Great song, very underrated and under played.The Moves best song in my opinion.

@jamesian-allen8725

3 ай бұрын

Yep, and Cheap Trick turned it into quite the jet plane.

Roy Wood with that acid voice! Top track. This is when they were running the two bands simultaneously, Daredevils!

@seltaeb3302

Жыл бұрын

No, it was still the Move. Straight after this Jeff left with the drummer & strings to become ELO & Roy then turned into Wizard.

@caryheuchert

Жыл бұрын

This song is a preview of Wizzard to come.

@JanetLangdon

10 ай бұрын

@@seltaeb3302 Roy, Jeff and Bev started ELO while the Move was still together. They used money from the Move's success to fund the first ELO album. Roy left ELO after the first album. All three plus Richard Tandy were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame for founding ELO.

@zachsmith3

9 ай бұрын

Check out the first ELO record, there's some Roy songs on it.@@seltaeb3302 it was Roy's idea to do ELO in the first place after that, Roy left to do Wizzard

@andrewhudson8966

7 ай бұрын

Roy Bev and Jeff were both The Move and ELO at this time and Roy left ELO after the first ELO Lp.

Jeff Lynne playing honky-tonk piano is a sight to see! A great groove!

Roy, Jeff and Bev all have great hair in this video!

Jeff and Roy are amazing....!!!!! Great song!!!!!!!

Part of the utter genius of this btilliant track is that the 'California' in the title refers to the California district of Derby, England where Roy Wood was born! So he really is the California Man after all! 'Take it Jeffrey' bliss!

@daveb4748

2 ай бұрын

Roy Wood was born in Kitts Green, Birmingham

@adrianpeacock4169

2 ай бұрын

@@daveb4748 Good point, that said, here's what the Jeff Lynne Song Database has to say: "The California in the song is said to refer not only to the California state in America, but moreso to an area in Derby, England that is near Birmingham where Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood were from. The song itself is a rocker with nods to both Jerry Lee Lewis (for Jeff Lynne) and Little Richard (for Roy Wood)"

@daveb4748

2 ай бұрын

@@adrianpeacock4169 Actually, I've just checked and Roy Wood lives near Derby now, which probably explains it.

@oppothumbs1

Ай бұрын

@@adrianpeacock4169 I thought they were just mocking the US

Cheap Trick version really Rocks as they were huge Move fans

@oppothumbs1

Ай бұрын

Hate cheap trick. Just like Duran Duran were big Roxy Music fans, it doesn't always work out great.

How could the world contain this much classe simply fantasttic

I still rate the drumming on this track as among the absolute greats of all the time. He consistently ups the beat and takes you with him.

I bought this record, took it home and played it on repeat about a dozen times. I was always a huge Move fan anyway but this one blew me away. My poor mother having to put up with all those repeats.

I think this is1972 this was the 1st record I ever bought the next was burning love by Elvis the king and Roy wood remain my hero's today!

@lewisner

Жыл бұрын

Didn't buy this though I loved it but I bought 10538 Overture.

Love this song, Jeff has no end to his Song writing, total Genesis......

@daveb4748

2 ай бұрын

Roy Wood wrote California Man. Jeff wrote ELO's first single '10538 Overture' shortly after.

@user-cz3ky4ix6u

2 ай бұрын

Maybe. A pity it was written by Roy Wood, though.

This was just KILLER HOOK ! .....lol .....& that LOW SAX SOLO was just WILD .

Excellent song, love the sax

Great to see where songs come from

So colourful & shiny ✨️🤩✨️

Rumor has it that Jeff Lynne is still wearing those aviator shades...

Love this band

One my faves from The Move.

I wonder what Jeff Lynne thinks when he watches this one ? (Young & enthused singing dude) This video kind of makes me giggle ;)

Great w Wood and Lynne

Fantastic music😊😊

Love this

Loved THE MOVE

Towards the end of The Move and the beginning of ELO.

Excelente...

great song

First heard it in 72 still makes the hairs on my neck stand on end black country rock at its best born in the North of England. Take it jeffery

Thanks for posting, Tony. For my money, the best 45 released by anyone...EVER!!!. Will watch again whilst downing my Roy Wood gin, Xmas Edition 2023. Cool...

Bought this in 1972. Cost 50p!

Sheer class

Super Cool!! 👍🎶🎸👏👏

It's always an angry thing with me everytime I hear about that BBC 'wiped' era. "So chaps, let's wipe out the Battle of Hastings & the signing of the Magna Carta next week as well". (!!!!) Thank goodness for the repeat copy. 🙂

This was my best friends favourite song and when I hear it I always think of him. Rest In Peace Dave.

This was actually ELO gathering by the line up. The Move had only 3 members left and augmented by Rick Price.

Wizzard and later ELO on one stage

I have often wondered if this track was done to fulfill some sort of contract quota for The Move prior to them morphing into ELO and that they thought they may as well have some fun with it and came up with a Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard duet. Curiously, to my ears, it came out less like The Move or ELO and more of a hint to what Wizzard would bring. All about the Sax I suppose.

@daisywrabbit

Жыл бұрын

yes! Roy Wood’s looking like The Wizard of All

@markwardel6751

Жыл бұрын

Definitely has that Wizzard sound.

@Krzyszczynski

Жыл бұрын

I read a comment once, years ago, which said this was "the de facto first single from Wizzard".

@caryheuchert

Жыл бұрын

@@KrzyszczynskiGood analogy!!!👍

Fantastic, thanks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Released on the harvest label

What a band bev bevan on drums wow

Jeff dressed like Prince and wearing a Raspberry Beret...

@dmitryowens

10 ай бұрын

Jeff was performing in bands years before Prince, so it was Prince who dressed like him.

This would be off the back of the RocknRoll revival that was going on in the UK at the time. Gary Glitter was another one that attached himself to it. Believe it or not, his first album is a cracking little RnB LP.

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How can Jeff Lynn be the original California Man, being he was born in England? This guy is the leader of many of the best influential Rock bands

@juliejoannebevan6617

Жыл бұрын

With the exceptions of London and Liverpool, British place names don't sound right in the titles of rock and roll songs; most British rock songwriters, such as Roy Wood (who composed this particular hit) and Jeff Lynne, use American place names instead. 'Warwickshire Man', for instance, would sound like the title of a satirical modern folk song by Jeremy Taylor or Jake Thackray, whereas 'California Man' sounds like the title of a rock and roll song - and this is a classic!

@colincarroll7954

9 ай бұрын

Jeff was a Brummie

@johnatkinson7126

9 ай бұрын

With the exception of the move roy was leader

@Skulllywag

7 ай бұрын

Actually Jeff was singing about Robin Zander, who oddly enough also is not from California. This is truly a WTF? kind of song until you see another band (Cheap Trick) staple a pair of balls on it.

@raymondbonington9355

4 ай бұрын

Roy wood wrote the song Jeff Lynne and Roy wood produced it .

C Trick took a musical passage from another Move song and put in the middle of their version! Brontosaurus or something like that

@jreno58

Жыл бұрын

Brontosaurus is correct.

@joeseymour4073

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Love how they put that bit in there! 👏🏻

False star by Roy at 0:52. Shows they also made the effort for live vocals too

@GNF54

Жыл бұрын

I think that was in the original recording, this song is almost certainly mimed here

@newowned

Жыл бұрын

@@GNF54 Nah it's not in the original, it's obviously a backing track but they're singing live. Jeff's really sloppy in the intro as well.

@jonathanbirch2022

6 ай бұрын

They’re singing live over the backing track vocals too

@jonathanbirch2022

6 ай бұрын

They’re singing live over the backing track vocals too

Was this upscaled? or is this the original broadcast

Can anyone identify for certain the other sax player (I wonder whether it's Bill Hunt) and the cello guy (I have no idea)?

@tony713elo

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it's Bill Hunt on sax and I believe roadie Phil Copestake on cello.

@misterteaification

Жыл бұрын

@@tony713elo many thanks!

@davidmacgregor5193

Жыл бұрын

@@tony713elo It's not a cello, it's a double bass. A cello is bowed and a double bass is plucked.

@Krzyszczynski

Жыл бұрын

@@davidmacgregor5193 Both instruments can be either bowed or plucked. Only real difference is the size (and hence depth of pitch).

Why did Lynne start wearing sunglasses all the time?

@misterteaification

Жыл бұрын

Maybe he had an accident with a pot of superglue?

@daveborder7751

Жыл бұрын

Around 1977/1978-literally haven't seen him without them since. Probably welded to his face permanently around 1982.

@daisywrabbit

Жыл бұрын

The electric light so bright, he gotta wear shades 😎🎉

@funftyfunf

11 ай бұрын

'Cos he's a prick.

@NorthernKitty

9 ай бұрын

Just so you would ask. It took many decades, but his lifelong mission is now finally complete.

It’s funny, how musicians from England lose their English accent when they start singing, they sound like a North American - Irish accent when they’re singing, this proves that the North American - Irish accent is most clear, pure, accurate, and best dialect of the English language.

I didn't realise Jeff Lynne joined the Move first, tho in reality its sound wise Wizard with ELO members to be on drums & strings. So in this case did Roy leav6'Move as shiwn here leaving them to be ELO ir did Jeff & the rest leave the Move to become ELO leaving Roy to now become Wizard & too recruit musicians? A conundrum.

@JanetLangdon

10 ай бұрын

Jeff joined the Move with the provision they would morph into another band. Roy, Jeff and Bev formed ELO and used money they made as The Move to fund the first album of ELO. Apparently both groups were on the charts at the same time. After the first album, Roy decided to leave and form Wizard. While Jeff took over the song writing and production for ELO, Bev shared in decision making about when they'd record and tour. He also went out giving interviews and promoting ELO when they weren't touring.

@bryemycaz

5 ай бұрын

@@JanetLangdon 10538 was also supposed to be a Move B side initally then when Roy added the Cellos it turned into the first ELO song and both groups ran in tandem for about a year.

Is his voice double tracked or an echo Or is it Roy wood singing with him Unison ?

@avanti6058

17 күн бұрын

They are singing over a playback.

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Big overlap with The Move and ELO. This was the last of the former (recorded in 1971) and ELO's Overture 10538 was about to be released (yet recorded in 1970!)

These guys an elo cover group?? Also never knew dutch mantel could sing..

Would have been great to see some proper jiving in the crowd!

Way better than Cheap Trick I like The Move better

Good stuff but I can do without all the gimmicky antics...

The Move we're a good grou, but at this time, Roy's best mate Jeff Lynn, became part of this & the switch to a belated rock roll presentation, I think, ruined a once great songwriting band. I'm not a great love of this tune either. 😢

Cheesy and they're haming it up. Mucg prefer cheap tricks version.

@avanti6058

17 күн бұрын

That's bizarre, not cheesy. They are very different things. Cheesy is Air Supply or Europe.

@Frank-sm9yl

17 күн бұрын

@@avanti6058 or the bay City rollers or the move