The Move

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The Move evolved from several mid 1960s Birmingham based groups, including Carl Wayne & The Vikings, The Nightriders & The Mayfair Set. The group’s name seems to refer to the move various members of these bands made to form the group. Beside Roy Wood, the original members of the Move were drummer Bev Bevan, guitarist Chris “Ace” Kefford, vocalist Carl Wayne & bassist Trevor Burton.

Their first single, ‘Night of Fear’ was released in 1966 and was the first in a line of memorable hits penned chiefly by Roy Wood.

‘I Can Hear the Grass Grow’, ‘Blackberry Way’ & Flowers in the Rain (the latter being the first record played on BBC Radio 1), are The Move’s better known work not forgetting 1971’s ‘Tonight’. The group became more experimental and innovative as time went on especially on the albums ‘Shazam’ and ‘Message from the Country’.

Several changes left the final line-up in 1971 as Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan, evolving into the first incarnation of The Electric Light Orchestra which Wood left soon after to form Wizzard.

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2	I Can Hear the Grass Grow	334
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4	Beautiful Daughter full track	145
5	Useless Information	138
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7	Kilroy Was Here	124
8	Message From the Country full track	117
9	Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited full track	94
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Sgarre1 wrote:
last week

CHERRY BLOSSOM CLINIC!

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sunabsolute wrote:
December 2009

Open Up Said The World At The Door is just awesome.

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le_dzedaj wrote:
December 2009

amazing psychedelic band. love them!

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luckystoned wrote:
October 2009

hear move - move you ^^

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crownanchor wrote:
September 2009

Now here's a band that made kommotion in the wild 60s :)

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Nololob wrote:
September 2009

Klasyka Rocka

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misterdarwin wrote:
July 2009

the Move é muito bom. É uma daquelas bandas que parecem muito atuais. Sonoridade excelente, harmonias interessantes, vocais ótimos e um psicodelismo na medida certa. Valeu the move.....antes tarde que nunca!

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whitecollarboy_ wrote:
June 2009

Shazam is excellent.

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chilled-out-777 wrote:
May 2009

What a great Psychedelic rock band, love em

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AntonFjordson wrote:
May 2009

bloody awful

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Marjo47 wrote:
May 2009

this band is also one out of the past but so good!

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Mickeyfan wrote:
March 2009

I love The Move!!! If it hadn't been for my mam playing their stuff when i was little, i'd never have listened to any of it.

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Travis187 wrote:
February 2009

yes :)

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missanapple wrote:
January 2009

"the move" is absolutely cool :-O

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Jazzdjur wrote:
January 2009

Join the growing ranks of Beatniks and Hipsters.

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WinterLaughter wrote:
December 2008

i love the move, i really oughta buy a few cds instead of just occasionally listening to my records eh. any way great band. :)

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lapicki51 wrote:
November 2008

Blackberry way is one of the best songs of the 60's.

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rinadasler wrote:
October 2008

yeah...

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athaiya wrote:
September 2008

great band!

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waybackmachine wrote:
September 2008

If you dig those groovy times of the 1960's and early 1970's visit The Way Back Machine website at: http://thewaybackmachine.wordpress.com/ and you can now join the Way Back Machine Group here at Last.fm..I hope to see all you Hipsters and Cool cats at the group and website.

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