Days of Future Passed
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Days of Future Passed is the second album and first concept album
by The Moody Blues
, released in 1967. It was also their first album to feature Justin Hayward
and John Lodge, who would play a very strong role in directing the band's sound in the decades to come. Utilising the London Festival Orchestra
primarily for epic instrumental interludes between songs, Days of Future Passed moved the Birmingham
band away from its early R&B
roots (as displayed on its debut album with soon-departed future Wings
member Denny Laine
) into uncharted rock territory, making them the early pioneers of both classical and progressive rock
.
, had wanted them to record a rock version of Dvořák
's New World Symphony
for the newly formed Deram Records
division in order to demonstrate their latest recording techniques, which were named "Deramic Sound." Instead, the band (initially without the label's knowledge) decided to focus on an album based on an original stage show that they'd been working on. However, Decca recording engineer Derek Varnals disputes this story, claiming that even at the beginning of the sessions in 1967 there was no intent to record a Dvořák album and that talk of this project did not emerge until the mid 1970s.
The concept of both the stage show and the album was very simple, tracing an "everyman
's day" from dawn to night, from awakening to sleep. The seven tracks spawned two hit singles: "Tuesday Afternoon
" (which on the album was combined with "Evening Time To Get Away" into a single track titled "The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)") and "Nights in White Satin
" which hit No. 2 five years after the LP's original release. Both remain commercial radio mainstays across various formats and de rigueur performances in concert.
The project was almost doomed to failure as executives at Deram felt that combining rock and symphonic music would both alienate rock fans and enrage symphonic fans. The album's subsequent success led to other criticism about implied drug use
, especially with such lines as "the smell of grass just makes you pass into a dream" and "those gentle voices I hear explain it all with a sigh." Despite such early criticism, Days of Future Passed paved the way for progressive offerings from other bands and remains one of the Moody Blues' most popular releases ever.
The original packaging credited the orchestral parts to "Redwave/Knight". "Knight" was conductor Peter Knight
, while "Redwave" was an imaginary name representing the Moody Blues themselves. (Knight built the orchestral parts around themes written by Hayward, Thomas, Pinder & Lodge). Also, the packaging failed to give titles or credits for Graeme Edge
's poems "Morning Glory" and "Late Lament".
Some 8-track tape versions of this album have the distinction of being one of the few 8-tracks that are arranged exactly like the record album . In order to make the songs fit, a portion of "Dawn Is a Feeling" is repeated, making the song longer than the album version. The same extension is applied to "Peak Hour" in order to make it longer. This was easy to do, as both of these songs have false endings in the middle of the melody.
In March 2006 the album was remastered into SACD
format and repackaged as a two-CD Deluxe Edition.
In 2008 a remaster for single standard audio CD was issued with the ten bonus tracks.
The ways in which the later mix departs most noticeably from the original are:
The album was also remixed into quadraphonic
in 1972, and into 5.1 surround sound
for the 2006 Deluxe Edition SACD.
s "50 Albums That Built Prog Rock".
Side one
Side two
Side two
in March 2006 and repackaged into a 2 CD Deluxe Edition.
Extra tracks on the Deluxe Edition are:
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
by The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed....
, released in 1967. It was also their first album to feature Justin Hayward
Justin Hayward
Justin Hayward is an English musician, best known as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the rock band The Moody Blues.Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England...
and John Lodge, who would play a very strong role in directing the band's sound in the decades to come. Utilising the London Festival Orchestra
London Festival Orchestra
The London Festival Orchestra was established in the 1950s as the 'house orchestra' for Decca Records. In 1980 it was incorporated as an independent performing orchestra under Ross Pople....
primarily for epic instrumental interludes between songs, Days of Future Passed moved the Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
band away from its early R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
roots (as displayed on its debut album with soon-departed future Wings
Wings (band)
Wings were a British-American rock group formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and Linda McCartney that remained active until 1981....
member Denny Laine
Denny Laine
Denny Laine is an English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, guitarist, and lead singer of The Moody Blues' 1965 debut album "The Magnificent Moodies"; and, later, best known for his role as co-founder of Wings...
) into uncharted rock territory, making them the early pioneers of both classical and progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
.
Backstory
Members of the group have claimed that originally, the Moodies' British label, Decca RecordsDecca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
, had wanted them to record a rock version of Dvořák
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
's New World Symphony
Symphony No. 9 (Dvorák)
The Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 , popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895. It is by far his most popular symphony, and one of the most popular in the modern repertoire...
for the newly formed Deram Records
Deram Records
Deram Records was a subsidiary record label established in 1966 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. At this time U.K. Decca was a completely different company than the Decca label in the United States, which was then owned by MCA Inc. Deram recordings were also distributed in the U.S. through...
division in order to demonstrate their latest recording techniques, which were named "Deramic Sound." Instead, the band (initially without the label's knowledge) decided to focus on an album based on an original stage show that they'd been working on. However, Decca recording engineer Derek Varnals disputes this story, claiming that even at the beginning of the sessions in 1967 there was no intent to record a Dvořák album and that talk of this project did not emerge until the mid 1970s.
The concept of both the stage show and the album was very simple, tracing an "everyman
Everyman
In literature and drama, the term everyman has come to mean an ordinary individual, with whom the audience or reader is supposed to be able to identify easily, and who is often placed in extraordinary circumstances...
's day" from dawn to night, from awakening to sleep. The seven tracks spawned two hit singles: "Tuesday Afternoon
Tuesday Afternoon
"Tuesday Afternoon" is a 1968 single by English symphonic rock band The Moody Blues, and presented in its original album form on their 1967 album Days of Future Passed in two parts.-Part one:The first part, the one most familiar to listeners, called "Tuesday Afternoon", was...
" (which on the album was combined with "Evening Time To Get Away" into a single track titled "The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)") and "Nights in White Satin
Nights in White Satin
"Nights in White Satin" is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward and first featured on the album Days of Future Passed.It is in the key of E minor Aeolian.-Single releases:...
" which hit No. 2 five years after the LP's original release. Both remain commercial radio mainstays across various formats and de rigueur performances in concert.
The project was almost doomed to failure as executives at Deram felt that combining rock and symphonic music would both alienate rock fans and enrage symphonic fans. The album's subsequent success led to other criticism about implied drug use
Recreational drug use
Recreational drug use is the use of a drug, usually psychoactive, with the intention of creating or enhancing recreational experience. Such use is controversial, however, often being considered to be also drug abuse, and it is often illegal...
, especially with such lines as "the smell of grass just makes you pass into a dream" and "those gentle voices I hear explain it all with a sigh." Despite such early criticism, Days of Future Passed paved the way for progressive offerings from other bands and remains one of the Moody Blues' most popular releases ever.
The original packaging credited the orchestral parts to "Redwave/Knight". "Knight" was conductor Peter Knight
Peter Knight (composer)
Peter Knight was an English musical arranger, conductor and composer.-Career:Knight was born in Exmouth, Devon, England. He worked with Independent Television light entertainment stars from 'Spot The Tune' with Jackie Rae and Marion Ryan to the comedy series 'Home to Roost' ...
, while "Redwave" was an imaginary name representing the Moody Blues themselves. (Knight built the orchestral parts around themes written by Hayward, Thomas, Pinder & Lodge). Also, the packaging failed to give titles or credits for Graeme Edge
Graeme Edge
Graeme Charles Edge is best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the Moody Blues, but has also led his own outfit, the Graeme Edge Band.-Biography:...
's poems "Morning Glory" and "Late Lament".
Some 8-track tape versions of this album have the distinction of being one of the few 8-tracks that are arranged exactly like the record album . In order to make the songs fit, a portion of "Dawn Is a Feeling" is repeated, making the song longer than the album version. The same extension is applied to "Peak Hour" in order to make it longer. This was easy to do, as both of these songs have false endings in the middle of the melody.
In March 2006 the album was remastered into SACD
Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...
format and repackaged as a two-CD Deluxe Edition.
In 2008 a remaster for single standard audio CD was issued with the ten bonus tracks.
Original vs. later mix
In 1978 the album was remixed because of deterioration of the master tapes. The original 1967 stereo mix has never seen a CD release (although a high quality copy, allegedly derived from a first generation master tape, circulates among collectors). All CD versions, including remasters, use the later mix. However, the 1990 greatest hits package "The Story Of The Moody Blues/Legend Of A Band" CD compilation, contains the original mix of "Nights In White Satin".The ways in which the later mix departs most noticeably from the original are:
- After the orchestral intro, "Dawn is a FeelingDawn is a Feeling"Dawn is a Feeling" is the second song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed. Days of Future Passed is a concept album with each song representing a part of the day, with "Dawn is a Feeling" representing Dawn....
" begins more abruptly, and there is less echo on Mike Pinder's vocal on the bridge, making it more prominent. - The orchestral intro "Lunch Break" goes on about 20 seconds longer before fading out. Lunch Break also missing a clean guitar in the intro and after solos in the later mix.
- The transition from the band to the orchestra in "Forever AfternoonTuesday Afternoon"Tuesday Afternoon" is a 1968 single by English symphonic rock band The Moody Blues, and presented in its original album form on their 1967 album Days of Future Passed in two parts.-Part one:The first part, the one most familiar to listeners, called "Tuesday Afternoon", was...
" is cleaner, making it almost seem as if one flute is playing throughout. - The bridges to "(Evening) Time to Get Away(Evening) Time to Get Away" Time to Get Away" is an unlisted song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed, a concept album with each song representing a part of the day...
" have John Lodge singing alone; all the backing vocals on that part have been lost. Also, at the end of the piece, the words "Evening, Time to Get Away" are repeated only twice where they were repeated three times on the original mix, and the mellotron overdub, which was essentially the same as the one in the middle section, is absent. (In the quad mix, the mellotron is also missing from the middle section.) - The piano in the instrumental sections of "The SunsetThe Sunset (The Moody Blues song)"The Sunset" is a song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed. It is the second of three songs on the album representing the evening, along with " Time to Get Away" , and "Twilight Time." Written by keyboardist Mike Pinder, "The Sunset" is a very low-key song describing the scene...
" is gone. Also, the reverb on the last word ("Through the night") is very different. - The backing vocals on "Twilight TimeTwilight Time (The Moody Blues song)"Twilight Time" is a song from The Moody Blues' 1967 album Days of Future Passed. It is the final of three songs on the album representing the evening, along with " Time to Get Away" , and "The Sunset." Written by the Moody Blues' flautist Ray Thomas, "Twilight Time" primarily describes the scene...
" are heard through the entire song instead of only coming in at strategic points. - After the :13 orchestral prelude to "Nights in White SatinNights in White Satin"Nights in White Satin" is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward and first featured on the album Days of Future Passed.It is in the key of E minor Aeolian.-Single releases:...
", the rhythm section (Moody's instruments) comes in right on time and in step, following the correct meter of the orchestra. This seems to correct the seemingly "off-step" segue of the two pieces on the original mix. - There seems to be a noise-reduction filter overlaying the rhythm section of the original mix, resulting in a more murky, ghostly sound quality.
The album was also remixed into quadraphonic
Quadraphonic
Quadraphonic sound – the most widely used early term for what is now called 4.0 surround sound – uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of one another...
in 1972, and into 5.1 surround sound
Surround sound
Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...
for the 2006 Deluxe Edition SACD.
Legacy
The album was named as one of Classic Rock magazineClassic Rock (magazine)
Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock, published by Future Publishing, who are also responsible for its "sister" publication Metal Hammer. Although firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s, it also includes articles and reviews of...
s "50 Albums That Built Prog Rock".
Original track listing
- All Songs CopyrightCopyrightCopyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
Essex Music International.
Side one
- 1. The Day BeginsThe Day Begins"The Day Begins" is the opening track from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed. The song was one of the first in a new symphonic sound from The Moody Blues...
: (5:50)-
- "The Day Begins" (Peter KnightPeter Knight (composer)Peter Knight was an English musical arranger, conductor and composer.-Career:Knight was born in Exmouth, Devon, England. He worked with Independent Television light entertainment stars from 'Spot The Tune' with Jackie Rae and Marion Ryan to the comedy series 'Home to Roost' ...
& The Moody BluesThe Moody BluesThe Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed....
) - (4:08) - "Morning Glory" (Graeme EdgeGraeme EdgeGraeme Charles Edge is best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the Moody Blues, but has also led his own outfit, the Graeme Edge Band.-Biography:...
) [unlisted track] - (1:42)
- "The Day Begins" (Peter Knight
-
- 2. Dawn: (3:48)
-
- (Intro) (Peter Knight) [unlisted track] - (0:38)
- "Dawn is a FeelingDawn is a Feeling"Dawn is a Feeling" is the second song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed. Days of Future Passed is a concept album with each song representing a part of the day, with "Dawn is a Feeling" representing Dawn....
" (Mike PinderMike PinderMichael Thomas "Mike" Pinder is an English rock musician, and is a founding member or the British rock group, the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band's album, Octave, in 1978...
) - (3:10)
-
- 3. The Morning: (3:55)
-
- (Intro) (Peter Knight) [unlisted track] - (0:21)
- "Another MorningAnother Morning (The Moody Blues song)"Another Morning" is a 1967 song by the symphonic rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas, and was first released on the 1967 album Days of Future Passed...
" (Ray ThomasRay ThomasRay Thomas is an English musician, best known as the flautist and as a singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues.-Career:...
) - (3:34)
-
- 4. Lunch Break: (5:33)
-
- "Lunch Break" (Peter Knight) - (1:53)
- "Peak HourPeak Hour (The Moody Blues song)"Peak Hour" is a song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed, a concept album with each song representing a part of the day. "Peak Hour" is featured on the fourth track, which is titled "Lunch Break." "Peak Hour" was written by the Moody Blues' bassist John Lodge.The orchestral...
" (John Lodge) - (3:40)
-
Side two
- 5. The Afternoon: (8:13)
-
- "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)Tuesday Afternoon"Tuesday Afternoon" is a 1968 single by English symphonic rock band The Moody Blues, and presented in its original album form on their 1967 album Days of Future Passed in two parts.-Part one:The first part, the one most familiar to listeners, called "Tuesday Afternoon", was...
" (Justin HaywardJustin HaywardJustin Hayward is an English musician, best known as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the rock band The Moody Blues.Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England...
) - (5:06) - "(Evening) Time to Get Away(Evening) Time to Get Away" Time to Get Away" is an unlisted song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed, a concept album with each song representing a part of the day...
" (Lodge) [unlisted track] - (3:17)
- "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)
-
- 6. Evening: (6:39)
-
- (Intro) (Peter Knight) [unlisted track] - (0:38)
- "The SunsetThe Sunset (The Moody Blues song)"The Sunset" is a song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed. It is the second of three songs on the album representing the evening, along with " Time to Get Away" , and "Twilight Time." Written by keyboardist Mike Pinder, "The Sunset" is a very low-key song describing the scene...
" (Pinder) - (2:38) - "Twilight TimeTwilight Time (The Moody Blues song)"Twilight Time" is a song from The Moody Blues' 1967 album Days of Future Passed. It is the final of three songs on the album representing the evening, along with " Time to Get Away" , and "The Sunset." Written by the Moody Blues' flautist Ray Thomas, "Twilight Time" primarily describes the scene...
" (Thomas) - (3:23)
-
- 7. The Night: (7:34)
-
- "Nights in White SatinNights in White Satin"Nights in White Satin" is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward and first featured on the album Days of Future Passed.It is in the key of E minor Aeolian.-Single releases:...
" (Hayward) - (5:38) - "Late Lament" (Graeme Edge) [unlisted track] - (1:46)
- "Nights in White Satin
-
Original vinyl track list
Side one- 1. The Day Begins (5:45)
- 2. DAWN: Dawn Is A Feeling (3:50)
- 3. THE MORNING: Another Morning (3:40)
- 4. LUNCH BREAK: Peak Hour (5:21)
Side two
- 5. THE AFTERNOON: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) (8:25)
- 6. EVENING: The Sun Set: Twilight Time (6:39)
- 7. THE NIGHT: Nights In White Satin (7:41)
2006 SACD deluxe edition tracks
Days of Future Passed was remastered into SACDSuper Audio CD
Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...
in March 2006 and repackaged into a 2 CD Deluxe Edition.
Extra tracks on the Deluxe Edition are:
- "Tuesday Afternoon" (Hayward) – 4:20 alternate mix
- "Dawn Is A Feeling" (Pinder) – 2:19 alternate version
- "The Sun Set" (Pinder) – 2:49 alternate version without orchestra
- "Twilight Time" (Thomas) – 2:27 alternate vocal mix
- "Nights in White Satin" (Hayward) – 4:26 mono mix from single released November 1967
- "Fly Me High" (Hayward) – 2:54 Recorded 30 March 1967; released as single May 1967
- "I Really Haven't Got The Time" (Pinder) – 3:07 Recorded 30 March 1967; released as b-side May 1967
- "Love and Beauty" (Pinder) – 2:23 Recorded 17 July 1967; released as single September 1967
- "Leave This Man Alone" (Hayward) – 2:58 Recorded 17 July 1967; released as b-side September 1967
- "Cities" (Hayward) – 2:23 Recorded 17 July 1967; released November 1967 as b-side to "Nights in White Satin"
- "Long Summer Days" (Hayward) – 3:12 Recorded 19 May 1967 and released on Caught Live + 5Caught Live + 5Caught Live + 5 is a 1977 Moody Blues double album consisting of a 12 December 1969 live show at the Royal Albert Hall and five previously unreleased studio recordings from the same time period...
- "Please Think About It" (Pinder) – 3:40 Recorded 29 June 1967 and released on Caught Live + 5Caught Live + 5Caught Live + 5 is a 1977 Moody Blues double album consisting of a 12 December 1969 live show at the Royal Albert Hall and five previously unreleased studio recordings from the same time period...
- "Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodDon't Let Me Be Misunderstood"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" has been recorded or performed by many artists, and is widely known by the 1965 blues rock hit...
" (Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus) – 2:23 live 9 May 1967 for BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Saturday Club - "Love and Beauty" (Pinder) – 2:12 live 20 September 1967 for BBC Easybeat
- "Leave This Man Alone" (Hayward) – 2:52 live 20 September 1967 for BBC Easybeat
- "Peak Hour" (Lodge) – 3:22 live 20 September 1967 for BBC Easybeat
- "Nights in White Satin" (Hayward) – 3:48 live 1 January 1968 for BBC Dave Symonds
- "Fly Me High" (Hayward) – 2:45 live 1 January 1968 for BBC Dave Symonds
- "Twilight Time" (Thomas) – 2:08 live 1 January 1968 for BBC Dave Symonds
2008 single standard CD remaster tracks
- "Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodDon't Let Me Be Misunderstood"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" has been recorded or performed by many artists, and is widely known by the 1965 blues rock hit...
" (Benjamin, Caldwell, Marcus) – 2:23 live 9 May 1967 for BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Saturday Club - "Fly Me High" (Hayward) – 2:54 Recorded 30 March 1967; released as single May 1967
- "I Really Haven't Got The Time" (Pinder) – 3:07 Recorded 30 March 1967; released as b-side May 1967
- "Love & Beauty" (Pinder) – 2:23 Recorded 17 July 1967; released as single September 1967
- "Leave This Man Alone" (Hayward) – 2:58 Recorded 17 July 1967; released as b-side September 1967
- "Cities" (Hayward) – 2:23 Recorded 17 July 1967; released November 1967 as b-side to "Nights in White Satin"
- "Tuesday Afternoon" (Hayward) – 4:20 alternate mix
- "Dawn Is A Feeling" (Pinder) – 2:19 alternate version
- "The Sun Set" (Pinder) – 2:49 alternate version without orchestra
- "Twilight Time" (Thomas) – 2:27 alternate vocal mix
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
27 |
| 1972 | Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
3 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | "Nights in White Satin Nights in White Satin "Nights in White Satin" is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward and first featured on the album Days of Future Passed.It is in the key of E minor Aeolian.-Single releases:... " |
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
19 |
| 1968 | "Tuesday Afternoon Tuesday Afternoon "Tuesday Afternoon" is a 1968 single by English symphonic rock band The Moody Blues, and presented in its original album form on their 1967 album Days of Future Passed in two parts.-Part one:The first part, the one most familiar to listeners, called "Tuesday Afternoon", was... " |
Billboard Hot 100 | 24 |
| 1972 | "Nights in White Satin" | UK Singles Chart | 9 |
| Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
2 |
Personnel
The Moody Blues:- Justin HaywardJustin HaywardJustin Hayward is an English musician, best known as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the rock band The Moody Blues.Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England...
: Acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, vocals. - John Lodge: Bass guitar, electric guitar, vocals.
- Mike PinderMike PinderMichael Thomas "Mike" Pinder is an English rock musician, and is a founding member or the British rock group, the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band's album, Octave, in 1978...
: Keyboards, mellotron, piano, vocals, (including spoken). - Ray ThomasRay ThomasRay Thomas is an English musician, best known as the flautist and as a singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues.-Career:...
: Flutes, horns, percussion, keyboards, vocals. - Graeme EdgeGraeme EdgeGraeme Charles Edge is best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the Moody Blues, but has also led his own outfit, the Graeme Edge Band.-Biography:...
: Drums, percussion, vocals.
- Peter KnightPeter Knight (composer)Peter Knight was an English musical arranger, conductor and composer.-Career:Knight was born in Exmouth, Devon, England. He worked with Independent Television light entertainment stars from 'Spot The Tune' with Jackie Rae and Marion Ryan to the comedy series 'Home to Roost' ...
: Conductor, arrangements. - The London Festival OrchestraLondon Festival OrchestraThe London Festival Orchestra was established in the 1950s as the 'house orchestra' for Decca Records. In 1980 it was incorporated as an independent performing orchestra under Ross Pople....
.
Production
- Tony Clarke: Producer, Realisation.
- Derek Varnals: Engineer.
- Hugh MendlHugh MendlHugh Rees Christopher Mendl was a British record producer, A&R representative, and manager who worked for Decca Records for over 40 years....
: Executive Producer, Liner Notes. - Michael Dacre-Barclay: Realisation.
- David Anstey: Cover Design, Cover Painting.
- Steven Fallone: Digital Remastering.