Every Good Boy Deserves Favour/On The Threshold Of A Dream/Voices in the sky - Moody Blues (The)

FACE the music

Advantages: It's by the Moody Blues. It completes the set
Disadvantages: Not one of their best by a long way

the rest. Still I suppose everyone is entitled to the occasional off day! Buy it? Only if you are an avid collector and this competes your set. (PS: For the uninitiated, the notes on the spaces between the stave lines are, of course F-A-C-E) Amazon has a page dedicated to this album which also has playable excerpts from the first five tracks. The web address is: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002GQK/ref=srapsmusic11/202-6075028-6120628 EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR ? Moody Blues (1971) THRESHOLD CD 820160-2 £7.99 (There is also a more recent remastered CD on their previous DERAM label) [Chart information has been gleaned from ?The Great Rock Discography? ? Sixth Edition (2002) by M.C.Strong] ...

Newfloridian 26.03.2003 · Read full review
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Threshold Of Things To Come

Advantages: A concept album
Disadvantages: Not the easiest Moodies to listen to

and digitised). 2. Lovely To See You Again **** A rousing Justin Hayward song with happy sentiments sung by voices in unison. This is accompanied by chiming guitars and the Moody Blues familiar 'wall of sound' 3. Dear Diary **** This is a slower Ray Thomas song with his usual lighter hearted slant on life ("Someone exploded an 'H'-bomb today but it wasn't anyone I knew"). The voices have been filtered and modified. They are accompanied by a complex synthesiser, flute and string arrangement with jazz overtones. 4. Send Me No Wine **** John Lodge sings an upbeat ballad with a good melody and flowing harmonies. 5. To Share Our Love. * This is a very different John Lodge sound which does not work for me. There is a discordant beginning with an intrusive bass track. The voices are out of step. Not a typical Moody's sound. 6. So ...

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THE THRESHOLD OF THINGS TO COME - MB3 RE-RELEASED

Advantages: Foretold their development and their record label
Disadvantages: Perhaps not of immediate appeal but it will draw you in

ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM - Moody Blues (1969) Hybrid SACD (2006) DERAM 983 215-3 Amazon.co.uk £10.99 Sourced from Amazon Jersey £ 9.89 COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS The tracks from this album do not figure largely in their current repertoire. I think I recall Ray Thomas playing 'Lazy Day' at a concert we attended a couple of years ago. If you have never listened to the original Moody's this is perhaps not the album to get you started. It is an offering that takes a little bit of effort to get into. I first bought this it in its original incarnation 40 years ago and well remember periods of reverie submerged under its hypnotic effects. I had not listened to this album for several years but I have to admit that I was pleasantly by how well this remastering has "polished up". Maybe it didn't produce quite the same "buzz" in me today as it ...

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