Move (The Move album)

Move is the 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"). "Flowers in the Rain" was the first ever song played on Radio 1 in September 1967 by Tony Blackburn.

Move
Studio album by The Move
Released	March 1968
Recorded	Advision Studios, De Lane Lea Studios, Olympic Studios and Maximum Studios, London
Genre	Psychedelic pop, freakbeat, psychedelic rock
Length	42:12
Label	Regal Zonophone
Producer	Denny Cordell
The Move chronology
Move (1968) Something Else from The Move (1968)

Content

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.

"Cherry Blossom Clinic"/"Vote for Me" single

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 potential further allegations of bad taste and scandal would harm their career irreparably.

Release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

It was The Move's only album to chart, reaching number 15. Just before the release, Kefford quit the band, following a breakdown during a rehearsal shortly after the band appeared on Top Of The Pops promoting Fire Brigade. (This is the only Move album not issued in the US until the "Best Of The Move" 2-LP set in the 1970s.)

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.[3]

The latest re-issues arrived in April 2016 from Esoteric Records, a label of Cherry Red Records. Two versions of the album are involved, a 3CD remastered and expanded deluxe edition (Catalog ID: ECLEC32536) and a remastered and expanded edition (Catalog ID: ECLEC2537). According to Esoteric, these newly re-mastered editions focus on the mono mix of the album, and includes five bonus tracks on the single CD version, this increasing to 52 for the 3-CD set, five of these previously unreleased.[4][5]

Track listing

All songs written by Roy Wood, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Yellow Rainbow"		Ace Kefford, Roy Wood	2:35
2.	"Kilroy Was Here"		Roy Wood	2:43
3.	"(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree"		Roy Wood	2:59
4.	"Weekend"	Bill Post, Doree Post	Trevor Burton	1:46
5.	"Walk Upon the Water"		Carl Wayne, Roy Wood, Ace Kefford	3:22
6.	"Flowers in the Rain"		Carl Wayne, Roy Wood	2:29
7.	"Hey Grandma"	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Carl Wayne	3:11

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
8.	"Useless Information"		Carl Wayne	2:56
9.	"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"	James F. Hanley	Bev Bevan, Ace Kefford	2:49
10.	"The Girl Outside"		Trevor Burton	2:53
11.	"Fire Brigade"		Roy Wood, Carl Wayne	2:22
12.	"Mist on a Monday Morning"		Roy Wood	2:30
13.	"Cherry Blossom Clinic"		Carl Wayne, Roy Wood	2:30

Bonus tracks (1998 reissue)

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Night of Fear"
15.	"The Disturbance"
16.	"I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
17.	"Wave the Flag and Stop the Train"
18.	"Vote for Me"
19.	"The Disturbance (alternate version)"
20.	"Fire Brigade (alternate version)"
21.	"Second Class (She's Too Good for You)"
22.	"Cherry Blossom Clinic"
23.	"(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree (stereo version)"
24.	"Weekend (stereo version)"
25.	"Flowers in the Rain (stereo version)"
26.	"Useless Information (stereo version)"
27.	"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart (stereo version)"
28.	"The Girl Outside (stereo version)"
29.	"Walk Upon the Water (stereo version)"

Bonus tracks (2007 reissue)

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Vote for Me"
15.	"The Disturbance"
16.	"Night of Fear"
17.	"Wave the Flag and Stop the Train"
18.	"I Can Hear the Grass Grow"

Disc 2 – New Movement (previously unreleased stereo)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Move Intro"
2.	"Move"
3.	"Cherry Blossom Clinic"
4.	"Fire Brigade"
5.	"Kilroy Was Here"
6.	"(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree"
7.	"Weekend"
8.	"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"
9.	"Don't Throw Stones at Me"
10.	"Mist on a Monday Morning"
11.	"Vote for Me (alternate version)"
12.	"Night of Fear"
13.	"The Girl Outside (alternate take)"
14.	"Walk Upon the Water"
15.	"Useless Information"
16.	"Flowers in the Rain"

Bonus tracks (2016 reissue Remastered and Expanded)

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Night of Fear"
15.	"The Disturbance"
16.	"I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
17.	"Wave the Flag and Stop the Train"
18.	"Vote for Me"

Bonus tracks (2016 reissue Remastered and Expanded Deluxe Edition (disc 1))[5]

No.	Title	Length
14.	"You're The One I Need"
15.	"Winter Song"
16.	"The Fugitive"
17.	"Is It True"
18.	"Too Many Fish in the Sea"
19.	"Respectable"
20.	"Don't Hang Up"
21.	"I Can't Hear You No More"
22.	"Night of Fear"
23.	"Disturbance"
24.	"I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
25.	"Wave the Flag and Stop the Train"
26.	"Vote for Me"

2016 reissue Remastered and Expanded Deluxe Edition (disc 2 - stereo mixes and alternate takes)[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Night Of Fear"
2.	"Don't Throw Stones At Me"
3.	"Move Intro"
4.	"Move"
5.	"Yellow Rainbow (enhanced stereo version)"
6.	"Kilroy Was Here"
7.	"(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree"
8.	"Weekend"
9.	"Walk Upon the Water"
10.	"Flowers in the Rain"
11.	"Useless Information"
12.	"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"
13.	"The Girl Outside (alternate take)"
14.	"Fire Brigade"
15.	"Mist on a Monday Morning"
16.	"Cherry Blossom Clinic"
17.	"Vote for Me (alternate take)"
18.	"Night of Fear (alternate take)"
19.	"Disturbance (un-dubbed version)"
20.	"Fire Brigade (un-dubbed early piano)"

2016 reissue Remastered and Expanded Deluxe Edition (disc 3 - BBC sessions January 1967 - January 1968)[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Better Believe Me" (recorded on 31 January 1967)
2.	"Night of Fear" (recorded on 31 January 1967)
3.	"Stop, Get a Hold of Myself" (recorded on 31 January 1967)
4.	"Kilroy Was Here" (recorded on 10 April 1967)
5.	"Interview with Carl Wayne" (recorded on 10 April 1967)
6.	"I Can Hear the Grass Grow" (recorded on 10 April 1967)
7.	"Walk Upon the Water" (recorded on 10 April 1967)
8.	"Morning Dew" (recorded on 14 September 1967)
9.	"Interview with Carl Wayne" (recorded on 14 September 1967)
10.	"Stephanie Knows Who" (recorded on 14 September 1967)
11.	"Flowers in the Rain" (recorded on 14 September 1967)
12.	"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (recorded on 14 September 1967)
13.	"Hey Grandma" (recorded on 1 October 1967)
14.	"Cherry Blossom Clinic" (recorded on 1 October 1967)
15.	"Fire Brigade" (recorded on 28 January 1968)
16.	"Weekend" (recorded on 28 January 1968)
17.	"It'll Be Me" (recorded on 28 January 1968)
18.	"Walk Upon the Water" (recorded on 28 January 1968)
19.	"Useless Information" (recorded on 28 January 1968)

Personnel

The Move

• Carl Wayne – vocals
• Roy Wood – guitars, vocals
• Trevor Burton – guitars, vocals
• Ace Kefford – bass, vocals
• Bev Bevan – drums, percussion, vocals

Additional Personnel

• Nicky Hopkins – piano (7), harpsichord (12)
• Tony Visconti – string, brass and woodwind arrangements

References

1. Move at AllMusic
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
3. All the Mad Men - Page 1970 "... Wood — via his band of fellow Brummies, The Move — dispensed a series of singles detailing some very damaged individuals: in toto, 'Disturbance' (the B-side to debut 45, 'Night of Fear', and actually Wood's preferred choice for the A-side) ..."
4. "Move (The)". cherryred.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
5. "Move". cherryred.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-20.

External links

• The Move (Cherry Red page)