Stream boulders by roy wood and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. The second track from roy wood s first, and in many peoples opinion finest, solo album. Roy wood is an english singersongwriter and multi instrumentalist. Unlike boulders, mustard is designed as a fullfledged album instead of a collection of pop vignettes. But where the former is a twomegaton belly flop into a sea of sonic insanity, the latter is a collection of exquisitely crafted pop thats perfect for the highway. I found youtube lacking this great song, and recently found a copy of the album at a. Outside of wood s love for brian wilson theres no concept, yet it flows smoothly and attractively, since each song sounds like an epic pop extravaganza in miniature. Roy wood boulders vinyl records and cds for sale musicstack. Apart from harmonium on track 1 played by john kurlander, all the instruments and voices were by wood, who also wrote, arranged, and produced the whole album, and did a selfportrait for the front cover. Roy wood is one of the architects of elo and the move, and possessed some of the most eclectic tastes and interesting ideas of any pop artist in his time. In a typically perverse turn, wood opens the record with a scratchy parody of the andrews sisters, tackling the harmonies with. Roy wood s first solo album was basically a one man show.
Written, performed and produced by roy wood released on the album boulders on united artists records usa uala168f published by anne rachel music corp. You mention looking on, but wood is hardly the major force on that album as jeff lynne is very much a part of the overall sound and has major writing contributions as well. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Recorded at abbey road studios with new remastering at abbey road, this recording jumps out of your stereo speakers with brilliant highs, mids and lows much better than my original l. Roy adrian wood sometimes erroneously thought to be born as ulysses adrian wood, from an offhand interview comment in the 1960s born 8 november 1946 in birmingham, united kingdon, is a songwriter, guitarist and multiinstrumentalist. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. It makes for a headspinning listen, which may be par for the course with wood boulders hardly stayed in one place but on the road again feels like a jumble due to its uneven batch of songs and, most especially, the overly slick production, which feels like a misguided attempt at a big splashy radio hit. He was cofounder of the move, electric light orchestra and wizzard. Following the end of the war, it was the start of the baby boomer years and technology advancements such as the jet engine, nuclear fusion, radar, rocket technology and others later became the starting points for space exploration and improved air travel. Written, performed and produced by roy wood released on the album boulders on united artists records usa uala168f published by.
Apart from harmonium on track one played by john kurlander, all the instruments including guitars, cello, saxophones, recorders and voices were recorded by wood, who also wrote, arranged, and produced the entire album, and did a. And who better to exemplify the spirit of that fantastic era then the one man musical army known as roy wood. Boulders is the debut solo album by english musician roy wood, recorded from 19691971 and released in july 1973 by harvest records. Roy wood brought one of the most understated albums ever created. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology.
Roy wood is an english singersongwriter and multiinstrumentalist. Regarding making new music, the past 25 years have been less than kind to roy, especially as years after he. Hes in the very first rank of british songwriters of his generation, just below lennon and mccartney, but probably on the same level as ray davies, and miles ahead of anyone else. Listen free to roy wood boulders songs of praise, wake up and more. Boulders warner 19732014 first solo work of the elo cofounder. Buy roy wood boulders and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. All the lyrics and translations to the album boulders by roy wood. Find the best place to download latest songs by roy wood. Roy wood boulders harvest in 2107, historians will write of the era 19611971 as the pinnacle of 20th century musical genius. An intricate, deliberately idiosyncratic record, assembled piece by piece, boulders perfectly captures roy wood s peculiar genius, more so than anything else he recorded. Boulders, his selfproduced 1969 though released 1973 soloouting combines the hard rock of the move with roy woods classical tastes. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your roy wood collection. Download roy wood boulders 1973 remaster 2007 from 302 mb, roy wood boulders 1973 remaster 2007 from 302 mb free from tradownload. All our 2019 christmas gigs are now available on the gig page click gigs from main menu.
He left elo in 1972, while they were recording their second album, and soon formed wizzard, the band which he became most well known for. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. To join roy s mailing list for exclusive content, click the button on the right. Wizzards relentless assault on the pop charts of 1973 two no 1 singles and an evergeen festive tune owed much to roy wood s obsessions with the sounds of phil spector, brian wilson and neil sedaka. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. This music on vinyl reissue of boulders sounds fat and sweetly analog with no sign of brickwalling.
Well, maybe not understated, but it certainly isnt, and wasnt, near popular enough to make roy a. Wood began work on the album as a whimsical sideproject away from his band the move, and conceived it to explore numerous instruments he had collected in the 1960s but felt unable to use in the move. Listen to your favorite songs from boulders by roy wood now. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. As far a solo roy wood, boulders is a work of genius that he never bettered. Boulders is the debut solo album by english musician roy wood, recorded from 19691971. Roy has always been one of the unheard of polymaths of music. Roy wood boulders 1969 one of the most original, creative, and entertaining performers on the planet, mr. I just wrote a gospel feelin mighty good today im gonna find some friends come and help me sing sing this song of praise gather round me brothers see how many. A1 to a4, b1 to b4c roy wood music corp carlin music corp made in gt. Brand new cd in the environmentally friendly plastic free mini vinyl replica sleeve with the original artwork. Apart from harmonium on track one played by john kurlander, all the instruments including guitars, cello, saxophones, recorders and voices were by. The brilliant and multiinstrumentalist roy wood delivered a masterpiece.
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