Introducing Eddy and the Falcons

The album had a concept similar to The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, in that the intro 'featured' the appearance on stage of fictional band Eddy & The Falcons. All tracks were written and recorded as tributes to 1950s and early 1960s rock and roll musicians, "Eddy’s Rock" being a guitar and saxophone instrumental played in the style of Duane Eddy, while "Everyday I Wonder" was similar in sound and approach to Del Shannon's "Runaway", and "Come Back Karen" did the same for Neil Sedaka's "Oh! Carol". A particularly clear tribute was to Elvis Presley in "I Dun Lotsa Cryin' Over You".{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rR8qAAAAIBAJ&pg=4321,3153233|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714104014/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rR8qAAAAIBAJ&pg=4321,3153233|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2012|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=25 September 1974|title=Sounds of the Times|author=Pierre-Rene Noth|page='Green Sheet' 1}}

One single was released from the album, "This Is the Story of My Love (Baby)". Its chart performance in the UK Singles Chart (No. 34) was a disappointment, as all Wizzard's previous singles had reached the top 10.

The sleeve featured a credit 'Custard pies - D.L.T.' This referred to one of their appearances on Top of the Pops, when presenter Dave Lee Travis had been the apparently unwitting recipient of a custard pie wielded by one of the group.

The original release of Introducing Eddy and the Falcons on the Warner Bros. label, in a gate-fold sleeve, included a fold-out poster of Roy Wood on stage. It was reissued by Edsel on CD in 1999, featuring bonus tracks (1974 singles, A-side and B-sides, which had not been recorded as part of the original concept), but was soon deleted. The album was again reissued in 2020 by Esoteric Recordings featuring new liner notes, a miniature replica of the original poster and the same bonus tracks as the Edsel release.{{Cite web |title=Wizzard: Introducing Eddy And The Falcons, Remastered & Expanded CD Edition |url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/wizzard-introducing-eddy-and-the-falcons-remastered-expanded-cd-edition |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.cherryred.co.uk |language=en}}

All songs written by Roy Wood except where noted.

Side one

1. "Intro" – 0:45
2. "Eddy's Rock" – 3:56
3. "Brand New 88" – 3:21
4. "You Got Me Runnin' " – 3:15
5. "I Dun Lotsa Cryin' Over You" – 3:22
6. "This Is the Story of My Love (Baby)" – 4:45

Side two

1. "Everyday I Wonder" – 4:56
2. "Crazy Jeans" – 2:48
3. "Come Back Karen" – 3:05
4. "We're Gonna Rock 'n' Roll Tonight" – 5:06

1. "Rock 'n' Roll Winter (A Loony's Tune)" – 3:09
2. "Dream of Unwin" (Charlie Grima) – 3:09
3. "Nixture" (Nick Pentelow) – 2:31
4. "Are You Ready to Rock" – 5:23
5. "Marathon Man" (Keith Smart, Mike Tyler) – 2:15

• Roy Wood – vocals, guitars, drums, oboe, cello, bass, keyboards, bassoon, string bass, tenor and baritone saxes, percussion
• Rick Price – bass guitar, guitar, vocals, percussion
• Nick Pentelow – tenor saxophone
• Mike Burney – tenor and baritone saxes
• Keith Smart – drums
• Charlie Grima – percussion
• Bill Hunt – piano
• Bob Brady – piano and vocals (on final track) and 'incidental boogies'.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/introducing-eddy-the-falcons-mw0000053601/credits |title=Introducing Eddy & the Falcons - Wizzard : Credits |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2013-06-26}}

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