Richard Price was born 10 June 1944 in Birmingham, and his first band were the Cimarrons, who were inspired by the Shadows, before moving on to the Sombreros, who later changed their name to Sight & Sound and moved in a more psychedelic direction. He began collaborating with Mike Sheridan as a songwriting partnership, and when Sheridan's Nightriders lost Roy Wood when he left them in 1966 to form The Move, Price followed him to provide bass, and stayed with the group for two years, including an unsuccessful tour of the United States. When Wood left The Move to Form Electric Light Orchestra with Jeff Lynne, Price contributed bass tracks to the early sessions for their debut album, but for reasons that are unclear none of his bass parts ended up in the final mix of the album when it was released in 1971. After leaving the Move he signed a contract with Gemini Records, and re-connecting with Mike Sheridan they recorded some songs together, which were compiled onto an album called 'This Is To Certify That', which was released in 1970. Price also recorded a solo album, 'Talking To The Flowers', in 1971, before joining former Move colleague Carl Wayne in Light Fantastic, and then forming Mongrel with future Wizzard drummers Charlie Grima and Keith Smart, leading to him re-uniting with Roy Wood when he followed Grima and Smart when they joined Wizzard. The sessions for Price's solo album produced a number of songs that weren't used, and so this collection consists of tracks that weren't considered good enough to make the final cut, and if you like these then you should check out both of the albums mentioned above, as they contain some fine late 60's pop.
Track listing
01 Dream
02 Hey Little One
03 Take My Hand For A While
04 I Can Get Found
05 Mr Bojangles
06 Caroline
07 Turn Around
08 Love Is A Lonesome River
09 Give Me Peace
10 My Crying Time
11 Galveston
12 We Believe In Jesus
13 Top Ten Record
