The Moody Blues — This Is The Moody Blues
Throughout my discussion of the The Moody Blues, I’ve had to put off the deep discussion about what they mean to me for this record – simply because of my decision to cover these...
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The Moody Blues — Seventh Sojourn
From 1972, a No. 1 album for The Moody Blues, with two great songs by bassist John Lodge being the most memorable, “Isn’t Life Strange,” “I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll...
The Moody Blues — Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1971 – peak year for a concept album, no? It’s pretty remarkable to look back at the output of The Moody Blues (and, indeed, so many artists working at this time) and see just how...
The Moody Blues – A Question of Balance
Weirdly, I was standing around outside an open mic the other night, waiting in line, and in a conversation with another performer about how much he loved the ’70s classics, he said “A Question...
The Moody Blues — To Our Children’s Children’s Children
If you’ve been following along, you’ve found that while I count myself quite the fan of The Moody Blues, I originally owned none of the original albums after Go Now! up to this one....
The Moody Blues — On The Threshold of a Dream
Here’s another Moody Blues album, from 1969, the key tracks of which were so well represented on the “This Is The Moody Blues” compilation that, back in my early collecting days, I didn’t feel...
The Moody Blues — In Search of The Lost Chord
So, true confessions. I loved The Moody Blues in my college years – but despite that, I didn’t grab up everything they ever issued. Hardly anything, in fact. I had the incredibly well-done compilation...
The Monkees — Head
In 1968, with their TV show cancelled or about to be, The Monkees made a movie with Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson called “Head,” and put out a soundtrack by the same name. I...
Moby Grape — Grape Jam
Moby Grape was one of those groups that I just didn’t even give a chance back in the day when I was getting into psychedelic music and the San Francisco sound. I don’t know...
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