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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

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As a long time fan of the Moodies, I have all of the vinyl albums in a closet. Due to years of being played, they are full of noise from scratches and wear. My attempts to record them to cd using a software based program that removes some of the pops and clicks and converts them to WAV or MP3 resulted in loss of a lot of the sound quality and are just not pleasant to listen to. I also have some of them on cassette tape (you can just imagine how they sound after having been in a box for 20 years).

After finding out that the first seven albums that the Moodies recorded were available in newly re-mastered versions and that Justin Hayward was at the center of the project, I did a search and easily found them at Amazon. The old vinyl copy of "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor" was in the worst shape of all, so I ordered it and in a couple of days found it in the mailbox (way to go Amazon). Here is my impression of the re-mastered album:

The re-mastering by none other than Justin Hayward along with Alberto Parodi and others, has resulted in a wonderfully listenable album. You can hear things in detail that you never were able to hear before! This is a good thing because they accomplished the rare feat of bringing out the original warmth and texture that Tony Clarke and Derek Varnals wove into the original vinyl during the recording,engineering and mix-down,but were able to do so without the digital coldness that is so often found with CDs. I would also like to give credit to none other than "The master of the mellotron" Mike Pinder who worked closely with Derek and Tony in achieving the incredible sounds that were made using the Mellotron (Pindertron). The high quality insert with lyrics,great pictures,band bio and credits,is one of the nicest I have seen in a CD package! In addition to the original 9 songs there are two bonus tracks which are interesting to hear,(imho)although either demos or outtakes.

As a amateur musician and Mellotron maniac,I'm impressed and very happy to have purchased this first installment of what will eventually become a complete collection of the core 7 Moody Blues albums.

I highly recommend this great album whether you are a MB fan or not. Their music can bring you to a place of deep peace, wonder and realization of things that are most precious.

Thanks for the great service Amazon and kind regards to all, Alan

EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR, yet another great CD by the Moody Blues, is now even better, thanks to warm, thick remastering and two bonus cuts. The rocker "The Story In Your Eyes" is now clearer and more interesting, whereas "You Can Never Go Home" now inspires me even more to put looking good for pretty actresses as a higher priority than attending Thanksgiving Dinner at my old school for my 15th graduation anniversary, because the lyrics are easier to understand and the instrumentation carries them along even better than on the 1997 remastered version. This is one reissue you definitely should NOT pass up.

Incredible, phenomenal, fantastic, wonderful! I always liked these old Moody Blues albums but the sound was never very good. Well, listen to them again for the first time! The remastering on these is way beyond good, it's tremendous....I can't believe how much better this sounds. There were some "Remasters" in the early nineties that were mildly better. These are exponentially better.....don't hesitate, if you are a fan...buy these remastered Moody Blues CD's. I bought them all and like "In Search of the lost Chord," "Threshold" and "Every Good Boy" the best, but they are all good. Extra tracks are fun too!

I dont get it!!! Why are the Moody Blues not inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? I listen to an album as good as this one and i cant figure it out. They will put Madonna and ABBA in there but not this group!!! Anyway...this album has always been a classic right down to its cover art and the great song "The story in your eyes" (which is included here with two versions...one is an alternate bonus track). If you are listening to this re-mastered version on a really good stereo system you can hear the flutes of Ray Thomas...Justin Haywards guitars..John Lodges bass and the great keyboard work of Mike Pinder and of course the drums of Graham Edge and those magnificent vocals, swirling around you in the terrific mix that has been done on these fantastic remastered editions. My own favorites would have to be the progression of songs from "One more time to live" starting at track 6 right on thru "My Song" at track 9 which finishes this great work.However...stick around because you will then be treated to 2 bonus tracks which have been added. There is an alternate version, as mentioned before,of "Story in your eyes" (which i happen to like better than the released version) and an unheard track called "The Dreamer" which is certainly worth a listen. Even though their best work is behind them now...when you have made albums as good as this one it is something to be proud of. Add this one to your list of Moodie Blues "remasters" worth picking up. Now...about that question regarding the rock and roll hall of fame......

The Moody Blues were always very good at writing memorable vocal melodies. In fact, besides the soothingly beautiful dark atmosphere in their music, the catchy vocal melodies are the obvious thing that stands out about their music.

This album is just as good as the rest of the "classic 7" Moody Blues albums. If you'd like me to name one song that misses the mark, or happens to be less great than another song... it won't happen, because I believe this entire album is great from beginning to end. Pick up this version for VERY good sound quality.

I've been a big fan of the fabulous Moody Blues since they reformed the band and brought in John Lodge and Justin Hayward all those many years ago. Their first six albums were 'concept albums'. Each song led into the next song. Each track contributed significantly to the concept; For example; "To Our Children's Children's Children" or "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour". The whole album was meant to be played as one track (of course they understood that the album had to be flipped from side 1 to side 2, and they made allowances for that.). "Eyes of a Child (pt. 1)"/ "Floating"/ "Eyes of a Child pt. 2" for example really was not intended to be separated into three different tracks. Just listen to the album, and then listen to the obvious flaws on the compact disc. Anyone listening to the CDs without ever having listened to the original album(s) may come away thinking, "What a sloppy production!"

Of course I understand that these five guys were all individually 'a true genius', in that they all wrote songs that contributed to as Mike Pinder put it 'The Classic Seven' (the first seven lps). Though his last album with the group, "Octave" (#8) was no slouch either. I realize that for copyright purposes each track required some sort of separation from the previous, but with an album the technique would allow for a significant and important overlap but a CD does not allow for this. Still, they remain the greatest! Every track, a true gem! Why someone doesn't make an animated video for "Nice To Be Here", Ray Thomas's incredible tune from "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour", I'll never know!

While Every Good Boy Deserves Favour may be debated to be the best of the Moody Blues musical epics, it cannot be dismissed as anything less then one of the best they ever produced. this remastered version only adds a bit more depth and musical excellence to this recording. Anyone who has not bought remastered versions of the 1st 7 albums by the Moody Blues are missing a treat, since I have to redo these recordings to make them play as 1 long song (as I remember the original albums) I can still sit back and listen and remember the first time I heard these recordings back in the early 70s in Germany. Good times to be had by all, music at some of its best moments.

NOTE: After 30+ years I have just realized that the name of this CD is NOT "Every Good Boy Deserves a Favor", maybe I am getting smarter.

Everytime I hear this album, I want to write poetry, learn classical ballet and take up ice skating. I love this album as much now as I did when I first heard it in high school.

Consistently rated one of the Moodies best albums...Mike Pinder pushed his song writing & lightened up on the mellotron, everyone contributed, they rocked harder than ever, this is probably their best collective effort. On this album they stripped away the excessive overlays and trimmed back the heavy sound effects (mellotron & chamberlin), even more so than they did on Question. It's still lush, it's still cosmic, and yes, It's the Moody Blues !!

THIS WAS A GREAT LP AND NOW A GREAT REMASTERED CD. THE SOUND IS GREAT AND SO IS ALL THE ARTWORK AND SUCH.
.............BOB