The Woodentops

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Good Thing 03:46 Tools
Get It On 03:23 Tools
Love Train 03:05 Tools
Well Well Well 04:22 Tools
Give It Time 03:50 Tools
So Good Today 03:00 Tools
Move Me 03:28 Tools
Travelling Man 03:17 Tools
Everything Breaks 04:52 Tools
Hear Me James 03:39 Tools
Last Time 04:08 Tools
Shout 02:11 Tools
History 03:24 Tools
Love Affair With Everyday Living 03:51 Tools
It Will Come 03:11 Tools
Plenty 03:19 Tools
You Make Me Feel 03:13 Tools
Stop This Car 03:21 Tools
Special Friend 04:11 Tools
Maybe It Won't Last 03:05 Tools
Plutonium Rock 04:14 Tools
Do It Anyway 02:38 Tools
Why 05:11 Tools
Wheels Turning 05:18 Tools
Heaven 04:07 Tools
They Can Say What They Want 04:16 Tools
Love Affair With Everyday Livin' 03:50 Tools
Tuesday Wednesday 03:32 Tools
I Want Your Love 04:05 Tools
Third Floor Rooftop High 05:22 Tools
What You Give Out 03:27 Tools
Why (Live) 05:22 Tools
Steady Steady 06:10 Tools
A Little More Time 06:10 Tools
In a Dream 03:31 Tools
Why Why Why 05:02 Tools
Smokin' 03:31 Tools
A Pact 03:31 Tools
Conversations 04:22 Tools
Cold Inside 06:42 Tools
Everyday Living 00:00 Tools
Well Well Well [12 Inch Version] 04:22 Tools
I'm Delighted 05:02 Tools
Stay Out Of The Light 05:02 Tools
Every Step of The Way 05:02 Tools
Stop This Car (Motor Mix) 07:40 Tools
Take Me Through The Night 05:02 Tools
Off To War 05:02 Tools
What Was Taken I Don't Want Back 07:40 Tools
Because of You 07:40 Tools
Have You Seen the Lights 03:04 Tools
Everybody 02:22 Tools
Why Why Why (live) 05:16 Tools
The Woodentops 02:22 Tools
Love Train (Live) 02:59 Tools
Everyday Living (Adrian Sherwood Mix) 04:11 Tools
Why Why Why (Adrian Sherwood mix) 07:54 Tools
Give It Time (Arthur Baker Dub) 07:24 Tools
I'd Love You Again 04:40 Tools
Well, Well, Well 02:18 Tools
Why Why Why - Adrian Sherwood Mix 07:55 Tools
You Make Me Feel (Late Night mix) 05:17 Tools
You Could Be Happy 04:29 Tools
Hallelujah 04:15 Tools
Umeboshi Plum 06:05 Tools
Good Thing - 12" Mix 05:18 Tools
Pleasure 04:46 Tools
Give It Time (Adrian Sherwood Mix) 05:42 Tools
Good Thing (12" Mix) 05:17 Tools
Tainted World (Kid Batchelor Rub Frankie Foncett Edit) 06:26 Tools
Stop This Car - 7" Single Mix 03:21 Tools
It Will Come (Single Version) 04:15 Tools
Love affair With Everyday Living - Adrian Sherwood Mix 04:14 Tools
Travelling Man - 12" Mix 04:29 Tools
Travelling Man (12" Mix) 04:28 Tools
The Last Time 04:14 Tools
Have You Seen the Light? 03:03 Tools
Children 06:23 Tools
Why Why Why - Tony Johns & Dave Boreham Balearic Edit 05:44 Tools
Don't 06:07 Tools
Give It Time - Adrian Sherwood Mix 05:43 Tools
Conehead 05:59 Tools
Love Affair With Everyday Living (Adrian Sherwood mix) 04:13 Tools
Move Me (single Version) 03:31 Tools
Why - Live 05:23 Tools
You Make Me Feel - 7" Single Mix 03:10 Tools
Why Why Why? 04:14 Tools
It Will Come (John Leckie Mix) 03:10 Tools
Get It On - Live 03:05 Tools
Get It On (Live) 03:05 Tools
Well Well Well - Live 02:18 Tools
Move Me (Godwin Logie Remix) 04:34 Tools
Travellingman 04:13 Tools
Why (bonus) 04:13 Tools
Stop this Car - Rolo McGinty Ian Tregoning Remix 07:41 Tools
wheels turning (us mix) 00:00 Tools
Wheels Turning (Adrian Sherwood Mix) 00:00 Tools
Keep A Knockin' (bonus) 03:05 Tools
Surely (Rough Mix) 04:19 Tools
Love Train - Live 03:00 Tools
I Want Your Love (bonus) 03:17 Tools
Well Well Well - Godwin Logie Remix 04:23 Tools
Why (Live Version) 05:26 Tools
Why Why Why - Leo Mas & Fabric Balearic Militant Dub 04:34 Tools
Keep a Knockin' 03:05 Tools
Wheels Turning (Adrian Sherwood 12" Mix) 06:03 Tools
You Make Me Feel (7" Single Mix) 06:03 Tools
Travelling Man - Live 02:31 Tools
It Will Come - John Leckie Mix 03:10 Tools
Well Well Well (Godwin Logie Remix) 04:22 Tools
Plutonium Rock (live) 02:41 Tools
Traveling man 03:17 Tools
Hallelujah (bonus) 04:34 Tools
In a Dream - Live At Glastonbury 02:21 Tools
Well, Well, Well (long version) 03:04 Tools
Have You Seen The Light 03:04 Tools
Why Why Why (Extended Mix) 07:55 Tools
Stop This Car - motor mix 07:34 Tools
Why Why Why (Tony Johns & Dave Boreham Balearic Edit) 05:43 Tools
Wheels Turning - Adrian Sherwood 12" Mix 06:04 Tools
Well Well Well (Live) 02:18 Tools
Move Me - Godwin Logie Remix 04:35 Tools
Stop This Car (7" Single Mix) 03:20 Tools
Plenty (Live) 03:21 Tools
Why Why Why - Denis the Night Panic Party Remix 05:12 Tools
Keep a Knockin' (Adrian Sherwood Dub) 05:12 Tools
Plenty - Live 03:21 Tools
Surely - Rough Mix 04:20 Tools
Everyday Living - Live 03:10 Tools
Wheel's turning 03:58 Tools
Get it on 12" 06:04 Tools
Move Me [Single Version] 03:31 Tools
Maybe It Won’t Last 03:05 Tools
Travelling Man/Get It On 05:35 Tools
Keep a Knockin' - Adrian Sherwood Dub 05:13 Tools
Why [Live Version] 05:26 Tools
Move Me - Live 05:38 Tools
Well Well Well (Godwin Logie 12' Mix) 04:20 Tools
Everything Breaks - Live 04:03 Tools
Love Affair With Everyday Livi 06:36 Tools
Plutonium Rock - Live 02:42 Tools
Give It Time - Arthur Baker Dub 07:24 Tools
Good Thing - Live 04:04 Tools
You Make Me Feel - Late Night Version 03:00 Tools
Move Me (Live) 05:38 Tools
Travelling Man (Live) 02:30 Tools
Good Thing (Live) 04:04 Tools
In a Dream (Live At Glastonbury) 02:21 Tools
Stop this Car (Rolo McGinty Ian Tregoning Remix) 07:40 Tools
Tainted World - Kid Batchelor Rub Frankie Foncett Edit 06:27 Tools
Woodentops - Well Well Well 04:17 Tools
You Make Me Feel (Late Night Version) 05:16 Tools
Everyday Living (Live) 02:42 Tools
Good Thing (mix) 05:07 Tools
Stop This Car [Motor Mix] 07:40 Tools
Special Friend [*] 04:11 Tools
Everything Breaks (Live) 04:03 Tools
Every Day Living 05:35 Tools
Why Why Why - A WTF Acid Dub Remix 03:55 Tools
Wheel's turning (prod. by Adrian Sherwood) 07:40 Tools
Well Well Well [Godwin Logie 12'Mix] 07:40 Tools
Plutonium Rock [*] 00:00 Tools
The Woodentops - Move Me 05:07 Tools
Stop This Car (Rolo Mcginty / Ian Tregoning Remix) 07:41 Tools
Wheels Turning (A. Sherwood Mix) 05:37 Tools
Why Why Why (Balearic Militant dub) 03:00 Tools
10 Travelling Man 03:16 Tools
Traveling Man - Get It On 05:35 Tools
Travelling Man (Mix) 04:26 Tools
Why Why Why - Lisbon Kid Balearic Rework 04:10 Tools
12 Everything Breaks 04:48 Tools
Move Me [Godwin Logie Remix] 04:34 Tools
It Will Come [*] 03:11 Tools
Travelling Man - Get It On 05:37 Tools
Why Why Why - A WTF Remix 07:41 Tools
08 Shout 02:09 Tools
09 History 03:22 Tools
Why Why Why - Steve Proctor Remix 07:41 Tools
Last Time (live) 03:22 Tools
You Make Me Feel [late night mix] 04:10 Tools
Why Why Why (Balearic re-edit) 05:44 Tools
Stop This Car (12"Motor Mix) 03:22 Tools
Why Why Why (Live version) 03:00 Tools
Why Why Why - Spatial Awareness Remix 06:26 Tools
they can't say what they want 05:44 Tools
Tuesday Wendesday 04:24 Tools
You Make Me Feel - Late Night Mix (bonus) 03:00 Tools
A3 - Well, Well, Well 03:22 Tools
In a Dream (Live in Glastonbury) 02:21 Tools
Well Well Well (Godwin Logie 12" Mix) 04:24 Tools
Give It Time [Arthur Baker Dub] 07:24 Tools
People Of Today 04:24 Tools
It WIll Come (1986 Northhampton, England) 04:24 Tools
11 Last Time 04:10 Tools
Children of Today 06:26 Tools
Well Well Well (Godwin Logie 12"Mix) 04:24 Tools
Wheels Turning (Adrian Sherwood Remix) 03:21 Tools
In A Dream - Glastonbury 1987 04:24 Tools
Why - Glastonbury 1987 04:24 Tools
Stop This Car (12" Motor Mix) 04:24 Tools
Why [Live] 02:21 Tools
Stop This Car (Ian Tregoning/Rolo Remix) 07:40 Tools
Why Why Why - Justin Strauss & Bryan Mette Whatever/Whatever Remix 07:40 Tools
Tainted World (Kid Batchelor Rub) 06:26 Tools
Everything Breaks - Glastonbury 1987 06:26 Tools
Get It On [Live] 02:52 Tools
Plutonium Rock (Godzilla) 03:24 Tools
Wheels Turning [adrian sherwood mix] 07:41 Tools
Why Why Why [Tony Johns & Dave Boreham Balearic Edit] 07:41 Tools
Plenty [*] 07:41 Tools
Love Affair With Everday Living 07:41 Tools
Love Affar With Everyday Livin' 03:55 Tools
Plenty (BBC Session Version) 07:41 Tools
Stop That Car 04:04 Tools
Why (Bonus Track) 04:04 Tools
Get It On - Glastonbury 1987 04:05 Tools
Stop This Car (Motor Mix) 1988 04:05 Tools
Plutonium Rock - Glastonbury 1987 02:52 Tools
Love Affair With Everyday Livin` 02:52 Tools
Everybody [*] 06:26 Tools
Cold Inside [*] 06:26 Tools
Why Why Why (Steve Proctor Remix) 06:26 Tools
special friend-30-3-86 07:40 Tools
Everything Breaks (Glastonbury, 20 Jun 1987) 07:40 Tools
Well Well Well (Glastonbury, 20 Jun 1987) 07:40 Tools
Get It On (Glastonbury, 20 Jun 1987) 07:40 Tools
Travellin' Man 06:26 Tools
Stop This Car [*] 06:26 Tools
Here Me James 07:40 Tools
Steady Steady [*] 07:40 Tools
Why Why Why - Balearic Rework 07:40 Tools
why (extended mix) 07:40 Tools
Children Of Today (live) 07:43 Tools
I Want Your Love [*] 04:06 Tools
Surely 04:39 Tools
The Last Time (John Peel Session 08.09.1984) 04:39 Tools
Plenty (John Peel session 27.08.1985) 03:37 Tools
Hallelujah [*] 03:37 Tools
'Well Well Well' - 7" 1986 03:37 Tools
Unknown, Move Me (Single Version) 03:37 Tools
Well, Well, Well [long version] 03:37 Tools
The Woodentops - Maybe It Won't Last 04:04 Tools
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The Woodentops began 1983 with Rolo McGinty, Simon Mawby, Alice Thompson, and Paul Hookham. Known to busk and perform at South London art house warehouse type venues/parties . Rehearsing at Panni Bahrti's (then Charrington) warehouse at Clapham Junction, where the band worked until 1988. This was a hotbed of experimental film and graphic design, Panni desgining the bands vinyl / cd artwork / film and stage show. The band progressed to conventional venues. At this time the bands electronic influences such as Kraftwerk, Can and Suicide became blurred by the band acheiving its own sound, a hybrid of hi speed hypnotic acoustic rock. Early reviews saw them as a type of Violent Femmes/ Feelies group but increasingly Rolo, the main writer, would write new kinds of song in a desire to not repeat themselves. This never changed with record companies and reviewers finding them harder to pigeonhole. the Woodentops recorded the first single Plenty for Food records in 1984, followed by support tours for artists such as Julian Cope and Everything But the Girl. John Peel picked the group for several BBC sessions on his show and championed the group untill his death. Frank de Freitas and Benny Staples became the definative rhythm section. Rough Trade records signed the group, leading to a canonade of highly respected singles "Move me", "Well Well Well" and "Good Thing" . The album "Giant" saw them reaching the top 30 in the conventional charts, whereas all singles and albums attained number one spots in the independant charts. The live album "Hypnobeat Live" maintained the number one indie position for several weeks. This live lp spawned "Why Why Why" one of the first big hits of the late 80s club scene in Ibiza. "Woodenfoot Cops on the Highway", the 2nd studio album, followed in 1987 and the band toured worldwide. Two singles from the album were released, and a final single "Tainted World" was power played on the NYC garage station by Tony Humphries. The group took a 15 year break, returning to perform again in 2006. An extraordinary night at the London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2009 saw the band back on top form, collaborating with original album cover artist Panni Bharti. Original members Rolo McGinty, Simon Mawby and Frank de Freitas are joined by Paul Ashby on drums and Áine O'Keeffe on keyboards. This was swiftly followed by a successful European tour with the band taking their unmistakable sound to Belgium, Germany and France, and appearances at Glastonbury and other UK festivals in 2010. The group has collaborated with musicians Tackhead, Gary Lucas, Gods and Monsters, Lee Scratch Perry, Arthur Russell, Adrian Sherwood, Andy Partridge, John Leckie, Bob Sargeant, Arthur Baker, Bang the Party. They were also the recipients of the 1st Paul Oakenfold remix and an appearance in the first film by French film director Olivier d'Assayas, Desodre. Woodentops is an old nickname for an acoustic guitar,the name of a UK puppet TV series from the early 60's, a nickname for the police force, or an idiot. The Woodentops' website is at http://woodentopsmusic.com/ Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.