Dance around the maypole by Acid Gallery (pre ELO)
£
31
$
41
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
"Dance Around the Maypole" is a song composed by Roy Wood, performed by Acid Gallery and released in the UK as a single in 1969.
When the record was released, several disc jockeys remarked that Acid Gallery sounded remarkably like The Move.
Certainly the voices singing the chorus and the middle eight sound uncannily like Roy Wood's along with Jeff Lynne. The song may have originally been a discarded Move track so Wood probably plays guitar; the bass is also performed in Wood's style; and he may be the drummer as well..
The song's lyrics have a 17th-century ambience, with its references to cavaliers, "dancing on the green" and making love in the hay. Although the record was not a success, some Roy Wood fans list Dance Around the Maypole as one of their favourite Wood songs. Copies of the single are quite rare and are collectors' pieces.
The B-side was "Right Toe Blues
CBS 4608
The disc is in very good condition
price rating
