Release Date: 24 February 2023
Label: Grapefruit / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929192621
Genres: Rock Classic Rock
Description
While other contenders may have had greater commercial success, Tony Rivers was surely the British harmony pop scene's pivotal figure during the 60s.
As leader of The Castaways, he made a series of superlative singles before finally scoring a hit in 1969 with the irresistible 'Move In A Little Closer Baby' shortly after the band had been relaunched as Harmony Grass.
But follow-up singles failed to repeat the trick, and after the superb album ‘This Is Us’ was ignored, Tony left the band to accept a backroom role in the industry. Meanwhile, he made several pseudonymous singles that were instrumental in his 1975 recruitment as leader of Cliff Richard's vocal harmony trio.
‘Move In A Little Closer’ is the first-ever complete anthology of Tony's exemplary studio work with both The Castaways and Harmony Grass, including a number of tracks that were unreleased at the time, as well as an entire CD's-worth of previously-unissued BBC sessions recorded with both bands.
The definitive 3CD set in a lavish digipak package includes a new 6000 word essay on Tony's early career that contains reminiscences on his associations with managers Brian Epstein and Robert Stigwood and his brushes with rock royalty including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and his prime inspirers The Beach Boys.
Tracklisting
Kevin Ayers
Wrath
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Tigertailz
The Fall
The Darkness
Hawkwind
Jefferson Starship
Wishbone Ash
Rush
Frank Zappa
The Darkness
Bob Seger
