Plastered all over
HMV and Virgin record
shops, plugged on the latter's "in house radio" and rated
at 12-1 by the bookies for Christmas No. 1... so don't just
sit there, get out and buy the thing. Contribute, for Heaven's
Sake!
Read
All About it here
(if
you really want the opinion of someone of absolutely no consequence
whatsoever).
More Roy
on Radio and TV
Roy will
be appearing on the following:
-
Steve
Wright Show
- Friday 15 Dec. between 4:00 and 4:30 pm - BBC
Radio 2
-
Midlands
Today - Monday
18 Dec - BBC
Regional TV
-
Radio
5 Live - Wednesday
20th Dec - Details to follow
New
release date for Roy and The Wombles single
December 18th
is now the new release date for "I
Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday"
single. There will be 2CD's and a cassette available.
Woody
And The Wombles On UK TV
Woody with The
Wombles can
be seen on a TV set near you, promoting the "Christmas
Collaboration" on the following dates:-
-
John
Daley Show -
Northern Ireland (Recording Wednesday 6 December. TX date
TBC)
-
VH1
Christmas Special
- TX - 12 times between 22 and 25 December 2000.
-
Saturday
16 December - Night
Fever, Ch
5
-
Monday
18 December - This
Morning (Live),
ITV
-
Wednesday
20 December - Top
Of The Pops 2,
BBC2
-
Friday
22 December - 'Simply
Fred' show,
BBC Scotland
(?)
-
Saturday
23 December - Generation
Game, BBC1
-
Sunday
24 December - Style
Street (recorded
in York) BBC
UK Style
Woody
without The Wombles!
More to be
added... probably!
Roy
and Renaissance
The Renaissance album referred to by Roy in the last issue
of RZ has finally been released, but so far, only in Japan
(Toshiba-EMI TOCP65591). Entitled "Tuscany",
it contains four Roy-related tracks:
-
4. Dear
Landseer; Roy on bass
-
5. In
The Sunshine; Roy on bass, keyboard, and orchestral
arrangements
-
8. Dolphins
Prayer; Roy on backing vocals
-
9. Life
In Brazil; Roy on percussion
Tracks 5 and 9 are produced
by Roy Wood, Michael
Dunford and Annie Haslam.
Can’t review it yet ‘cos we haven’t heard it... but its highly
likely to be pretty damned good!
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The
Wombles Collection
The
Wombles
Collection CD featuring "the album version"
of I Wish
It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday
as an
additional track. The double enhanced CD includes
34 Wombling hits 'n' tunes and two videos for Remember
You're a Womble and The Wombling Song. Wicked!
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I
Wish We Could Wish You A Wombling Woody Merry Bloody...Oh
Forget it... Just Remember You're A Womble Everyday
More
Merry Wombling-Woody photos here!
Roy has recorded a Christmas
single with Mike Batt and the
Wombles. It's a new recording
combining their two massive Christmas Hits, "I
Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" and "Wombling
Merry Christmas", with a new string arrangement
by Roy and Mike, played by a twenty six piece string section
of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Go on, guess what it's called...give up?..."I
Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday".
The record is co-produced by Roy and
Mike Batt and has a release date of 11th
December on Mike Batt's
own label, Dramatico Records. There will also be a new Wombles
album "The Womble Collection"
released... round about now-ish! Check out Mike Batt's web
site at www.mikebatt.com
from which we nicked the above photo and below quote. (Thank
you Mr. Batt!).
Mike Batt told us:
"The last two
or three weeks have been full of frenetic activity - I've
been making two videos. One is for "Wombles
On Parade" (the featured promotional track off
the new album) - and the other is for the new single by The
Wombles with Roy Wood
- entitled "I Wish It Could Be
A Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday" - the very
silly record I've made with Roy, and for which we are planning
a Christmas campaign. The Christmas video is a right laugh.
We did it in a blue-screen situation, - that is to say that
the background is all blue, so that later we will key in (replace)
the backgrounds with shots of the Wombles Burrow - from the
miniature TV sets - all done up as a Christmas party. Roy
was great. I got into my Orinoco outfit and fun was had".
Said Roy "I'd
have liked to have got into Uncle Bulgaria's outfit, but that's
another story...!"
Roy professed to having a great time working with Mike and
The Wombles and especially enjoyed recording the video, which
is full of fun, surprises and erm... Wombles!
EMI
ELO ECD...etc!
EMI are currently working on a major project celebrating
30 years since the release of ELO's
eponymous first album on their much respected Harvest label.
Completing the set of albums up for some very special treatment
are The Move's 'Message
From The Country', Roy's legendary solo offering,
'Boulders' and ELO
2. EMI are promising a treasure chest of delights
as all the albums will be presented as Enhanced CD's which
will include all sorts of interactive and visual surprises
on the discs, along with extensive booklets and posh packaging!
Blackberry
Way Unlocked
Roy along with Carl Wayne were
filmed for BBC TV's forthcoming 'Unlocked'
series, in which "Blackberry
Way" was discussed in depth. Concentrating on
singers and songwriters, 'Unlocked'
will consist of a new interview, illustrated by stills,
news archive reports and a live performance of "Blackberry
Way" taken from the BBC's "Colour
Me Pop" programme. Scheduled for Autumn / Winter
of 2000. Watch this space...
Routes
Of Rock
Roy is currently being featured in the second series of
Carlton TV's acclaimed series, Routes
Of Rock. He recorded a lengthy interview back in
March from which the edited highlights appear scattered
throughout the series. The programme in which he was most
heavily featured, 'I Write The Songs' focused on the great
contemporary songwriters. The documentary, produced by Ken
Howard (one half of the team who 'wrote the songs' for The
Tremeloes) is being broadcast in the London region at the
moment at 10.30pm on Mondays and should go nationwide soon.
Roy
and The SAS
Roy's occasional band, The SAS have
a new live CD and video featuring Our Man performing one
of his own little numbers backed by an all-star cast. The
recording was made earlier this year at a charity gig at
Shepherd's Bush Empire.
Tracks as follows:-
1) Blinded by the light - Chris
Thompson
2) Big area - Mark Shaw
3) All I need is a miracle
- Paul Young
4) Every day hurts - Paul Young
5) Time warp - Richard O' Brien
6) Fire - Arthur Brown
7) My Generation - Leo Sayer
8) California
Man - Roy Wood
9) I just wanna make love to
you - Stevie Vann
10) 2-4-6-8 Motorway - Tom
Robinson
11) Every Time you go away
- Paul Young
12) Just good friends - Fish
13) Radio ga ga - Roger Taylor
14) Hammer to fall - Tony Hadley
15) The show must go on - Chris
Thompson
The CD and video are
on sale at http://www.sasband.com/.
Don't forget to
come back home after you've strayed across cyberspace to
make your purchase...In fact, you'd better take this ball
of string so you don't get lost...
17 Sept 2000
Guinness
Book Of Hit Singles
Roy was asked to pick his all time favourite single for
inclusion in the latest edition of The Guinness Book Of
Hit Singles. The Guinness Book awarded Roy "70's Artist
of the Decade" a couple of years back, so they obviously
think well of him. However, Roy has just screwed up their
entire system by picking not one but two favourite singles...
There's always one isn't there?
17 Sept 2000
New
CD!!
Roy's new album, Main Street
is out now, released by Demon / Westside on the Edsel record
label. Click on the album cover for more details. Catalogue
number EDCD626.
17 Sept 2000
Roy
on Radio 2
Roy was interviewed about Main Street
and other things(!) on Radio 2's Richard Allinson Show on
Monday 10th April at about 11.15pm. For interview transcription,
please click
here. Thanks to DA1ZY DREW for the transcription.
17 Sept 2000
Ten
Of The Best
Roy's Top Ten video choice which he recorded sometime last
September for Paul King has
at last been shown by VH-1
and will no doubt be repeated. Roy's choice was as follows,
so if you want to wait until you see it, erm...stick your
fingers in your ears now!
1)
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
2) Aerosmith and Run DMC -
Walk This Way
3) ZZ Top - Legs
4) Cheap Trick - I Want You
To Want Me
5) Beach Boys - Break Away
6) Aztec Camera - Somewhere
In My Heart
7) They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse
In Your Soul
8) Talking Heads - Road To
Nowhere
9) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
10) Sting - Englishman In New
York
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