67-524: Christopher John " Ace " Kefford (born 10 December 1946) is an English bassist. He went to Yardley Wood Secondary School in Birmingham latterly under Beryl Farrer - Headmistress a kindly and supportive lady. Kefford is remembered as a volatile and aggressive boy. He was the co-founder of The Move in October 1965 with Trevor Burton , after meeting David Bowie at Birmingham's Cedar Club, following
134-461: A performance by Bowie's band Davy Jones and the Lower Third . The duo invited Roy Wood , then Carl Wayne and Bev Bevan to join and complete the classic Move line-up. Kefford's mid-1968 departure from The Move came after a period of heavy gigging and experimentation with LSD , and a nervous breakdown following a package tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd , which took
201-596: A woodwind and string arrangement by Cordell's assistant Tony Visconti . The track was released on the re-launched Regal Zonophone label . Without consulting the band, Secunda produced a cartoon postcard to promote the single "Flowers in the Rain"; this showed the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Harold Wilson , in bed with his secretary, Marcia Williams . Wilson sued The Move for libel and
268-592: A Bevan lead vocal that was modelled on Johnny Cash , while Bevan's "Don't Mess Me Up" (sung by Wood) paid homage to Elvis Presley , complete with fake Jordanaires . Although Wood and music critics continue to hold Message from the Country in high regard, in 2005 Bevan referred to that album as his least favourite from The Move. The album was followed by two more Wood-penned hit singles, " Tonight " and " Chinatown ". For several television appearances behind those songs, The Move added two musicians who became members of
335-470: A Birmingham supergroup to be named Balls. Balls was managed by one-time Moody Blues/Move manager Tony Secunda. Following in the trend of Chris Blackwell 's Traffic , Secunda arranged for the new group to "get it together" in the country at a rented cottage on the Berkshire Downs and also hired Traffic's record producer Jimmy Miller for the group's recording sessions. With Secunda arranging
402-626: 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
469-570: A No. 7 UK hit —featuring baritone saxophones , a double bass , and a riff borrowed from George Gershwin —was an affectionate tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis (the double bass had Lewis's nickname, "Killer", written on it) and Little Richard , with Lynne and Wood trading verses and lines. Meanwhile, Lynne's "Do Ya" became The Move's best-known song in the US; it was the only Move song to reach the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 93. (However,
536-427: A breakdown during the project and walked out, with the album remaining unreleased until 2003 (as Ace The Face , Sanctuary Records ). Kefford formed The Ace Kefford Stand in 1968, which included guitarist Dave Ball , bassist Denny Ball , and drummer Cozy Powell . Kefford's later life has been plagued by alcohol, drugs, suicide attempts, and time spent in psychiatric facilities. The Move The Move were
603-560: A large Malcolm McLaren style cash advance from the record company , the group started to compose and record new material while playing a few local gigs . Morgan left during the summer of 1969, to be replaced by Denny Laine , ex-singer/guitarist of the Moody Blues . But Balls split at the end of 1969, with Tandy joining the Move (for live gigs only), then Electric Light Orchestra, and Smart eventually joining Wizzard . Balls reconvened as
670-514: A line-up consisting of Bevan, Burton, Tree, and Kelsey; however, it was later revealed that the band performing would no longer be billed as 'The Move', but as 'Bev Bevan's Zing Band', and would not feature Burton; with the line-up consisting of Bevan, Tree, and Kelsey, along with a returning Abby Brant, and Geoff Turton on lead vocals. Final lineup Trevor Burton Trevor Burton (born Trevor Ireson ; 9 March 1949 in Aston , Birmingham )
737-567: A lineup consisting of Wayne, Burton, and Kefford; however, his suggestion was rejected by Wood, Bevan and Price, so after getting angry and embarrassed witnessing a fight between Wood and a drunken audience member in Sheffield, Wayne quit the group in January 1970, a month before the release of Shazam . He subsequently worked in a variety of musical ventures and appeared on television and radio. In 2000, he replaced Allan Clarke as lead singer of
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#1732787219875804-414: A number of iterations, and at one point included former Uglys/Balls/Move/Electric Light Orchestra keyboardist Richard Tandy . By 1993, Trevor was joined by Maz Mitrenko on lead guitar and later by drummer, Bill Jefferson and bass player, Pez Connor. Former Move drummer Bev Bevan had been touring as "Bev Bevan's Move" since 2004, augmented on occasion by Trevor Burton. Burton joined permanently in 2007 and
871-424: A pop group, reintroducing them as a hard-edged underground band. Burton played bass on a couple of tracks as they had been recorded before he left, although this was not credited at the time. Well aware that Wood was intent on setting up his new, orchestral rock project, Wayne suggested that Wood concentrate on performing with his new band while continuing to write songs for The Move, which would be reorganized with
938-579: A publicity stunt; however, Marvin himself, in an article in Melody Maker in 1973 and elsewhere, has maintained that he was approached by Wood and invited to join The Move, but declined because their schedule was too hectic for him. Bevan confirmed in a 2014 interview that the band invited Marvin, but they never expected him to accept. Burton was ultimately replaced in 1969 by Rick Price , another veteran of several Birmingham rock groups, who joined on
1005-497: A quartet the following summer, with Laine, Burton, former Plastic Ono Band drummer Alan White and vocalist Jackie Lomax . Lomax was soon replaced by the returning Gibbons, and ex- Spooky Tooth drummer Mike Kellie replaced White in January 1971. The group's only release was a single that came out on Tony Secunda's Wizard record label in January 1971 and was re-issued under Burton's name in June 1972. The song "Fight For My Country"
1072-513: A set on tour composed mostly of classics by The Move. Wood expressed extreme displeasure at that development. Former Move guitarist Burton joined the band on occasion during 2006, and joined permanently in 2007 (Wayne had tried to broker a reunion between Bevan and Burton before his death, and was to be involved with the new band). Bates departed in July 2007 to re-join ELO Part II (now renamed
1139-524: A show in Sweden, Burton quit the band to pursue a blues career. Burton was replaced on bass by Rick Price . Burton was rumoured to be forming a new group with Noel Redding , who, like Burton, was a guitarist who had switched to bass. Burton and Redding shared an apartment in London at that time, and Roy Wood suspected the prospect of forming a band with Redding had encouraged Burton in his decision to leave
1206-608: A temporary, non-contractual basis. Thus, the group in spring 1969 consisted of Wayne (vocals), Wood (guitar, vocals), Bevan (drums), and Price (bass, vocals). Both Ace Kefford and Trevor Burton struggled commercially after leaving The Move. Kefford formed his own short-lived group, the Ace Kefford Stand, with Cozy Powell on drums. After this, he pursued a solo career and recorded a solo album in 1968, but it remained un-released until 2003 when it appeared as Ace The Face . Burton played bass with yet another Birmingham group,
1273-564: 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. Between 2007 and 2014, Burton and Bevan performed intermittently as "The Move featuring Bev Bevan and Trevor Burton". The Move were formed in December 1965, and played their debut show at
1340-587: Is an English guitarist and is a founding member of the Move . Burton started playing guitar at a young age and was leading his own group called the Everglades by 1963. In 1964 he joined Danny King & the Mayfair Set, along with Keith Smart (drums, formerly of the Everglades), Roger Harris (keyboards), Denis Ball (bass) and vocalist King. The band cut a couple of singles but could not break outside
1407-660: The Chuck Berry song, "Tulane" as well as touring America extensively. Burton left Steve Gibbons in 1983 to form his own band. They started performing twice weekly at the Red Lion in Balsall Heath, Birmingham with a line-up including sax player Steve Ajao. In 1985 the band recorded an album entitled Double Zero (BARLP1), now a collectors item, featuring Stuart Ford (slide guitar), Crumpy (bass), Tony Baylis (drums) and Ben Annon (percussion). The band has gone through
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#17327872198751474-568: The B-side of that single, " 10538 Overture ", was ultimately held by the band for its new Electric Light Orchestra project, and Price's bass line was deleted and re-recorded by Wood, since Price was not part of the new group. Price in fact was unaware that The Move were working without him, until he heard about new material being made in early 1971. He then pursued other projects, including the band Mongrel, although he later rejoined Wood in Wizzard and
1541-659: The Belfry, Wishaw, on 23 January 1966. The original intentions of Trevor Burton , Ace Kefford and Roy Wood were to start a group from among Birmingham's best musicians—along similar lines to the Who . The three played together at jam sessions at Birmingham's Cedar Club, and invited Carl Wayne and Bev Bevan to join their new group. After a debut at the Bell Hotel in Stourbridge in January 1966, and further bookings around
1608-539: The Bev Bevan Band completed their "Stand Up And Rock" tour, which lasted for almost 50 dates, in conjunction with Bevan's childhood friend Jasper Carrott . Guests on the tour included Trevor Burton, Geoff Turton and Joy Strachan-Brain, alongside Bevan, Kelsey, Tree and Brant. In 2016 the band announced that they had reformed again, and were due to perform at The Core Theatre in Solihull , West Midlands , with
1675-468: The Birmingham area, Moody Blues manager Tony Secunda offered to manage them. At the time, The Move mainly played covers of American west coast groups such as the Byrds together with Motown and rock 'n' roll songs. Many of the band's selections for their songs came from the extensive record collection of Danny King, a former bandmate of Burton. Although Carl Wayne handled most of the lead vocals, all
1742-420: The Birmingham area. Burton accepted an invitation from other Birmingham musicians to form the Move in January 1966, remaining with them until February 1969. The original line-up of the Move contained singer Carl Wayne , lead guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/singer Roy Wood , drummer Bev Bevan , bassist Ace Kefford and Burton on rhythm guitar. Wayne was the usual lead singer, but Wood (who wrote
1809-480: The Electric Light Orchestra's remake of "Do Ya", recorded after Wood's departure, was a significant US hit in 1977.) With the release of the album The Electric Light Orchestra , within weeks of the last single being released, they appeared on television promoting both The Move's last single and ELO's debut single (the long-delayed "10538 Overture") at the same time. Wood and Hunt quit ELO during
1876-497: The Hollies and performed with them as lead singer until his death from cancer in 2004. Upon Wayne's departure, The Move jettisoned Walsh as manager and returned to Arden. Lynne agreed to join the band as a second guitarist and pianist, enthused by Wood's ELO idea. Wood also wanted a second songwriter in the band to relieve the pressure on himself. The band's first recording with Lynne was a single, " Brontosaurus ". Feeling nervous as
1943-627: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's second album, Axis: Bold as Love ), sold poorly and failed to make the UK chart. The Move responded with their most commercially successful song to date, " Blackberry Way " (co-produced by Jimmy Miller ), which topped the UK chart in February 1969. Wayne refused to sing the song, so it was recorded as a trio with Wood again handling lead vocal. Richard Tandy played keyboards on "Blackberry Way" and joined
2010-571: The Move. However, nothing came of this. Burton jammed with members of Traffic and became a friend of Steve Winwood , and almost joined Blind Faith in 1969. He later said that he "nearly got the job on bass – Steve wanted me, I think," but Ginger Baker wanted Ric Grech instead. Burton then teamed up with Steve Gibbons , who fronted the long-established Birmingham group the Uglys . Burton and Gibbons, along with Uglys' rhythm section Keith Smart and Dave Morgan , plus keyboardist Richard Tandy created
2077-589: The Nice , Eire Apparent , the Outer Limits , Amen Corner , along with then- BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Drummond . In March 1968, The Move returned to the charts with " Fire Brigade ", another UK Top 3 hit, and the first on which Wood sang lead vocal. A few weeks later, around the time of the LP's release, Kefford was let go from the band because of increasing personal problems escalated by drug usage. Wood stated that from
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2144-643: The Orchestra ) and was replaced with Gordon Healer. The Autumn 2007 tour was billed as "the Move featuring Trevor Burton and Bev Bevan". In 2014, the band toured as The Move with a lineup consisting of Bevan, Burton, Tree, keyboardist/vocalist Abby Brant, and guitarist/vocalist Tony Kelsey. On 2 May 2014, Bev Bevan announced through a Facebook post that The Move had broken up, and that he and Burton would tour separately with groups called "the Bev Bevan Band" and "the Trevor Burton Band". In December 2014
2211-1003: The Steve Gibbons Band , was one-third of the short-lived band Balls (with Denny Laine and Alan White ), and later fronted his own blues group as lead guitarist. In October 1969, The Move made their only concert appearances in the US, opening two shows for the Stooges in Detroit , and playing dates in Los Angeles and at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. When neither their US record company nor promoters showed any more interest—the band even had to make their own accommodation & travel arrangements—the remaining proposed tour dates in New York were cancelled and
2278-414: The UK after the commercial failure of " Wild Tiger Woman ", Burton was growing unhappy with Wood's lighter material with the shift into commercial pop. Although the Move initially intended to add Tandy to their line-up as a keyboardist, when Burton fractured his shoulder, Tandy switched to bass for a few gigs and TV shows, and left to join the Uglys upon Burton's recovery. After a fight onstage with Bevan at
2345-444: The Who . He dressed them up as American gangsters, staged a contract signing on topless model Liz Wilson, steered them away from their early Motown -style sound and towards a more psychedelic West Coast -influenced live sound and encouraged Wood to write more original material. " Night of Fear " was the debut single by the Move, released on Deram Records and hitting No. 2 in the UK singles chart. Hit singles during Burton's tenure in
2412-404: The band for a time, playing keyboards live, and switching to bass when Burton was briefly sidelined with a shoulder injury. Upon Burton's recovery, Tandy departed to join the Uglys. The new, more pop -oriented musical direction, and the single hitting number one was the last straw for the increasingly disenchanted Burton, who wanted to work in a more hard rock / blues -oriented style, and he left
2479-503: The band had seen so far, despite its success). As a result, by the time Looking On was released in December 1970, with five songs composed by Wood and two by Lynne, Fly Records had lost interest in it, despite the fact that the album included a No. 7 hit, "Brontosaurus", which was the band's last recording for Regal Zonophone. The second single from the album, " When Alice Comes Back to the Farm ", failed to chart on Fly. The song intended as
2546-521: The band long enough to appear on a BBC live session and two songs from their second album entitled What a Bunch of Sweeties . He also worked with Birmingham vocalist Raymond Froggatt until 1975. After Balls, Steve Gibbons joined the Birmingham group the Idle Race which eventually became the Steve Gibbons Band . Burton joined in April 1975, and the group enjoyed a hit single in 1977 with
2613-463: The band members shared harmonies, and each was allowed at least one lead vocal per show (and often traded lead vocals within specific songs). Secunda got them a weekly residency at London's Marquee Club in 1966, where they appeared dressed as gangsters. Their early career was marked by a series of publicity stunts, high-profile media events and outrageous stage antics masterminded by Secunda; these included Wayne taking an axe to television sets. Wood
2680-424: The band were about to go on stage for a television spot for the song, Wood spontaneously combed his hair out to make it look wild and applied black-and-white makeup with a star in the middle of his forehead, thus birthing the "Wizzard" image he would use extensively in his post-Move career and helping define The Move's image for the rest of their run. Soon afterward, the band toured Ireland and Germany. In August 1970,
2747-467: The day the band was founded, Kefford had not got along well with any of the other band members. The Move then became a four-piece, in which Burton and (occasionally) Wayne took turns on bass on stage. The Move were on the bill at the inaugural Isle of Wight Festival on 31 August 1968. In mid-1968, their fifth single " Wild Tiger Woman ", a song acknowledging the group's love of Jimi Hendrix (Wood and Burton sang backing vocals on "You Got Me Floatin'" on
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2814-455: The delayed album only being released in March 1968 instead of the original plan of autumn 1967. Their third single " Flowers in the Rain " was the first chart single played on BBC Radio 1 when it began broadcasting at 7 am on 30 September 1967, introduced by Tony Blackburn . The single, which reached No. 2 in the UK, was less guitar-orientated than their previous two singles, and featured
2881-412: The early recording sessions of ELO's second album, ELO 2 , which was the group's final album under their Harvest Records contract. Wood went on to front the glam rock band Wizzard , as well as releasing a solo album in 1973, Boulders , while Lynne, Bevan and Tandy kept touring as ELO and finally achieved international success. Boulders was recorded during Wood's time with The Move, but its release
2948-414: The form of a panic attack . Wayne believed that the start of The Move's downfall was Kefford's departure, because it placed guitarist Trevor Burton into the vulnerable position of having to play more instruments, and the band could well have survived if they had recruited a keyboardist to replace Kefford. Wood recalled of Kefford, "Ever since the day we formed none of us really got on very well with him. He
3015-501: The group had planned to release " Cherry Blossom Clinic ", a lighthearted song about the fantasies of a patient in a mental institution, backed by the satirical "Vote For Me". However, The Move had been unnerved by their court experiences; they and the record label felt it unwise to pursue such a potentially controversial idea, so the single was shelved. "Vote For Me" remained unreleased until it appeared on retrospective collections from 1997 onwards, while "Cherry Blossom Clinic" became one of
3082-465: The group in February 1969 after an altercation on stage with Bevan in Sweden. At this time the band invited Jeff Lynne , a friend of Wood, to join. He turned down the offer down because he was still working toward success in the Idle Race , another Birmingham-based group. It was rumoured in the music press that Hank Marvin of the recently disbanded Shadows had been invited to join The Move. Some years later, Wayne recalled that to be nothing more than
3149-580: The group included " I Can Hear the Grass Grow ", " Flowers in the Rain ", " Fire Brigade ", " Wild Tiger Woman " and " Blackberry Way ". The group's 1968 eponymous debut album was to be the only full-length LP release by the original line-up, before Kefford quit the band after having an LSD -induced breakdown. The group carried on as a quartet with Burton shifting to bass. With " Blackberry Way " (with Wood and Bevan's future Electric Light Orchestra bandmate Richard Tandy playing harpsichord ) hit No. 1 in
3216-477: The group lost the law suit; they had to pay all costs, and all royalties earned by the song were awarded to charities of Wilson's choice. The ruling remained in force even after Wilson's death in 1995. In the Family Trees documentary special on the Birmingham music scene, Wood says that while the band as a whole lost their royalties, it affected him the most, as he wrote the song. For their fourth single
3283-478: The group returned home. During that period, Arden sold The Move's management contract to impresario Peter Walsh, who was at the time also managing the Marmalade . Walsh, who specialised in cabaret acts, began booking the band into cabaret-style venues, which further increased the tension between Wayne and Wood. Bevan later said the others felt "old before their time" when playing cabaret dates. By this point, Wood
3350-520: The group was the lead act at the Knighton Rock Festival, staged in the small Radnorshire town of Knighton . In a radio interview, Bevan stated that The Move had ceased playing all of their prior songs except for "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" and were now playing mostly originals except for a few re-arranged covers (such as " She's a Woman "), as the band transitioned from mainstream pop toward progressive rock with its new alignment. For
3417-588: 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
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#17327872198753484-440: The majority of the original material at this stage), Kefford and Burton were also lead singers to some capacity. Despite a following in their native Birmingham , the fledgling band were in dire need of management and exposure to the music scene in London, so Moody Blues manager Tony Secunda became their manager. Secunda brought the band to London and secured them a weekly residency at the famous Marquee Club , recently vacated by
3551-488: The original ELO: Bill Hunt (horns, woodwinds, piano) and a returning Richard Tandy (guitar, bass). In 1972, after the release of the first Electric Light Orchestra album, The Move released what turned out to be a farewell record, a maxi single consisting of " California Man ", " Ella James " (from Message , but a track originally planned by EMI to be their first single on the Harvest label) and " Do Ya ". "California Man",
3618-435: The other two albums to be credited to the new group, in order to recoup the advance given to the band. As a result, the band recorded the last Move album and the first Electric Light Orchestra album at the same time—even during the same lengthy recording sessions (due to all the overdubbing by Wood and Lynne). The final Move LP, Message from the Country , was released in summer 1971. Wood's "Ben Crawley Steel Company" featured
3685-425: The rest of the year, The Move concentrated on studio work, because they still owed one more album under their existing contract with Essex Music ( David Platz ) – which Essex Music was planning to use to set up its own record label, Fly Records . To prepare for their new direction, Wood and Lynne overdubbed multiple instruments, including piano, woodwinds, sitar, and a Chinese cello that Wood had bought. However, before
3752-409: The short-lived Wizzo Band . He went on to work in musical management, and also formed the duo Price and Lee with his wife Dianne Lee, formerly of the duo Peters and Lee . Although Wood, Lynne and Bevan had intended Looking On to be the final Move album, Harvest requested that the new group first release a new Move album, in the same vein as Looking On , as the first album under its new deal, with
3819-440: The stage act. I think Roy would obviously qualify this himself, but I believe he was slightly embarrassed by the image and the stunts—but the rest of us weren't ... We were always willing to be Secunda puppets." During November and December 1967 the group took part in another package tour around the UK, playing two shows a night over sixteen days, as part of an all-star bill that included the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Pink Floyd ,
3886-489: The third album Looking On was completed, Arden signed the new Wood-Lynne-Bevan band (without Price, who was not under contract with The Move) to a three-album deal with the Harvest Records division of EMI that included a £25,000 (equivalent to £488,400 in 2024). advance (announced at the time as £100,000 (equivalent to £1,953,800 in 2024). , but still more money (£8,333 each) (equivalent to £162,800 in 2024) than
3953-536: The tracks on their first LP , called Move . As a direct consequence of the lawsuit, The Move fired Secunda and hired Don Arden , who had himself recently been fired as manager of the Small Faces . In a 2000 interview, Wayne noted that there had always been a major split within the group about Secunda's tactics: "[Secunda] had the animals who would do what he wanted to do in Trevor, Ace, and me—the fiery part of
4020-425: Was a Top 5 hit for Amen Corner in 1969, quoted Booker T. Jones ' and Eddie Floyd 's "Big Bird". The album also featured a slightly slower re-recording of "Cherry Blossom Clinic", an instrumental medley of public domain works, and a cover of a Tom Paxton song, " The Last Thing on My Mind ". Despite such superficial similarities with their past, however, the album represented a clear break from The Move's identity as
4087-541: Was a very strange person. He was very aggressive and Ace and Trevor [Burton] used to have a lot of fights all the time." After leaving The Move, Kefford embarked on a solo album with record producer , Tony Visconti , at the Olympic and Trident Studios in London. Eight songs were recorded, including a cover of Simon & Garfunkel 's " Save the Life of My Child ", featuring Jimmy Page on guitar. However, Kefford suffered
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#17327872198754154-505: Was an anti-war anthem composed and sung by Burton, and included backing vocals from Steve Gibbons and Denny Laine, who played bass guitar on the track. Burton guested on bass guitar with Crushed Butler in 1970 and cut twelve studio recordings with the group intended for release on Tony Secunda's Wizard record label. Shortly thereafter, Burton guested on rhythm guitar with the Pink Fairies between August 1971 to July 1972, staying with
4221-554: Was another major hit, reaching No. 5 in the UK. In April 1967, NME reported that The Move had offered a £200 reward (equivalent to £4,600 in 2024) for the recovery of the master tapes of ten songs intended for their debut album. The tapes were stolen from their agent's car when it was parked in Denmark Street , London. The tapes were found in a skip (dumpster) shortly afterward, but the damage caused to them meant that new mixes and masters would have to be made, resulting in
4288-775: Was held off because Lynne and Bevan wished it not to compete with The Move's albums. A one-off reunion occurred on 28 April 1981, at the Locarno in Birmingham, involving Wood, Bevan, and Kefford. Several other Birmingham bands of the era also reunited for the event, which was a charity fundraiser. After Wayne's death in 2004, Bevan formed the Bev Bevan Band—shortly to be renamed 'Bev Bevan's Move' (with no other past members), in order to capitalise on The Move's continuing reputation and belated success. Bevan recruited former ELO Part II colleagues guitarist Phil Bates and keyboard player Neil Lockwood, plus bassist Phil Tree, to play
4355-400: Was openly discussing his desire to form a band playing more eclectic music, including both harder rock and classical instruments, which he tentatively dubbed " The Electric Light Orchestra ". The Move's second album, 1970's Shazam , continued The Move's practice of musical quotation, and of elaborately re-arranged versions of other performers' songs. "Hello Susie" (a Wood composition), which
4422-478: Was turned into a media event by Secunda, who arranged for the band to sign their contracts on the back of Liz Wilson, a topless female model. Wood wrote their first single, " Night of Fear ", a No. 2 hit on the UK Singles Chart in January 1967, which began The Move's practice of musical quotation (in this case, the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky ). Their second single, " I Can Hear the Grass Grow ",
4489-415: Was uncomfortable with this sensationalism, and many concert promoters responded by banning The Move from live performances, but the stunts succeeded in drawing media attention and concert audiences to the group. Eventually, Secunda also managed to persuade Wood to begin writing songs for the band during his time off. They secured a production contract with independent record producer Denny Cordell , but that
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