Wizard [Import, Original recording remastered]

Roy Wood | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000EBFMD0
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,069 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. See My Baby Jive - Wizzard

2. Ball Park Incident - Wizzard

3. Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad) - Wizzard

4. Forever

5. Olympic Flyer

6. Ella James - The Move

7. Dear Elaine

8. Moonriser

9. Green Glass Windows - Roy Wood's Helicopters

10. Aerial Pictures

11. Airborne

12. The Premium Bond Theme

13. Goin' Down The Road (A Scottish Reggae Song)

14. The Driving Song - Roy Wood's Helicopters

15. It's Not Easy

16. Down To Zero

17. Music To Commit Suicide By

18. Whisper In The Night - ELO

19. California Man - The Move

20. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard

Editorial Reviews

This greatest hits collection brings together his outstanding work for the first time on one album, featuring classic tracks such as Wizzard's first single, 'Ballpark Incident' which was a top 10 hit for the band in 1972, as well as their number 1's 'See My Baby Jive' and its follow up, 'Angel Fingers'. With a selection of ELO and The Move hits also included, the album is a brilliant retrospective of Wood's exceptional career and even highlights the track he is sometimes best known for, 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday' which reached number 4 in the UK chart in 1973 and is still rolled out every year during the festive season. 20 total tracks. EMI.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a nearly forgotten pop genius, June 3, 2006

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L. Frascella (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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Roy Wood's work with The Move, ELO, solo and with Wizzard is amazingly robust and inventive. He remains his peculiar self while channeling everyone from the Beatles to Phil Spector to the Beach Boys to Carl Perkins etc. You name it--Wood is a human jukebox. His work with Wizzard especially reaches the phantasmogorical. This is big, daring, rocking, tuneful, ambitious, sometimes dangerous stuff--postmodern before its time. And three decades later, it still sounds fresh and exciting.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!, January 1, 2012

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Great service. My item was for xmas and I didnt think it would get here, to Australia, in time, but it was here with time to spare. Many thanks.

4.0 out of 5 stars DO YA Want All of the Hits? DO YA?, April 12, 2010

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Tomato Pie "tomatopie" (West Chester, PA USA) - See all my reviews

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This is a superb collection, and others here have duly noted Roy's genius. But I'm mildly disappointed that "Eddy and the Falcons" is under-represented here (where is Come Back Karen?). And I'm completely bummed that neither the MOVE nor ELO version of "Do Ya" is on here.