"Ball Park Incident" is a song by Roy Wood. A version, produced by Wood, was recorded in 1972 by his glam rock band Wizzard and released that November as their debut single, on the Harvest label. It was in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart for ten weeks, and stood at its highest position of number six for three weeks in January 1973. The single also reached number one on the Dutch Top 40.
The band mimed performances of the song on BBC TV's Top of the Pops, first on 21 December 1972 and then again on 11 January 1973. Both performances have been wiped.
"Ball Park Incident" appears as a bonus track on the 2006 reissue of Wizzard's debut album Wizzard Brew.
Personnel Roy Wood – vocal, electric and acoustic guitars, sitar, cello, bassoon, baritone saxophone, string bass, B-flat bass tuba, trombone, recorders, percussion Rick Price – bass guitar, vocals, percussion Bill Hunt – piano, harpsichord, French horn, trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor horn, bugle, euphonium, E flat tuba, little glass, backing vocals Hugh 'H' McDowell – cello and ARP synthesiser Nick Pentelow – tenor saxophone, clarinet and flute; bass backing vocals Mike Burney – alto, tenor, baritone & synthesized saxes, clarinet and flute Keith Smart – drums Charlie Grima – drums, congas, percussion
Chart history Chart (1973)PositionAustralian Singles Chart6Irish Singles Chart8Dutch Top 401UK Singles Chart6
References
External links "Ball Park Incident" at doscogs.com Song lyrics at 10538overture.dk