24/12/2004 - Concert
Photos page updated with screen shots of Roy Wood's Army performing 'I Wish
It Could Be Christmas Everyday' live on GMTV today.
19/12/2004 - Emmerdale actor Tony Audenshaw
appeared as Roy Wood during last nights 'Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes Christmas
Special'. He performed the classic 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'
complete with band & school choir.
19/12/2004 - The Beautiful South performed a
live medley of songs from their recent covers album, including 'Livin' Thing' on
'Friday Night With Jonathan Ross'.
16/12/2004 - Roy Wood will be making an
appearance on BBC2 on December 26th in 'The Kumars at No.42'.
16/12/2004 - The Concert for George book is now
available in limited edition. For die-hard fans only due to the price, more
details can be found at Genesis Publications website -
www.genesis-publications.com/books/concert/index.html .
16/12/2004 -
Soundclips page updated with a short clip of the upcoming 17th January 2005
release of The Lovefreekz 'Shine'. Rob Caiger of FTM has just confirmed
the official release of this great club reworking of the E.L.O. track
'Shine A Little Love'. The single will be available in the UK via Positiva as a
12" vinyl edition (Cat No: 12TIV 214 SV), and cd (Cat No: TPM 701D).
12/12/2004 - Screen shots of 'Christmas Mania'
featuring Roy Wood's Army performing 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas
Everyday' added to the Concert Photos page.
28/11/2004 - Well, it is getting towards
Christmas again, and our tv screens should have the wonderful site of Roy Wood
on there once again. He is due to appear on a show entitled 'Christmas Mania'
during December, and also on ITV Central starting this coming Tuesday, in a new
series called 'Living Legends'. This news courtesy of the Yahoo 'Mr Blue Sky'
Mailing List and Lynn Hoskins' Official Move Mailing List.
28/11/2004 - The Orchestra are currently
planning dates for a tour of South America early in 2005. The band will be
appearing at the prestigious Vina Del Mar festival in Chile in mid-February.
This event will be used to promote the official release of the 'No Rewind'
album in South America.
28/11/2004 - Former ELO Part 2 lead singer,
Phil Bates has a new album out called 'One Sky'. The album is currently only
available at Phil's live gigs with The Bev Bevan Band & The Electric
Light Band in Germany.
The 14 tracks are -
Another Day In The Life / Only When I Dream About You
/ My Decline & Fall / Still In Love With You / Forever & Always /
Breathe /
Writing On The Wall / Fear Of A Lonely Heart / Walking On The Water / Put
Yourself In My Place / My Fall From Grace /
One Sky / What Don't Kill You Makes
You Stronger / Invisible Man.
It is a shame that Phil's official site is still currently offline, so the only
way to purchase this superb album is at one of his live gigs. I have included a
few short samples of some of the songs - just click on the song title.
11/11/2004 - The ELO Network
has been nominated as Seven Wonders 'That's Entertainment Site Of The Week'
for November 11th, 2004. Check out the Seven Wonders website at
www.penncen.com/7wonders/ .
07/11/2004
- Whilst on a recent visit to see Blackpool illuminations, I noticed that Roy
Wood has made an appearance amongst the many thousands of lights !!!! Click on
an image to enlarge.
07/11/2004
- New Soundclips page added to the site. The first
track uploaded is a brand new Italian club remix of 'Don't Bring Me Down' by
Noise Drop. The 2 track promo 12" vinyl single can be purchased from Juno
Records at www.juno.co.uk .
09/10/2004
- The Beautiful South have a new single out on Monday October 11th - a
cover of ELO's 'Livin' Thing'. It is taken from their latest album,
'Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs', which features the band covering a wide
range of songs. There are 2 versions of the cd single out the first one has 3
tracks including the title track and the second featuring the title track and
video. The video can be downloaded from the
Beautiful South
Official Website and the song is available from itunes at just 79p.
09/10/2004
- Neil Lockwood, formerly of ELO Part 2 and The Alan Parsons Project and
currently performing with The Bev Bevan Band, has a new cd out called
'You Can't Get There From Here'.
Click here to read a recent interview with Neil
by Lynn Hoskins. For ordering information check out
The Official Neil Lockwood
Website.
05/10/2004
- Another early 60's band from the Birmingham area, The Ugly's, featuring
Richard Tandy & Steve Gibbons amongst others reunited back in
August for the first time in over 30 years. Check out the great story & photos
at ex-ELO singer / guitarist Dave Morgan's website at
www.scottmorgan.co.uk
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05/10/2004
- Another Mike Sheridan cd is planned for release in Germany soon. 'The Best Of
: 1963-1970' features 30 tracks from Mike's pre-Move group. More details can be
found at
www.rockinbeat.de/order/promo_info_php?products_id=38 .
05/10/2004
- Former band mates and friends of the late Carl Wayne are planning a tribute
concert in his honour early in 2005 with the venue likely to be the Birmingham
N.I.A. More details to follow.
05/10/2004
- Former Move member Rick Price & fellow Brummie Mike Sheridan feature on a
newly released 2cd set on President Records. Rick Price & Mike Sheridan 'This Is
To Certify : The Gemini Anthology' (Cat No: PCOM 1156), the collection features
two Jeff Lynne songs, 'Follow Me Follow' by Mike Sheridan, and 'Please No More
Sad Songs' by Rick Price. More details at
www.president-records.co.uk .
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TRACKLISTING
Disc 1 RICK PRICE & MIKE SHERIDAN
1. Davey Has No Dad RICK PRICE
2. Lightning Never Strikes SHERIDAN
3. Bitter Sweet RICK PRICE
4. Tracy Smith RICK PRICE & SHERIDAN
5. Sometimes I Wonder SHERIDAN
6. Tomorrow’s Child RICK PRICE
7. Face In My Window RICK PRICE
8. Will You Leave Me Behind SHERIDAN
9. Beautiful Sally RICK PRICE & SHERIDAN
10. On The Moon RICK PRICE & SHERIDAN
11. Picture Box RICK PRICE
12. Lamp Lighter Man SHERIDAN
13. Follow Me, Follow SHERIDAN
14. When Love Breaks Your Heart SHERIDAN
15. Top Ten Record RICK PRICE
Disc 2 RICK PRICE
1. Butterfly
2. April Is Here
3. Daisy Farm Park
4. Misty Morning
5. Talking To The Flowers
6. Who Am I
7. It’s Over
8. Reason To Believe
9. The Singer Sings His Song
10. Love Her
11. Please, No More Sad Songs
12. And Now
13. Dream *
14. Hey Little One *
15. Take My Hand For A While *
16. I Can Get Found *
17. Mr Bojangles *
18. Caroline *
19. Turn Around *
20. Love Is A Lonesome River *
21. Give Me Peace *
22. My Crying Time *
23. Galveston *
24. We Believe In Jesus *
* previously unreleased
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In common with Roy Wood, Rick Price and his occasional musical
collaborator Mike Sheridan cut their teeth in the mid-60s Brum
Beat explosion, playing in various Midlands-based outfits
which included the Nightriders, the Cimarrons, Sight and
Sound, the Move and latterly Wizzard. It was the formation of
the tiny independent label Gemini – a subsidiary of President
Records – that cemented their songwriting partnership and
heralded a clutch of recordings during a brief 2-year period.
1970 saw the release of the highly-regarded This Is To
Certify That album, followed by Rick’s solo outing
Talking To The Flowers in ’71. Although their Gemini
tenure may have been fleeting, Price/Sheridan’s evocative
blend of Baroque ballads, occasionally hard-edged Rock and
melodic Popsike remains an important chapter in the Brum
scene’s story.
Drawing upon the entire Price/Sheridan Gemini catalogue and
mastered from the original analogue tapes, this definitive
2-CD set explores a previously uncharted side of the late 60s
Birmingham scene through two of its key protagonists. Disc 1
features the complete This Is To Certify That album
complete with the Psych classics Sometimes I Wonder and
Lamp Lighter Man, together with Mike Sheridan’s solo 45
Follow Me, Follow and the novelty single Top Ten
Record. Disc 2 concentrates on Rick Price’s solo
recordings, pairing the aforementioned Talking To The
Flowers with 12 previously unreleased tracks from August
1971, juxtaposing self-penned compositions like the stunning
I Can Get Found with material stretching from Barry
Mann and Cynthia Weil to cult songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker.
Eagerly anticipated by Psych devotees and Brum aficionados
alike, this is required listening.
Compiled in conjunction with the artists, the fold-out poster
inlay includes comprehensive liner notes by David Wells with
recent interview extracts, rare memorabilia and photographs
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03/10/2004
- The November 2004 issue of 'Record Collector' magazine carried the following
obituary for the late ex-Move singer Carl Wayne who sadly passed away at the end
of August.....
"Carl Wayne, who died of cancer on August 31st, aged 61, experienced many highs
during a multi-faceted career in music - not least the distinction of being the
singer of the first record played on Radio 1, The Move's 'Flowers In The Rain'
on 30th September 1967. The bands royalties were forfeited after Prime Minister
Harold Wilson took the band to court over a publicity gimmick of a postcard
depicting Wilson in circumstances too dangerous to describe in detail even now!
Wayne established a reputation for wild stage performances that involved axe
attacks on TV sets and even a car. So it was surprising that he later revelled
in family-friendly light entertainment and, from 2000, fronted The Hollies. His
distinctive Brummy voice first came to notice in Carl Wayne & The Vikings, but
in 1965 he became founder member of The Move, who had a No. 1 with 'Blackberry
Way' in 1969. Carl left in 1970 and recorded as a solo artist and on sessions,
while becoming immersed in enterprises like TV and radio ads, stage shows and
cabaret. He also sang 'You're A Star', the theme tune to the TV's 'New Faces'.
In the 90's, he played the narrator in the 'Blood Brothers' musical for six
years.
He is survived by his actress wife Susan Hanson and son Jack"
Russell Newmark
As a further note, please do check out the
Official Carl Wayne website to read the
many tributes to this great artist, and also add your own message to the
guestbook.
21/08/2004
- Just out on 12" vinyl white label is a further
remix of the track 'Shine'. This mix is by Olav Basoski and catalogue number is
RTZ Tools TLS001. A 3 minute sound clip of this track can be found at
www.chemical-records.co.uk .
21/08/2004
- Reviews and photographs of The Orchestra's recent
gigs in Spain, particularly the show in La Coruna can be found at the
ELO Zoom website.
03/07/2004
- A superb new remix of the ELO track 'Shine
A Little Love' has hit the clubs here in the U.K. The Lovefreekz have a 2
track 12" vinyl promo of 'Shine' out now - label unknown but has a catalogue
number of KING06. Click here for a short sound clip.
03/07/2004
- Fans of The Move may be interested to know
about a new tribute band here in the U.K. called They Moved. More details
at their official website at www.theymoved.com.
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