THE MOVE/THE PLATINUM COLLECTION PLAT 1001 (-81) UK MONO + STEREO

 To my taste a very valuable compilation. A 2xLP with twentyfour cuts from one of the most innovative British sixties bands, pursuing various genres like pop, blues, rock, psych and baroque, always with a positive result. Seven of the cuts mono, the rest true stereo. A mix of 45 A:s and B:s and album tracks, even two from the very rare 1968 live EP "Something Else from The Move" - "Stephanie Knows Who" and "So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star". It's cut very loud and the audio shifts a little between songs, but most sounds very good and non come out bad. I'm amazed how much catchy music these guys produced in just three years and it's impossible for me to pick out just a couple of the best tracks. The most obvious would be ones like "Blackberry Way", "Fire Brigade" and "I Can Hear The Grass Grow", but I also have other favourites, as "Curly", "Brontosaurus" and "Useless Information".  In the early seventies Jeff Lynne quit Idle Race and joined the band to continue as a trio together with Roy Wood and Bev Bevan up to 1972, when they turned in to Electric Light Orchestra. For more on Move, Roy Wood solo, Wizzard and early ELO, please check   https://monolover.blogspot.com/search?q=(R%C3%96WS*)  .  To my knowledge this was UK only, also as cassette (ZCPLT 1001). Vinyl had label as shown here in a fully laminated cover.  (RÖWS*)  (FXÖ*)