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The Moody Blues get the two-disc treatment on the latest installment of Polydor's surprisingly thorough Gold series. Rather than just assemble the usual suspects around staples like "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Story in Your Eyes" (which are here), the compilers dove deep into the group's career, providing tracks from solo recordings like "Remember Me My Friend" from Justin Hayward and John Lodge's excellent Blue Jays album and their gorgeous follow-up single, "Blue Guitar," as well as lesser-known late-'70s/early-'80s cuts from Octave, The Present, and Sur la Mer. Gold also includes some of the superior, somewhat neglected album tracks from the group's heyday, such as "Never Comes the Day," "Candle of Life," and the beautiful "Watching and Waiting," any of which could have been singles, and the last a far better track than the oft-compared "Nights in White Satin." Also significant is the dramatic improvement in the sound on these newly digitized tracks, which take full advantage of 24-bit mastering and are vastly superior even to the same cuts on 1996-vintage remastered versions of the group's first seven albums -- textures, timbres, instruments, and musical parts that were formerly buried in the mixes of the songs and only hinted at in playback are suddenly audible in sharp relief here (which leads one to ask when those, plus Octave -- which was out of print as of the start of 2005 -- and the other later albums, might be due for another upgrade). Listeners looking for an easy, affordable, and comprehensive guide to the Moodies will be hard-pressed to find anything better outside of 1994's Time Traveller box set, and its sound quality can't match what one hears on this set.
© James Christopher Monger & Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Peter Knight, Conductor - London Festival Orchestra, Orchestra - Tony Clark, Producer - Justin Hayward, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, MainArtist
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
MIKE PINDER, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1967 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
MIKE PINDER, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Thomas, Tambourine, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer - Derek Varnals, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1968 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Flute, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Tambourine, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer - Derek Varnals, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1968 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Additional Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Flute, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Vocals, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1968 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Tambourine, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1969 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1969 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1969 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Piano, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Thomas, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1969 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Piano, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Flute, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1969 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Tambourine, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1970 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Tambourine, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Pinder, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1970 Universal Music Operations Limited
Justin Hayward, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1971 Threshold Records Ltd.
MIKE PINDER, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Tambourine, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Pinder, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1972 Threshold Records Ltd.
MIKE PINDER, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Tambourine, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1972 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Lodge, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1972 Threshold Records Ltd.
MIKE PINDER, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Thomas, Tambourine, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1972 Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 2
John Lodge, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Justin Hayward, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1975 Threshold Records Ltd., Under Exclusive License to Decca Music Group Limited
Kevin Godley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Gouldman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lol Creme, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1974 Universal Music Operations Limited, Under Exclusive LIcense to Decca Music Group Limited
MIKE PINDER, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Thomas, Flute, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
MIKE PINDER, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Flute, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Justin Hayward, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Tony Clarke, Producer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Vigrass, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Wayne, ComposerLyricist - Justin Hayward, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Osborne, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1978 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
New World Philharmonic Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Jackman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Moraz, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Flute, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pip Williams, Producer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1981 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Lodge, ComposerLyricist - Pip Williams, Producer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
New World Philharmonic Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Jackman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lodge, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Patrick Moraz, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Flute, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pip Williams, Producer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1981 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Lodge, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Moraz, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pip Williams, Producer - Graeme Edge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1983 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Lodge, ComposerLyricist - Pip Williams, Producer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1983 Universal Music Operations Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Lodge, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Moraz, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Thomas, Flute, Percussion, Harmonica, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Guitar, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Andy Llewellyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Smith, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Futter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1986 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Lodge, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Moraz, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Hayward, Guitar, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Edge, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Sam Smith, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Cartledge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1988 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Christopher Neil, Producer - Justin Hayward, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, MainArtist
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1991 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alan Tarney, Producer - Anne Dudley, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Hudson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Hayward, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Pro Arte Orchestra Of London, Orchestra
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1991 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lodge, ComposerLyricist - Justin Hayward, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, Producer, MainArtist - Alberto Parodi, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1999 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lodge, Producer - Justin Hayward, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Moody Blues, MainArtist - Alberto Parodi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Madonia, Keyboards, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2003 Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Album review
The Moody Blues get the two-disc treatment on the latest installment of Polydor's surprisingly thorough Gold series. Rather than just assemble the usual suspects around staples like "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Story in Your Eyes" (which are here), the compilers dove deep into the group's career, providing tracks from solo recordings like "Remember Me My Friend" from Justin Hayward and John Lodge's excellent Blue Jays album and their gorgeous follow-up single, "Blue Guitar," as well as lesser-known late-'70s/early-'80s cuts from Octave, The Present, and Sur la Mer. Gold also includes some of the superior, somewhat neglected album tracks from the group's heyday, such as "Never Comes the Day," "Candle of Life," and the beautiful "Watching and Waiting," any of which could have been singles, and the last a far better track than the oft-compared "Nights in White Satin." Also significant is the dramatic improvement in the sound on these newly digitized tracks, which take full advantage of 24-bit mastering and are vastly superior even to the same cuts on 1996-vintage remastered versions of the group's first seven albums -- textures, timbres, instruments, and musical parts that were formerly buried in the mixes of the songs and only hinted at in playback are suddenly audible in sharp relief here (which leads one to ask when those, plus Octave -- which was out of print as of the start of 2005 -- and the other later albums, might be due for another upgrade). Listeners looking for an easy, affordable, and comprehensive guide to the Moodies will be hard-pressed to find anything better outside of 1994's Time Traveller box set, and its sound quality can't match what one hears on this set.
© James Christopher Monger & Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 34 track(s)
- Total length: 02:35:21
- Main artists: The Moody Blues
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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