| The Moody Blues recorded this with The London
Festival Orchestra (Which never actually existed. It is the name
given to the musicians put together to make this album.) The
original idea was for the group and orchestra to record a Rock
version of Dvorak's "New World Symphony," which their record company
would use to demonstrate enhanced stereo sound technology. (thanks,
Stu - Blackwood, NJ) |
| This was written by Justin Hayward, who joined
the band the year before. He got the idea for it after someone gave
him a set of white satin sheets. |
| The album is a concept album based around
different times of day. For example, "Dawn Is a Feeling" and "Tuesday
Afternoon." This song was last on the album because it represented
nighttime. |
| This was a new sound for the band. When they
formed, they were more of a Blues band, and had a hit in 1965 with a
cover of Bessie Banks' "Go Now." With this album, they became more
of a psychedelic/orchestral band and did very well. |
| This was originally released in 1967, but it
didn't do very well in the US because the song was over 6 minutes
long and a lot of people never heard of the band. In 1972, after
songs like "Hey Jude" and "Layla" paved the way for long, dramatic
songs and the band became well known, this was re-released in the US
and became a hit. (thanks Cindy - Wheatley Hts, New York) |
| Even though this didn't have chart success
when it was first released, the album did very well. It was
commercially successful in countries across the world, staying on
many charts for nearly two years. |
| The poem at the end was recorded separately.
It is called Late Lament and was written by their drummer,
Graeme Edge. The poem was read by keyboard player Mike Pinder. Edge
wrote another poem that appeared early on the album called
Morning Glory. |
