Roy Wood - "Music Book" A 2CD Collection of Roy Wood's Greatest Songs

News from Lynn Hoskins' Move Digest: "Exciting news!  Roy's album is finished, and will be released in the UK November 14th.  Below is the confirmed track listing from EMI. More info to come.  Amazon UK should have it up for preorder very soon.  It will also be available digitally.  Roy has been heavily involved in this album, it really is his Music Book.

Here's the cover art:
http://www.themoveonline.com/images/roywood_musicbook.jpg
I'll get a news item up on The Move Online shortly.


Roy Wood - "Music Book"
A 2CD Collection of Roy Wood's Greatest Songs
EMI C7312212
Released November 14th 2011

CD One
1.  CALIFORNIA MAN: Roy Wood with his Rock & Roll "BIG BAND"
2.  BALL PARK INCIDENT: Wizzard
3.  FOREVER: Roy Wood
4.  OH WHAT A SHAME: Roy Wood
5.  FIRE BRIGADE: Roy Wood (In The Shed) 2011
6.  FRENCH PERFUME: Roy Wood with Wizzard
7.  DOWN TO ZERO: Roy Wood
8.  RAINING IN THE CITY: Roy Wood
9.  I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW: Status Quo
10. BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER: Roy Wood with Carl Wayne vocals (String arrangement Tony Visconti)
11. TONIGHT: The Move
12. LION'S HEART: Roy Wood
13. LOOK THRU THE EYES OF A FOOL: Roy Wood
14. DEAR ELAINE: Roy Wood
15. MAIN STREET: Roy Wood with Wizzard
16. NEW YORK CITY: Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band
17. GIVIN' YOUR HEART AWAY: Roy Wood
18. SING OUT THE OLD... BRING IN THE NEW: Roy Wood with Kempsey School Choir

CD Two
1.  SEE MY BABY JIVE: Wizzard
2.  STARTING UP: Roy Wood
3.  ANY OLD TIME WILL DO: Roy Wood
4.  MISS CLARK AND THE COMPUTER: Roy Wood
5.  GREEN GLASS WINDOWS: Roy Wood with Kempsey Primary School Choir
6.  R. U. RED E 2 ROCK: Wizzard
7.  CHINATOWN: The Move
8.  FLOWERS IN THE RAIN: Nancy Sinatra
9.  WHY DOES SUCH A PRETTY GIRL (SING THOSE SAD SONGS): Roy Wood
10. BRONTOSAURUS: The Move
11. OLYMPIC FLYER: Roy Wood
12. ANGEL FINGERS: Wizzard
13. KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL: Roy Wood (Featuring John Bonham on Drums)
14. AERIAL PICTURES: Roy Wood
15. THIS IS THE STORY OF MY LOVE: Wizzard
16. BLACKBERRY WAY: The Move with extra strings written & played by Roy Wood
17. I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY: Wizzard
Bonus Track
18. FIRST MOVEMENT: E.L.O. (Roy playing Acoustic Guitar & Cello)

Can't Help My Feelings (I Also Can't Help Wetting My Bed, But I Don't Write Songs About It)

This morning I got my latest installment from:
USELESS INFORMATION (The Move Mailing List Digest-Issue #715-November 5, 2009)
Here's some good stuff from today's list. If you are a fan of Roy Wood & The Move, I suggest you consider signing up at:
http://www.eskimo.com/~noanswer/movelist.html


The Dutch 7" of Rattlesnake Roll (unlike the UK or German singles) has a subtitle on the B-side.
The full song title on the Dutch single is...
I'm not joking...
Can't Help My Feelings (I Also Can't Help Wetting My Bed, But I Don't Write Songs About It)
Bob Coulter
Bobcaygeon, Ont



From: Rob Caiger...
"Can't Help My Feelings (I Also Can't Help Wetting My Bed, But I Don't Write Songs About It)"
This was a working title written by Roy on the original session tape reel from 26 February 1975. Along with 'Are Your Rattlesnakes Ready To Rock?' and lots of other titles, some incredibly filthy and rude, some less so... 'Eddie Cockpit (Hey Mama, There's A Dead Rat In The Fridge)', 'Rhino Yoghurt', 'Human Debris', 'Screamin' Tony And The Dead Bees', etc...

From: "Martin Kinch"...
Thanks for that reminder Bob,
I thought some of you may want to see the label of this single

http://www.cherryblossomclinic.freeserve.co.uk/feelings.jpg



Also an interesting sleeve - seperate pics of Roy and the other Wizzard guys (possiblly a picture taken for the unreleased album they did without Roy ?) Rick has an Eldorado T shirt on !!

http://www.cherryblossomclinic.freeserve.co.uk/feelingssleeve.jpg



From: Rob Caiger...
This is from a series of photos taken by Robert Ellis at De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley during August 1975 for sessions for Mongrel's 'Bathe Your Feet' album, basically, Wizzard without Roy.


Plus here's a nice video mash Martin did for Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6it9zWyLc0


Can't help my feelings / Saxmaniacs - Wizzard - Roy Wood

"Can't help my feelings" was the B side to "Rattlesnake roll" by Wizzard and was sung and written by Bob Brady.
"Saxmaniacs" was the B side to Roy Wood's "(We're) on the road again" single and was also a track on the Wizzard 'Main Street' album - Which was an album that was originally recorded in 1976 but not released untill 2000 - This track features The Midland Horns (Roy Wood - Mike Burney and Nick Pentelow)

Released as two seperate tracks, this is a mix of how they sound joined together - the audio that I edited has been added separately over the top of the video