Move (The Move album)

Move is the debut album by the English rock group the Move. Released on 22 March 1968 through Regal Zonophone Records, the album features ten Roy Wood compositions, along with three covers which had been a prominent part of the group's live act. Although scheduled for an earlier release, the album was delayed by the theft of the master tapes, which led to the tracks needing to be re-mixed. The album was sporadically recorded between January 1967 and February 1968 at Advision, De Lane Lea and Olympic Studios in London, during gaps in their tight recording schedule when the group were not booked for any performances.

Highly anticipated, the album featured two previously released singles: "Flowers in the Rain" and "Fire Brigade", both of which reached the top five in the UK Singles Chart. "Cherry Blossom Clinic" would have also been released as a single, although the release was withdrawn. Still, two other singles from the album would be released outside of the UK, those being the US-exclusive single "Yellow Rainbow" and the Japan-exclusive single "The Girl Outside", which had "Cherry Blossom Clinic" on its B-side. Move was the only album by the band to chart in the UK, reaching number fifteen on the charts during the early summer of that year.

Move was also the only album by the group to feature their original bassist Chris "Ace" Kefford, who left the band shortly after the record was released in spring 1968, as well as being the only one to fully feature rhythm guitarist Trevor Burton, who left during the early sessions for their follow-up record Shazam, although Kefford would return for a one-off reunion concert in 1981, and Burton would return to the band (then-renamed to the "Bev Bevan Band") in 2004, as an occasional member, before becoming a full member once again in 2007.