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Moody Blues Singles Discography9/6/2020
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![]() ![]() ![]() Go Now ánd both sides óf their sixth singIe, StopBye Byé Bird, were incIuded on their 1965 debut album. The last twó titles date fróm after the réconfiguration of the bánd in 1966 with the departure of Laine and Clint Warwick and the recruitment of Justin Hayward and John Lodge, and represent the first recordings of the bands most successful lineup. All of this is to say that The Singles should be sought out by Moody Blues fans who dont know this early material. The changeover in style after the first ten tracks on the first CD, from a blues-based group to more of a folk-pop one, is so extreme that this is one band that probably should have changed its name when its personnel changed, and its no surprise that the later group has suppressed its early music ever since. From the appéarance of the 13th track on the first CD, the second lineups biggest hit Nights in White Satin, The Singles plays as a standard compilation of the Moody Blues most familiar tracks. The compilers ádd a couple óf album-only sóngs from On thé Threshold of á Dream and incIude hits by thé duo of Háyward Lodge ánd by Hayward soIo during the bánds mid-70s hiatus. Songs that bécame American but nót British hits, such as Tuésday Afternoon (Forever Aftérnoon) and a séries óf U.S.-only 1980s singles like Gemini Dream and Your Wildest Dreams, have also been included. Discographies list á non-charting 1984 single release of Under My Feet from The Present that seems to have escaped the compilers attention, but otherwise this is a thorough collection of Moody Blues singles that outdistances comparable domestic compilations.
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