Track Listing

1. Mustard
2. Any Old Time Will Do
3. Rain Came Down On Everything
4. You Sure Got It Now
5. Why Does A Pretty Girl Sing Those Sad Songs
6. Song
7. Look Thru' The Eyes Of A Fool
8. Interlude
9. Get On Down Home
10. Oh What A Shame
11. Bengal Jig
12. Rattlesnake Roll
13. Can't Help My Feelings
14. Indiana Rainbow
15. Thing Is This (This Is The Thing)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #143802 in Music
• Released on: 1999-11-29
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered

CD Description
Though less celebrated than its predecessor, 1973's BOULDERS, Roy Wood's second one-man-band solo album is nearly the equal of that classic. Seemingly more comfortable with the solo-recording process (which was considerably more primitive in 1974 than it is today), Wood uses MUSTARD to explore and refine ideas from every aspect of his previous career. The album combines the pastoral psychedelia and heavy rock of TheMove, the classical shadings of the Electric Light Orchestra, the glammy nostalgia of Wizzard, and the unpretentious, somewhat eccentric aesthetic of BOULDERS to create a slyly humorous and warm-hearted brand of pop as pleasantly individualistic as Wood himself. The PLUS in the title refers to nearly an album's worth of singles and previously unreleased tracks, including the Bonzo Dog Band-like whimsy of the delightful "Bengal Jig".

Customer Reviews

Versatility at it's very best!
I originally bought this album on vinyl donkeys years ago and was amazed at the scope and ability of Roy Wood, his musical talent has been allowed to shine on this album unencumbered by the jollity of the music of the Move, ELO and Wizzard.

This is an extremely musical album and the extra tracks make it all the more worthwhile. A brilliant piece of solo artistry - buy it - buy it NOW.

A Masterpiece
Let it be known now without this man there would be no ELO.....Basically 10538 Overture was an ordinary possibly deletable Move song, it was`nt `til Roy Wood started Overdubbing Cello`s over the existing recording that the ELO sound was painfully born. I guess if Wood would have stayed with ELO, of which he has later stated he wished he would have for at least a couple of years more.... I guess they would have recorded `See my Baby Jive ` and `Angel Fingers` as well as `Showdown` and ` Roll over Beethoven` and `Wizzard` might never have been? Who Knows?!....OK What I am trying to say is that `Mustard` for me is what ELO possibly would have sounded like if Mr Wood would have stayed with the Classical/Rock outfit...No?....Well just Listen to `The Rain Came Down on Everything` and `Why does such a pretty girl`....and especially `The Song` and for me is the best ever RW solo song and was as classical as anything on the ELO album released the same year `Face the Music` which was heavily pushed in the US, not like `Mustard` which for me was equally important because Wood was basically the inventor of ELO, OK Jeff Lynne is a master songwriter and took the ELO sound to new commercial heights, but i feel the time was right in 1975 with `Mustard` to unleash Roy Wood to the States and the Management at the time totally failed to do they`re job...and I guess the rest is all history.So I`m sorry I did`nt concentrate on the `Mustard` album more but what is more important to me is that because of the poor management 1975 should have been the time Roy Wood became a state side superstar...But I guess Thats History and I guess its a bit wierd with all the EMI re-releases (ELO1,ELO2,Message from the Country,Wizzard Brew,Boulders) RW has become quite popular again more accessable than Mr Lynne may`be...But what really pisses me off is that the Wood/Lynne partnership could have been the next Lennon/McCartney...Yes...Well its been revealed that rather than just abandoning ELO, RW was rather pushed out by the the so called management because Wood wanted to keep the Classical element to ELO where as Lynne wanted to take them to a more Commercial sound and of course mr arden went in favour of lynne and suggested the pair split and concentrate on seperate projects...Lynne left to run ELO and Wood left to do what he wanted and therefore `Wizzard` was formed, a project that was initially and commercially far more succesful than ELO but was again was ignored by the management as far as exposure to the USA was involved...All the money and publicity went to the struggling ELO which OK paid dividends for the management, but if only Wizzard had had the same exposure to the USA...it frustrates me...and as there seems to be no plans in the future for Mr Lynne to work with Mr Wood again thats the end of that chapter...Rock`n`roll Snobbery on the part of JL I think!

Reunited with a brilliant, but eccentric old friend
I had not listened to this album in years. Hearing it on CD brought back a lot of great memories and it is indeed a BIG improvement sonically over my vinyl LP. Over the years I had made myself believe that it had been something of a disappointment since I absolutely loved BOULDERS.

Yes, the drum solo on "Get on Down Home" is self-indulgent and too long, but this is a great CD! It was like being reunited with a lost friend! It makes me sad that we had been apart for so long!

The bonus tracks are really nice and "Oh What a Shame" fits in wonderfully and sounds great! I have now revisited ON THE ROAD AGAIN and discovered MAIN STREET (why did they not release it when it was originally ready?!). Man, Roy had a great streak going there and they sound even better on CD!!! "Oh What a Shame" that this is out-of-print again!!! What a brilliant one-man-show!