Recommened me some Moody Blues....

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Originally posted by ROTF:

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I think 'Days Of Future Passed' a little odd and disjointed.

Well it is - the Moodies and the London Festival Orchestra were not in the same place when it was recorded, but Dawn is a Feeling, Tuesday Afternoon and Nights in White Satin are worth the price of several records on their own.

Twilight Time is probably my favourite off DOFP.

I enjoyed Ray's output a lot. Legend of a mind, Eternity Road, Dear Diary are amongst my favourite Moodies tunes.

This was recording pioneering don't forget, it's like old films, maybe disjointed or the mikes were'nt right but it made history

I've received the MFSL version of ISOTLS, and it certainly sounds better. No other way to describe it apart from 'super clean'.

I'll be looking to pickup DOFP and OTTOAD on mfsl, but going for cheap 2nd hand versions.

I was a bit disappointed to find that the parts where Ray's voice comes in way loud in the mix on legend of a mind are still there, but hey- at least I know the the original sounded like this too! FYI I am on about the "He'll take you up he'll take you down" bit.

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Originally posted by Spoonboy:

Could you please tell me where? I've only seen them available for insane prices.

I find them regularly in the classifieds at SH.tv

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Has anyone got or heard the SACD versions of the albums? Specifically questions?

I'd quite like to know how good the cd layer is before I buy another copy of it.

Cheers.

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Originally posted by mongo:
Has anyone got or heard the SACD versions of the albums? Specifically questions?

I'd quite like to know how good the cd layer is before I buy another copy of it.

Cheers.

Your question's prompted me to give the various copies of "Question" a quick comparison this morning; the SACD multichannel's playing as I type this.

TBH I've never really bothered with the alternate mixes but it's quite interesting. I'm playing the SACD with my Oppo BluRay/DVD/SACD/DVD-A player, the CD layer of the same disc on 555 & the vinyl on LP12.

To cut to the chase, they're all pretty good - the vinyl leads by quite a margin, then the CD layer/555, but I'm quite taken with the multichannel -there's some detail in the mix which isn't obvious in the two-channel versions & it's quite a subtle implementation.

The two-channel SACD isn't bad either but rather too bright for my taste. To be fair this is via a 500-quid DVD player so not exactly a fair comparison.

Of the 2006 remastered copies I've got In Search of a Lost Chord (it's worth noting that the disc contains a two-channel only SACD in addition to the CD layer but this isn't mentioned on either the disc or the sleeve), To Our Children's Children's Children (CD, multichannel & stereo SACD), Question and On the Threshold of a Dream (also CD, Multichannel & stereo SACD).

Compared to some old CD copies the CD remasters are definitely better, but nothing so far can touch my original vinyls, all bought when they first came out.

Tony, thanks for the time taken.

I've become quite a fan of late. Alas, a vinyl front end is out of my league for a while yet so it's cd's only.

It's good to know the newer remasters are a safe buy, especially as 'Children', 'Question' and 'Threshold' are my next MB buys.

It is a little unusual though as there seems no way to tell what a re-master will be like. I recently bought some earlier release Genesis cd's and they are way superior to the re-masters I'd previously bought.

Cheers, Paul.

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Originally posted by Spoonboy:
Just thought I'd update this.

Currently have:

In search of the lost chord
days of future passed
on the threshold of a dream
to our childrens chhildrens children
every good boy deserves favour

Every single one is a stonker.

I'm holding back from buying question and seventh sojourn just because they seems to be grouped as the bottom two.

I also have the MFSL In Search of the Lost Chord CD on the way.. can't wait for that!

In the mean time, can anyone recommend me some solo stuff? I imagine Justin has some good stuff?

I heard a couple of Ray Thomas tracks, but the two solo albums he did are *impossible* to find!

Their collective solo output is variable as you would expect. Two albums well worth a listen though are:

Justin Hayward - A View From The Hill. If you like JH, you'll love this. The consistency and performance are superb.

Mike Pinder - The Promise. Variable but enjoyable.

It was the collective talents of the 5 Moodies that made their late 60s ans early 70s albums such incredible albums. The Blue Jays style subsequently dominated their output, and in my view, lost some of the earlier album appeal. Individual songs still shone through, but overall the golden era was fading album by album until finally..........

Pete