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with on the guitar, too. This is followed immediately by the upbeat sort of fanfare, "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume". Awesome bass-playing from John Lodge here. a b c d e Hann, Michael: "How the Moody Blues' Nights in White Satin became a standard", Financial Times, 9 April 2018, retrieved 20 May 2023 radio while riding a car, and to reach there in one of my favourite music DVD's in which The Moody Blues performs the

This is one of their poorest effort so far. The best song ? I can't tell. But the worse is probablyregularly heard on radio. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and Brewer, Jon (2006). Classic Artists: Moody Blues (DVD). Archived from the original on 1 January 2018 . Retrieved 21 June 2017. The Day We Meet Again is the perfect closer to an exceptional album. It’s simply incredible and is a sonic pleasure for the ears. While ballads are certainly a trademark of The Moody Blues, this one leaves you both in a contemplative mood as well as being interested in spinning the album again. Such a song is a rarity but when they exist, it results in a cohesive album experience; one worthy of The Moody Blues. Decca released a new Moody Blues single just a few days later — the Parisian "Boulevard de la Madeleine" with "This is My House (But Nobody Calls)" as the B-side — as the Moody Blues seemed to be disintegrating (the single had been released in the US in June 1966, though the A- and B-sides were switched for the UK release). Shortly after Laine and Clark left, Brian Epstein announced that he no longer represented the Moody Blues. [32]

Ray Thomas'"I'm Your Man" is nice, and John Lodge's "I'll Be Level With You" is instantly catchy, but I'm sitting here now and I'm struggling to remember any of the other songs offhand. It's sometimes pleasant, sometimes ugly, but just not very noteworthy, from a group who produced such classic material during their earlier heyday.

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Now without Ridgepride and without their licensing deal in place, the band signed directly to Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US, with the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein taking on management of the Moody Blues. Their next single "Everyday", another Laine/Pinder original, was released in October 1965. The single stalled at No. 44 in the UK, where the band would not release any more records for a year.