FLOWERS IN THE RAIN / MOVE 7-INCH VINYL SINGLE (SALVOSV002)

FLOWERS IN THE RAIN CD EP (SALVOSCD002) Flowers In The Rain / Beautiful Daughter / Feel Too Good (radio edit) / Fire Brigade (instrumental).

01. FLOWERS IN THE RAIN Newly created stereo mix from the original Advision Studios session tape - and the sound is incredible! 'Flowers In The Rain' was the very last session multitrack by The Move to be recovered, found languishing in long-forgotten tape vault by London Bridge railway station, in a box with David Bowie's session tapes for 'Let Me Sleep Beside You' (apt!) and 'Karma Man'. The version on both CD EP and 7-inch vinyl is a newly created stereo mix from the Advision Studio 4-track session tape. The original mono version can be found on the new deluxe expanded edition of 'Move' while the original 1967 stereo mix will be on CD 1 of The Move's definitive career retrospective boxset, coming in 2008.

02. MOVE A previously unreleased Roy Wood song that is sure to achieve classic status as soon as it is heard. Something of an unofficial theme song in the manner of an uptempo Stax number, technical problems (all now fixed) during the final mix to mono on 30 January 1967 prevented its appearance as the original b-side to 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow'.

03. BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER One of The Move's finest songs recorded during Spring 1968 by Bevan, Wayne and Wood also features a Tony Visconti string arrangement and bass part. Produced by Roy Wood, Carl Wayne, Rick Price in conjunction with Gerald Chevin and taken from the expanded edition of The Move's second album 'Shazam'.

04. FEEL TOO GOOD (radio edit) A previously unreleased edited version featuring Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood plus soul legends P. P. Arnold and Doris Troy on backing vocals. Produced by Lynne and Wood and taken from the forthcoming boxset anthology, the original full-length version will appear on the expanded edition of 'Looking On' coming in February 2008.

05. FIRE BRIGADE (instrumental)

An instrumental 2nd rough mix, recorded at De Lane Lea Studios on 23 December 1967 and produced by Denny Cordell, this is a fascinating insight into the development of one of Roy Wood's most outstanding songs. Newly restored and mixed to stereo from the original multitrack session tape, this version is EXCLUSIVE to the 'Flowers In The Rain' CD EP only and will not appear anywhere else. The original mono version can be found on 'Move' while an early alternate version featuring Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum on piano will be on CD 4 of The Move boxset.

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY ROY WOOD

Produced by Denny Cordell (except track 3: produced by Roy Wood, Carl Wayne, Rick Price in conjunction with Gerald Chevin and track 4: produced by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne)

Brass & Woodwind arrangement (track 1) and string arrangement (track 3) by Tony Visconti
Stereo mixes tracks 1,2,5 by Rob Keyloch at Church Walk Studios
All songs remastered by Nick Robbins and Rob Keyloch at Sound Mastering Limited