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The Move |
The Idle Race ♦ Electric Light Orchestra |
Gotta Start Somewhere...
Carl Wayne & The Vikings
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My Girl / Shimmy Shammy Jingle Robinson-Wright (2:10) / Romaine (1:48) ABC-Paramount 45-10752, 11/65 Carl, Ace, and Bev were in this group |
Danny King
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Amen / Outside Of My Room King (2:02) / Harris-King (2:31) Mala 524, 2/66 Trevor was in this group (and Roy maybe played on an earlier 45) |
Note: UK singles for both can be found at 45cat
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Night Of Fear¹ / The Disturbance¹ Wood (2:18) / Wood (2:45) Deram 7504, 3/67 T20 Their first UK single (Deram DM-109, 12/66 |
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The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream(4/29/67) |
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I Can Hear The Grass Grow¹ / Wave The Flag And Stop The Train¹ Wood (3:08) / Wood (3:00) Deram 7506, 6/67 T20 |
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Here We Go 'Round the Lemon Tree¹ / My Father's Son¹ Wood (2:42) / Pritchard (2:12) Liberty 55997, 9/67 |
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Flowers In The Rain / (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree Wood (2:28) / Wood (3:08) A&M 884, 10/67 T20 |
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Fire Brigade / Walk Upon The Water Wood (2:21) / Wood (3:20) A&M 914, 2/68 T20 |
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The Move |
Regal Zonophone SLRZ 1002 [UK] | |
N/R [UK: 3/68] T20 | |
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Yellow Rainbow | Wood | 2:37 |
Kilroy Was Here | Wood | 2:44 |
(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree | Wood | 3:01 |
Weekend | Post | 1:48 |
Walk Upon The Water | Wood | 3:23 |
Flowers In The Rain | Wood | 2:21 |
Hey Grandma | Miller-Stevenson | 3:12 |
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Useless Information | Wood | 2:57 |
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart | Hanley | 2:50 |
The Girl Outside | Wood | 2:55 |
Fire Brigade | Wood | 2:24 |
Mist On A Monday Morning | Wood | 2:32 |
Cherry Blossom Clinic | Wood | 2:36 |
Note: Not released in US until A&M packaged this (plus 45s) in the 2-Lp set "The Best Of The Move" in 1974 (see note 2)
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Yellow Rainbow / Something¹ Wood (2:36) / Morgan (3:10) A&M 966, 8/68 |
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Great South Coast Bank Holiday Pop Festivity(8/31/68) |
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The End Of The Road / Morning Sunshine Lynne (2:05) / Lynne (1:46) Liberty 56064, 5/68 |
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Something Else [UK EP] |
Regal Zonophone TRZ2001 [UK] | |
6/68 [UK] | |
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So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star | Hillman-McGuinn | 2:52 |
Stephanie Knows Who | Lee | 2:59 |
Something Else | Cochran-Sheeley | 2:21 |
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It'll Be Me | Clement | 2:37 |
Sunshine Help Me | Wright | 5:16 |
Note: Recorded live at The Marquee, February 27, 1968
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Blackberry Way¹ / Something¹ Wood (3:25) / Morgan (3:10) A&M 1020, 1/69 #1 |
Burton (on-stage fight) & Kefford (too many trips) out
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The Birthday Party |
Liberty LST-7603 | |
3/69 [UK: 10/68] | |
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Skeleton And The Roundabout | Lynne | 2:20 |
Happy Birthday | Hill-Hill | 0:23 |
The Birthday | Lynne | 2:58 |
I Like My Toys | Lynne | 2:10 |
Morning Sunshine | Lynne | 1:46 |
Follow Me Follow | Lynne | 2:46 |
Sitting In My Tree | Lynne | 1:52 |
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On With The Show | Lynne | 2:19 |
Lucky Man | Lynne | 2:36 |
Don't Put Your Boys In The Army, Mrs Ward | Lynne | 2:12 |
Pie In The Sky | Pritchard | 2:25 |
The Lady Who Said She Could Fly | Lynne | 2:19 |
End Of The Road | Lynne | 2:05 |
Note: The next two Idle Race albums were not released here.
Jeff Lynne quits Idle Race and joins The Move, see below...
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Curly¹ / This Time Tomorrow¹ Wood (2:47) / Morgan (3:42) A&M 1119, 9/69 T20 |
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9/21-24/69: Ungano's, New York City Spring 1969 tour cancelled; no label support (& Burton quit) this tour—cancelled Fillmore East show and went home |
➜ Live: 10/17-18/69, Fillmore West; released 2011: Live At The Fillmore 1969
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Shazam |
A&M SP-4259 | |
5/70 [UK: 2/70] | |
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Hello Susie | Wood | 4:55 |
Beautiful Daughter | Wood | 2:36 |
Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited | Wood | 7:40 |
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Fields Of People | Day-Pierson | 10:09 |
Don't Make My Baby Blue | Mann-Weil | 6:16 |
The Last Thing On My Mind | Paxton | 7:35 |
Carl Wayne quits to become a lounge singer
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Brontosaurus³ / Lightning Never Strikes Twice¹ Wood (4:25) / Price-Tyler (3:12) A&M 1197, 6/70 T20 |
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Looking On |
Capitol ST-658 | |
4/71 [UK: 12/70] | |
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Looking On | Wood | 7:47 |
Turkish Tram Conductor Blues | Bevan | 4:48 |
What? | Lynne | 6:45 |
When Alice Comes Back To The Farm | Wood | 3:40 |
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Open Up Said The World At The Door | Lynne | 7:12 |
Brontosaurus | Wood | 4:30 |
Feel Too Good | Wood | 9:33 |
Note: Something unique on this record that the CD Industry shamelessly copied: Hidden Track
After Feel Too Good wraps and a pause, there's a mad bit called The Duke Of Edinburgh's Lettuce (1:15). Enjoy!
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Message From The Country |
Capitol ST-811 | |
7/71 [UK: 5/71] | |
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It Wasn't My Idea | Wood | 5:31 |
The Minister | Lynne | 4:29 |
Message From The Country | Lynne | 4:45 |
The Words of Aaron | Lynne | 5:26 |
Ben Crawley Steel Co | Wood | 3:07 |
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Until Your Mama's Gone | Wood | 5:06 |
No Time | Lynne | 3:39 |
Ella James | Wood | 3:13 |
Don't Mess Me Up | Bevan | 3:11 |
My Marge | Lynne-Wood | 2:01 |
Note: Tracks are in different order on UK release, as are the composer credits (UK version used here).
See Discogs for details.
A Bright Idea
At the recording sessions for this last album, Roy and Jeff also recorded material for the first Electric Light Orchestra album (called No Answer here in the colonies). Read all about it ![]() |
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Tonight¹ / Don't Mess Me Up Wood (3:16) / Bevan (3:07) Capitol 3126, 7/71 T20 |
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Chinatown¹ / Down On The Bay¹ Wood (2:44) / Lynne (4:14) United Artists 50876, 1/72 UK |
Moving Towards The Light
As mentioned above, the seeds for the Electric Light Orchestra started during the recording sessions for the last Move album. Well, this is that result. Maybe not the greatest ELO album, but it was pretty unique for its time. Roy decided to take his unusual ideas to other wordly places and left ELO after this album (solo albums, groups like Wizzard and Wizzo, and working with The Wombles ![]() |
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No Answer |
United Artists UAS-5573 | |
3/72 BB [UK: 12/71] UK | |
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10538 Overture | Lynne | 5:30 |
Look At Me Now | Wood | 3:16 |
Nellie Takes Her Bow | Lynne | 5:58 |
The Battle Of Martston Moor | Wood | 6:02 |
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First Movement (Jumpin' Biz) | Wood | 2:58 |
Mr Radio | Lynne | 5:02 |
Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) | Lynne | 4:21 |
Queen Of The Hours | Lynne | 3:21 |
Whisper In The Night | Wood | 4:48 |
Note: Label says: Move Enterprises Ltd. Presents the Services of The Electric Light Orchestra
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California Man¹ / Do Ya¹ Wood (3:35) / Lynne (4:03) United Artists 50928, 7/72 T20 / BB One of only a few singles listed in Post 71 Extra—I just had to, just had to! |