Wizzard Brew

Infobox Album |
Name = Wizzard Brew
Type = Album
Artist = Wizzard


Released = 1973 2006 Re-Issue
Recorded = |1972
Genre = Progressive rock jazz rock Glam rock
Length = 41:04
Label = |EMI
Producer = Roy Wood
Highest chart position = No. 29 (UK)
Last album =
This album = "Wizzard Brew"
(1973)
Next album = "Introducing Eddy & The Falcons"
(1974)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio
Lower caption = US alternate cover

"Wizzard Brew" is the first album by glam rock group Wizzard, released in March 1973. In the US it was released as 'Wizzard's Brew' and failed to chart.

In approach, the album was much more experimental than the group's hit singles, with elements of hard rock (an approach Wood's previous band The Move had explored on their 1970 album 'Looking On'), and improvisation, especially on the lengthy 'Meet Me At The Jailhouse'. Wood frequently used ring modulation to give the instruments a harsh, distorted sound, and the album may represent an early foray into recording technique that would eventually be called lo-fi. Critical and popular reaction was mixed.

The original release included a lyric and photo sheet.

It was reissued on CD in 1999 but soon deleted. An expanded remastered edition, including the four A- and B-sides of the group's singles tracks, was released on CD in November 2006.

Chart

* #29 U.K.

Track listing

#"You Can Dance The Rock’n’Roll" – 4:37
#"Meet Me At The Jailhouse" – 13:33
#"Jolly Cup Of Tea" – 2:13
#"Buffalo Station/Get On Down To Memphis" – 7:37
#"Gotta Crush (About You)" – 3:44
#"Wear A Fast Gun" – 9:20

2006 Bonus tracks

#"Ball Park Incident"
#"The Carlsberg Special (Pianos Demolished Phone [phone])"
#"See My Baby Jive"
#"Bend Over Beethoven"
#"Angel Fingers"
#"You Got The Jump On Me"
#"Rob Roy's Nightmare (A Bit More H.A.)"
#"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"

Personnel

*Roy Wood – vocal, electric and acoustic guitars, sitar, cello, bassoon, baritone saxophone, string bass, B-flat bass tuba, trombone, recorders, percussion
*Rick Price – bass guitar, vocals, percussion
*Bill Hunt – piano, harpsichord, French horn, trumpet, flugel horn, tenor horn, bugle, euphonium, E flat tuba, little glass, trumpet, backing vocals
*Hugh 'H' McDowell – cello and ARP synthesiser.
*Nick Pentelow – tenor saxophone, clarinet & flute; bass backing vocals
*Mike Burney – alto, tenor baritone & synthesized saxes, clarinet & flute
*Keith Smart – drums
*Charlie Grima – drums, congas, percussion
*The Cowbag Choir