Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Eddy's Rock
3. Brand New '88
4. You Got Me Runnin'
5. I Dun Lotsa Cryin' Over You
6. This Is The Story Of My Love (Baby)
7. Everyday I Wonder
8. Crazy Jeans
9. Come Back Karen
10. We're Gonna Rock 'n' Roll Tonight
11. Rock 'n' Roll Winter
12. Dream Of Unwin
13. Nixture
14. Are You Ready To Rock
15. Marathon Man

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #139850 in Music
• Released on: 1999-11-29
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered

CD Description
For all the psychedelic and heavy rock influences of The Move and the classical shadings of the Electric Light Orchestra, Roy Wood's first love was always '50s rock & roll. The 1974 album INTRODUCING EDDY AND THE FALCONS, the last release by Wood's glam-pop band Wizzard, is the most fully fledged example of Wood's fondness for this style. Building on earlier singles such as The Move's "California Man" and Wizzard's "Ball Park Incident", the 15 songs on INTRODUCING match hot-rocking horn sections and barrelhouse piano with ornate, multi-tracked vocals and Wood's characteristically oblique lyrics. The album works best as a whole, but individual tracks like "Brand New 88" and "Marathon Man" are as exciting and mysterious as the best '50s rock & roll.

Customer Reviews

Unjustly ignored gem.
Wizzard were never a successful albums band because they had the nerve to be popular with the singles-buying public, and this record came and went without trace. But "Introducing..." is great fun, stuffed with good tunes and a vast improvement on the experimental "Wizzard's Brew", whatever anyone tells you. The album is a series of rock 'n' roll pastiches, often better than the artists being parodied: Neil Sedaka, for one, should hang his head in shame. The record exemplifies how the 1970s were in love with the 1950s. It should be an essential purchase, not just for the music but also to check out Roy and the boys acting hard in a greasy spoon caff.

So why only four stars? Well, the production is muddy to say the least: there's a great record going on here but at times you can hardly hear it. I would love to know how this first release on Warner Bros records, presumably the band's big break in America, went out sounding like it was bashed out on someone's reel-to-reel ...?

A gem indeed!!
I totally agree with J.Hodder's review of "Introducing.." however I would'nt be as inclined to dismiss "Wizzard Brew" so quickly. Sure it was experimental and this is what made it such a great album and also nothing like what they were currently releasing as singles. If you can lay your hands on a copy of "..Brew" dont hesitate to buy it, it's Roy composing at his best.
However, and again I have to concurr with J.Hodder agan the production quality on both these albums is dire but so was it on alll the singles too, but if you can get over that you can hear some classic Roy Wood.