Magnificent Moodies [Extra tracks, Import]

The Moody Blues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Repertoire
• ASIN: B000006NGE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,772 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'll go crazy

2. Something you got

3. Go now

4. Can't nobody love you

5. I don't mind

6. I've got a dream

7. Let me go

8. Stop

9. Thank you baby

10. It ain't necessarily so

11. True story

12. Bye bye bird

13. Steal your heart away

14. Lose your money ( but don't lose your mind)

15. It's easy child

16. I don't want to go on without you (come back)

17. Time is on my side

18. From the bottom of my heart

19. And my baby's gone

Editorial Reviews

Reissued 1964-66 albums. The band's debut LP, first issued in 1965 when they were at the forefront of the British R&B boom. The British No.1 single 'Go Now' is included whilst the seven bonus cuts include the hit singles 'I Don't Want To Go On Without You', 'From The Bottom Of My Heart' and the rare 45 'Steel Your Heart Away.'

Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars All 26 tracks....great music, but not the best sounding tapes, August 11, 2006

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B. Margolis (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Magnificent Moodies (Audio CD)

I have been eagerly awaiting Repertoire's new updated "Magnificent Moodies" (REP-5077), which arrived today.

Tracks are:
1.I'll Go Crazy
2.Something You Got
3.Go Now!
4.Can't Nobody Love You
5.I Don't Mind
6.I've Got A Dream
7.Let Me Go
8.Stop
9.Thank You Baby
10.It Ain't Necessarily So
11.True Story
12.Bye Bye Burd
13.People Gotta Go
14.Steal Your Heart Away
15.Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind)
16.It's Easy Child
17.I Don't Want To Go On Without You
18.Time It On My Side
19.From The Bottom of My Heart (I Love You)
20.And My Baby's Gone
21.Everyday
22.You Don't (All The Time)
23.Boulevard De La Madeleine
24.This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)
25.Life's Not Life
26.He Can Win

The original Moody Blues recordings have always sounded murky and second (or third) generation, and unfortunately, although they DID make some sonic improvements, they still sound pretty awful. (I read somewhere that Mike Pinder, an original member was quoted as saying that these sides were professionally recorded on multi-track and he doesn't know why they don't sound better....)

Here's what they fixed:

"I've Got A Dream" - brighter than other reissues...more like other tracks.
"Stop", "Everyday" and "You Don't" - they got rid of most of the tape hiss.
"People Gotta Go" - a rare track only issued on a 1966 French E.P. It was recorded at the final Laine session.

Here's what they HAVEN'T fixed:

"Boulevard De La Madaleine" - I believe that is the correct spelling...not Madelaine and this track NEVER faded in (taking nearly 20 second to get up to the proper audio level....only after John Tracy did the original Decca/London anthology in 1988. BEFORE that reissue, the UK single, the US single and the rechanneled track on "World Of" LP did NOT fade in.)

John Tracy's late 1980's reissues, besides containing silly liner notes, had an engineer that enjoyed fading in tracks that started at full volume. (This is occured on "Something Better" by Marianne Faithfull and "Laughing Fit To Cry" by The Fortunes.)

So....their reissue is about the best I've heard on CD, and contains all 26 tracks The Denny Laine-era Moody Blues recorded...but not the sparkling quality I've come to expect from Repertoire.

Pity....a major disappointment for me....The Denny Laine Moody Blues sessions are among my favorite 1960's UK recordings....BUT STILL WORTHWHILE BUYING.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Moody Blues First Album Reissued!!!, July 31, 2006

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Louie Bourland (Garden Grove CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Magnificent Moodies (Audio CD)

Before the mellotrons, concept albums and psychedelic imagery, The Moody Blues were a rock-solid Mersey Beat band that found their initial success during the British Invasion with their first hit single "Go Now".
"The Magnificent Moodies" was the only album that The Moody Blues released during this period along with a handful of singles that mostly went nowhere. Looking back, although this has somewhat become an underrated and not so talked about period in the band's history, "The Magnificent Moodies" is still a solid release and ranks up there with anything by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who.
The latest reissue "The Magnificent Moodies" features all 12 tracks from the original mono album along with 14 bonus tracks from the same period. It basically includes everything that was released by the original band and essentially offers a complete history of the music of the early Moody Blues.
In addition, the remastered sound is amazing which makes all other reissues redundant. If you've never owned or heard the original Moody Blues and/or if you thought the band's history started with "Days Of Future Passed", this latest reissue of "The Magnificent Moodies" is the ideal place to start.
After the release of this album as well as several flopped singles, both Denny Laine and bassist Clint Warwick left the band to be replaced by Justin Hayward and John Lodge who paved the way for The Moody Blues as we know them today. This early period of the band quietly slipped into obscurity.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Magnificent *Original* Moodies, November 18, 2005

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Alan Caylow (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magnificent Moodies (Audio CD)

Everybody knows about the Moody Blues of "Nights In White Satin" fame, but what about the *original* R&B Moody Blues who had one lone hit in 1965 with "Go Now" and featured Denny Laine on guitar & vocals and Clint Warwick on bass, back when "Days Of Future Passed" wasn't even a blip on the band members' minds? "The Magnificent Moodies" represents the entire recorded output of the first Moody Blues group on a single CD, comprising the "Magnificent Moodies" album itself and a whole plethora of British singles, all recorded between 1964 and 1967, back in the days when the Moodies were a rhythm & blues combo. Along with Laine & Warwick are three men who would make the transistion to the famous, prog-rock Moody Blues group: keyboardist Mike Pinder (strictly on piano here, no mellotron yet!), flautist/vocalist Ray Thomas and drummer Graeme Edge, and the band's material comprises of half original songs and half covers. What I love about the first incarnation of the Moody Blues is that their music is fun, fun, fun, and the band's musical chemistry is outstanding. Denny Laine is a great, soulful singer & guitarist, while Clint Warwick is a fine bassist. As for the trio more well-known to Moody Blues fans, they shine on this material, too. Mike Pinder's piano-playing is simply fantastic, Ray Thomas' voice (mostly on backing vocals) is beautifully rich, his flute-playing & tambourine-smacking wonderful, and, of course, Graeme Edge's drumming is excellent. In short, these guys sound GREAT together.And the songs? There's a big 25 of them on this disc, so I'll just name a few favorites: the group's classic lone hit, the jaunty "Go Now" (a British #1 and US #10), pretty much sums up in one song what the original Moodies were like. If you like what you hear in "Go Now," then I know you'll like the rest of their stuff. And I LOVE "Go Now." I also love such catchy nuggets as "I Go Crazy," "Something You Got," "It's Easy Child" (great piano solo from Pinder on this one), "Steal Your Heart Away," "This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)," and the R&B rave-up "Bye Bye Bird." Ray Thomas gets a marvelous debut lead vocal on "It Ain't Necessarily So," and the final song, "Boulevard De La Madelaine," a Pinder/Laine original, is a beautiful number. Heck, I dig the whole CD---I'd spotlight for you every single song on it if I had the space.Alas, the Moody Blues Mach 1 were never able to replicate the chart success of "Go Now," and both Denny Laine & Clint Warwick would bail out of the band soon after (I don't know what became of Warwick, but Laine would later play guitar with Paul McCartney in Wings). As for Pinder, Thomas and Edge, they would recruit Justin Hayward on guitar & vocals and John Lodge on bass, and carry on as an R&B group for a few more months before deciding that the band needed to change musical direction completely. And the rest, as they say, is history! But it all started here with these early recordings. To sum up: if you're a fan of the prog-rock Moody Blues but you *don't* like mid-60's British R&B, then perhaps this CD is not for you. But on the other hand, if you're a more open-minded (and open-eared) Moodies fan and you'd like to hear the very beginnings of the band (as well as the earliest music with Mike, Ray, and Graeme), then you're definitely in for a treat with "The Magnificent Moodies." The first incarnation of the Moody Blues were and ARE magnificent, as this collection proves. Long live the magnificent, original Moody Blues! You guys have not been forgotten.