The Magnificent Moodies
Here’s one album that makes a difference: THE MOODY BLUES might have been forebears of progressive rock, yet the band that featured keyboardist Mike Pinder, drummer Graeme Edge and flautist Ray Thomas started out as a beat and rhythm-and-blues unit fronted by guitarist Denny Laine, with Clint Warwick on bass, who released only one LP, “The Magnificent Moodies,” in 1965. Not a classic, save for the “Go Now!” single, which Laine took further on down the road, to WINGS and beyond, its forthcoming anniversary will see the group’s debut given a deluxe treatment. Out on November 24th on Esoteric, it’s to be made available as an expanded CD, augmented with all the contemporary ’45s, and a double-disc box featuring the quintet’s previously unreleased sessions – laid down in a studio and recorded for the Beeb.
Remastered from the first-generation master tapes, both editions look great, yet the larger one is truly magnificent: it’s a box comprising also three postcards and a poster.
Disc One – The Magnificent Moodies: Remastered
1. I’ll Go Crazy
2. Something You Got
3. Go Now
4. Can’t Nobody Love You
5. I Don’t Mind
6. I’ve Got A Dream
7. Let Me Go
8. Stop
9. Thank You Baby
10. It Ain’t Necessarily So
11. True Story
12. Bye Bye Bird
bonus tracks:
13. Lose Your Money (But Don’t Lose Your Mind)
14. Steal Your Heart Away
15. Go Now! (first version – previously unreleased)
16. It’s Easy Child
17. I Don’t Want To Go On Without You
18. Time Is On My Side
19. From The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You)
20. And My Baby’s Gone
21. Everyday
22. You Don’t (All The Time)
23. Boulevard De Madeleine
24. This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)
25. People Gotta Go
26. Life’s Not Life
27. He Can Win
Disc Two – Previously Unreleased Sessions 1964 – 1966
The July 1964 Olympic Studios Sessions:
1. Go Now! (second version)
2. Lose Your Money (But Don’t Lose Your Mind) (early version)
3. Steal Your Heart Away (first version)
4. I’ll Go Crazy (first version)
5. You Better Move On
6. Can’t Nobody Love You (first version)
7. 23rd Psalm
“Saturday Club” Session – BBC Light Programme – 12.4.1965
8. Go Now!
9. I Don’t Want To Go On Without You
10. I’ll Go Crazy
“Saturday Club” Session – BBC Light Programme – 3.5.1965
11. From The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You)
12. Jump Back
“Saturday Club” Session – BBC Light Programme – 1.6.1965
13. I’ve Got A Dream
14. And My Baby’s Gone
“Saturday Club” Session – BBC Light Programme – 21.9.1965
15. It’s Easy Child
16. Stop
17. Everyday
“Saturday Club” Session – BBC Light Programme – 9.11.1965
18. You Don’t (All The Time)
19. I Want You To Know
The 1966 Denny Cordell Sessions:
20. Sad Song
21. This Is My House But Nobody Calls (first version)
22. How Can We Hang On To A Dream (first version)
23. How Can We Hang On To A Dream (remake)
24. Jago & Jilly
25. We’re Broken
26. I Really Haven’t Got The Time (9.1966 version)
27. Red Wine
28. This Is My House But Nobody Calls (stereo mix)
