Magnificent Moodies

The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965) [2CD 50th Anniversary Edition 2014]

The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965) [2CD 50th Anniversary Edition 2014]
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 658 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 357 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Rock, Beat, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Esoteric Recordings (ECLEC 22473)

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition of the debut album by The Moody Blues, "The Magnificent Moodies”.
Now associated as being pioneers of pro-gressive orchestral rock, the Moody Blues had another life between 1964-1966, as one of Britain’s finest Rhythm and Blues influenced acts. With a line-up of Denny Laine (Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica), Ray Thomas (Vocals, Harmonica, Flute), Mike Pinder (Keyboards, Vocals), Clint Warwick (Bass, Vocals) and Graeme Edge (Drums), the band signed to a London based management company who leased recordings to Decca Records. Their second single, a cover version of Bessie Banks’ ‘Go Now!’ was a huge chart success across the world…

Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Nov. 13, 2017
Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)

Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2006 | Repertoire REP 5077 | ~ 249 or 171 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 153 Mb
Art Rock, Pop Rock

The pre-psychedelic Moody Blues were represented in England by this album, which is steeped in American soul. The covers include songs by James Brown, Willie Dixon, and Chris Kenner, plus the chart-busting "Go Now" (originally recorded by Bessie Banks), interspersed with a brace of originals by lead singer/guitarist Denny Laine and keyboardist Mike Pinder, and one Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich number, "I've Got a Dream."…

The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Jan. 12, 2021
The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)

The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1988 | Decca, 820 758-2 | ~ 354 or 164 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 52 Mb
Progressive Rock / Art-Rock

The pre-psychedelic Moody Blues were represented in England by this album, which is steeped in American soul. The covers include songs by James Brown, Willie Dixon, and Chris Kenner, plus the chart-busting "Go Now" (originally recorded by Bessie Banks), interspersed with a brace of originals by lead singer/guitarist Denny Laine and keyboardist Mike Pinder, and one Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich number, "I've Got a Dream." The shouters, like "I'll Go Crazy" and "Bye Bye Bird," will be the big surprises, showcasing the rawest sound by the group, but "I've Got a Dream" shows a lyrical, harmony-based sound that is vaguely reminiscent of the Four Tops (which is ironic, as that group later cut a single of the latter-day Moody Blues original "So Deep Within You"), while "Thank You Baby," a Laine/Pinder original, offers them doing a smooth, dance-oriented number with some catchy hooks…

The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) [Non-remastered]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 14, 2022
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) [Non-remastered]

The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) [Non-remastered]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 291 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 110 MB | Covers - 80 MB
Genre: Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Decca (820 105-2)

Progressive rock bands stumbled into the '80s, some with the crutch of commercial concessions under one arm, which makes the Moody Blues' elegant entrance via Long Distance Voyager all the more impressive. Ironically enough, this was also the only album that the group ever got to record at their custom-designed Threshold Studio, given to them by Decca Records head Sir Edward Lewis in the early '70s and built to their specifications, but completed while they were on hiatus and never used by the band until Long Distance Voyager (the preceding album, Octave, having been recorded in California to accommodate Mike Pinder), before it was destroyed in the wake of Decca's sale to Polygram. In that connection, it was their best sounding album to date, and in just about every way is a happier listening experience than Octave was, much as it appears to have been a happier recording experience…

The Moody Blues - The Other Side Of Life (1986)  Music

Posted by gribovar at July 11, 2023
The Moody Blues - The Other Side Of Life (1986)

The Moody Blues - The Other Side Of Life (1986)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 275 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 99 MB | Covers - 85 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polydor (P33P 20044), Japan

The Moody Blues' best album in five years benefited mostly from the presence of the Top Ten single "Your Wildest Dreams," authored by Justin Hayward, which turned their status as survivors from the '60s psychedelic era into a plus, with a great beat to boot; it also debuted with a very entertaining video featuring young British psychedelic rockers the Mood Six playing the young Moody Blues to promote the song on the newly dominant MTV and rival video outlets. Unfortunately, nothing else that Hayward or anyone else turned in for this album was remotely as catchy, and, in fact, much of the rest of the album - apart from the closer, John Lodge's "It May Be a Fire," which recalls his and Hayward's collaboration on the Blue Jays album - shows signs of a group running on empty creatively…