[2021-09-03] Roy Wood's Wizzo Band "Super Active Wizzo" repress of 2007 reissue (Wounded Bird)

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jun 27, 2021 12:04 am

Description
The very title of Super Active Wizzo suggests a fizzy, over-charged, amped-up version of Roy Wood's first band as a leader, Wizzard -- and, in a way, that's exactly what Wood's Wizzo Band was, with its lone 1977 LP recalling nothing so much as Wizzard Brew. No song on this six-track album clocks in at under five minutes, with two weighing in at over the 11-minute mark -- a structure mirrored on Wizzard Brew, which was dominated by nine and 13-minute tracks. But where that album was consciously a heavy, heavy rock & roll album, almost metallic in its attack, Super Active Wizzo has a lighter touch, preferring galloping rhythms and jazzy harmonies to bludgeoning riffs. Wood teases listeners with a pop hook every once and a while -- and the one that provides the structure for "Waitin' at This Door" is pretty good. This may hint at jazz-rock, but only in how it rides a groove: there is no improvisation or soloing, and the grooves stay in one place for long stretches.

Tracklist
1. Life Is Wonderful
2. Waitin' At This Door
3. Another Wrong Night
4. Sneakin'
5. Giant Footsteps (Jubilee)
6. Earthrise

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QJLQJE/?tag=imwan-20

naimlover · **Joined:** 22 Sep 2009 **Posts:** 74

Is the Amazon link above good? It takes me to a used listing only. Maybe the reissue has not been released yet?

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:40 pm

It's the right link, Paul. The rollout of all of Wounded Bird's recent represses has been very poor. This and the others have only been intermittently in stock.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:49 am

See, now it's in stock again:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QJLQJE/?tag=imwan-20

Snag a copy quickly because soon it will be gone again.

naimlover · **Joined:** 22 Sep 2009 **Posts:** 74

I did - thanks Linda

[2021-09-03] Roy Wood's Wizzo Band "Super Active Wizzo" repress of 2007 reissue (Wounded Bird)

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