The Moody Blues

Denny Laine ♦ Justin Hayward

Steal Your Heart Away / Loose Your Money (But Don't Loose Your Mind) Parker (2:10) / Laine-Pinder () Decca F-11971 [UK], 9/64 Their first UK single

Go Now! / It's Easy Child Banks-Bennett (3:00) / Laine-Pinder (2:00) London 9726, 1/65 T20  #1

From The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You) / And My Baby's Gone Laine-Pinder (3:20) / Laine-Pinder (2:15) London 9764, 5/65 BB UK

	Go Now: The Moody Blues #1
	London PS-428
	7/65 [UK: 7/23/65]
	Back Cover   UK Cover UK release Magnificent Moodies  UK Back Cover Tracks added, dropped, you know SOP  Reissue Cover Reissued in 1970 as In The Beginning...

Side One
I Go Crazy	Brown	2:08
And My Baby's Gone	Laine-Pinder	2:15
Go Now	Banks-Bennett	3:10
It's Easy Child	Bennett-Redd-Sandler	3:10
Can't Nobody Love You	Mitchell	4:00
I Had A Dream	Mann-Greenwich	2:50
Side Two
Let Me Go	Laine-Pinder	3:08
I Don't Want To Go On Without You	Berns-Wexler	2:45
True Story	Laine-Pinder	1:40
It Ain't Necessarily So	Gershwin	2:47
Bye Bye Bird	Dixon-Williamson	2:50
From The Bottom Of My Heart	Laine-Pinder	3:20

Note: UK album title: The Magnificent Moodies
 

Ev'ry Day¹ / You Don't (All the Time)¹ Laine-Pinder (1:47) / Laine-Pinder (2:18) London 9799, 11/65 UK

12/25/65-1/2/66: Fox Theatre, Brooklyn, NY part of Murray The K's Christmas Show

Stop!¹ / Bye Bye Bird Laine-Pinder (2:05) / Dixon-Williamson (2:50) London 9810, 1/66 BB

London Is Behind Me / Day Must Come Hayward (2:00) / Hayward (1:55) Red Bird RB 10-049, 2/66 extremely rare single

Boulevard de la Madeleine¹ / This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)¹ Laine-Pinder (2:53) / Laine-Pinder (2:35) London 10005, 6/66

Denny Laine to solo act, then Ginger Baker's Air Force

Fly Me High¹ / I Really Haven't Got The Time¹ Hayward (3:08) / Pinder (2:55) London 20030, 5/67

Say You Don't Mind / Ask The People Laine (3:09) / Laine (2:34) Deram 45-7509, 7/67

Nights In White Satin³ / Cities¹ Redwave (3:06) / Hayward (2:20) Deram 85023, 1/68 T20 Note wrong composer credit; charted #2 in Nov 72 reissue. Some issues have the 4:26 edit.

	Days Of Future Passed
	Deram DES-18012
	3/68 BB [UK: 11/10/67] UK
	Back Cover   Look For The Faces

Side One
The Day Begins	Redwave-Knight	5:45
Dawn: Dawn Is A Feeling	Pinder	3:50
The Morning: Another Morning	Thomas	3:40
Lunch Break: Peak Hour	Lodge	5:21
Side Two
The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)	Hayward	8:25
Evening: The Sun Set: Twilight Time	Pinder/Thomas	6:39
The Night: Nights In White Satin	Hayward	7:41

Note: Reached #3 (10/28/72) on Billboard Top 200 after October 72 reissue
(Evening) Time To Get Away (after Forever Afternoon) not indicated on initial releases
Pinder's recitations (Morning Glory in Dawn) and (Late Lament/Resolvement) in Night not indicated
 

Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)³ / Another Morning Hayward (2:16) / Thomas (2:24) Deram 85028, 6/68 BB

	In Search Of The Lost Chord
	Deram DES-18017
	8/68 BB [UK: 7/26/68] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Departure	Edge	:48
Ride My See-Saw	Lodge	3:37
Dr Livingstone, I Presume	Thomas	2:58
House Of Four Doors	Lodge	4:11
Legend Of A Mind	Thomas	6:40
House Of Four Doors (Part 2)	Lodge	1:43
Side Two
Voices In The Sky	Hayward	3:32
The Best Way To Travel	Pinder	3:12
Visions Of Paradise	Hayward-Thomas	4:15
The Actor	Hayward	3:09
The Word	Edge	1:35
Om	Pinder	6:27

Note: The first of six covers by Phil Travers. Read (& see) more @ The Music Aficionado
 

Ride My See-Saw / Voices In The Sky Lodge (3:37) / Hayward (3:32) Deram 85033, 9/68 BB UK / UK Voices was a separate single in the UK

Never Comes The Day³ / So Deep Within You Hayward (2:42) / Pinder (3:00) Deram 85044, 4/69 BB

	On The Threshold Of A Dream
	Deram DES-18025
	5/69 T20 [UK: 4/25/69]  #1
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   Booklet Cover

Side One
In The Beginning	Edge	2:08
Lovely To See You	Hayward	2:35
Dear Diary	Thomas	3:56
Send Me No Wine	Lodge	2:20
To Share Our Love	Lodge	2:54
So Deep Within You	Pinder	3:07
Side Two
Never Comes The Day	Hayward	4:43
Lazy Day	Thomas	2:43
Are You Sitting Comfortably	Hayward-Thomas	3:31
The Dream	Edge	:55
Have You Heard? (i)	Pinder	1:23
The Voyage	Pinder	4:07
Have You Heard? (ii)	Pinder	2:38

Note: Album came with 12-page booklet—Read it @ 45world
 

Isle of Wight Festival of Music(8/30/69)

A pretty good December 12, 1969 concert at Royal Albert Hall was released in 1977: Caught Live +5.Caught Live +5

	To Our Children’s Children’s Children
	Threshold THS-1
	12/69 T20 [UK: 11/15/69] T20
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   Lyric Insert

Side One
Higher And Higher	Edge	4:06
Eyes Of A Child I	Lodge	3:24
Floating	Thomas	3:02
Eyes Of A Child II	Lodge	1:20
I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Hundred	Hayward	1:06
Beyond	Edge	3:00
Out And In	Pinder	3:44
Side Two
Gypsy	Hayward	3:35
Eternity Road	Thomas	4:17
Candle Of Life	Lodge	4:19
Sun Is Still Shining	Pinder	3:35
I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Million	Hayward	:34
Watching And Waiting	Hayward-Thomas	4:17

Note: Inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing. Hmmm, anything else about the moon landing around here ?? 
Apollo 15 took this album (and Dream) with them on their trip to Luna in May '71.
 

Question² / Candle Of Life³ Hayward (4:55) / Lodge (3:14) Threshold 67004, 4/70 BB T20 Question does not have the orchestral overdubs at the beginning and is edited

	A Question Of Balance
	Threshold THS-3
	8/70 T20 [UK: 8/7/70]  #1
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   Lyric Insert

Side One
Question	Hayward	5:40
How Is It (We Are Here)	Pinder	2:48
And The Tide Rushes In	Thomas	2:57
Don't You Feel Small	Edge	2:40
Tortoise And The Hare	Lodge	3:23
Side Two
It's Up To You	Hayward	3:11
Minstrel's Song	Lodge	4:27
Dawning Is The Day	Hayward	4:22
Melancholy Man	Pinder	5:49
The Balance	Edge-Thomas	3:33

Isle of Wight Festival(8/30/70)

The Story In Your Eyes / Melancholy Man³ Hayward (3:05) / Pinder (5:09) Threshold 67006, 7/71 BB

	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
	Threshold THS-5
	7/71 T20 [UK: 7/23/71]  #1
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   Inner Sleeve   Inner Sleeve

Side One
Procession	Edge-Hayward-Lodge-Pinder-Thomas	4:40
The Story In Your Eyes	Hayward	2:57
Our Guessing Game	Thomas	3:34
Emily's Song	Lodge	3:41
After You Came	Edge	4:37
Side Two
One More Time To Live	Lodge	5:41
Nice To Be Here	Thomas	4:24
You Can Never Go Home	Hayward	4:14
My Song	Pinder	6:20

	Seventh Sojourn
	Threshold THS-7
	11/72  1  [UK: 10/72] T20
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   Sleeve with lyrics   Sleeve back

Side One
Lost In A Lost World	Pinder	4:42
New Horizons	Hayward	5:11
For My Lady	Thomas	3:58
Isn't Life Strange	Lodge	6:09
Side Two
You And Me	Edge-Hayward	4:21
The Land Of Make-Believe	Hayward	4:52
When You're A Free Man	Pinder	6:06
I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)	Lodge	4:18

Moodies went on hiatus after Sojourn. They returned with Octave in 1978. Pinder quit during the recordings, replaced by Patrick Moraz.

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