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href="#On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 On the Threshold of a Dream </div> </a> <ul id="toc-On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-To_Our_Children's_Children's_Children" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#To_Our_Children's_Children's_Children"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 To Our Children's Children's Children </div> </a> <ul id="toc-To_Our_Children's_Children's_Children-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-A_Question_of_Balance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#A_Question_of_Balance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.5 A Question of Balance </div> </a> <ul id="toc-A_Question_of_Balance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.6 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seventh_Sojourn" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seventh_Sojourn"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.7 Seventh Sojourn </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seventh_Sojourn-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_early_1970s_developments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_early_1970s_developments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.8 Other early 1970s developments </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_early_1970s_developments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Threshold_Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Threshold_Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.9 Threshold Records </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Threshold_Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-Seventh_Sojourn" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-Seventh_Sojourn"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.10 Post-Seventh Sojourn </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-Seventh_Sojourn-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hiatus_and_solo_work,_1974–1977" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hiatus_and_solo_work,_1974–1977"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Hiatus and solo work, 1974–1977 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hiatus_and_solo_work,_1974–1977-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reunion,_1977–1991" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reunion,_1977–1991"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Reunion, 1977–1991 </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Reunion,_1977–1991-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Reunion, 1977–1991 subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Reunion,_1977–1991-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Octave_and_departure_of_Pinder" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Octave_and_departure_of_Pinder"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Octave and departure of Pinder </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Octave_and_departure_of_Pinder-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arrival_of_Moraz,_Long_Distance_Voyager_and_The_Present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arrival_of_Moraz,_Long_Distance_Voyager_and_The_Present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 Arrival of Moraz, Long Distance Voyager and The Present </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arrival_of_Moraz,_Long_Distance_Voyager_and_The_Present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Other_Side_of_Life_and_Sur_La_Mer" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Other_Side_of_Life_and_Sur_La_Mer"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.3 The Other Side of Life and Sur La Mer </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Other_Side_of_Life_and_Sur_La_Mer-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Later_years,_1991–2018" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Later_years,_1991–2018"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Later years, 1991–2018 </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Later_years,_1991–2018-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Later years, 1991–2018 subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Later_years,_1991–2018-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Departure_of_Moraz_and_Court_TV_lawsuit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Departure_of_Moraz_and_Court_TV_lawsuit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 Departure of Moraz and Court TV lawsuit </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Departure_of_Moraz_and_Court_TV_lawsuit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Keys_of_the_Kingdom_and_Strange_Times" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Keys_of_the_Kingdom_and_Strange_Times"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2 Keys of the Kingdom and Strange Times </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Keys_of_the_Kingdom_and_Strange_Times-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Departure_of_Thomas_and_December" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Departure_of_Thomas_and_December"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3 Departure of Thomas and December </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Departure_of_Thomas_and_December-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_years" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_years"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4 Final years </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_years-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-2018" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-2018"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Post-2018 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-2018-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legacy_and_honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legacy_and_honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Legacy and honours </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legacy_and_honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Moody_Bluegrass" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Moody_Bluegrass"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Moody Bluegrass </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Moody_Bluegrass-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Members" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Members"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Members </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Members-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Discography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Discography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Discography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Discography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header 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Available in 46 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-46" aria-hidden="true" > 46 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF)" title="مودي بلوز (باند) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مودي بلوز (باند)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2" title="مودی بلوز – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مودی بلوز" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%81" title="Муди Блус – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Муди Блус" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody_Blues" title="Moody Blues – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2" title="مودی بلوز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مودی بلوز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AC%B4%EB%94%94_%EB%B8%94%EB%A3%A8%EC%8A%A4" title="무디 블루스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="무디 블루스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%96" title="המודי בלוז – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המודי בלוז" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B0%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2" title="ذا مودى بلوز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ذا مودى بلوز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9" title="ムーディー・ブルース – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ムーディー・ブルース" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="The Moody Blues" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="The Moody Blues" 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right: Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, Ray Thomas, John Lodge"><img alt="The Moody Blues at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 1970; from left to right: Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, Ray Thomas, John Lodge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/The_Moody_Blues_923-9509.jpg/300px-The_Moody_Blues_923-9509.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/The_Moody_Blues_923-9509.jpg/450px-The_Moody_Blues_923-9509.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/The_Moody_Blues_923-9509.jpg/600px-The_Moody_Blues_923-9509.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3650" data-file-height="2399" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">The Moody Blues at <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_Airport_Schiphol" title="Amsterdam Airport Schiphol">Amsterdam Airport Schiphol</a> in 1970; from left to right: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pinder" title="Mike Pinder">Mike Pinder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Edge" 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ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">Progressive rock</a><a href="#cite_note-Perone-1">[1]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Art_rock" title="Art rock">art rock</a><a href="#cite_note-ray-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Symphonic_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Symphonic rock">symphonic rock</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Proto-prog" title="Proto-prog">proto-prog</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a> (early)<a href="#cite_note-Eder_2009-8">[8]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>1964–1974</li><li>1977–2018</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/London_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="London Records">London</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Deram_Records" title="Deram Records">Deram</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Threshold_Records" title="Threshold Records">Threshold</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Past members</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Edge" title="Graeme Edge">Graeme Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Laine" title="Denny Laine">Denny Laine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pinder" title="Mike Pinder">Mike Pinder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Thomas" title="Ray Thomas">Ray Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clint_Warwick" title="Clint Warwick">Clint Warwick</a></li> <li>Rod Clark<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Hayward" title="Justin Hayward">Justin Hayward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" title="John Lodge (musician)">John Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Moraz" title="Patrick Moraz">Patrick Moraz</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://moodybluestoday.com">moodybluestoday.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> in 1964. The band initially consisted of <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Edge" title="Graeme Edge">Graeme Edge</a> (drums), <a href="/wiki/Denny_Laine" title="Denny Laine">Denny Laine</a> (guitar/vocals), <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pinder" title="Mike Pinder">Mike Pinder</a> (keyboards/vocals), <a href="/wiki/Ray_Thomas" title="Ray Thomas">Ray Thomas</a> (multi-instrumentalist/vocals), and <a href="/wiki/Clint_Warwick" title="Clint Warwick">Clint Warwick</a> (bass/vocals). Originally part of the British <a href="/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">beat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a> scene of the early–mid 1960s, the band came to prominence with the UK No. 1 and US Top 10 single "<a href="/wiki/Go_Now" title="Go Now">Go Now</a>" in late 1964/early 1965. Laine and Warwick both left the band in 1966, with Edge, Pinder and Thomas recruiting new members <a href="/wiki/Justin_Hayward" title="Justin Hayward">Justin Hayward</a> (guitar/vocals) and <a href="/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" title="John Lodge (musician)">John Lodge</a> (bass/vocals).<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> They embraced the <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a> movement of the late 1960s, with their second album, 1967's <a href="/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" title="Days of Future Passed">Days of Future Passed</a>, being a fusion of rock with classical music (performed with the <a href="/wiki/London_Festival_Orchestra" title="London Festival Orchestra">London Festival Orchestra</a>) that established the band as pioneers in the development of <a href="/wiki/Art_rock" title="Art rock">art rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ray-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-Greene-13">[13]</a> It has been described as a "landmark" and "one of the first successful <a href="/wiki/Concept_album" title="Concept album">concept albums</a>".<a href="#cite_note-ray-2">[2]</a> The group released six more albums and toured extensively until they went on hiatus in 1974. Their records from this period were among the most successful in the progressive rock genre, and produced <a href="/wiki/FM_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="FM radio">FM radio</a> hits such as "<a href="/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin" title="Nights in White Satin">Nights in White Satin</a>" (1967; charting again in 1972),<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> "<a href="/wiki/Tuesday_Afternoon" title="Tuesday Afternoon">Tuesday Afternoon</a>" (1968), "<a href="/wiki/Question_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" title="Question (The Moody Blues song)">Question</a>" (1970), "<a href="/wiki/The_Story_in_Your_Eyes" title="The Story in Your Eyes">The Story in Your Eyes</a>" (1971), "<a href="/wiki/Isn%27t_Life_Strange" title="Isn't Life Strange">Isn't Life Strange</a>" (1972), and "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Just_a_Singer_(In_a_Rock_and_Roll_Band)" title="I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)">I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)</a>" (1973). After resuming activities in 1977, Pinder left the following year and was replaced by former <a href="/wiki/Yes_(band)" title="Yes (band)">Yes</a> keyboardist <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Moraz" title="Patrick Moraz">Patrick Moraz</a>. In the 1980s they took on a more <a href="/wiki/Synth-pop" title="Synth-pop">synth-pop</a> sound, having hits with "<a href="/wiki/Gemini_Dream" title="Gemini Dream">Gemini Dream</a>" (1981), "<a href="/wiki/The_Voice_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" title="The Voice (The Moody Blues song)">The Voice</a>" (1981), "<a href="/wiki/Your_Wildest_Dreams" title="Your Wildest Dreams">Your Wildest Dreams</a>" (1986) and "<a href="/wiki/I_Know_You%27re_Out_There_Somewhere" title="I Know You're Out There Somewhere">I Know You're Out There Somewhere</a>" (1988). "Your Wildest Dreams" made the Moody Blues the first act to earn each of its first three Top 10 singles in the United States in three different decades.<a href="#cite_note-billboard_1986-07-26-14">[14]</a> Moraz departed in 1991, followed by Thomas in 2002. The band's last studio album was the Christmas album <a href="/wiki/December_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="December (The Moody Blues album)">December</a> (2003), after which they decided against recording any further studio albums.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> They continued to tour throughout the 2000s and later reunited periodically for events, one-off concerts, short tours and cruises, until Graeme Edge, the last remaining original member, retired in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-Graeme_Edge_Passing-16">[16]</a> Clint Warwick died in 2004, followed by Ray Thomas in 2018, Graeme Edge in 2021, Denny Laine in 2023, and Mike Pinder in 2024.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> The Moody Blues sold 70 million albums worldwide,<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> including 18 platinum and gold LPs. They produced 16 studio albums, six of which made the US Top 20 (with two reaching No. 1) and eight of which made the UK Top 20 (with three reaching No. 1).<a href="#cite_note-meaning_am_songwriter-19">[19]</a> They were inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 2018, for "over 50 years of exhilarating and significant music that has influenced countless musicians and rocked fans around the world".<a href="#cite_note-moody_blues_rockhall_com-20">[20]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pre-history,_1958–1964">Pre-history, 1958–1964</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Pre-history, 1958–1964">edit</a>]</div> In 1958, <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a> band El Riot & the Rebels formed in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, England, featuring vocalist and harmonica player <a href="/wiki/Ray_Thomas" title="Ray Thomas">Ray Thomas</a> ("El Riot") and bassist <a href="/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" title="John Lodge (musician)">John Lodge</a>. At the beginning of 1963 they were joined by keyboardist <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pinder" title="Mike Pinder">Mike Pinder</a>, who had just returned home from time in the army.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-meaning_am_songwriter-19">[19]</a> Other Birmingham rock and roll bands around during these years included Danny King & the Dukes (formed 1958), with bassist <a href="/wiki/Clint_Warwick" title="Clint Warwick">Clint Warwick</a>,<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Gerry Levine & the Avengers (formed 1959), with drummer <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Edge" title="Graeme Edge">Graeme Edge</a> and future <a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a> member <a href="/wiki/Roy_Wood" title="Roy Wood">Roy Wood</a> on guitar,<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> and Denny & the Diplomats (formed 1962), with vocalist and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Denny_Laine" title="Denny Laine">Denny Laine</a> and another future ELO member, drummer <a href="/wiki/Bev_Bevan" title="Bev Bevan">Bev Bevan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> El Riot & the Rebels split when Lodge went to technical college in 1963, with Thomas and Pinder forming a new band, the Krew Kats.<a href="#cite_note-meaning_am_songwriter-19">[19]</a> At the end of 1963, after a disappointing spell in <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>, Germany, Thomas and Pinder began making plans to start a new band.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Meanwhile, by the beginning of 1964, Warwick, Edge and Laine had all left their previous bands and begun working together in a new band, the R&B Preachers.<a href="#cite_note-meaning_am_songwriter-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years,_1964–1967">Early years, 1964–1967</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years, 1964–1967">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_and_early_success">Formation and early success</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Formation and early success">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Queens_Arms_pub_-_Charlotte_Street_-_Birmingham_-_2005-10-14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/The_Queens_Arms_pub_-_Charlotte_Street_-_Birmingham_-_2005-10-14.jpg/220px-The_Queens_Arms_pub_-_Charlotte_Street_-_Birmingham_-_2005-10-14.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/The_Queens_Arms_pub_-_Charlotte_Street_-_Birmingham_-_2005-10-14.jpg/330px-The_Queens_Arms_pub_-_Charlotte_Street_-_Birmingham_-_2005-10-14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/The_Queens_Arms_pub_-_Charlotte_Street_-_Birmingham_-_2005-10-14.jpg/440px-The_Queens_Arms_pub_-_Charlotte_Street_-_Birmingham_-_2005-10-14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1415" data-file-height="1353" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Mitchells_%26_Butlers" title="Mitchells & Butlers">Mitchells & Butlers</a> brewery pub in Birmingham, pictured 2005—a possible sponsorship from the brewery never materialised.</figcaption></figure> Thomas and Pinder formed their new band in May 1964, recruiting Edge and Laine with the line-up completed by Warwick after Lodge turned down an offer to join; the other members intended to move to London as a professional band after a few local gigs, while he was still in college and determined to finish.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> The new band hoped to receive sponsorship from the local <a href="/wiki/Mitchells_%26_Butlers_Brewery" title="Mitchells & Butlers Brewery">Mitchells & Butlers Brewery</a> (who owned numerous live music clubs), even naming themselves the M&B5, though the sponsorship failed to materialise.<a href="#cite_note-meaning_am_songwriter-19">[19]</a> The M&B5 played their first live show a few days after their formation, at the Carlton Ballroom (later to become rock music venue <a href="/wiki/Mothers_(music_venue)" title="Mothers (music venue)">Mothers</a>) on <a href="/wiki/Erdington" title="Erdington">Erdington High Street</a>, where they became the resident band.<a href="#cite_note-webwriter.f2s.com-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> The band's name quickly evolved from the M&B5 to the Moody Blues.<a href="#cite_note-webwriter.f2s.com-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-meaning_am_songwriter-19">[19]</a> Aside from incorporating the M&B letters,<a href="#cite_note-meaning_am_songwriter-19">[19]</a> the name was also a subtle reference to the <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Mood_Indigo" title="Mood Indigo">Mood Indigo</a>".<a href="#cite_note-CLAS-30">[30]</a> Pinder also stated in a later interview that, at the time, he was interested in how music can affect and change people's moods.<a href="#cite_note-CLAS-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-meaning_am_songwriter-19">[19]</a> The "Blues" was also a reference to the band's set at the time consisting mostly of <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a>. During their first year together, as well as playing their own shows and making their own records, the Moodies (as they were often nicknamed by fans and the band themselves) also provided backing for various <a href="/wiki/Blues_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues (music)">blues</a> performers touring England, including <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II" title="Sonny Boy Williamson II">Sonny Boy Williamson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Slim" title="Memphis Slim">Memphis Slim</a>.<a href="#cite_note-meaning_am_songwriter-19">[19]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Go_Now!_-_Billboard_ad_1965.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Go_Now%21_-_Billboard_ad_1965.jpg/220px-Go_Now%21_-_Billboard_ad_1965.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Go_Now%21_-_Billboard_ad_1965.jpg/330px-Go_Now%21_-_Billboard_ad_1965.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Go_Now%21_-_Billboard_ad_1965.jpg/440px-Go_Now%21_-_Billboard_ad_1965.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2515" data-file-height="3500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> advertisement, 30 January 1965</figcaption></figure> The Moody Blues moved to London in the summer of 1964. Soon after they arrived, the band obtained a management company, Ridgepride, formed by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Wharton" title="Alex Wharton">Alex Wharton</a> (later known as Alex Murray), who had been in the <a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">A&R</a> division of <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a>. They signed a recording contract with Ridgepride, who then leased their recordings to Decca. They released their first single, a cover of <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Parker_(guitarist)" title="Bobby Parker (guitarist)">Bobby Parker</a>'s "Steal Your Heart Away" with the Laine/Pinder original "Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind)" as the B-side, in September 1964. Despite some publicity, including an appearance on the cult television programme <a href="/wiki/Ready_Steady_Go!" title="Ready Steady Go!">Ready Steady Go!</a>, the single failed to chart. The band's big breakthrough came with their second single, a cover of <a href="/wiki/Bessie_Banks" title="Bessie Banks">Bessie Banks</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Go_Now" title="Go Now">Go Now</a>", released in November 1964. Promoted on television with one of the first purpose-made promotional films in the rock and pop era, it reached No. 1 in Britain (where it remains their only No. 1 single) and No. 10 in <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">America</a>,<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> where it was released on <a href="/wiki/London_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="London Records">London Records</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commercial_struggles">Commercial struggles</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commercial struggles">edit</a>]</div> The band struggled to continue the success of "Go Now". They enjoyed a minor British hit with a cover of <a href="/wiki/The_Drifters" title="The Drifters">the Drifters</a>' "<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Want_to_Go_On_Without_You" title="I Don't Want to Go On Without You">I Don't Want to Go On Without You</a>", reaching No. 33 in February 1965. Wanting to capitalise quickly on the No. 1 hit, Decca had rush-released the single before the band had completed its recording (as Edge recalled in a 1978 interview regarding the track, "there's a great big bit in the middle where nothing happens, it was supposed to be Ray playing flute").<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" was also included on a four-track EP, simply titled The Moody Blues, in April 1965 which reached No. 12 on the UK EP chart. The other tracks included were "Go Now", "Steal Your Heart Away" and "Lose Your Money". Around this time Alex Wharton left the management firm, with the band's next single, the Laine/Pinder original "From the Bottom of My Heart (I Love You)", being produced by <a href="/wiki/Denny_Cordell" title="Denny Cordell">Denny Cordell</a>, who would remain their producer into 1966. The single was released in May 1965 and did better than "I Don't Want to Go On Without You", reaching No. 22 in the UK. In July 1965, the band released their first album, <a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Moodies" title="The Magnificent Moodies">The Magnificent Moodies</a>. It was a mix of rhythm and blues covers and Laine/Pinder originals, the latter showing more of a <a href="/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">Merseybeat</a> influence. The album also included a cover of the <a href="/wiki/George_Gershwin" title="George Gershwin">George</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ira_Gershwin" title="Ira Gershwin">Ira Gershwin</a> standard "<a href="/wiki/It_Ain%27t_Necessarily_So" title="It Ain't Necessarily So">It Ain't Necessarily So</a>". The back cover featured a specially-written prose poem by <a href="/wiki/Donovan" title="Donovan">Donovan</a>. The band held a launch party for the album, with guests including <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Faithfull" title="Marianne Faithfull">Marianne Faithfull</a> among others.<a href="#cite_note-The_Magnificent_Moodies_50th_Annive-33">[33]</a> The day after the party, as Laine later recalled, "we called up the Ridgepride office and said we needed £100 to pay for the drinks bill. They told us they would be right over to see us, but they never showed up. When we went around to the office we discovered they had closed it down and run to the hills, leaving us in the lurch!".<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-The_Magnificent_Moodies_50th_Annive-33">[33]</a> Ridgepride left the band bankrupt with several debts, taking all the money earned from their records up to that point, including the No. 1 hit "Go Now", with them.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> Now without Ridgepride, the band signed directly to Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US, with the Beatles' manager <a href="/wiki/Brian_Epstein" title="Brian Epstein">Brian Epstein</a> 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. They were still in demand for live gigs though, and while their chart success was declining in the UK and North America, they were still successful in some other countries during this time, particularly France where their cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "<a href="/wiki/Bye_Bye_Bird" title="Bye Bye Bird">Bye Bye Bird</a>" from The Magnificent Moodies reached No. 3 when it was released as a single there in December 1965. In early December 1965, the Moody Blues were the support band for the Beatles on what would ultimately be <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles%27_1965_UK_tour" title="The Beatles' 1965 UK tour">the Beatles' last British tour</a>. The Moodies then spent late December 1965 into January 1966 on their first tour of North America.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-34">[34]</a> What could have been a valuable appearance on <a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a> had been booked prior to the tour; however, visa issues upon their arrival in New York City meant the band were unable to make any television appearances in the US during the tour, although the live concerts still went ahead. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Departures_of_Warwick_and_Laine">Departures of Warwick and Laine</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Departures of Warwick and Laine">edit</a>]</div> In July 1966, Warwick retired from the group and the music business.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> After unsuccessful attempts to recruit <a href="/wiki/Klaus_Voormann" title="Klaus Voormann">Klaus Voormann</a> (who took up a simultaneous offer to join <a href="/wiki/Manfred_Mann_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manfred Mann (band)">Manfred Mann</a> instead)<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">the Who</a>'s <a href="/wiki/John_Entwistle" title="John Entwistle">John Entwistle</a>,<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> the band hired Rod Clark as Warwick's replacement on bass. At the beginning of October, Laine also left the band,<a href="#cite_note-auto-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> followed by new member Clark a few days later.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> Shortly after Laine and Clark left, Epstein announced that he no longer represented the Moody Blues.<a href="#cite_note-auto-38">[38]</a> While the Moodies appeared to be disintegrating, Decca released their new single, "Boulevard de la Madeleine" with "This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)" as the B-side, just a few days after Laine's departure was announced (the single had been released in the US in June 1966, though the A- and B-sides were switched for the UK release). A further single, "<a href="/wiki/Life%27s_Not_Life" title="Life's Not Life">Life's Not Life</a>", was issued in January 1967.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> This single's release is often listed in discographies as being cancelled, though both promo and regular stock copies have been seen over the years. In the November 1966 issue of Hit Week, Dutch interviewers Hans van Rij and Emie Havers wrote an article saying that at the time Laine and Clark departed, the Moody Blues had been in the process of recording their second album, to be titled Look Out!,<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> with Cordell still producing. The album was shelved and "Really Haven't Got the Time" is the only song title mentioned in the article. In 2014 <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Red_Records" title="Cherry Red Records">Cherry Red Records</a>, on their <a href="/wiki/Esoteric_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Esoteric Records">Esoteric Records</a> imprint, released a double CD edition of The Magnificent Moodies with a number of tracks from the attempted 1966 album included. Most of the songs for this second album were Laine/Pinder originals, with <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardin" title="Tim Hardin">Tim Hardin</a>'s "Hang On to a Dream" being the only cover. Laine would go on to join Paul McCartney's post-Beatles band <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney_and_Wings" title="Paul McCartney and Wings">Wings</a> in 1971.<a href="#cite_note-:0-43">[43]</a> Along with Paul and <a href="/wiki/Linda_McCartney" title="Linda McCartney">Linda McCartney</a>, Laine was one of the three members to remain with Wings from their formation to their 1981 split.<a href="#cite_note-:0-43">[43]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arrival_of_Hayward_and_Lodge">Arrival of Hayward and Lodge</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Arrival of Hayward and Lodge">edit</a>]</div> The three remaining members of the Moody Blues, Pinder, Thomas and Edge, assembled a new line-up in October 1966. The new members were bassist and vocalist (and ex-El Riot & the Rebels member) <a href="/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" title="John Lodge (musician)">John Lodge</a> and guitarist and vocalist <a href="/wiki/Justin_Hayward" title="Justin Hayward">Justin Hayward</a>.<a href="#cite_note-how_nights_fin_times-44">[44]</a> Hayward was formerly of the Wilde Three with famed UK singer <a href="/wiki/Marty_Wilde" title="Marty Wilde">Marty Wilde</a> (father of future pop star <a href="/wiki/Kim_Wilde" title="Kim Wilde">Kim Wilde</a>). He was recommended to Pinder by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Burdon" title="Eric Burdon">Eric Burdon</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Animals" title="The Animals">the Animals</a>. Pinder phoned Hayward and was impressed when Hayward played him his single "London Is Behind Me" (released in January 1966) during their car ride to meet the other members in <a href="/wiki/Esher" title="Esher">Esher</a>.<a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_The_Moody_Blues-45">[45]</a> Around this time "Boulevard de la Madeleine" became a hit single in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and with the band's commercial success floundering in the UK, they relocated there almost immediately after Hayward and Lodge joined.<a href="#cite_note-webwriter.f2s.com-28">[28]</a> By February 1967 the band had returned to the UK. Unable to get gigs, they had no choice but to play the <a href="/wiki/Cabaret" title="Cabaret">cabaret</a> circuit. This lasted only a short time and after a confrontation with an audience member at one show, who went backstage to berate the band on their performance,<a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_The_Moody_Blues-45">[45]</a> the band realised that continuing to play rhythm and blues covers without Laine, whose voice had been the best suited to that style, was not working (in a 2005 interview, Hayward stated that the band continued playing their biggest hit "Go Now" after he and Lodge joined, with different members attempting lead vocal, but that it never sounded right).<a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_The_Moody_Blues-45">[45]</a> Although the band had only released original songs on record after The Magnificent Moodies in July 1965, the R&B covers were still the main focus of their live show until this point, after which the band focused primarily on playing their own original songs, with Hayward bringing a new musical influence to the band with his <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a>-inspired songwriting style.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meeting_Tony_Clarke_and_move_towards_psychedelia">Meeting Tony Clarke and move towards psychedelia</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Meeting Tony Clarke and move towards psychedelia">edit</a>]</div> In April 1967 they were introduced to Decca staff producer <a href="/wiki/Tony_Clarke_(record_producer)" title="Tony Clarke (record producer)">Tony Clarke</a>, who produced the band's next single, their first record with Hayward and Lodge, "Fly Me High" (written and sung by Hayward) with "Really Haven't Got the Time" (written and sung by Pinder) as the B-side, released in May 1967. Sometimes known to fans as "the Sixth Moodie", Clarke would remain the band's producer for the next eleven years. "Fly Me High" picked up both radio airplay and favourable reviews, but failed to chart in the UK. The track showed elements of the <a href="/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">folk rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic</a> styles that were pervading rock music during this time. The band went further in the psychedelic direction on their next single, Pinder's "Love and Beauty", which was issued in September 1967. This too was not a UK hit, but was significant for being the first Moody Blues track to feature <a href="/wiki/Mellotron" title="Mellotron">Mellotron</a>, played by Pinder. Prior to the Moody Blues' formation, Pinder had worked for the company that manufactured the Mellotron, though he had not been able to afford one until 1967. Pinder's Mellotron work would become a major part of the band's sound for the next several years. Primarily playing harmonica up to this point, Thomas had played flute on some of the group's earlier recordings; however, it became a far more featured instrument from this point onwards as the psychedelic influences became stronger in the band's music. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classic_years,_1967–1974">Classic years, 1967–1974</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Classic years, 1967–1974">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Days_of_Future_Passed">Days of Future Passed</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Days of Future Passed">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nights_in_White_Satin_-_Billboard_ad_1968.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Nights_in_White_Satin_-_Billboard_ad_1968.jpg/220px-Nights_in_White_Satin_-_Billboard_ad_1968.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Nights_in_White_Satin_-_Billboard_ad_1968.jpg/330px-Nights_in_White_Satin_-_Billboard_ad_1968.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Nights_in_White_Satin_-_Billboard_ad_1968.jpg/440px-Nights_in_White_Satin_-_Billboard_ad_1968.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2492" data-file-height="3500" /></a><figcaption>Billboard advertisement, 17 February 1968</figcaption></figure> By the autumn of 1967 the Moody Blues' contract with Decca Records was set to expire and they owed the label several thousand pounds in advances. They had the support, however, of Decca A&R manager <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mendl" title="Hugh Mendl">Hugh Mendl</a>, who had been instrumental in the recent establishment of London/Decca's new subsidiary imprint <a href="/wiki/Deram_Records" title="Deram Records">Deram Records</a>. With Mendl's backing, the Moody Blues were offered a deal to make a rock version of <a href="/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k" title="Antonín Dvořák">Antonín Dvořák</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)">New World Symphony</a> to promote the company's new Deramic Stereo Sound audio format<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-Eder_2009-8">[8]</a> in return for which the group would be forgiven their debt. The Moody Blues agreed, but insisted that they be given artistic control of the project, and Mendl (as executive producer) was able to provide this despite Decca's notoriously tight-fisted attitude to its artists.<a href="#cite_note-INDObit-47">[47]</a> According to the band, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Knight_(composer)" title="Peter Knight (composer)">Peter Knight</a>, who had been assigned to arrange and conduct the orchestral interludes, came to see them play live before the recording and liked their newly written songs so much he preferred to work on an album of those rather than the Dvořák assignment.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_The_Moody_Blues-45">[45]</a> An album of the Moody Blues' own new material was undertaken instead, with Decca/Deram executives not finding out about the change of plan until after the album was finished.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_The_Moody_Blues-45">[45]</a> The Decca/Deram executives were initially sceptical about the hybrid style of the resulting concept album.<a href="#cite_note-Eder_2009-8">[8]</a> Released in November 1967, <a href="/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" title="Days of Future Passed">Days of Future Passed</a> peaked at No. 27 on the British LP chart.<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> Five years later it reached No. 3 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard chart">Billboard chart</a> in the US.<a href="#cite_note-:3-49">[49]</a> The LP was a <a href="/wiki/Song_cycle" title="Song cycle">song cycle</a> or concept album that takes place over the course of a single day. The album drew inspiration in production and arrangement from the pioneering use of classical instrumentation by the Beatles, to whom Pinder had recommended the Mellotron in 1965 (the Beatles first used the instrument on their 1966 album <a href="/wiki/Revolver_(Beatles_album)" title="Revolver (Beatles album)">Revolver</a>, specifically the track "<a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Knows" title="Tomorrow Never Knows">Tomorrow Never Knows</a>", and would continue to use it sporadically for the next two years, while the Moodies' Decca/London labelmates <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a> used Mellotron heavily on their 1967 album <a href="/wiki/Their_Satanic_Majesties_Request" title="Their Satanic Majesties Request">Their Satanic Majesties Request</a> and its preceding single "<a href="/wiki/We_Love_You" title="We Love You">We Love You</a>"). It took the idea of rock/classical fusion to new heights, using the <a href="/wiki/London_Festival_Orchestra" title="London Festival Orchestra">London Festival Orchestra</a><a href="#cite_note-pc49-50">[50]</a> to provide an orchestral linking framework to the group's already written and performed songs, plus overture and conclusion sections on the album, including backing up Graeme Edge's opening and closing poems. The orchestra and band never performed together during the recording. With the exception of the overdubbed strings on the latter part of Hayward's "<a href="/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin" title="Nights in White Satin">Nights in White Satin</a>", the orchestral sounds on the band's own songs were actually played by Pinder on Mellotron.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> Despite being a lush concept album, it was recorded in a very workmanlike manner, with the band recording a particular song, then the track being presented to Peter Knight who quickly composed a suitable "linking" orchestral portion, which he and the orchestra then recorded. The album was as much an original work by Knight himself as the group.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> The composing credit for the whole album was listed as Redwave/Knight (Redwave being a made-up collective name for the five Moody Blues), although "Nights in White Satin" and "<a href="/wiki/Tuesday_Afternoon" title="Tuesday Afternoon">Tuesday Afternoon</a>" were written by Hayward, "Dawn Is a Feeling" and "The Sun Set" were written by Pinder, "Another Morning" and "Twilight Time" were written by Thomas, "Peak Hour" and "Evening (Time to Get Away)" were written by Lodge, and the opening and closing poems, "Morning Glory" and "Late Lament", were written by Edge.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> The lead vocal on each track was provided by its writer, with the exception of "Dawn Is a Feeling", which was sung by Hayward<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> (although Pinder sang lead on the bridge section), and the two poems which were recited by Pinder.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> Together with Tony Clarke, engineer Derek Varnals also contributed heavily to the creation of the Moody Blues' classic studio sound, working with Pinder and Clarke to create a more symphonic overlapping sound on the Mellotron as opposed to the sharp 'cut off' the instrument normally gave, partly achieved by removing all the "sound effects" tapes (trains, whistles, cockerel crowing, etc.) and then 'doubling up' the tapes of orchestral instruments' sounds, which combined with Pinder's knowledge of the instrument and ability at playing it, and Clarke and Varnals' recording skills, created an orchestral 'wave' sound that characterised the Moody Blues' music thereafter. "Nights in White Satin" — despite eventually becoming a legendary classic — was very slow to gain popularity.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-how_nights_fin_times-44">[44]</a> It was released as a single from the album and made No. 19 in the UK in late 1967/early 1968.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-how_nights_fin_times-44">[44]</a> It would eventually make No. 9 in the UK on re-issue in December 1972 and No. 14 on the charts in another re-issue at the end of 1979 — by which time it had been covered by several artists, including <a href="/wiki/War_(band)" title="War (band)">Eric Burdon and War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" title="Giorgio Moroder">Giorgio Moroder</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Dickies" title="The Dickies">The Dickies</a> and eventually by various non-English-language artists, including <a href="/wiki/Franck_Pourcel" title="Franck Pourcel">Franck Pourcel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalida" title="Dalida">Dalida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_K%C3%B6rberg" title="Tommy Körberg">Tommy Körberg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/I_Nomadi" class="mw-redirect" title="I Nomadi">I Nomadi</a>.,<a href="#cite_note-how_nights_fin_times-44">[44]</a> and American <a href="/wiki/Bettye_LaVette" title="Bettye LaVette">Bettye LaVette</a>. Likewise, in the US, "Nights in White Satin" did not make the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a> on its original release as a single in 1968 ("bubbling under" at No. 103),<a href="#cite_note-how_nights_fin_times-44">[44]</a> although it reached No. 2 on re-release in 1972.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> It is now regarded as the Moody Blues' signature song.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> In the US "Tuesday Afternoon" was also released as a single and was more successful on initial release, peaking at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Search_of_the_Lost_Chord">In Search of the Lost Chord</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: In Search of the Lost Chord">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Moody_Blues_-_Cash_Box_1968.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/The_Moody_Blues_-_Cash_Box_1968.jpg/220px-The_Moody_Blues_-_Cash_Box_1968.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/The_Moody_Blues_-_Cash_Box_1968.jpg/330px-The_Moody_Blues_-_Cash_Box_1968.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/The_Moody_Blues_-_Cash_Box_1968.jpg/440px-The_Moody_Blues_-_Cash_Box_1968.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4306" data-file-height="3926" /></a><figcaption>The Moody Blues on the cover of <a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box</a>, 26 October 1968</figcaption></figure> The band's next album, 1968's <a href="/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Lost_Chord" title="In Search of the Lost Chord">In Search of the Lost Chord</a>, included "<a href="/wiki/Legend_of_a_Mind" title="Legend of a Mind">Legend of a Mind</a>", a song written by Ray Thomas in tribute to <a href="/wiki/LSD" title="LSD">LSD</a> guru <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Leary" title="Timothy Leary">Timothy Leary</a> which encompassed a flute solo performed by Thomas – four members of the group had taken LSD together for the first time in early 1967. Lodge provided a two-part song "House of Four Doors" set either side of Thomas's epic piece. Hayward began playing <a href="/wiki/Sitar" title="Sitar">sitar</a> and incorporating it into Moody Blues music ("Voices in the Sky", "Visions of Paradise", "Om"), having been inspired by George Harrison. Hayward's "Voices in the Sky" charted as a single in the UK (No. 27), as did Lodge's "Ride My See-Saw" (No. 42, No. 15 in France), which featured a non-album track, Pinder's "A Simple Game", as the B-side. Pinder contributed "<a href="/wiki/The_Best_Way_to_Travel" title="The Best Way to Travel">The Best Way to Travel</a>" and album's closer "Om". Graeme Edge found a significant secondary role in the band as a writer of poetry, with all their late 1960s albums beginning with various band members reciting poems by Edge that were conceptually related to the lyrics of the songs that followed. Edge narrated his brief "Departure" poem on Lost Chord, although Pinder recited the majority of Edge's poetry, as according to Edge, he had the best voice for it due to "smoking more cigarettes and drinking more <a href="/wiki/Whisky" title="Whisky">whisky</a> at the time".<a href="#cite_note-nights_oral_history-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> In Search of the Lost Chord was the band's first album to feature artwork by Phil Travers, whose striking surreal scenic imagery would continue for all their albums through to 1972's <a href="/wiki/Seventh_Sojourn" title="Seventh Sojourn">Seventh Sojourn</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream">On the Threshold of a Dream</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: On the Threshold of a Dream">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moody_Blues,_Bestanddeelnr_922-1824.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1824.jpg/300px-Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1824.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1824.jpg/450px-Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1824.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1824.jpg/600px-Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1824.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3667" data-file-height="2413" /></a><figcaption>The Moody Blues in the Netherlands, 1969</figcaption></figure> The band released two albums in 1969. The first, <a href="/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream" title="On the Threshold of a Dream">On the Threshold of a Dream</a>, became their first No. 1 album in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> It opened with Hayward, Edge and Pinder sharing narration on Edge's "In the Beginning", leading into Hayward's "Lovely to See You". His "Never Comes the Day" was issued as a UK single, while Thomas contributed wry observations of life in "Dear Diary" and "Lazy Day". Pinder contributed the closing track on side one, "So Deep Within You". Side two closed with the "Dream Sequence", Edge's poem "The Dream" leading into Pinder's "Have You Heard?" parts I and II with the two parts separated by his classically themed instrumental piece "The Voyage". <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_Our_Children's_Children's_Children">To Our Children's Children's Children</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: To Our Children's Children's Children">edit</a>]</div> The band's music continued to become more complex and symphonic, with heavy amounts of <a href="/wiki/Reverberation" title="Reverberation">reverberation</a> on the vocal tracks. The second album of 1969, <a href="/wiki/To_Our_Children%27s_Children%27s_Children" title="To Our Children's Children's Children">To Our Children's Children's Children</a>, was a concept album inspired by <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">the first Moon landing</a>. The album peaked at No. 2 on the UK charts.<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> The opening track, "Higher and Higher", saw Pinder simulate a rocket blast-off on keyboards, then narrate Edge's lyrics. Thomas contributed the songs "Floating" and "Eternity Road", while Hayward provided "Gypsy" and the album included a Lodge/Pinder collaboration, "Out and In". Lodge provided his two-part "Eyes of a Child" and "Candle of Life", while Pinder contributed "Sun Is Still Shining". The album closed with its only single, "<a href="/wiki/Watching_and_Waiting" title="Watching and Waiting">Watching and Waiting</a>", sung by Hayward and composed by him and Thomas. It was during 1969 that the band established their own label <a href="/wiki/Threshold_Records" title="Threshold Records">Threshold Records</a> under licence to Decca Records. To Our Children's Children's Children was the first of their albums to be released on their own label. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_Question_of_Balance">A Question of Balance</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: A Question of Balance">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Engelse_popgroep_Moody_Blues_arriveert_op_Schiphol_Moody_Blues,_Bestanddeelnr_923-9510.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Engelse_popgroep_Moody_Blues_arriveert_op_Schiphol_Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-9510.jpg/220px-Engelse_popgroep_Moody_Blues_arriveert_op_Schiphol_Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-9510.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="335" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Engelse_popgroep_Moody_Blues_arriveert_op_Schiphol_Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-9510.jpg/330px-Engelse_popgroep_Moody_Blues_arriveert_op_Schiphol_Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-9510.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Engelse_popgroep_Moody_Blues_arriveert_op_Schiphol_Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-9510.jpg/440px-Engelse_popgroep_Moody_Blues_arriveert_op_Schiphol_Moody_Blues%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-9510.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2399" data-file-height="3650" /></a><figcaption>The Moody Blues in 1970</figcaption></figure> Although the Moodies had by now defined themselves with a lush, atmospheric and high-production psychedelic style, which had been an influence on the then-burgeoning <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a> genre, by 1970 the band were finding it difficult to recreate their sound in concert and decided to record an album that could be played live more easily, losing some of their lush sound for their first album of the 1970s, <a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Balance" title="A Question of Balance">A Question of Balance</a>. This album, No. 1 in the UK<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> and No. 3 on the Billboard chart in the US,<a href="#cite_note-:3-49">[49]</a> was indicative of the band's growing success in America. Hayward's "Question" was issued as a single, reaching No. 2 in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> Pinder's "Melancholy Man" would be released as a single in France, reaching No. 1 there. Hayward began an artful exploration of guitar tone through the use of numerous <a href="/wiki/Effects_pedals" class="mw-redirect" title="Effects pedals">effects pedals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Distortion_(music)" title="Distortion (music)">fuzzboxes</a> and developed for himself a very melodic buzzing guitar-solo sound. The Moody Blues had by now become a bill-topping act in their own right and appeared at both the 1969 and 1970 <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Festival" title="Isle of Wight Festival">Isle of Wight Festivals</a> (an album and DVD of their 1970 performance would be released in 2008). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour">Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour">edit</a>]</div> The title of the band's next album, 1971's <a href="/wiki/Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour_(album)" title="Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (album)">Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</a>, was derived from a <a href="/wiki/Mnemonic" title="Mnemonic">mnemonic</a> used to remember the musical notes that form the lines of the treble clef: EGBDF. One of the Moodies' most experimental albums, the opening track, "Procession", depicted the "evolution" of music, leading into Hayward's "<a href="/wiki/The_Story_in_Your_Eyes" title="The Story in Your Eyes">The Story in Your Eyes</a>", which was released as a single in the US where it reached No. 23. "Procession" is the only Moody Blues song credited to the entire band (not counting the Redwave credit on Days of Future Passed). Lodge's contributions included "Emily's Song", written for his newly born daughter, while Thomas's reflective "Our Guessing Game" and whimsical "Nice to Be Here" offset the deeper drama of Hayward's "You Can Never Go Home", Lodge's "One More Time to Live" and Pinder's "My Song". Edge started writing lyrics intended to be sung, rather than verses to be spoken – his "After You Came" featured each of the other four members taking a vocal section. The album saw the band moving away from the Mellotron as their primary keyboard instrument, with the synthesizer starting to take its place.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> The album was also one of the earliest records to feature electronic drums, played by Edge. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour became the band's second consecutive, and third overall, No. 1 album in the UK and reached No. 2 in the US, their highest album chart placement there so far. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seventh_Sojourn">Seventh Sojourn</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Seventh Sojourn">edit</a>]</div> In 1972, the band returned to the more lush sound of their late 1960s albums with <a href="/wiki/Seventh_Sojourn" title="Seventh Sojourn">Seventh Sojourn</a>, which became their first album to reach No. 1 in the US,<a href="#cite_note-:3-49">[49]</a> and reached No. 5 in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> The album saw Pinder using the new <a href="/wiki/Chamberlin" title="Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a> instrument. His stirring lament "Lost in a Lost World" opened the album, while he also contributed a sympathetic ode to Timothy Leary, "When You're a Free Man". The album also included one of Thomas's most popular songs, "For My Lady". Lodge's songs "<a href="/wiki/Isn%27t_Life_Strange" title="Isn't Life Strange">Isn't Life Strange</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Just_a_Singer_(In_a_Rock_and_Roll_Band)" title="I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)">I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)</a>" (the latter written in response to some of the band's <a href="/wiki/Hippie" title="Hippie">hippie</a> fans, who mistook the Moodies as spiritual leaders due to the philosophical themes of many of their lyrics)<a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_The_Moody_Blues-45">[45]</a> were lifted as singles from Seventh Sojourn, both reaching the Top 40 in the UK and US. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_early_1970s_developments">Other early 1970s developments</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other early 1970s developments">edit</a>]</div> In an interview following the release of Seventh Sojourn, Edge told Rolling Stone: "We've got two Christians, one Mystic, one Pedantic and one Mess, and we all get on a treat."<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> By this time, other bands were picking up their work. Pinder's songs "A Simple Game" (1968) and "So Deep Within You" (1969) were successfully covered by <a href="/wiki/The_Four_Tops" class="mw-redirect" title="The Four Tops">the Four Tops</a>, with the former winning Pinder an <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Novello_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivor Novello Award">Ivor Novello Award</a>. <a href="/wiki/Elkie_Brooks" title="Elkie Brooks">Elkie Brooks</a> later covered Hayward's "Nights in White Satin". Pinder also appeared on <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Imagine_(John_Lennon_album)" title="Imagine (John Lennon album)">Imagine</a> album in 1971, providing additional percussion on "<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Wanna_Be_a_Soldier_Mama" class="mw-redirect" title="I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama">I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier (I Don't Want to Die)</a>". In late 1972, a re-issue of the five-year-old "Nights in White Satin" became the Moody Blues' biggest US hit, reaching No. 2 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a> and becoming a certified million-seller;<a href="#cite_note-:3-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> the song had "bubbled under" the Hot 100 charts on its original release. The song also returned to the UK charts, reaching No. 9, ten places higher than its original release in 1967.<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Threshold_Records">Threshold Records</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Threshold Records">edit</a>]</div> The Moodies were one of the earliest rock acts to start their own label, following the Beatles' <a href="/wiki/Apple_Records" title="Apple Records">Apple Records</a>. In 1969 they created <a href="/wiki/Threshold_Records" title="Threshold Records">Threshold Records</a>, prompted in part by disputes with Decca over album design costs (their gatefold record jackets and expensive cover art were not popular with company executives). The idea was for Threshold to produce new albums and deliver them to Decca in the UK and London in the US who would act as distributor. The group attempted to build Threshold into a major label by developing new talent – most notably the UK <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Trapeze_(band)" title="Trapeze (band)">Trapeze</a> (featuring future <a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a> member <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hughes_(musician)" title="Glenn Hughes (musician)">Glenn Hughes</a>, future <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a> member <a href="/wiki/Mel_Galley" title="Mel Galley">Mel Galley</a> and future <a href="/wiki/Judas_Priest" title="Judas Priest">Judas Priest</a> member <a href="/wiki/Dave_Holland_(drummer)" title="Dave Holland (drummer)">Dave Holland</a>) and the US classical-acoustic sextet <a href="/wiki/Providence_(band)" title="Providence (band)">Providence</a> – but these efforts were unsuccessful and the Moodies eventually stopped recruiting new acts to the label, and by the late 1970s would return themselves to more traditional recording contracts. However, they helped lay the groundwork, with other major rock bands forming their own record labels during the 1970s, including the Rolling Stones (<a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stones_Records" title="Rolling Stones Records">Rolling Stones Records</a>), Deep Purple (<a href="/wiki/Purple_Records" title="Purple Records">Purple Records</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swan_Song_Records" title="Swan Song Records">Swan Song Records</a>). All of the Moodies' records from 1969 to 2001 bore the Threshold logo on at least one of their format versions. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Seventh_Sojourn">Post-Seventh Sojourn</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Post-Seventh Sojourn">edit</a>]</div> In September 1973, the Moody Blues were presented with five gold discs in Australia. At the time, Australia had only ever awarded eight.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> In 1973 the band recorded a new Hayward song called "Island", with the intention of it kick-starting work on their next album; however, in the spring of 1974, after completing a vast world tour that culminated with a tour of Asia, the group decided to take an extended hiatus. By 1974, ten years of continuous working together had led to personal communication between the band members being at a low ebb, while some members of the band were needing a break from the increasingly bigger and more straining tours.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Later that year, the band oversaw preparation of a compilation album, <a href="/wiki/This_Is_The_Moody_Blues" title="This Is The Moody Blues">This Is The Moody Blues</a>, which was released in October 1974.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The track "Island" would not see release until 2007, when it was included on the CD/SACD re-release of Seventh Sojourn. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hiatus_and_solo_work,_1974–1977">Hiatus and solo work, 1974–1977</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Hiatus and solo work, 1974–1977">edit</a>]</div> Hayward and Lodge released a duo album, the successful <a href="/wiki/Blue_Jays_(album)" title="Blue Jays (album)">Blue Jays</a> in 1975, followed by a UK No. 8 charting non-album single, "Blue Guitar", featuring <a href="/wiki/10cc" title="10cc">10cc</a> as the backing band.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> The album had originally been intended as a Hayward and Pinder collaboration, but after Pinder dropped out, Lodge stepped in, with Tony Clarke producing. Pinder said he hoped to get the band back together that year. "Having moved to California in 1974, I returned to Britain for a visit in summer 1975. I was trying to get the band to do an album, but the response was so weak I returned to California with my two new Mk5 Mellotrons and began work on my solo album <a href="/wiki/The_Promise_(Mike_Pinder_album)" title="The Promise (Mike Pinder album)">The Promise</a>."<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> The Promise was released in 1976. Edge released two albums as the Graeme Edge Band, with <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Gurvitz" title="Adrian Gurvitz">Adrian Gurvitz</a> on vocals and guitar and his brother Paul Gurvitz on bass, 1975's Kick Off Your Muddy Boots and 1976's Paradise Ballroom. Thomas released two solo albums, both written in collaboration with songwriter <a href="/wiki/Nicky_James" title="Nicky James">Nicky James</a>, <a href="/wiki/From_Mighty_Oaks_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="From Mighty Oaks (album)">From Mighty Oaks</a> in 1975 and <a href="/wiki/Hopes,_Wishes_and_Dreams_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hopes, Wishes and Dreams (album)">Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</a> in 1976. Following a successful UK tour as a duo, backed by some of the members of Providence, Hayward and Lodge both released solo albums in 1977, <a href="/wiki/Songwriter_(Justin_Hayward_album)" title="Songwriter (Justin Hayward album)">Songwriter</a> (Hayward) and <a href="/wiki/Natural_Avenue_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural Avenue (album)">Natural Avenue</a> (Lodge). In 1976, Hayward recorded "<a href="/wiki/Forever_Autumn_(song)" title="Forever Autumn (song)">Forever Autumn</a>" for <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds" title="Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds">Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds</a> at London's Advision Studios.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> The album was released in 1978, with the song being released as a single and reaching No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in August that year.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reunion,_1977–1991">Reunion, 1977–1991</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Reunion, 1977–1991">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Octave_and_departure_of_Pinder">Octave and departure of Pinder</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Octave and departure of Pinder">edit</a>]</div> In 1977, the group made a decision to record together again, with their record company Decca urging a reunion album. Decca in the UK and London in the US released <a href="/wiki/Caught_Live_%2B_5" title="Caught Live + 5">Caught Live + 5</a> in 1977, a double album with three sides of a December 1969 live recording from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> and one side of five leftover studio tracks from the late 1960s. Decca/London did this in an attempt to revive interest in the Moody Blues before their anticipated new album, although the band themselves were not pleased by the release of Caught Live + 5, having already deemed it not good enough to be released when it was assembled several years earlier.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> By this time, Pinder had remarried and started a family in California, so for their reunion recording, the band decamped stateside with producer Clarke. The sessions were marked by tension and division: first there was a fire at the studios they were using, then after quickly relocating to Pinder's home studio, a landslide following torrential rains effectively marooned them, inevitably causing tensions to rise.<a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_The_Moody_Blues-45">[45]</a> Clarke had to leave for personal reasons before the album was completed, but by the spring of 1978 <a href="/wiki/Octave_(album)" title="Octave (album)">Octave</a> was ready for release. Pinder, citing his young family, excused himself from the touring commitments that were to follow. His decision caused acrimony within the band (particularly from Edge). Ray Thomas said Pinder was initially agreeable to touring. His opting out (with a major comeback tour already planned) was a blow to the band. Their management tried to downplay Pinder's absence, notably at a major UK music press party Decca organised, when the top Decca dignitary guest, while making a "welcome back" speech, openly referred to "Mike Pinder being currently absent over in the States", much to the band's dismay.<a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_The_Moody_Blues-45">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arrival_of_Moraz,_Long_Distance_Voyager_and_The_Present">Arrival of Moraz, Long Distance Voyager and The Present</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Arrival of Moraz, Long Distance Voyager and The Present">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moody_Blues.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Moody_Blues.jpg/220px-Moody_Blues.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Moody_Blues.jpg/330px-Moody_Blues.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Moody_Blues.jpg/440px-Moody_Blues.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1111" data-file-height="763" /></a><figcaption>The Moody Blues live in 1981</figcaption></figure> Former <a href="/wiki/Yes_(band)" title="Yes (band)">Yes</a> keyboardist <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Moraz" title="Patrick Moraz">Patrick Moraz</a> joined the Moody Blues for the Octave World Tour. The album sold well and produced two minor hits in "<a href="/wiki/Steppin%27_in_a_Slide_Zone" title="Steppin' in a Slide Zone">Steppin' in a Slide Zone</a>" (No. 39 in the US) and "<a href="/wiki/Driftwood_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Driftwood (The Moody Blues song)">Driftwood</a>" (No. 59 in the US). The Moody Blues toured the US and Europe during much of 1979. By 1980 they were ready to record again, this time bringing in producer <a href="/wiki/Pip_Williams" title="Pip Williams">Pip Williams</a>. Moraz was retained as the band's permanent keyboardist, though Pinder had originally understood that he would continue to record even if not touring with the band. Pinder took legal action to prevent the new Moody Blues album from release without his contributions but was not successful, and ultimately, never returned to the band. When released in 1981, <a href="/wiki/Long_Distance_Voyager" title="Long Distance Voyager">Long Distance Voyager</a> became one of the band's most successful albums, reaching No. 1 in the US<a href="#cite_note-:3-49">[49]</a> and No. 7 in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> The album yielded two US Top 20 hits, "<a href="/wiki/The_Voice_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" title="The Voice (The Moody Blues song)">The Voice</a>" (No. 15) written by Hayward, and "<a href="/wiki/Gemini_Dream" title="Gemini Dream">Gemini Dream</a>" (No. 12) written by Hayward and Lodge. Lodge's "<a href="/wiki/Talking_Out_of_Turn" title="Talking Out of Turn">Talking Out of Turn</a>" also charted in the US, reaching No. 65.<a href="#cite_note-:3-49">[49]</a> Edge provided "22,000 Days" (featuring Thomas on lead vocal) while Thomas's contributions were the closing trilogy of "Painted Smile", "Reflective Smile" (a poem recited by a DJ friend of the band) and the tongue-in-cheek self-parody "Veteran Cosmic Rocker". By now, the Mellotron had long been set aside as their primary keyboard instrument on their studio work and the band embraced a more high-tech, less symphonic approach, though still retaining a lush keyboard-led sound, with Moraz a virtuoso player who also had extensive knowledge of synthesizers. In live concerts, the Mellotron was still used heavily by Moraz until the mid-1980s, including on songs that did not originally feature it.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> The next album, 1983's <a href="/wiki/The_Present_(Moody_Blues_album)" title="The Present (Moody Blues album)">The Present</a>, again produced by Williams, was less successful than its predecessor, though it spawned a UK Top 40 hit in "<a href="/wiki/Blue_World_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" title="Blue World (The Moody Blues song)">Blue World</a>" and a US Top 40 hit in "<a href="/wiki/Sitting_at_the_Wheel" title="Sitting at the Wheel">Sitting at the Wheel</a>". The band also began to embrace the new <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> phenomenon, with the videos for "Blue World" and "Sitting at the Wheel" going into rotation on the channel. The Present was released in conjunction with Talencora Ltd shortly before Decca was bought out by <a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a>. The album was supported by a 1983–1984 tour, which included the band's first ever tour of Australia in 1984. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Other_Side_of_Life_and_Sur_La_Mer">The Other Side of Life and Sur La Mer</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: The Other Side of Life and Sur La Mer">edit</a>]</div> In 1986 they enjoyed renewed success with their album <a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Life" title="The Other Side of Life">The Other Side of Life</a> and in particular with the track "<a href="/wiki/Your_Wildest_Dreams" title="Your Wildest Dreams">Your Wildest Dreams</a>" – a US Top 10 hit (and No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart for two weeks). The song's video garnered a <a href="/wiki/Billboard_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard magazine">Billboard</a> Video of the Year award after being frequently featured on MTV. It was the first of three albums with producer <a href="/wiki/Tony_Visconti" title="Tony Visconti">Tony Visconti</a>, best known for his extensive work with <a href="/wiki/T._Rex_(band)" title="T. Rex (band)">T. Rex</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>, who together with synth programmer Barry Radman delivered a modern sound the Moodies had been seeking in order to remain competitive with their pop contemporaries. The album's title song also charted in the US at No. 58. The Moody Blues performed live at the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Heart_Beat_Charity_Concert_1986" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986">Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986</a>, which raised money for <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Children%27s_Hospital" title="Birmingham Children's Hospital">Birmingham Children's Hospital</a>. The band played four songs, and later provided backup with <a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a> for <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a>. Other performers included <a href="/wiki/Robert_Plant" title="Robert Plant">Robert Plant</a> and former Moodie Denny Laine (whose set included "Go Now"). The Moodies continued their MTV success with 1988's <a href="/wiki/Sur_La_Mer" class="mw-redirect" title="Sur La Mer">Sur La Mer</a> with its single and video, "<a href="/wiki/I_Know_You%27re_Out_There_Somewhere" title="I Know You're Out There Somewhere">I Know You're Out There Somewhere</a>" (No. 30 US, No. 52 UK, No. 2 US Mainstream Rock), a sequel to "Your Wildest Dreams". Their sound took on an ever-increasingly synthetic and technical quality as Moraz and Visconti began using modern sequencers, samplers and drum machines. All the songs were written and sung by Hayward and/or Lodge, as the band came under pressure from their new record company, Polydor Records, who deemed them to be the members who wrote the most commercial songs and had the most commercial voices. This approach stood in stark contrast to the more equitable five-way songwriting the group had employed during the late 1960s and the 1970s.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> By this point, Ray Thomas was playing a diminished role in the recording studio, with the emphasis now being placed on Hayward and Lodge as singers and songwriters and the band's sound having evolved towards <a href="/wiki/Synthpop" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthpop">synthpop</a>, a genre that was unsuitable for the use of instruments such as flute and harmonica. Thomas did not contribute any songs to The Other Side of Life or Sur La Mer and was largely relegated to the status of a backup singer, although for Sur La Mer, while Thomas did provide backing vocals, multiple production considerations led Visconti to leave them off the album completely. Despite his diminished participation in the recording process, Thomas's high value remained evident on stage, primarily from many of his songs from the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s being popular with die-hard fans and still featured in the setlist, and also in the flute and keyboard duets he composed with Moraz which were performed only during Moody Blues concerts. The band reinforced its concert sound in 1986 with the addition of a second keyboardist. <a href="/wiki/Bias_Boshell" title="Bias Boshell">Bias Boshell</a> was the first, replaced in 1987 by <a href="/wiki/Guy_Allison" title="Guy Allison">Guy Allison</a> before Boshell returned by 1990. The group also began to employ female backing singers. On 5 May 1990, Hayward and Lodge performed <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Across_the_Universe" title="Across the Universe">Across the Universe</a>" at a star-studded <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> tribute concert in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years,_1991–2018">Later years, 1991–2018</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Later years, 1991–2018">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Departure_of_Moraz_and_Court_TV_lawsuit">Departure of Moraz and Court TV lawsuit</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Departure of Moraz and Court TV lawsuit">edit</a>]</div> In 1991, during the recording of their new studio album, Patrick Moraz gave an interview with <a href="/wiki/Keyboard_(magazine)" title="Keyboard (magazine)">Keyboard magazine</a> and made some comments in the article that suggested dissatisfaction with his role in the Moodies. His complaints ranged from the Moodies' music becoming too simple in structure to the other members' reluctance to allow him to make significant contributions to the songwriting on their albums. He also was occupied with spending large amounts of time planning a music concert to celebrate his native <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>'s 700th anniversary instead of rehearsing with the Moodies — and as a result, he was fired from the group before the project was completed, so Boshell and new keyboardist Paul Bliss were brought in to finish the new album's keyboard tracks. Despite having been credited and publicly presented as an official band member since he joined them in 1978, the Moody Blues have downplayed Moraz's place in their history since his departure, saying he was a backing musician and never a member of the band. All Moody Blues compilation albums released post-Moraz have credited him as an "additional musician" on the tracks he was part of, sometimes going so far as to include Moraz-era photos in their artwork with him cropped or airbrushed out of the photos.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> This attitude towards Moraz began when he took legal action against the band in 1992, claiming that in 1980 he and the other members had made an agreement that, like them, he was a "lifetime member" of the Moody Blues and could not be fired. The lawsuit was shown on <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court TV</a>, but Moraz was awarded only $77,175 in back pay due to accounting delays instead of the $500,000 he sought.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Keys_of_the_Kingdom_and_Strange_Times">Keys of the Kingdom and Strange Times</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Keys of the Kingdom and Strange Times">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Keys_of_the_Kingdom" title="Keys of the Kingdom">Keys of the Kingdom</a>, released in 1991, had modest commercial success, peaking at No. 54 on the UK Albums Chart.<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> Once again, Hayward's songs led off the album, with the new singles "<a href="/wiki/Say_It_with_Love" title="Say It with Love">Say It with Love</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Bless_the_Wings_(That_Bring_You_Back)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)">Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)</a>". The album also included Thomas's first writing contributions since The Present in 1983, with an ambient flute piece, "Celtic Sonant", and the closing track "Never Blame the Rainbows for the Rain", co-written with Hayward. Lodge contributed three songs, "Magic", the ballad "Lean on Me (Tonight)" and the <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">Lennonesque</a> "Shadows on the Wall". Tony Visconti produced some of the tracks on the album, as did <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Neil" title="Christopher Neil">Christopher Neil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Tarney" title="Alan Tarney">Alan Tarney</a>. The ensuing tour saw them invited to play at the 1991 <a href="/wiki/Montreux_Jazz_Festival" title="Montreux Jazz Festival">Montreux Jazz Festival</a>, with a DVD of their performance released in 2005, followed by an album release in 2021. The group remained a steady concert draw, and the album and video of their 1992 <a href="/wiki/A_Night_at_Red_Rocks" class="mw-redirect" title="A Night at Red Rocks">Night at Red Rocks</a> concert enjoyed great success, particularly as a fund-raiser for <a href="/wiki/Public_broadcasting" title="Public broadcasting">public television</a> in the US, where it had been first broadcast. The concert marked the first time the band had ever performed live with an orchestra. The <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Symphony" title="Colorado Symphony">Colorado Symphony Orchestra</a> was conducted by Larry Baird, who was also the arranger for the show. The group also continued their use of additional musicians on stage and in the studio. Following on from his contributions as keyboardist on the Keys of the Kingdom album, Paul Bliss continued to play keyboards for the band live, being promoted to first keyboardist in 2001 (but was replaced in March 2010 after 19 years' continuous service). Thomas and Bliss continued the tradition of a flute/keyboard duet for many tours. After Edge injured himself in 1991, second drummer Gordon Marshall was brought in to back him up; he stayed with the group after Edge returned and remained in the position until autumn 2015, when he left to play in a Moody Blues cover band, Legend of a Band, and another cover band, Reflections. After the release of A Night at Red Rocks, the group took a break from recording and spent time trying to perfect the art of performing live with an orchestra. 1994 saw the release of the band's retrospective box set <a href="/wiki/Time_Traveller_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Time Traveller (The Moody Blues album)">Time Traveller</a>. In 1999 the Moodies' recording hiatus ended with the release of the album <a href="/wiki/Strange_Times_(Moody_Blues_album)" title="Strange Times (Moody Blues album)">Strange Times</a>, their first in almost two decades to be well received by British critics, although Justin Hayward was quoted as saying he was disappointed at the album's chart performance—it spent one week on the UK Albums Chart, at No. 92, and then dropped out.<a href="#cite_note-:2-48">[48]</a> It was recorded in <a href="/wiki/Recco" title="Recco">Recco</a>, Italy, at Hayward's suggestion, and was the band's first self-produced effort. The album featured keyboards and arrangements from Italian musician Danilo Madonia, who continued to work in-studio with the band. The album opened with "English Sunset", a pop song featuring a modern, nearly techno arrangement. Strange Times was also the first album since A Question of Balance in 1970 to include a new poem by Graeme Edge, "Nothing Changes", recited by Edge, with Hayward then singing the concluding portion of the track, and notably concluded by quoting Mike Pinder's 1968 song title "A Simple Game". Ray Thomas appeared vocally with Hayward and Lodge on "Sooner or Later (Walkin' on Air)" and his own brief song "My Little Lovely", plus provided a vocal snippet and backing vocals on "English Sunset". In 1999, the Moody Blues appeared in <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a> episode <a href="/wiki/Viva_Ned_Flanders" title="Viva Ned Flanders">Viva Ned Flanders</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> In the following year they released <a href="/wiki/Hall_of_Fame_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Hall of Fame (The Moody Blues album)">Hall of Fame</a>, a new live album from a concert at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> (with the World Festival Orchestra), with a concurrent DVD release. This was taken from the last tour on which Boshell played. He left the live line-up in 2001; Bliss took over first keyboard duties, with his former second keyboard role filled by Bernie Barlow, with Julie Ragins replacing Barlow when she took maternity leave from 2006 to 2009. In 2001 an <a href="/wiki/IMAX" title="IMAX">IMAX</a> film, Journey into Amazing Caves, was released, featuring two new songs written and performed by the Moody Blues. The soundtrack also featured Justin Hayward on vocals and guitar throughout. One of these songs, entitled "Water", is the Moody Blues' first instrumental studio recording since their 1983 piece "Hole in the World" from The Present. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Departure_of_Thomas_and_December">Departure of Thomas and December</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Departure of Thomas and December">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MoodyBlues.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/MoodyBlues.jpg/220px-MoodyBlues.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/MoodyBlues.jpg/330px-MoodyBlues.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/MoodyBlues.jpg/440px-MoodyBlues.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="648" /></a><figcaption>Hayward and Lodge live in 2007</figcaption></figure> The new millennium saw the Moody Blues reducing their touring schedule. At the end of 2002, founding member Ray Thomas retired from the group, reducing the Moody Blues to a trio of Hayward, Lodge and Edge, the last being the only original member. Flautist and rhythm guitarist Norda Mullen was recruited early the following year for their North American tour, and worked with the band live and in the studio thereafter. Toward the end of 2003, they released a Christmas album, <a href="/wiki/December_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="December (The Moody Blues album)">December</a>. The songs included originals and four covers: John Lennon's "<a href="/wiki/Happy_Xmas_(War_Is_Over)" title="Happy Xmas (War Is Over)">Happy Xmas (War Is Over)</a>", <a href="/wiki/Mike_Batt" title="Mike Batt">Mike Batt</a>'s "A Winter's Tale", <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mathis" title="Johnny Mathis">Johnny Mathis</a>' "<a href="/wiki/When_A_Child_is_Born" class="mw-redirect" title="When A Child is Born">When A Child is Born</a>" and <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>". December would ultimately be the Moody Blues' last studio recording. Clint Warwick, the Moody Blues' original bassist, died on 15 May 2004, at the age of 63. November 2005 brought a new live album and DVD, <a href="/wiki/Lovely_to_See_You:_Live" title="Lovely to See You: Live">Lovely to See You: Live</a>, recorded and filmed at the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Theatre_(Los_Angeles)" title="Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)">Greek Theatre</a> in Los Angeles on 11 June that year. During 2006 and 2007, the band's "Core Seven" albums (the seven albums from the arrival of Hayward and Lodge in 1966 to the band's hiatus in 1974) were re-released as hybrid CD/SACD editions, featuring rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks. The first five appeared in 2006, with Days of Future Passed, In Search of the Lost Chord and To Our Children's Children's Children being double CD/SACDs, while On the Threshold of a Dream and A Question of Balance were single CD/SACDs. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and Seventh Sojourn followed in 2007, both single CD/SACD. The project was undertaken by Justin Hayward, who stated that he listened to virgin vinyl copies of these albums and used them as reference points for the new mixes. On 21 May 2007 the Moodies released a double CD of <a href="/wiki/BBC_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC radio">BBC radio</a> sessions titled <a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_BBC:_1967%E2%80%931970" title="Live at the BBC: 1967–1970">Live at the BBC 1967–1970</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_years">Final years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Final years">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MoodyBluesCollage-1000cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/MoodyBluesCollage-1000cropped.jpg/240px-MoodyBluesCollage-1000cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/MoodyBluesCollage-1000cropped.jpg/360px-MoodyBluesCollage-1000cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/MoodyBluesCollage-1000cropped.jpg/480px-MoodyBluesCollage-1000cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="298" /></a><figcaption>The Moody Blues in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ynez,_California" title="Santa Ynez, California">Santa Ynez, California</a>, in 2005. L–R: Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Graeme Edge.</figcaption></figure> In 2007, the now defunct <a href="/wiki/Hard_Rock_Cafe" title="Hard Rock Cafe">Hard Rock Park</a> theme park in <a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Myrtle Beach, South Carolina</a>, announced the building of a <a href="/wiki/Dark_ride" title="Dark ride">dark ride</a> entitled "<a href="/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin:_The_Trip" title="Nights in White Satin: The Trip">Nights in White Satin: The Trip</a>". The ride incorporated multi-sensory experiences as well as a re-orchestrated version of the song by Hayward. A re-recorded version of Edge's "Late Lament" followed, which had each group member reading a verse of the poem.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> In March 2009, the ride closed because of the conversion of the park to the <a href="/wiki/Freestyle_Music_Park" title="Freestyle Music Park">Freestyle Music Park</a>, with the new owners desiring to make the park more "family friendly". The group toured the UK, US and Canada from 2006 to 2010. In addition, Hayward took part in the UK tour of <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds" title="Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds">Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds</a> in April 2006, with a second tour in November 2007, and further dates in 2009. The Moody Blues also toured Australia and New Zealand in 2005. The band added keyboardist <a href="/wiki/Alan_Hewitt_(musician)" title="Alan Hewitt (musician)">Alan Hewitt</a> for their 2010 UK and North American tours. The Moody Blues' classic producer Tony Clarke died in January 2010.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> The band released a new compilation album called Timeless Flight in 2013. On 19 July 2013, it was announced that the band would be appearing on the second annual Moody Blues Cruise,<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> from 2 to 7 April 2014, on the cruise ship <a href="/wiki/MSC_Divina" title="MSC Divina">MSC Divina</a>. Other bands on the cruise included <a href="/wiki/The_Zombies" title="The Zombies">the Zombies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lighthouse_(band)" title="Lighthouse (band)">Lighthouse</a>. The Moody Blues toured the UK and US in 2015, culminating in a début appearance at <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival" title="Glastonbury Festival">Glastonbury Festival</a> on 27 June.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> The band celebrated the 50th anniversary of Days of Future Passed in 2017 by performing the album in its entirety on tour, together with other songs from the band's history.<a href="#cite_note-:1-76">[76]</a> The 2017 tour included a performance at <a href="/wiki/Sony_Centre_for_the_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Centre for the Arts">Toronto’s Sony Centre</a>, which was recorded and then released in 2018 as a new live album and DVD, <a href="/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed_Live" title="Days of Future Passed Live">Days of Future Passed Live</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> Ray Thomas died on 4 January 2018, at the age of 76, just a few months before the band was due to be inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-2018">Post-2018</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Post-2018">edit</a>]</div> Graeme Edge died on 11 November 2021, at the age of 80.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> Upon Edge's death, Justin Hayward announced that the Moody Blues had gone inactive after Edge had retired in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-Graeme_Edge_Passing-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> Edge was the only member to remain with the band throughout their entire history. Denny Laine, the Moody Blues' original singer and guitarist, died on 5 December 2023, at the age of 79.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> Mike Pinder, the last surviving original member of the band, died on 24 April 2024, at the age of 82.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Rod Clark, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, and Patrick Moraz all remain active in music. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_honours">Legacy and honours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Legacy and honours">edit</a>]</div> The Moody Blues' "rich symphonic sound" influenced groups such as <a href="/wiki/Yes_(band)" title="Yes (band)">Yes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Genesis_(band)" title="Genesis (band)">Genesis</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a>. They also helped make synthesizers and philosophy "part of the rock mainstream".<a href="#cite_note-ray-2">[2]</a> The Moody Blues are members of the <a href="/wiki/Vocal_Group_Hall_of_Fame" title="Vocal Group Hall of Fame">Vocal Group Hall of Fame</a>. In 2013, readers of <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> voted for them as one of the ten bands that should be inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Greene-13">[13]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Classic_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate Classic Rock">Ultimate Classic Rock</a> called them "perennial victims of an unaccountable snubbing" and inducted them into its own Hall of Fame in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> Writing for <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> in 2015, Rob Chapman described the band as "psychedelia's forgotten heroes". He stated: "Despite their success, rock critics rarely took the Moody Blues seriously, a pattern that continued for the next 45 years." He also wrote: "Despite the critical disapproval, the best of the Moody Blues music between 1967 and 1970 possessed grace and beauty. Like <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>, they understood how pop songs worked as ensemble pieces. None of them were particularly virtuosic or showy as musicians and their music is refreshingly free of the noodling long[u]eurs that characterised the output of their more self-indulgent contemporaries."<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> In December 2017, the band were announced as inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> On 14 April 2018, they were inducted as part of the 2018 class. During his acceptance speech in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, Ohio, Justin Hayward said, "If you didn't know already, well we're just a bunch of British guys, but of course to us and to all British musicians, this is the home of our heroes and we all know that..." acknowledging the inspirational role of America's rock and roll icons.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> During the ceremony, Ray Thomas was included as a star that was lost in the past year. The Hall of Fame summarised the band's historic significance as...: <dl><dd>"Progressive rock pioneers turned synthesizer-driven rockers, the Moody Blues have created over 50 years of exhilarating and significant music that has influenced countless musicians and rocked fans around the world. ...</dd> <dd>"This new sound influenced an entire generation of musicians,...</dd> <dd>"Throughout the adventurous explorations between the late '60s and early '70s, the Moody Blues produced numerous hits that became staples of FM radio. ...</dd> <dd>"More than half a century later, the Moody Blues continue to tour around the world with no signs of slowing down, connecting to multiple generations of one of rock and roll's most loyal fanbases."<a href="#cite_note-moody_blues_rockhall_com-20">[20]</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Moody_Bluegrass">Moody Bluegrass</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Moody Bluegrass">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Moody_Bluegrass" title="Moody Bluegrass">Moody Bluegrass</a> project is a group of <a href="/wiki/Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville">Nashville</a> artists who have recorded two <a href="/wiki/Tribute_album" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribute album">tribute albums</a> of Moody Blues songs in the <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> style. The first album, Moody Bluegrass – A Nashville Tribute to the Moody Blues, was released in 2004. Those involved included <a href="/wiki/Alison_Krauss" title="Alison Krauss">Alison Krauss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harley_Allen" title="Harley Allen">Harley Allen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_O%27Brien_(musician)" title="Tim O'Brien (musician)">Tim O'Brien</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cowan" title="John Cowan">John Cowan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Cordle" title="Larry Cordle">Larry Cordle</a>, Jan Harvey, Emma Harvey, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bush" title="Sam Bush">Sam Bush</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Randall" title="Jon Randall">Jon Randall</a>. A second Moody Bluegrass album, Moody Bluegrass Two...Much Love, was released in 2011. In addition to many of the participants of the first album, a number of tracks included guest performances from Hayward, Lodge and Edge, (each of whom is credited as the lead vocalist on one song) plus Thomas and Pinder, making this the first time since 1978 that these five musicians all appeared on one newly recorded album.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Members">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Moody_Blues_band_members" title="List of the Moody Blues band members">List of the Moody Blues band members</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Edge" title="Graeme Edge">Graeme Edge</a> – drums, percussion, vocals (1964–2018; died 2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Thomas" title="Ray Thomas">Ray Thomas</a> – flute, harmonica, saxophone, percussion, vocals (1964–2002; died 2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pinder" title="Mike Pinder">Mike Pinder</a> – keyboards, vocals (1964–1978; died 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Laine" title="Denny Laine">Denny Laine</a> – guitar, vocals (1964–1966; died 2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clint_Warwick" title="Clint Warwick">Clint Warwick</a> – bass, vocals (1964–1966; died 2004)</li> <li>Rod Clark – bass, vocals (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Hayward" title="Justin Hayward">Justin Hayward</a> – guitar, vocals (1966–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" title="John Lodge (musician)">John Lodge</a> – bass, guitar, vocals (1966–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Moraz" title="Patrick Moraz">Patrick Moraz</a> – keyboards (1978–1991)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Moody_Blues_discography" title="The Moody Blues discography">The Moody Blues discography</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> Studio albums <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Moodies" title="The Magnificent Moodies">The Magnificent Moodies</a> (US title: <a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Moodies#United_States_and_Canada_version" title="The Magnificent Moodies">Go Now: The Moody Blues #1</a>) (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" title="Days of Future Passed">Days of Future Passed</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Lost_Chord" title="In Search of the Lost Chord">In Search of the Lost Chord</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream" title="On the Threshold of a Dream">On the Threshold of a Dream</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/To_Our_Children%27s_Children%27s_Children" title="To Our Children's Children's Children">To Our Children's Children's Children</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Balance" title="A Question of Balance">A Question of Balance</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour_(album)" title="Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (album)">Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Sojourn" title="Seventh Sojourn">Seventh Sojourn</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octave_(album)" title="Octave (album)">Octave</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Distance_Voyager" title="Long Distance Voyager">Long Distance Voyager</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Present_(Moody_Blues_album)" title="The Present (Moody Blues album)">The Present</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Life" title="The Other Side of Life">The Other Side of Life</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sur_la_Mer" title="Sur la Mer">Sur la Mer</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keys_of_the_Kingdom" title="Keys of the Kingdom">Keys of the Kingdom</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strange_Times_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strange Times (The Moody Blues album)">Strange Times</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="December (The Moody Blues album)">December</a> (2003)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Moody_Blues&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Children's Children's Children">To Our Children's Children's Children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Balance" title="A Question of Balance">A Question of Balance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour_(album)" title="Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (album)">Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Sojourn" title="Seventh Sojourn">Seventh Sojourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octave_(album)" title="Octave (album)">Octave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Distance_Voyager" title="Long Distance Voyager">Long Distance Voyager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Present_(Moody_Blues_album)" title="The Present (Moody Blues album)">The Present</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Life" title="The Other Side of Life">The Other Side of Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sur_la_Mer" title="Sur la Mer">Sur la Mer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keys_of_the_Kingdom" title="Keys of the Kingdom">Keys of the Kingdom</a></li> <li><a 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title="Prelude (The Moody Blues album)">Prelude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Greatest Hits (The Moody Blues album)">Greatest Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_Traveller_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Time Traveller (The Moody Blues album)">Time Traveller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_The_Moody_Blues" title="The Best of The Moody Blues">The Best of The Moody Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthology_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Anthology (The Moody Blues album)">Anthology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Gold (The Moody Blues album)">Gold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Introduction_to_The_Moody_Blues" title="An Introduction to The Moody Blues">An Introduction to The Moody Blues</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_Now" title="Go Now">Go Now</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Want_to_Go_On_Without_You" title="I Don't Want to Go On Without You">I Don't Want to Go On Without You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Life%27s_Not_Life" title="Life's Not Life">Life's Not Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin" title="Nights in White Satin">Nights in White Satin</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tuesday_Afternoon" title="Tuesday Afternoon">Tuesday Afternoon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Voices_in_the_Sky" title="Voices in the Sky">Voices in the Sky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ride_My_See-Saw" title="Ride My See-Saw">Ride My See-Saw</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Never_Comes_the_Day" title="Never Comes the Day">Never Comes the Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Watching_and_Waiting" title="Watching and Waiting">Watching and Waiting</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Question_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" title="Question (The Moody Blues song)">Question</a>"</li> 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href="/wiki/English_Sunset" title="English Sunset">English Sunset</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Moody_Blues_band_members" title="List of the Moody Blues band members">Band members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Moody_Blues_discography" title="The Moody Blues discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threshold_Records" title="Threshold Records">Threshold Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Hayward_and_Friends_Sing_the_Moody_Blues_Classic_Hits" title="Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits">Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_Bluegrass" title="Moody Bluegrass">Moody Bluegrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Jays_(album)" title="Blue Jays (album)">Blue 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