The Move - Looking On
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SCARCE BRITISH "FLY RECORDS" JEFF LYNNE & ROY WOOD CLASSIC THE MOVE LOOKING ON
UK - FLY RECORDS - FLY 1 RARE...Original 1970 BRITISH ... not easy to find.
Record and sleeve are in EX(-) condition. Time to recapture a lost gem:
The Move's classic third album is often misunderstood, considered a heavy rock bridge between the powerful mod-pop blasts of THE MOVE and SHAZAM! and the more subtle, classical influences of 1971's MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY. While the album does have a certain lumbering heavy quality--only seven lengthy tracks--it's also surprisingly graceful. "Looking On" is generally regarded as the hardest rocking, and most eclectic album in the Move's catalogue, as it presents the band dabbling in heavy rock ("Brontosaurus," "When Alice Comes Back To The Farm"), blues ("Turkish Tram Conductor Blues"), prog-style psych-epics ("Open Up Said The World At The Door"), hard soul ("Feel Too Good"), or, in the case of the title track, all four styles mashed together.
It's also the first LP to feature both Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne as a tandem, with Wood’s use of cello and woodwinds and Lynne's vocals anticipating the work they would later pursue in the Electric Light Orchestra, whose debut album they were starting to record at around the same time. complex fills on the title track also serve as a signpost of the style that Wood would later develop in Wizzard.
The Move was effectively a dead band walking when Lynne joined in February 1970 after fronting (and producing) The Idle Race. Wood had wanted to launch a new group with Lynne that would feature rock and arrangements -- to pick up, in theory, where the Beatles' "I Am The Walrus" had left off -- and retire the Move immediately. But despite mainstream media reports that the Move were finished -- with Wood's blessing -- contractual obligations and management pressure kept the brand name kicking, regardless of the drastic changes in sound and personnel. The album is excellently produced which gives due credit to an underrated gem."Looking On" (Wood) – 7:48
"Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" (Bevan) – 4:38
"What?" (Lynne) – 6:42
"When Alice Comes Back to the Farm" (Wood) – 3:40
"Open Up Said The World At The Door" (Lynne) – 7:10
"Brontosaurus" (Wood) – 4:25
"Feel Too Good" (Wood) – 9:30
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