The Move - Message From The Country [Full Album] (1971) (HQ)

Side 1
00:00 - Message From The Country - (Jeff Lynne)
04:55 - Ella James - (Roy Wood)
08:12 - No Time - (Lynne)
11:56 - Don't Mess Me Up - (Bevan)
15:12 - Until Your Moma's Gone - (Wood)
Side 2
20:21 - It Wasn't My Idea To Dance - (Wood)
25:54 - The Minister - (Lynne)
30:28 - Ben Crawley Steel Company - (Wood)
33:35 - The Words Of Aaron - (Lynne)
39:07 - My Marge - (Lynne,Wood)

41:12 - Tonight [Bonus Track] - (Wood)
44:33 - Chinatown [Bonus Track] - (Wood)
47:45 - Down On The Bay [Bonus Track] - (Lynne)
52:02 - Do Ya [Bonus Track] - (Lynne)
56:08 - California Man [Bonus Track] - (Wood)

Recorded in 1970-71 at the same time that The Move was also laying down tracks for
the first Electric Light Orchestra album [and even during some of the same sessions]
there are inevitably some similarities in style between the two albums, especially
the heavy use of "tracking up" (overdubbing) to capture all of the instruments being
played by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne. Nevertheless, Wood and Lynne were determined to
maintain some differentiation between the sound of their two groups
[for example, by confining Wood's saxes to Message and Wood's cellos to the ELO debut]

The Move was also responsible for the cover, as the painting
was done by Roy Wood, based on an idea by Jeff Lynne.