"Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" is a song performed by English band The Move. The song was written by Roy Wood, though the group's drummer Bev Bevan was credited as songwriter, as a reward for his promotional efforts on behalf of the band.[1][2] Bevan noted that the song was "the sort of the thing that the Wild Angels might like to play".[3]
| "Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by The Move | ||||
| from the album Looking On | ||||
| B-side | "Beautiful Daughter" | |||
| Released | January 1971 | |||
| Recorded | May–September 1970 | |||
| Studio | Advision & Philips, London | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 4:38 (album) 4:46 (single) | |||
| Label | Ariola (Germany) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roy Wood | |||
| Producer(s) | Roy Wood Jeff Lynne | |||
| The Move singles chronology | ||||
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Turkish Tram Conductor Blues is also noted for rumours of hidden cuss words in the track.[4]
Background
editInitially, Turkish Tram Conductor Blues was written for the band's fourth EP, Looking On. The song, alongside two of Wood's other songs on the album (Brontosaurus and When Alice Comes Back to the Farm), show a more "harder" metal genre, compared to the songs of the previous album Shazam.[5]
Release
editThe B-side was a track called "Beautiful Daughter", which was previously released in Shazam.[6]
Personnel
editThe Move[7]
- Roy Wood - lead vocals, guitar, saxophone, banjar
- Jeff Lynne - piano, guitar
- Bev Bevan - drums
- Rick Price - bass
Additional personnel[8]
- Roger Wake - engineering
- Roy Wood - production
- Jeff Lynne - production
Track listing
edit- 7" single release (1971)
- "Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" – 4:46
- "Beautiful Daughter" – 2:35[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Greenwell, Ken. "Move Remaster Series – Looking On – Tracklisting". Ftmusic.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Looking On". Face the Music. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Kiste, John Van der (21 January 2017). Jeff Lynne: Electric Light Orchestra - Before and After. Fonthill Media. pp. 36–37.
- ^ "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Exposing the Secrets!". Jeff Lynne Songs. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Segretto, Mike (15 July 2022). 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute: A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-4930-6460-1.
- ^ Lasserre, Vincent (28 September 2017). Camion Blanc: La saga de Roy Wood Brumbeat forever (The Move, Wizzard, ELO, etc.) (in French). Camion Blanc. ISBN 978-2-35779-989-9.
- ^ The Move (1976), Blackberry Way (album notes), Intercord
- ^ The Move (1970), Looking On (album notes), Fly
- ^ "uk-charts.com - The Move - Turkish Tram Conductor Blues". UK Charts. Retrieved 2 September 2024.