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Great moments in British rock ‘n’ roll that remain obscure in the U.S.: The Move, “I Can Hear the Grass Grow,” 1967

The Move was a pop/psychedelic band led by Roy Wood (of later Electric Light Orchestra fame in the 1970s) that had a string of hits on the UK charts in the late 1960s, before recasting themselves (with new guitarist Jeff Lynne, who formed ELO with Wood subsequently) as a blues rock band around 1970 (e.g.).   This is my favorite of their pop/psychedelic UK hits that never charted int he U.S.:

 

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