The Move - Looking On (1970) [Full Album]

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Looking On is the third studio album by the English rock band the Move, released in the UK in December 1970. The album is their first to feature Jeff Lynne, their first containing entirely original compositions, and the first on the Fly label, its catalogue number being FLY 1. It includes both their 1970 singles, the Top 10 hit "Brontosaurus," released on Regal Zonophone in March, and the less successful "When Alice Comes Back To The Farm," released on Fly in October.

Looking On presents the band dabbling in heavy metal ("Brontosaurus"), blues ("When Alice Comes Back to the Farm", "Turkish Tram Conductor Blues"), prog-style epics ("Open Up Said the World at the Door"), soul ("Feel Too Good"), and, in the case of the title track, all four styles mashed together. It's also the first album to feature Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne as a tandem, with Wood’s use of cello and woodwinds and Lynne's use of piano in addition to guitars and vocals, reflecting the work they were pursuing in The Electric Light Orchestra, the debut album of which they were recording at the same time. The jazzy fills on the title track also serve as a signpost of the style that Wood would later develop in Wizzard and the Wizzo Band.

Tracklist:
Side 1
00:00 - Looking On (Roy Wood)
07:46 - Turkish Tram Conductor Blues (Bev Bevan)
12:26 - What? (Jeff Lynne)
19:11 - When Alice Comes Back to the Farm (Wood)
Side 2
22:53 - Open Up Said the World at the Door (Lynne)
30:03 - Brontosaurus (Wood)
34:33 - Feel Too Good (Wood)
42:46 - The Duke of Edinburgh's Lettuce (Lynne,Wood)

Personnel
Roy Wood - lead vocals (except on "What" and "Lightning Never Strikes Twice"), oboe, sitar, banjo, slide guitar, cello, guitars, bass (on "Feel Too Good"), saxophones
Jeff Lynne - piano, guitars, percussion, drums (on "Feel Too Good"), lead vocals (on "What" and "Open Up Said the World at the Door")
Bev Bevan - drums, percussion
Rick Price - bass, lead vocal (on "Lightning Never Strikes Twice")
P.P. Arnold and Doris Troy — backing vocals on "Feel Too Good"