdeen Music Hall - 01224 641122 Nov-21 Irvine Magnum Theatre - 01294 78381 Nov-27 Clacton Princes Theatre - 01255 422958 Nov-28 Basingstoke The Anvil - 01256 844244 Dec-02 Warrington Parr Hall - 01925 634958 Dec-03 Llandudno North Wales Theatre - 01492 972000 Dec-05 Dublin Olympia Theatre - 353 1677 7744 Dec-08 Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall - 01892 530613 Dec-09 Exmouth Pavillion - 01395 222477 Dec-10 Swansea Grand Theatre - 01792 475715 Dec-16 Manchester Ritz - number awaited Dec-18 Boston Glider Drome - 01205 367919 Dec-21 Birmingham New Rep Theatre - 0121 326 4455 Dec-22 Norwich Theatre Royal - 01603 630000 - end of tour Christmas Party Special www.roywood.com - for new gigs added to the above listing ********** Subject: Million selling records ??? Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 19:52:02 +0100 From: Euan Wilson Hi, One my travels this summer I bought a number of low budget CD's. One range is called Million Sellers - The 70's (disky label release 1992) Volume 6 has "Are you ready to Rock" with 8 containing "Rock'n'roll Winter", but did "Oh What a Shame" (volume 7) really sell a million? Walking on Sunshine (volume 4) has Shine a little love, full version, no edit. ********** Subject: Available CDs Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:43:54 +0000 From: Lynn Hoskins I've gotten several private notes from new subscribers asking about available Move, Roy Wood & Wizzard CDs. I'll post what I know, and perhaps others can add to my list. THE MOVE: Great Move! Message From The Country Shazam Best Of (UK import) Looking On (UK import) The Move (German import) BBC Sessions (UK import) Any others? The new Move box set covers the first three albums (plus some alternate tracks) so no need to get "Shazam" or "Looking On," unless you have money to burn. :) All of "Message From The Country" is included on "Great Move!", plus some must-have singles. Here's the track listing: Message From The Country Ella James No Time Don't Mess Me Up Until Your Mama's Gone It Wasn't My Idea To Dance The Minister Ben Crawley Steel Company The Words Of Aaron My Marge Tonight Chinatown Down On The Bay California Man Do Ya ROY WOOD & WIZZARD: Best of Roy Wood Boulders Starting Up 16 Greats From The '70s Best Of & Rest Of (German import) Through The Years (German import) Singles (German import) Best of Roy Wood & Wizzard (Netherlands) You'll find almost all of "Mustard" on "16 Greats From The '70s," and four tracks from "Wizzard's Brew" on "The Best of..." There's a Roy Wood box set in the works, scheduled for release next summer. Hope this helps! ********** Subject: Re: Available CDs (more) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 14:20:44 +0000 From: Lynn Hoskins In case you're not yet sick of seeing me post today, here's another. The "Available CDs" list I compiled was a list of releases that are easily obtained. In fact, they can all be purchased from CD stores on the Web. E-mail me if you need more info. Gallandro responded to my post, pointing out that some things are technically "available," just REALLY HARD to find! With his permission, I'm posting part of what he sent to me: _Black Country Rock_ is a Move bootleg that is nearly identical to the BBC Sessions disc. It was pressed in very limited quantities to begin with, and probably had only a single print run. The main point though is that it's mostly superfluous with the official release of the BBC sessions. (The boot disc came out before these tracks were available legally.) _Mustard_ was on CD, although it's incredibly tough to find nowadays in that format. (Maybe used??) It was released by a German reissue label called Line. _The Move_ and _Shazam_ used to be (and perhaps still are) available on a Japenese two-fer. This doesn't really offer anything new to the Move CD collector, as you can get both of these albums individually from Repertoire for about the same price as a single Japanese import, and the Repertoire versions come with bonus tracks. BOTH of these versions of Shazam, however, have the botched version of "Don't make my baby blue"- I haven't heard whether the new boxed set fixes this at long last. Anyone know? I mention this merely for the sake of completeness (or, at least, being a step closer to it, as I'm sure there are many things I've forgotten or don't know about.) ********** Subject: Roy Wood radio interview! Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:17:29 +0000 From: Lynn Hoskins Special note to UK folks on the list... Roy's going to be on the Debbie Thrower Show on Radio 2 on Friday, October 24, at 1:30pm. Should be a great interview! I hope somebody tapes this... (hint ;-) End of Useless Information #003 *******************************

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