Roy Wood - Wizzard Brew
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Artist: Roy WoodEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-12-04
Music Label: Caroline
Soundtracks:
- You Can Dance Your Rock 'N' Roll
- Meet Me at the Jailhouse
- Jolly Cup of Tea
- Buffalo Station - Get on Down to Memphis
- Gotta Crush (About You)
- Wear a Fast Gun
- Ball Park Incident
- The Carlsberg Special (Pianos Demolished Phone 021 373 4472) - Roy Wood, Hunt, Bill
- See My Baby Jive
- Bend Over Beethoven - Roy Wood, McDowell, Hugh "H"
- Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)
- You Got the Jump on Me - Roy Wood, Price, Rick
- Rob Roy's Nightmare (A Bit More H.A.) - Roy Wood, Burney, Mike
- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Free Music Notes for Wizzard Brew
Free Music Review: Overlooked, Influential Rock Classic
Hit: 5 Stars
In the annals of rock history, little consideration is given to the importance and influence of Wizzard (in the U.S.,anyway). In their native Britain they cut a larger figure, but disbanded too quickly to be remembered among the greats. That's too bad, because they belong in the same upper echelon as contemporaries Mott the Hoople, Queen, Roxy Music, King Crimson, and Slade. This album contains traces of the sounds of all of these bands, and vice-versa. I can hear Wizzard influence on their recordings.
In interviews of the era, Bryan Ferry offered high praise for the group - and I think Queen's third album "Sheer Heart Attack" is hugely influenced by this record, which came out a year earlier. Suddenly Queen was recording harder-charging songs with less frippery and overt touches of 1950's rock - all Wizzard hallmarks. Hmmm. There was clearly a lot of cross-pollination going on in England at this time!
Wizzard itself was a rather schizophrenic aggregate, alternating raucous and fast loud rock (this album) with fussed over, Phil Spector-sounding pop singles. The year 1973 was their peak, which saw the release of this and 3 of their 4 biggest hit singles. Multi-instrumentalist (he plays A LOT of different instruments), band leader, and chief songwriter Roy Wood radically departs here from what fans may have expected of his earlier band The Move. This also is different from what followed later, which was his reputedly half-hearted involvement with the first Electric Light Orchestra album. I can't emphasize enough how much this thing rocks, or how loud it is - it's almost punk-ish at times ("Buffalo Station/Get On Down To Memphis" medley), yet isn't above featuring a long King Crimson-like instrumental passage in the middle of the rocking "Meet Me At The Jailhouse". It swings, it rocks, it's got it all! Includes their 4 fantastic biggest hit singles and their B-sides as a bonus, which helps give a very complete picture of the band.
This is my number one candidate for best early '70's "lost" album that no one knows about but should. British eccentricity and musicianship at its finest. Don't miss it.
P.S. - Goes well with the excellent Roy Wood compilation CD "Singles", which collects his main hits (including all of the British top-tenners) with The Move, Wizzard, and solo.
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Digitally remastered reissue of Pop eccentric/genius Roy Wood and Wizzard's 1973 opus featuring eight bonus tracks: 'Ball Park Incident', 'Carlsberg Special', 'See My Baby Jive', .'Bend Over Beethoven', 'Angel Fingers', 'You Got The Jump On Me', 'Rob Roy's Nightmare' and the holiday favorite 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'. Formerly of The Move and E.L.O., Wood's love of everything Rock 'N' Roll came together (and fell apart at the same time) on Wizzard Brew, a jaw-dropping audio delight that took Rock's past and brought it into the Glam age. Wow. Harvest. 2006.Classic Rock Music CDs
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