The Move Shazam 2016 Music On Vinyl Fly Records 180g Gram Reissue LP NM/NM

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The Move  –  Shazam

Label: Music On Vinyl  / Fly Records – MOVLP1623

Format: Vinyl  LP Album, Remastered Reissue, Stereo,  180g

Country: Europe

Released: 2016

Genre: Psychedelic Rock

Vinyl NM with no visible surface wear, no scratches, clean labels. Sleeve NM, intact edges, no splitting, no cut-outs, no ring wear, clean and unmarked, no writing, no stains, no price stickers.

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The Move  were a British  rock  band formed in  Birmingham  in 1965. They scored nine  top 20  UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States. For most of their career The Move were led by guitarist, singer and songwriter  Roy Wood. He wrote all the group's UK singles and, from 1968, also sang lead vocals on many songs. Initially, the band had four main vocalists (Wood,  Carl Wayne,  Trevor Burton, and  Chris "Ace" Kefford) who divided the lead-vocal duties among themselves. The Move evolved from several mid-1960s  Birmingham-based groups, including  Carl Wayne & the Vikings, the Nightriders, and the Mayfair Set. Their name referred to the move various members of these bands made to form the group. Besides Wood, The Move's original five-piece line-up in 1965 was drummer  Bev Bevan, bassist Ace Kefford, vocalist Carl Wayne, and guitarist Trevor Burton.  By 1972, The Move had been reduced to a trio consisting of Wood, Bevan and  Jeff Lynne, formerly of  the Idle Race. The band's later years saw this lineup develop a side project called  Electric Light Orchestra, which would go on to achieve major international success after The Move disbanded. Wood would later leave that group and form the decently successful band  Wizzard. During their time together, the band released four studio albums, two compilation albums,  one live extended play, and 18 singles. After their first two singles, "Night of Fear" and "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" hit number 2 and number 5 on the  UK singles chart, the band released their  self-titled debut  in 1968, which hit number 15 on the UK  Official Albums Chart  and garnered two more top-10 singles, "Flowers in the Rain" and "Fire Brigade". After 1968, the band would have three more singles in the top 10, including "Blackberry Way", which went all the way to number 1. The band also released three more studio albums (Shazam,  Looking On, and  Message from the Country)  before their breakup.

In 1981, the band briefly reunited for a one-off  charity concert, consisting of Bevan, Wood, and Kefford. 23 years later, in 2004, Bevan would form the "Bev Bevan Band" with  Phil Bates  and Neil Lockwood. The name later changed to "Bev Bevan's Move" and Bevan would invite Burton to the group in 2006 as an occasional guest in shows, before he became a permanent member of the group. Between 2007 and 2014, Burton and Bevan, alongside Lockwood and new members Phil Tree, Gordon Healer, Tony Kelsey, and Abby Brant, performed intermittently as "The Move featuring Bev Bevan and Trevor Burton". The band's most recent reunion would happen in 2016, as "Bev Bevan's Zing Band", with Bevan and former members Tree, Brant, and Kelsey, alongside new member Geoff Turton.