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searchaux" style="display:none">British musician (1941–2018)</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">This article is about the former member of the rock band the Moody Blues. 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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ray Thomas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ray_Thomas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Ray_Thomas.jpg/220px-Ray_Thomas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Ray_Thomas.jpg/330px-Ray_Thomas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Ray_Thomas.jpg/440px-Ray_Thomas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="641" data-file-height="871" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Thomas in 1970</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Raymond Thomas</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1941-12-29</span>)</span>29 December 1941<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Stourport-on-Severn" title="Stourport-on-Severn">Stourport-on-Severn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">4 January 2018<span style="display:none">(2018-01-04)</span> (aged 76)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Musician</li><li>singer</li><li>songwriter</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Musical career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">Progressive rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Symphonic_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Symphonic rock">symphonic rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/British_folk_rock" title="British folk rock">British folk rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Soft_rock" title="Soft rock">Soft rock</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Flute</li><li>harmonica</li><li>vocals</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1960–2018</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/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" class="mw-redirect" title="Polydor">Polydor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Records">Universal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Raymond Thomas</b> (29 December 1941 – 4 January 2018) was an English musician, singer and songwriter.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was best known as a founding member of the English <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues">the Moody Blues</a>. His flute solo on the band's 1967 hit single "<a href="/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin" title="Nights in White Satin">Nights in White Satin</a>" is regarded as one of progressive rock's defining moments. In 2018, he was posthumously 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> as a member of the Moody Blues.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Moody_Blues_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Moody_Blues-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas was born at an emergency maternity unit set up during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Lickhill Manor, <a href="/wiki/Stourport-on-Severn" title="Stourport-on-Severn">Stourport-on-Severn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a>, England.<sup id="cite_ref-RT_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father's family was from the southwest corner of Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-RT_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His grandfather was a <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Wales" title="Mining in Wales">Welsh miner</a> and went on to become a carpenter and a wood-carver, at one stage working on the church where Thomas later got married.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father taught him at the age of nine to play <a href="/wiki/Harmonica" title="Harmonica">harmonica</a>, and this sparked his interest in music.<sup id="cite_ref-RT_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined the school choir a year later.<sup id="cite_ref-RT_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He quit schooling at the age of 14, and briefly left music to work as a toolmaking trainee at Lemarks.<sup id="cite_ref-RT_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the age of 16 he had embarked on a search for a music band, and within two years had left his trade to pursue a career in music.<sup id="cite_ref-RT_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1960s, Thomas joined the Birmingham Youth Choir then began singing with various <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a> groups including The Saints and Sinners and The Ramblers.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inspired to learn the flute from a grandfather who played the instrument.<sup id="cite_ref-WP_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Again taking up the harmonica, he started a band, El Riot and the Rebels, with <a href="/wiki/Bassist" title="Bassist">bassist</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" title="John Lodge (musician)">John Lodge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a couple of years their friend <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pinder" title="Mike Pinder">Mike Pinder</a> joined as keyboardist. On Easter Monday 1963 the band opened for <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> at the Bridge Hotel, <a href="/wiki/Tenbury_Wells" title="Tenbury Wells">Tenbury Wells</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas and Pinder were later in a band called Krew Cats, formed in 1963, who played in <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> and other places in northern <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Moody_Blues">The Moody Blues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Moody Blues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Muziek,_repetities,_televisie,_muzikanten,_Grand_Gala_Du_Disque,_Bestanddeelnr_922-1751.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Muziek%2C_repetities%2C_televisie%2C_muzikanten%2C_Grand_Gala_Du_Disque%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1751.jpg/220px-Muziek%2C_repetities%2C_televisie%2C_muzikanten%2C_Grand_Gala_Du_Disque%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1751.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Muziek%2C_repetities%2C_televisie%2C_muzikanten%2C_Grand_Gala_Du_Disque%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1751.jpg/330px-Muziek%2C_repetities%2C_televisie%2C_muzikanten%2C_Grand_Gala_Du_Disque%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1751.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Muziek%2C_repetities%2C_televisie%2C_muzikanten%2C_Grand_Gala_Du_Disque%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1751.jpg/440px-Muziek%2C_repetities%2C_televisie%2C_muzikanten%2C_Grand_Gala_Du_Disque%2C_Bestanddeelnr_922-1751.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2428" data-file-height="3678" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pinder" title="Mike Pinder">Mike Pinder</a> and Ray Thomas rehearsing (1969)</figcaption></figure> <p>Thomas and Pinder then recruited guitarist <a href="/wiki/Denny_Laine" title="Denny Laine">Denny Laine</a>, drummer <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Edge" title="Graeme Edge">Graeme Edge</a>, and bassist <a href="/wiki/Clint_Warwick" title="Clint Warwick">Clint Warwick</a> to form a new, <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>-based band, <a href="/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues">The Moody Blues</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nme_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nme-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Signed to <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a>, their first album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Moodies" title="The Magnificent Moodies">The Magnificent Moodies</a></i>, yielded a No. 1 UK hit (No. 10 in the US) with "<a href="/wiki/Go_Now" title="Go Now">Go Now</a>". Thomas sang lead vocals on <a href="/wiki/George_Gershwin" title="George Gershwin">George</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ira_Gershwin" title="Ira Gershwin">Ira Gershwin</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/It_Ain%27t_Necessarily_So" title="It Ain't Necessarily So">It Ain't Necessarily So</a>" from the musical <i><a href="/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess" title="Porgy and Bess">Porgy and Bess</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-rolling_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolling-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He shared lead vocals with Laine on <a href="/wiki/Psalm_23" title="Psalm 23">"23rd Psalm"</a> which was recorded in 1964<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but remained unreleased until 2014. </p><p>His flute featured on three songs on the album—"Something You Got", "I've Got a Dream", and "Let Me Go"—as well as the single "From the Bottom of My Heart", after he had more or less pushed himself to learn playing. Thomas said in a 1986 interview that </p> <blockquote><p>"<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>" wasn't finished when it was released; it should've had a flute on it. When we did <i><a href="/wiki/Thank_Your_Lucky_Stars_(TV_series)" title="Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)">Thank Your Lucky Stars</a></i>, I just took a flute on and pretended to play it. I got dozens of letters saying how great the flute playing was and I wasn't even on it. That's auto suggestion.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>When Warwick left the band (followed by Laine a few months later)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was briefly replaced by Rod Clark.<sup id="cite_ref-dunsbee_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dunsbee-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas then suggested his and Pinder's old bandmate John Lodge as a permanent replacement<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also recruited <a href="/wiki/Justin_Hayward" title="Justin Hayward">Justin Hayward</a> to replace Laine.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With this line-up the band released seven successful albums between 1967 and 1972, and became known for their pioneering <a href="/wiki/Orchestral_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Orchestral rock">orchestral sound</a>. </p><p>Although they initially tried to continue singing R&B covers and novelty tunes, they were confronted over this by an audience member, and with their finances deteriorating they made a conscious decision to focus only on their own original material.<sup id="cite_ref-psychedelic_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-psychedelic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the lead of Pinder, Hayward, and Lodge, Thomas also started writing songs. The first he contributed to the group's repertoire were "Another Morning" and "<a href="/wiki/Twilight_Time_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Twilight Time (The Moody Blues song)">Twilight Time</a>" on the 1967 <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" title="Days of Future Passed">Days of Future Passed</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-days_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-days-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album is regarded as a <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a> landmark, and Thomas's flute solo on the single "<a href="/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin" title="Nights in White Satin">Nights in White Satin</a>" one of its defining moments.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His flute became an integral part of the band's music, even as Pinder began to use the <a href="/wiki/Mellotron" title="Mellotron">mellotron</a> keyboard. Thomas stated that a number of his compositions on the band's earlier albums were made in a studio broom closet, with himself writing songs on a glockenspiel.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hayward has spoken of Thomas's learning <a href="/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation_technique" title="Transcendental Meditation technique">Transcendental Meditation</a> in 1967, along with other members of the group.<sup id="cite_ref-rcm2013_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rcm2013-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2015 interview Thomas said that he and Pinder had contributed backing vocals to the song "<a href="/wiki/I_Am_the_Walrus" title="I Am the Walrus">I Am the Walrus</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>, as well as providing harmonicas for "<a href="/wiki/The_Fool_on_the_Hill" title="The Fool on the Hill">The Fool on the Hill</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-discussionsmagazine.com_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discussionsmagazine.com-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas and Pinder both acted as the band's onstage <a href="/wiki/Master_of_ceremonies" title="Master of ceremonies">MCs</a>, as heard on the live album <i><a href="/wiki/Caught_Live_%2B_5" title="Caught Live + 5">Caught Live + 5</a></i> and seen in the <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Isle_of_Wight_Festival_1970_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (The Moody Blues album)">Live at the Isle of Wight Festival</a></i> DVD. Thomas started to become a more prolific writer for the group, penning songs such as "<a href="/wiki/Legend_of_a_Mind" title="Legend of a Mind">Legend of a Mind</a>"—an ode to LSD guru and friend of the band, <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Leary" title="Timothy Leary">Timothy Leary</a>, and a popular live favourite<sup id="cite_ref-psychedelic_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-psychedelic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—and "<a href="/wiki/Dr._Livingstone,_I_Presume_(song)" title="Dr. Livingstone, I Presume (song)">Dr. Livingstone, I Presume</a>" for <i><a href="/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Lost_Chord" title="In Search of the Lost Chord">In Search of the Lost Chord</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-chord_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chord-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "<a href="/wiki/Dear_Diary_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dear Diary (The Moody Blues song)">Dear Diary</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Lazy_Day_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazy Day (The Moody Blues song)">Lazy Day</a>" for <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream" title="On the Threshold of a Dream">On the Threshold of a Dream</a></i>, as well as co-writing "<a href="/wiki/Are_You_Sitting_Comfortably%3F_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Are You Sitting Comfortably? (song)">Are You Sitting Comfortably?</a>" with Hayward.<sup id="cite_ref-dream_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dream-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Moody Blues formed their own record label <a href="/wiki/Threshold_Records" title="Threshold Records">Threshold Records</a>, distributed by <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a> in the UK and <a href="/wiki/London_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="London Records">London</a> in the US, and their first album on the Threshold imprint was <i><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></i>, a 1969 concept album about eternal life.<sup id="cite_ref-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas wrote and sang lead vocal on "<a href="/wiki/Floating_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" title="Floating (The Moody Blues song)">Floating</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Eternity_Road_(song)" title="Eternity Road (song)">Eternity Road</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-classic_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-classic-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the band began to realise that their method of heavy overdubbing in the studio made most of the songs very difficult to reproduce in concert, they decided to use a more stripped-down sound on their next album <i><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Balance" title="A Question of Balance">A Question of Balance</a></i>, to be able to play as many songs live as possible.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was their second UK No. 1 album. Thomas wrote and sang "<a href="/wiki/And_the_Tide_Rushes_In" class="mw-redirect" title="And the Tide Rushes In">And the Tide Rushes In</a>", reportedly written after having a row with his wife,<sup id="cite_ref-classic_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-classic-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was credited with co-writing the album's final track "The Balance" with Edge, while Pinder recited the story.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Moodies went back to their symphonic sound and heavy overdubbing with <i><a href="/wiki/Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour_(album)" title="Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (album)">Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</a></i>, their third UK No. 1 album, and Thomas wrote and sang "Our Guessing Game" and "Nice to Be Here", also singing a co-lead vocal with Pinder, Hayward and Lodge on Edge's "After You Came". All five members wrote "<a href="/wiki/Procession_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" title="Procession (The Moody Blues song)">Procession</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final album of the 'core seven' was <i><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Sojourn" title="Seventh Sojourn">Seventh Sojourn</a></i>, their first album to reach No. 1 in the USA. By this time, Pinder had replaced his mellotron with the <a href="/wiki/Chamberlin" title="Chamberlin">chamberlin</a>, which produced orchestral sounds more realistically and easily than the mellotron. Thomas wrote and sang "<a href="/wiki/For_My_Lady" title="For My Lady">For My Lady</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-seventh_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seventh-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Band_hiatus_and_reformation">Band hiatus and reformation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Band hiatus and reformation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas released the albums <i><a href="/wiki/From_Mighty_Oaks" title="From Mighty Oaks">From Mighty Oaks</a></i> (1975)<sup id="cite_ref-oaks_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oaks-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Hopes,_Wishes_and_Dreams" title="Hopes, Wishes and Dreams">Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</a></i> (1976)<sup id="cite_ref-hopes_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hopes-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the band temporarily broke up in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-WP_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period he earned his <a href="/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">nickname</a> 'The Flute'. Within the band he was also known as 'Tomo' (pronounced tOm-O). The band reformed in 1977 for <i><a href="/wiki/Octave_(album)" title="Octave (album)">Octave</a></i>, which was released in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-octave_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-octave-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas provided the songs "Under Moonshine" and "I'm Your Man", and the group continued to release albums throughout the 1980s, with Thomas's "<a href="/wiki/Veteran_Cosmic_Rocker" title="Veteran Cosmic Rocker">Veteran Cosmic Rocker</a>" and "Painted Smile" being featured on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Long_Distance_Voyager" title="Long Distance Voyager">Long Distance Voyager</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-voyager_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voyager-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former song has often been regarded as a theme song for the band itself as a whole and for Thomas in particular, and it again features his use of the harmonica. After contributing "Sorry" and "I Am" (both on the 1983 album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Present_(Moody_Blues_album)" title="The Present (Moody Blues album)">The Present</a></i>) Thomas temporarily stopped writing new songs for the band, for reasons unknown. He took featured lead vocal on Graeme Edge's song "Going Nowhere" (on <i>The Present</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-present_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-present-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diminishing_role_and_declining_health">Diminishing role and declining health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Diminishing role and declining health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the group's <a href="/wiki/Synth-pop" title="Synth-pop">synth-pop</a> era, Thomas's role in the recording studio diminished, partially due to the synth-pop music being unsuitable for his flute and partially because he was unwell.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite contributing backing vocals on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Life" title="The Other Side of Life">The Other Side of Life</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sur_la_Mer" title="Sur la Mer">Sur la Mer</a></i>, he took no lead vocal role and it is unclear how much, if any, instrumentation he recorded for these two albums; but in any case, none of his instrumentation or vocals ended up on <i>Sur la Mer</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he is included in the childhood photos depicted on the album's inner sleeve and is given an overall 'group credit', he is not given a performing band credit. <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Moraz" title="Patrick Moraz">Patrick Moraz</a>, who had replaced Pinder as the band's keyboardist, objected to Thomas's exclusion from the album and pushed for the band to return to the deeper sound that they had achieved with Pinder. Thomas is credited with tambourine, harmonica or saxophone on <i>The Other Side of Life</i>, but it is unknown how many, if any, instrumental contributions of his ended up on the released version of the album, and at this point he was largely relegated to the role of a backup singer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resilience_and_final_years_in_the_band">Resilience and final years in the band</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Resilience and final years in the band"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On The Moody Blues' 1991 release <i><a href="/wiki/Keys_of_the_Kingdom" title="Keys of the Kingdom">Keys of the Kingdom</a></i>, Thomas played a substantial role in the studio for the first time since 1983, writing "Celtic Sonant" and co-writing "Never Blame the Rainbows for the Rain" with Justin Hayward.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ultimate_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ultimate-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He contributed his first ambient flute piece in eight years; however, his health declined, and his last album with the group was <i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Times_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strange Times (The Moody Blues album)">Strange Times</a></i>, to which he contributed his final composition for the group, "My Little Lovely".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also provided a co-lead vocal with Hayward and Lodge on their song "Sooner or Later (Walking On Air)". </p><p>Thomas permanently retired at the end of 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-ultimate_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ultimate-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2014 interview with Pollstar.com, drummer <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Edge" title="Graeme Edge">Graeme Edge</a> stated that Thomas had retired due to illness. He had been suffering from <a href="/wiki/Cerebellar_ataxia" title="Cerebellar ataxia">cerebellar ataxia</a>, which affected his balance and made performing impossible.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Moody Blues – consisting only of Hayward, Lodge and Edge (Edge being the only remaining original member) plus four long-serving touring band members, including Gordon Marshall on percussion and Norda Mullen who took over Thomas's flute parts – only released one further studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/December_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="December (The Moody Blues album)">December</a></i>, following his departure from the band.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_years_and_prostate_cancer_diagnosis">Final years and prostate cancer diagnosis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Final years and prostate cancer diagnosis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2009 it became known that Thomas had written at least two of his songs– "Adam and I" and "My Little Lovely"– for his son and his grandson Robert, respectively. It was also revealed that he had married again, to his longtime girlfriend Lee Lightle, in a ceremony at the Church of the Holy Cross in <a href="/wiki/Mwnt" title="Mwnt">Mwnt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceredigion" title="Ceredigion">Ceredigion</a> Wales, on 9 July 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas released his two solo albums, remastered, in a boxset on 24 September 2010. The set includes, with the two albums, a remastered quad version of "<a href="/wiki/From_Mighty_Oaks" title="From Mighty Oaks">From Mighty Oaks</a>", a new song "The Trouble With Memories", a previously unseen promo video of "High Above My Head" and an interview conducted by fellow Moody Blues founder Mike Pinder. The boxset was released through <a href="/wiki/Esoteric_Recordings" title="Esoteric Recordings">Esoteric Recordings</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cherry_Red_Records" title="Cherry Red Records">Cherry Red Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2014, Thomas posted this statement on his website: </p> <blockquote> <p>After the tragic death of <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Stardust" title="Alvin Stardust">Alvin Stardust</a> and the brave response to Prostate Awareness by his widow, Julie, in following up on what Alvin had intended to say about the disease, I have decided to help in some small way. I was diagnosed in September 2013 with <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer" title="Prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a>. My cancer was in-operable but I have a fantastic doctor who immediately started me on a new treatment that has had 90% success rate. The cancer is being held in remission but I'll be receiving this treatment for the rest of my life. I have four close friends who have all endured some kind of surgery or treatment for this cancer and all are doing well. While I don't like to talk publicly about my health problems, after Alvin's death, I decided it was time I spoke out. A cancer diagnosis can shake your world and your family's but if caught in time it can be cured or held in remission. I urge all males to get tested NOW. Don't put it off by thinking it won't happen to me. It needs to be caught early. It's only a blood test – a few minutes out your day to save yourself from this disease. Love and God Bless, Ray.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>In later years Thomas resumed flute playing with other musicians, one instance of which was for the song "L'urlo nelle ossa", on the 2016 album <i>Eros & Thanatos</i> by Italian band Syndone.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also played flute on the track "Simply Magic" on John Lodge's 2015 album <i><a href="/wiki/10,000_Light_Years_Ago" title="10,000 Light Years Ago">10,000 Light Years Ago</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-ultimate_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ultimate-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and recorded with <a href="/wiki/Moody_Bluegrass" title="Moody Bluegrass">Moody Bluegrass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas died on 4 January 2018, six days after his 76th birthday, at his home in <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>. The official announcement, made by his record company, did not give any cause.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fellow band member <a href="/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" title="John Lodge (musician)">John Lodge</a> said, "Ray was my best pal. I met Ray when I was 14. We were two young kids from <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> who were reaching for the stars — and I think we got there. I'm really pleased that Ray was around to know we'd 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>. I spoke to Ray just before Christmas — because his birthday was after Christmas, on the 29th — and we had a long conversation. We're very close friends — or were very close friends. Very sad. Very, very sad."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of The Moody Blues, in April 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Moody_Blues_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Moody_Blues-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instruments">Instruments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Instruments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although he most commonly played flute, Thomas was a multi-instrumentalist, who also played <a href="/wiki/Piccolo" title="Piccolo">piccolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oboe" title="Oboe">oboe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmonica" title="Harmonica">harmonica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a>, and, on the album <i><a href="/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Lost_Chord" title="In Search of the Lost Chord">In Search of the Lost Chord</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/French_horn" title="French horn">French horn</a>. He frequently played <a href="/wiki/Tambourine" title="Tambourine">tambourine</a> and also shook <a href="/wiki/Maracas" class="mw-redirect" title="Maracas">maracas</a> during the group's R&B phase. The 1972 video for "<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>" features Thomas playing the <a href="/wiki/Baritone_saxophone" title="Baritone saxophone">baritone saxophone</a>, although <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pinder" title="Mike Pinder">Pinder</a> says on his website that this was just for effect in the video and that Thomas did not play saxophone on the recording.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Solo_discography">Solo discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Solo discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studio_albums">Studio albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Studio albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/From_Mighty_Oaks" title="From Mighty Oaks">From Mighty Oaks</a></i> (1975) with <a href="/wiki/Nicky_James" title="Nicky James">Nicky James</a>, UK No. 23</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hopes,_Wishes_and_Dreams" title="Hopes, Wishes and Dreams">Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</a></i> (1976) with <a href="/wiki/Nicky_James" title="Nicky James">Nicky James</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compilations">Compilations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Compilations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>“Words & Music” (2020) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compositions">Compositions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Compositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Moody_Blues_2">The Moody Blues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: The Moody Blues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1967: "Another Morning" from <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" title="Days of Future Passed">Days of Future Passed</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-days_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-days-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1967: "<a href="/wiki/Twilight_Time_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Twilight Time (The Moody Blues song)">Twilight Time</a>" from <i>Days of Future Passed</i></li> <li>1968: "<a href="/wiki/Dr._Livingstone,_I_Presume_(song)" title="Dr. Livingstone, I Presume (song)">Dr. Livingstone, I Presume</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Lost_Chord" title="In Search of the Lost Chord">In Search of the Lost Chord</a></i></li> <li>1968: "<a href="/wiki/Legend_of_a_Mind" title="Legend of a Mind">Legend of a Mind</a>" from <i>In Search of the Lost Chord</i><sup id="cite_ref-chord_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chord-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1968: "<a href="/wiki/Visions_of_Paradise" title="Visions of Paradise">Visions of Paradise</a>" (with Justin Hayward) from <i>In Search of the Lost Chord</i></li> <li>1969: "<a href="/wiki/Dear_Diary_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dear Diary (The Moody Blues song)">Dear Diary</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream" title="On the Threshold of a Dream">On the Threshold of a Dream</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-dream_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dream-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1969: "<a href="/wiki/Lazy_Day_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazy Day (The Moody Blues song)">Lazy Day</a>" from <i>On the Threshold of a Dream</i></li> <li>1969: "<a href="/wiki/Are_You_Sitting_Comfortably%3F_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Are You Sitting Comfortably? (song)">Are You Sitting Comfortably?</a>" (with Justin Hayward) from <i>On the Threshold of a Dream</i></li> <li>1969: "<a href="/wiki/Floating_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" title="Floating (The Moody Blues song)">Floating</a>" from <i><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></i><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1969: "<a href="/wiki/Eternity_Road_(song)" title="Eternity Road (song)">Eternity Road</a>" from <i>To Our Children's Children's Children</i></li> <li>1969: "<a href="/wiki/Watching_and_Waiting" title="Watching and Waiting">Watching and Waiting</a>" (with Justin Hayward) from <i>To Our Children's Children's Children</i></li> <li>1970: "<a href="/wiki/And_the_Tide_Rushes_In" class="mw-redirect" title="And the Tide Rushes In">And the Tide Rushes In</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Balance" title="A Question of Balance">A Question of Balance</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-allmusic.com_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic.com-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1970: "The Balance" (with Graeme Edge) from <i>A Question of Balance</i></li> <li>1971: "<a href="/wiki/Procession_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" title="Procession (The Moody Blues song)">Procession</a>" (with Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, and Graeme Edge) from <i><a href="/wiki/Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour_(album)" title="Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (album)">Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-allmusic.com_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic.com-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1971: "Our Guessing Game" from <i>Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</i></li> <li>1971: "Nice to Be Here" from <i>Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</i></li> <li>1971: "The Dreamer" (with Justin Hayward): an out-take now added to the <i>Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</i> CD</li> <li>1972: "<a href="/wiki/For_My_Lady" title="For My Lady">For My Lady</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Sojourn" title="Seventh Sojourn">Seventh Sojourn</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-seventh_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seventh-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1978: "Under Moonshine" from <i><a href="/wiki/Octave_(album)" title="Octave (album)">Octave</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-octave_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-octave-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1978: "I'm Your Man" from <i>Octave</i></li> <li>1981: "Painted Smile" from <i><a href="/wiki/Long_Distance_Voyager" title="Long Distance Voyager">Long Distance Voyager</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-voyager_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voyager-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1981: "Reflective Smile" from <i>Long Distance Voyager</i></li> <li>1981: "<a href="/wiki/Veteran_Cosmic_Rocker" title="Veteran Cosmic Rocker">Veteran Cosmic Rocker</a>" from <i>Long Distance Voyager</i></li> <li>1983: "I Am" from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Present_(Moody_Blues_album)" title="The Present (Moody Blues album)">The Present</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-present_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-present-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1983: "Sorry" from <i>The Present</i></li> <li>1983: "Burning Gas, Smoking Grass" unfinished song from "The Present" sessions</li> <li>1991: "Celtic Sonant" from <i><a href="/wiki/Keys_of_the_Kingdom" title="Keys of the Kingdom">Keys of the Kingdom</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1991: "Never Blame the Rainbows for the Rain" (with Justin Hayward) from <i>Keys of the Kingdom</i></li> <li>1999: "My Little Lovely" from <i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Times_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strange Times (The Moody Blues album)">Strange Times</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solo">Solo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Thomas&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Solo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1975: "From Mighty Oaks" from <i><a href="/wiki/From_Mighty_Oaks" title="From Mighty Oaks">From Mighty Oaks</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-oaks_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oaks-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1975: "Hey Mama Life" from <i>From Mighty Oaks</i></li> <li>1975: "Play It Again" from <i>From Mighty Oaks</i></li> <li>1975: "Rock A Bye Baby Blues" from <i>From Mighty Oaks</i></li> <li>1975: "High Above My Head" from <i>From Mighty Oaks</i></li> <li>1975: "Love Is The Key" from <i>From Mighty Oaks</i></li> <li>1975: "You Make Me Feel Alright" from <i>From Mighty Oaks</i></li> <li>1975: "Adam And I" from <i>From Mighty Oaks</i></li> <li>1975: "I Wish We Could Fly" from <i>From Mighty Oaks</i></li> <li>1976: "In Your Song" from <i><a href="/wiki/Hopes,_Wishes_and_Dreams" title="Hopes, Wishes and Dreams">Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-hopes_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hopes-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1976: "Friends" from <i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i></li> <li>1976: "We Need Love" from <i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i></li> <li>1976: "Within Your Eyes" from <i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i></li> <li>1976: "One Night Stand" from <i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i></li> <li>1976: "Keep On Searching" from <i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i></li> <li>1976: "Didn't I" from <i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i></li> <li>1976: "Migration" from <i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i></li> <li>1976: "Carousel" from <i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i></li> <li>1976: "The Last Dream" from <i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i></li> <li>2010: "The Trouble With Memories" (with <a href="/wiki/Bias_Boshell" title="Bias Boshell">Bias Boshell</a>) from <i>From Mighty Oaks</i>/<i>Hopes, Wishes and Dreams</i> box set<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/04/02/justin-hayward-interview-moody-blues-spirits-western-sky/#sthash.joDRnadl.dpuf">the original</a> on 4 October 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 September</span> 2015</span>. <q>We went to the TM Center at the same time that The Beatles did. Four of us went: me, Mike, Graeme, and Ray. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Moodies" title="The Magnificent Moodies">The Magnificent Moodies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" title="Days of Future Passed">Days of Future Passed</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Lost_Chord" title="In Search of the Lost Chord">In Search of the Lost Chord</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream" title="On the Threshold of a Dream">On the Threshold of a Dream</a></i></li> <li><i><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></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Balance" title="A Question of Balance">A Question of Balance</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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1967-1970</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Isle_of_Wight_Festival_1970_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (The Moody Blues album)">Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed_Live" title="Days of Future Passed Live">Days of Future Passed Live</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_The_Moody_Blues" title="This Is The Moody Blues">This Is The Moody Blues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voices_in_the_Sky:_The_Best_of_The_Moody_Blues" title="Voices in the Sky: The Best of The Moody Blues">Voices in the Sky: The Best of The Moody Blues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prelude_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Prelude (The Moody Blues album)">Prelude</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Greatest Hits (The Moody Blues album)">Greatest Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_Traveller_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Time Traveller (The Moody Blues album)">Time Traveller</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_The_Moody_Blues" title="The Best of The Moody Blues">The Best of The Moody Blues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anthology_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Anthology (The Moody Blues album)">Anthology</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gold_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" title="Gold (The Moody Blues album)">Gold</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Introduction_to_The_Moody_Blues" title="An Introduction to The Moody Blues">An Introduction to The Moody Blues</a></i></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 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