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Turkish Tram Conductor Blues

"Turkish Tram Conductor Blues"
Single by The Move
from the album Looking On
B-side"Beautiful Daughter"
ReleasedJanuary 1971
RecordedMay–September 1970
StudioAdvision & Philips, London
GenreBlues
Length4:38 (album)
4:46 (single)
LabelAriola (Germany)
Songwriter(s)Roy Wood
Producer(s)Roy Wood
Jeff Lynne
The Move singles chronology
"When Alice Comes Back to the Farm"
(1970) 		"Turkish Tram Conductor Blues"
(1971) 		"Tonight"
(1971)

"Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" is a song performed by English band The Move. The song was written by Roy Wood, though the group's drummer Bev Bevan was credited as songwriter, as a reward for his promotional efforts on behalf of the band.[1][2] Bevan noted that the song was "the sort of the thing that the Wild Angels might like to play".[3]

Turkish Tram Conductor Blues is also noted for rumours of hidden cuss words in the track.[4]

Background

Initially, Turkish Tram Conductor Blues was written for the band's fourth EP, Looking On. The song, alongside two of Wood's other songs on the album (Brontosaurus and When Alice Comes Back to the Farm), show a more "harder" metal genre, compared to the songs of the previous album Shazam.[5]

Release

The B-side was a track called "Beautiful Daughter", which was previously released in Shazam.[6]

Personnel

The Move[7]

Additional personnel[8]

Track listing

7" single release (1971)
  1. "Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" – 4:46
  2. "Beautiful Daughter" – 2:35[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Greenwell, Ken. "Move Remaster Series – Looking On – Tracklisting". Ftmusic.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Looking On". Face the Music. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. ^ Kiste, John Van der (21 January 2017). Jeff Lynne: Electric Light Orchestra - Before and After. Fonthill Media. pp. 36–37.
  4. ^ "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Exposing the Secrets!". Jeff Lynne Songs. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  5. ^ Segretto, Mike (15 July 2022). 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute: A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-4930-6460-1.
  6. ^ Lasserre, Vincent (28 September 2017). Camion Blanc: La saga de Roy Wood Brumbeat forever (The Move, Wizzard, ELO, etc.) (in French). Camion Blanc. ISBN 978-2-35779-989-9.
  7. ^ The Move (1976), Blackberry Way (album notes), Intercord
  8. ^ The Move (1970), Looking On (album notes), Fly
  9. ^ "uk-charts.com - The Move - Turkish Tram Conductor Blues". UK Charts. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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