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    There are several Moody Blues CDs.  I have all but one of them,
    and I recently bought "The Other Side of Life", their newest.  I
    like it quite a bit, especially "Your Wildest Dreams", and very
    especially the opening of that number.  It is ADD.
    				Steve

    re: .1
    
    Have you seen any 'classic' Moody Blues (other than Days of Future
    Passed)?  I've only seen their latest 3 albums and a 'greatest hits'
    collection.

    What 3 albums have you seen? I have Present, The other side of life
    and Voices in the Sky. Days Of Future Passed.. Fantastic!!!
     Are there any more on CD?
    I hear they will be back on tour soon. Does anybody know when or
    where?
              
    Its a Blue World!
    
    Paul Jacobs

    Sure hope they bring out Seventh Sojourn (sp?) SOON!  Anyone heard
    anything?
    
    andy
    

    re: .3
    
    'Long Distance Voyager' is the other available CD.
    
    They are touring this summer; I have tickets to see them at Great
    Woods in Mansfield Ma. in July.

    Re .5:
        I too have tickets...am looking forward eagerly!
    				Steve

    Is there an outlet for tickets in the Maynard area? Does anyone
    have information on other concert locations?
    
    pj

    Re .7:
        I have responded to the ticket inquiry by MAIL, as this topic
    is off the general subject of CDs.  (I know, I was guilty too...)
    					Steve

    
    	I also have tickets for the GREAT WOOD and enough of that.
    
    	I heard a recent interview with HAYWARD/LODGE that was 10 P.M
    here and (this was live) 3 AM in g.b. Well any ways hayward says
    all there albums will be c.d buy the end of this year. He also
    mentioned that Days of future pass was recorded in 4 track and
    the quality for c.d. is the best you can get, with '67' specs.
    
    	Another foot-note was the reason Days of future happened was
    that the studio was curious how a rock band would sound with an
    orchestra in 'stereo'. The MB'S made a deal that they could get
    2 weeks of studio time free and they would come up with some music
    with the orchestra. The rest is history.
    

    Would someone with the Voices in the Sky (the greatest of MB) comment
    on the disk? Is it worth the effort or should I wait for the individual
    disks to become available?

    It's an ok disc, but they cut many of the tracks short.  Most
    annoying of which is "Nights in White Satin", where they lop
    off several minutes.
    				Steve

    I heard it at a friends place.  Pretty bad- it sounded as bad as
    my seven-year-old vinyl (seven years?!?!  My, how  time flies)
    	
    I would have expected that they would have done some noise reduction
    from the tapes, but the sound was like they took a relatively used
    album, digitized it, and pressed the result.
    	
    Other than that, it's there.
    

IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD is out on CD.  BCD (Boston Compact Disc) has it.

That brings the Moodies compact discography that I know about to:

	DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED
	IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD
	VOICES IN THE SKY (anthology)
	LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER
	THE PRESENT
	THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE

It looks like all the older albums are going to be reissued, in which case
there's little reason to bother with VOICES IN THE SKY.

--PSW

    But I want Seventh Sojourn.....
    

I suspect we need merely wait another few months....

--PSW

    What I want to know is why they didn't just move This Is the Moody
    Blues onto disc, instead of coming up with another and decidedly
    inferior compilation.
    
    Dave W.

        The compilation _Voices In The Sky_ has been available
        in record form for quite some time, probably longer than
        the CD.  I doubt that "they" said "Let's create yet another
        collection of Moodies' songs and put it on a CD".
        
Jim Stratton (longtime Moodies fan)
        

    I was just wondering if all you Moody Blues fans were aware that
    Justin Hayward and John Lodge issued an album in 1975 after the
    break up of the group called "Blue Jays".  It was issued by
    Threshold, album # THS 14.  It is one of my favorites.  I haven't
    seen it mentioned along with the discussion of their other
    albums.  
    
    Dennis

        Yes - it's one of my favorites.
        
        (So that this belongs here, I'll ask...) Anyone seen this
        on CD?

    Found "On The Threshold of a Dream" at Boston Compact Disc this
    weekend.

        And with their sale, got it for $11.99...

    Yesterday while wasting time at Shoppers World in Framingham (MA),
    I wandered into Record Town and looked at the few Moodies discs
    they had.  There was something new!  "The Moody Blues - Collection"
    (Castle CCSCD 105).  It is a new (copyright 1986) compilation of
    Moodies songs, most of which I can't place as having been on albums.
    It is a made-for-CD release, digitally mastered, and has 18 tracks.
    I haven't played it yet so I can't say how long it is or how it
    sounds.  Anyway, here are the tracks:
    
    	 1. Go Now
    	 2. Steal Your Heart Away
	 3. Lose Your Money
    	 4. I Don't Mind
    	 5. Let Me Go
    	 6. I'll Go Crazy
    	 7. Time is on My Side
    	 8. It's Easy Child
    	 9. Something You've Got
    	10. I've Got a Dream
    	11. From The Bottom of My Heart
    	12. Can't Nobody Love You
    	13. Stop
    	14. Come Back (I Don't Want to Go On Without You)
    	15. Bye Bye Bird
    	16. It Ain't Necessarily So
    	17. True Story
    	18. And My Baby's Gone
    
    While I've been a fan of the Moodies for a long time, I don't claim
    to be an expert on their music.  Can anyone place these songs in
    time, significance, etc?  Go Now I've heard of, but the rest?
    
    BTW, this seems to be a British import.
    				Steve

I think all of these come from the pre-DAYS OF FUTURE PAST era.  The current
Moodies members don't seem to consider those albums to be Moodies albums at
all (e.g., the seventh album since DAYS OF FUTURE PAST is called SEVENTH
SOJOURN, despite the 2-3 Moodies albums that precede DAYS OF FUTURE PAST).
I would have to agree.

--PSW

    Forget this disc - the music is some of the worst I've heard in
    years, and the recording quality is poor too.  Yecch.  Only someone
    who HAS to have everything recorded by an artist would want this
    disc.
    					Steve

    
    	Just to talk about this record (re-1). The songs you mentioned
    were propably the worse one they took off of the DOUBLE  ALBUM
    that was originally sold. (I have this). I agree with you and
    others that it was before 'DAYS OF' and again the music you mentioned
    is the worse, but what was gratifying was the selection of songs
    by HAYWARD that were on the album, (you didn't seem to mentioned
    these), they fall in with some good if not best work he did. This
    is pre-hayward but the magic is still there.
    
    							AL
    

    
    			Just since I feel guilty as hell for replying
    to this note (re-1) and not mentioning a cd. Could someone move
    this particular note/w replys to COMET::RECORDS and all of
    us can talk about the moody's. I love talking about them, but
    I have very little to talk about on CD'S. Now I'll feel guilty
    about the last all days.
    
    						al
    

    re:-1
    
    Al, I looked over this particular note and its replies and decided
    not to transfer it over to the records file.  But wait...if you
    like talking about the Moodies and their records feel free to start
    up a note, we'd love to have you over.
    
    _stew- (co-moderator of records)

    I just found To Our Childrens Childrens Children and A Question
    of Balance. Very good considering there age.
    
    Also: The Moody's are supposed to be playing at the Centrum around
    OCT 9!
    
    Paul

    Has anyone found "This is the Moody Blues" on CD yet? It is supposedly
    released in the UK but I can't find it...
    
    Putting out my problems with the cat,
    
    Andy

    
    Do not believe I've seen it yet. I'm looking for BLUE JAYS.
    (HAYWARD,LODGE). Is that out ???
    
    al
    

Why are .18, .19 and .20 in this note stream set hidden?

	A noter was proposing violating the copyright law covering
	some old Moody Blues albums.

Well, this question was asked in 1986, and in 1987, so I'll ask it in
1988! Has anyone seen/heard of a release of 'This is The Moody Blues'
on CD? This is the 2-LP greatest hits collection.

thanx for any info,
Alan S.

    
     Being a gig MB Fan, I always look through the section to see
    what is new. I have not seen this release yet, the only greatest
    hits I know of that is out is Voices In The Sky. I'm still trying
    to get Question.
                        mike
    

                       -< The answer to the question... >-

    I'm also a long time Moody's fan, and as I've just got a CD player, on
    monday I was browsing the racks of a shop in Reading UK. I saw
    'Question..' and THINK I saw 'This is..'. I'll make a positive note
    next time. 

    Richard

    I just got a CD player and I am trying to get a MB CD of a tape
    I have.  I recorded the Tape in the mid 70's and have since lost
    the Record, I think it is the Seventh Sojourn but I am not sure.
    I listen to a cassette that I make from my Reel to Reel master for
    hours when I am on a trip.  I have even turned my 16 year old son
    onto them with it.  My question is, I thought it was a double albumn
    on record, but the CD listed in Noteworthy (POP 820159) is the same
    price as all the rest (13 others) $10.54, it this correct?   And
    how is the quality?
    
    Thanks
    Dave

"The Seventh Sojourn" is a single album. If this is what you're thinking
of, it has songs like "I'm Just a Singer In A Rock & Roll Band".
Like all Moody Blues CDs,the quality is excellent.

They had 2 double albums - "This Is The Moody Blues", a greatest hits
compilation, and "Caught Live + 5", 3 live sides and a 4th side of
unreleased studio cuts. I doubt either of these will ever come out
on CD. They sort of made up for it by issuing a CD last year (called
"The Moody Blues Story" or something like that) with all of the "unreleased"
cuts from these 2 albums, without the live tracks, and a few others they 
had kicking around. I haven't seen that CD around in a while, but it was
on the same label - Threshold/London/Decca/Polygram.

Scott

    I have "Voices in the Sky" which has some oldies and newer hits
    on it.....Good sounding too.  I just ordered "Days of Future Past",
    hopefully it'll be just as good.
    
    Stig

    I have 5 of the early discs, including "Days of..." All
    sound great. The only complaint I have, is the tracks
    aren't seperated well, which you only notice in random,
    or program modes. 
    
                 Wayne

Most of the old Moodies albums, up to Seventh Sojourn, were mixed to be
essentially one continuous track, with one song fading into the next.
I like that - it gives the album a sense of continuity.

If you're just getting started, other albums to check out are "To Our Children's
Children's Children" and "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour". But then again,
all of their old albums are excellent.

"Days of Future Passed", what they consider their first album (ignoring
the "Go Now" album, pre-Justin Hayward and mellotron) is a bit different
from the others. Cuts alternate between the band and a full orchestra.
Supposedly when they were recording it, Decca wanted a rock band with an
orchestra to show off their new stereo techniques, and they were supposed
to record a rock version of a piece of classical music (Verdi?). Instead
they wrote this themselves and recorded it more or less in secrecy, surprising
the executives with the results. They recorded the orchestra in normal
working hours, and later (like on weekends) the band did their own bits.
It's one of the first rock albums to really take advantage of multi-track
recording.

Scott

    There is also a Moody Blues CD called "Prelude," which is a compilation
    of B-sides and singles not available, I believe, on other albums (with
    the exception of "Late Lament," which is just the spoken part at the end
    of "Nights in White Satin.")  All of the songs are from 1967 and
    1968, and include "Fly Me High," "Kings and Queens," "Cities,"
    and others.  A nice CD ....
    
    - Dave

    You are right the one I am wanting (I won't hold my breath) is "This
    is the Moody Blues".  It is a great set of music with the orchestra
    and rock combined.  Another albumn on that line is the "War of the
    Worlds", a Rock and Roll with orchestra background.  I think "This
    is the MB" is some of the best music ever recorded, there are not
    any bad (ie weak) tracks on it, I never want to fast forward or
    skip any of them.
    Thanks for the info, I quess I will just have to be satisfied with
    the tape that I have for now.  
    Dave

    re. 43 Scott, Are you sure about the "days of..." album being their
    first?? I always thought "A Question of Balance," held that honor.
    
    Also, check out "On The Threshold of a Dream," and "In Search of
    the Lost Chord." I agree with them being recorded to have everything
    just blend into the next song. Not long ago, my wife and I, just
    locked the doors, shut down the lights, and put in a rack of 6 CDs
    played from start to finish. Nice treat!!
    
    To the person, who thought that compilation didn't have a "weak"
    song on it, neither do any of the *entire* albums mentioned in 
    this note, or .43!  Course, being a MB fan, maybe I'm a bit
    biased.
    
                           Wayne

    Here's a partial M.B. discography (up to 1981) ... this doesn't
    list "Go Now," which came before "Days of Future Passed."  I believe
    that Mike Pinder was the only member to stay with the M.Bs after
    "Go Now."

Days of Future Passed (1967)

  The Day Begins		The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)
  Dawn: Dawn Is a Feeling	Evening: The Sun Set: Twilight Time
  The Morning: Another Morning	The Night: Nights in White Satin
  Lunch Break: Peak Hour

In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)

  Departure			Voices in the Sky
  Ride My See-Saw		The Best Way to Travel
  Dr. Livingstone, I Presume	Visions of Paradise
  House of Four Doors		The Actor
  Legend of a Mind		The Word
  House of Four Doors (Part 2)	Om

On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)

  In the Beginning		Never Comes the Day
  Lovely to See You		Lazy Day
  Dear Diary			Are You Sitting Comfortably
  Send Me No Wine		The Dream
  To Share Our Love		Have You Heard - Part I
  So Deep Within You		The Voyage
				Have You Heard - Part II

To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)

  Higher and Higher		Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)
  Eyes of a Child, Part 1	Eternity Road
  Floating			Candle of Life
  Eyes of a Child, Part 2	Sun is Still Shining
  I Never Thought I'd Live	I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Million
    to be a Hundred		Watching and Waiting
  Beyond
  Out and In

A Question of Balance (1970)

  Question			It's Up to You
  How Is It (We Are Here)	Minstrel's Song
  And the Tide Rushes In	Dawning Is the Day
  Don't You Feel Small		Melancholy Man
  Tortoise and the Hare		The Balance

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)

  Procession			One More Time to Live
  The Story in Your Eyes	Nice to Be Here
  Our Guessing Game		You Can Never Go Home
  Emily's Song			My Song
  After You Came

The Moody Blues Seventh Soujourn (1972)

  Lost in a Lost World		You and Me
  New Horizons			The Land of Make-Believe
  For My Lady			When You're a Free Man
  Isn't Life Strange		I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)

Caught Live + 5 (1977)

Octave (1978)

  Steppin' In a Slide Zone	Top Rank Suite
  Under Moonshine		I'm Your Man
  Had to Fall in Love		Survival
  I'll Be Level with You	One Step Into the Light
  Driftwood			The Day We Meet Again

Long Distance Voyager (1981)

  The Voice			Meanwhile
  Talking Out of Turn		22,000 Days
  Gemini Dream			Nervous
  In My World			Painted Smile
				Reflective Smile
				Veteran Cosmic Rocker

... ?

Prelude (compilation - 1987 - all songs 1967 except * = 1968)

  Fly Me High 			 Gimme A Little Somethin' *
  I Really Haven't Got the Time	 Please Think About It
  Leave This Man Alone		 Long Summer Days
  Love and Beauty		 King and Queen *
  Cities			 What Am I Doing Here *
  A Simple Game	*		 Late Lament
    
    

Dave,
Ray Thomas was also in the original lineup. He played harmonica then.
I think Graeme Edge was with them then.  Denny Laine and someone else
left, to be replaced by Justin Hayward and John Lodge. The rest is history.

Too bad no one uses the mellotron any more. You get a sound out of it
that nothing else can replace.

"A Question of Balance" is far from being their first album. As the last reply
shows, it came out in 1970.

Additions to the list (sorry, no song titles):

The Present - 1983

The Other Side Of Life - 1986

Sur La Mer - 1988

In my opinion, "Sur La Mer" is a pretty dismal album. Most of the album is
just Hayward and Lodge, with drum machines and synthesizers. It's the
second album not to have Ray Thomas on it at all. Officially, he is still
in the band and tours with them, but for some reason he isn't recording
with them.

Most of the solo albums are pretty good. They've all done solo albums -
Justin Hayward and John Lodge (together and separately), Ray Thomas
(2 albums), The Graeme Edge Band (2 albums), and Michael Pinder (1 album
after he quit). Most of the Hayward and/or Lodge albums are on CD.

Someone mentioned the "War of the Worlds" album. That's another one with
Justin Hayward on it - he sings "Forever Autumn".

Scott

    re. last couple.  My apologies.. I stand corrected. Age, fading
    memory, and the years gone by, have left me in a confused state.
    Still love the Moody Blues though!.
    
                      Wayne

    re .48
    
    Thanks for posting the albums since Long Distance Voyager ... sorry
    to say, I lost interest in the Moody's studio efforts since that
    album.
    
    Here's a second vote for their CDs, by the way ... sound quality
    is excellent (of the ones I have so far, anyway).
    
    Ditto on the mellotron, I love the sound of that instrument.  What
    other groups used the mellotron?  I've always uniquely identified
    it with the Moody Blues.
    
    - Dave

    
    A list of bands that used the mellotron is extensive.  In fact,
    there's a note in RECORDS called "Mellotron Music" about this subject.
    
    Off the top of my head, some other mellotron users:

    Beatles, Stones, Traffic, Cream, Yes, King Crimson, Kinks, Capt.
    Beefheart, Freddy Fender (!!??), Cheap Trick, Family, Barclay James
    Harvest, Caravan, Herbie Hancock, Tomita, Tangerine Dream, Jethro
    Tull, etc. etc.
    
    Most of these were for studio use only as the instrument has a
    reputation for not taking road abuse well.
    
    

Add Led Zeppelin to that list. "Kashmir" wouldn't be the same without it.
And the first use - Del Shannon's "Runaway".
I believe Kitaro still uses one on occasion.

The last time I saw a mellotron was at a Moody Blues concert in 1983.
Justin Hayward wheeled it out for "Running Water" (and used it on the album
too). John Lodge played his double-neck 12-string/bass. I once read an
interview with the Moody Blues, and they were asked why they don't use
the mellotron any more. They said you just can't get tapes for it now.

It was a much smaller unit that I thought it would be (synthesizer-size)
but they said it was a mellotron.

Scott

    I started looking through my old records and found I had the record,
    it is a double record.  The title is "This is the moody blues" made
    in 1974 by Threshold records.  Here are the songs on it and the
    dates that why were recorded.  
    
             Side 1                                 Side 2
    Question	 	    1970	  In the Beginning	 1969
    The Actor		    1968	  Lovely to see You	 1969
    The Word		    1968	  Never Comes the Day	 1969
    Eyes of a Child	    1969	  Isnt Life Strange	 1972
    Legend of a Mind	    1968	  The Dream	    	 1969
    					  Have You Heard Part I	 1969
    					  The Voice		 1969
    					  Have You Heard Part II 1969
    
             Side 3				    Side 4
    Ride My See Saw	    1968	  Im Just a Singer	 1972
    Tuesday Afternoon 	    1967	  For My Lady		 1972
    And The Tide Rushes In  1970	  The Story in Your Eyes 1970
    New Horzins		    1972	  Melancholy Man	 1970
    Simple Games	    1968          Nights in White Satin	 1967
    Watching and Waiting    1969	  Late Lament		 1967
    
    Dave

    See also replies .25-.27 about a CD called "The Moody Blues
    Collection".  Anyone who wants to buy it from me, just send me mail.
    
    				Steve