The Moody Blues 3rd album from 1969 has now been digitally remastered from the original Quad master tapes. This SACD Hybrid has now been expanded with 9 Previously unreleased alternate versions and BBC RADIO 1 sessions.
The Moody Blues abandoned the Oriental and Indian influences from their prior album in favor of more traditional Western melody, as well as science fiction and religious imagery. Similarly, the sitars and tablas disappear, replaced by much heavier use of the Mellotron and the grand piano, among other Western instruments. Both keyboards come to the fore in the album's centerpiece, "Have You Heard/The Voyage," a Mike Pinder tour de force and a wonderful piece of progressive psychedelia. The songs also rock much harder in spots than their previous records — "To Share Our Love" has a much harder sound than ever before.
Features:
• Digitally Remastered Digi-pak Edition
• Original album mixed in stereo & 5.1 Surround Sound
• 9 bonus tracks
• Expansive booklet with sleeve notes and rare photographs
Selections:
1. In The Beginning
2. Lovely To See You
3. Dear Diary
4. Send Me No Wine
5. To Share Are Love
6. So Deep Within You
7. Never Comes The Day
8. Lazy Day
9. Are You Sitting Comfortably?
10. The Dream
11. Have You Heard (Part 1)
12. The Voyage
13. Have You Heard (Part 2)
Bonus Tracks: (Alternative Versions, Outtakes & BBC Radio Sessions)
14. In the Beginning (full version)
15. So Deep Within You (extended version)
16. Dear Diary (alternate vocal mix)
17. Have You Heard (original take)
18. The Voyage (original take)
19. Lovely To See You
20. Send Me No Wine
21. So Deep Within You
22. Are You Sitting Comfortably
The Moody Blues abandoned the Oriental and Indian influences from their prior album in favor of more traditional Western melody, as well as science fiction and religious imagery. Similarly, the sitars and tablas disappear, replaced by much heavier use of the Mellotron and the grand piano, among other Western instruments. Both keyboards come to the fore in the album's centerpiece, "Have You Heard/The Voyage," a Mike Pinder tour de force and a wonderful piece of progressive psychedelia. The songs also rock much harder in spots than their previous records — "To Share Our Love" has a much harder sound than ever before.
Features:
• Digitally Remastered Digi-pak Edition
• Original album mixed in stereo & 5.1 Surround Sound
• 9 bonus tracks
• Expansive booklet with sleeve notes and rare photographs
Selections:
1. In The Beginning
2. Lovely To See You
3. Dear Diary
4. Send Me No Wine
5. To Share Are Love
6. So Deep Within You
7. Never Comes The Day
8. Lazy Day
9. Are You Sitting Comfortably?
10. The Dream
11. Have You Heard (Part 1)
12. The Voyage
13. Have You Heard (Part 2)
Bonus Tracks: (Alternative Versions, Outtakes & BBC Radio Sessions)
14. In the Beginning (full version)
15. So Deep Within You (extended version)
16. Dear Diary (alternate vocal mix)
17. Have You Heard (original take)
18. The Voyage (original take)
19. Lovely To See You
20. Send Me No Wine
21. So Deep Within You
22. Are You Sitting Comfortably
