The Move -- "Omnibus"

The Move was never big on producing albums. It seems the group was very much a singles band. Consider the fact that The Move's first single, "Night of Fear," came out in late 1966, and two more singles were released the following year. But it wasn't until early 1968 that the band's debut album, Move, was released.

The band's second album, Shazam, didn't materialize until two years later! In the 1960s, that was an eternity.

Looking at singles that weren't on either album and tracks that were recorded, but not released at the time, I took a stab at an album that could have been released between Move and Shazam.

SIDE A
1. Move Intro
2. Move
3. You're the One I Need
4. The Fugitive
5. Night of Fear
6. Disturbance
7. I Can Hear the Grass Grow
8. Wave the Flag and Stop the Train
9. Vote for Me

SIDE B
1. Winter Song
2. Wild Tiger Woman
3. Omnibus
4. Blackberry Way
5. Something
6. Curly
7. This Time Tomorrow

Move songs tended to be pretty short, so you could fill the sides of an LP with a lot of tracks and still not surpass the time limitation.

All of these songs feature singer Carl Wayne before he left the group. He clashed frequently with Roy Wood, who wrote most of the songs, over the band's direction. Wayne left before Shazam.

All of these tracks can be found on either the 2016 expanded version of the band's debut album or the 2007 version of Shazam, which included bonus cuts.

For a title, I chose Omnibus from one of the tracks. One definition of the word is "a volume containing several novels or other items previously published separately." Considering that several of these tracks were released as singles, I thought that it was an appropriate title for the album.

For a cover, I chose a sketch of an old London bus as a play on the album title and added the group logo.