A Wizzard Solo Fool's Gaze Released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK on November 28, 1975, on Jet Records (catalogue: JET 761), Roy Wood’s “Looking Thru' The Eyes Of A Fool” was his post-Wizzard solo gem. Backed with “Strider,” both tracks written/produced/performed entirely by Roy Wood (all instruments/voices), this melancholic glam-folk ballad did not chart in the UK. Issued in standard and rare misprint (“Look Thru' The Eyes Of A Fool”) variants, it’s a hidden Wood treas

A Wizzard Glam-Rock Marathon Released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK on December 13, 1974, on Warner Bros. Records (catalogue: K 16497), Wizzard’s “Are You Ready To Rock” was Roy Wood’s high-energy glam-rock anthem. Backed with “Marathon Man,” this stomping classic — written by Roy Wood (A) and K. Smart/M. Tyler (B) — entered the Official Singles Chart on December 21, 1974, peaking at No. 8 on January 25, 1975, and charting for 10 weeks. Issued in solid centre first press

Wizzard crowned best British single – Roy Wood’s wall-of-sound triumph! Wizzard’s See My Baby Jive, a one-page article in Record Mirror, December 29, 1973. More Wizzard poll victories added weekly.

Roy Wood races to finish the new Wizzard album – Christmas deadline looms! Wood 'N' Wizzard, a two-page article in Disc, December 8, 1973. Quote from Roy: “This new album has got to be finished by Christmas, so once again we’ve had to rush it, but in spite of this, it’s looking as though it’s going to be a nice one. Naturally we’ve had problems like me not getting the time to write suitable songs for it, so we just had to get into a studio and work out the music. That’s done