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Melancholy Man
"Melancholy Man" is a song written by Mike Pinder that was first released on the Moody Blues' 1970 album ''A Question of Balance''. It was also released as a single in some countries, but not in the UK or US, although in the US it was later released as the b-side of " The Story in Your Eyes". Recording "Melancholy Man" was one of the last songs to be recorded for ''A Question of Balance'', on June 3 and 4, 1970. Producer Tony Clarke and engineer Derek Varnals used echo effects to make the song sound brittle and stark. At the first run-through of the song Varnals felt it sounded like a French film and felt this echo effect would help make the song sound like a black and white French film. Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge said of the song that Lyrics and music ''Midder'' critic Will Fenton described the lyrics as "a reflection on the struggles of life, with a focus on the need for inner peace and hope in the face of adversity." Music journalist Mark Murley said of the lyrics t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964. The band initially consisted of Graeme Edge (drums), Denny Laine (guitar/vocals), Mike Pinder (keyboards/vocals), Ray Thomas (multi-instrumentalist/vocals) and Clint Warwick (bass/vocals). Originally part of the British Beat music, beat and rhythm and blues, R&B scene of the early–mid 1960s, the band came to prominence with the UK No. 1 and US Top 10 single "Go Now" in late 1964/early 1965. Laine and Warwick both left the band in 1966, with Edge, Pinder and Thomas recruiting new members Justin Hayward (guitar/vocals) and John Lodge (musician), John Lodge (bass/vocals). They embraced the psychedelic rock movement of the late 1960s, with their second album, 1967's ''Days of Future Passed'', being a fusion of rock with classical music (performed with the London Festival Orchestra) that established the band as pioneers in the development of art rock and progressive rock.Runtagh, Jordan"The Moody Blues' 'Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles De Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. In 1958, amid the May 1958 crisis in France, Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement when appointed Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic after approval by 1958 French constitutional referendum, referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position he held until his resignation in 1969. Born in Lille, he was a decorated officer of World War I, wounded several times and taken prisoner of war (POW) by the Germans. During the interwar period, he advocated mobile armoured divisions. During the German invasion of May 1940, he led an armoured divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (The Moody Blues Album)
''Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970'' is a live album by the Moody Blues that consists of their live performance at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. The album was released in 2008. Background The performance finds the group touring behind their 1970 album, ''A Question of Balance''. Bassist John Lodge (musician), John Lodge remembers performing at the festival in a 2020 interview: "It was just an amazing experience. That period of time was just amazing experience, because it was the first time for young people from all over the world getting together for one thing only and that was the Western music. You have to remember in 1970, there was the Cold War, the Iron Curtain. People from Eastern Europe were devoid of listening to Western music, but the Isle of Wight changed all that. We had so many people going to the Isle of Wight to listen to music. It was like the first gathering of young people around the world, all united for one thing: Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the '' album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s before shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold (The Moody Blues Album)
''Gold'' is a compilation album by The Moody Blues, released in 2005 by Polydor Records as part of Polydor's ''Gold'' series. Track listing All songs were written by Justin Hayward and performed by the Moody Blues, except where noted. Personnel Disc 01 *Justin Hayward – guitar, vocals * John Lodge – bass, guitar, vocals * Michael Pinder – keyboards, vocals *Ray Thomas – vocals, flute, percussion, harmonica *Graeme Edge – drums, percussion, vocals Disc 02 Track 01: ''Blue Jays'' *Justin Hayward – guitar, vocals *John Lodge – bass, vocals *Kirk Duncan – piano *Jim Cockey – violin *Tom Tompkins – viola *Tim Tompkins – cello *Graham Deakin – drums Track 02: ''Blue Jays'' with ''10cc'' *Justin Hayward – guitar, lead vocals *Lol Creme – guitar, vocals *Kevin Godley – drums, vocals *John Lodge – bass *Eric Stewart – keyboards, vocals Tracks 03–05: *Justin Hayward – guitar, vocals *John Lodge – bass, guitar, vocals *Michael Pinder – k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology (The Moody Blues Album)
''Anthology'' is a compilation album by the progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was released in the US on 20 October 1998. It was not released in the UK until 2001 under the title ''The Collection'' with different artwork but with the same tracks as the US release. AllMusic noted about the album, "Those buying this set will be assured of hearing 99 percent of the Moody Blues' tracks ever heard on the radio, but there is still a flaw in the programming." Track listing All songs written by Justin Hayward and performed by the Moody Blues, except where noted. Disc one # "Go Now" (Larry Banks, Milton Bennett) – 3:10 # " Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" – 4:48 # "The Night: Nights in White Satin/ Late Lament" (Hayward, Graeme Edge, Peter Knight) – 7:38 (5:38/2:00) # "Ride My See-Saw" ( John Lodge) – 3:42 # "Legend of a Mind" (Ray Thomas) – 6:37 # "Voices in the Sky" – 3:29 # "Lovely to See You" – 2:37 # "Never Comes the Day" – 4:40 # "Gypsy (Of a Strange a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Traveller (The Moody Blues Album)
''Time Traveller'' is a box set by British rock band The Moody Blues, released in 1994. The set is presented in chronological order, beginning with the 1966 addition of Justin Hayward and John Lodge (no material from the pre-Hayward/Lodge era was included). The set includes several previously unreleased or rare tracks, tracks from the 1975 Hayward/Lodge side-project '' Blue Jays'', the track " Forever Autumn" from Jeff Wayne's 1978 album '' War of the Worlds'' featuring Hayward on lead vocals and a new 1994 track, "This is the Moment", which had been released earlier that year as a contribution to the 1994 FIFA album '' Soccer Rocks the Globe''. Originally released as a 5-CD set, the fifth CD contains "This is the Moment" plus eight live recordings that were leftover from the original 1993 release of '' A Night at Red Rocks''. These tracks were later included in the 2003 deluxe re-release of that album. In 1996 ''Time Traveller'' was re-released as a 4-CD box set with CD 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is The Moody Blues
''This Is The Moody Blues'' is a two LP (later two CDs) compilation album by the Moody Blues, released in late 1974 while the band was on a self-imposed sabbatical. Though all of the songs were previously released on albums (with the exception of "A Simple Game" which was a 1968 B-side), several of them are heard here in distinctly different mixes. Like the Moody Blues albums of the time – but unlike most compilation albums, including later Moody Blues compilations – the songs on this album segue seamlessly, without silence between tracks. On the original LP, this was true of the songs on each side; when the album was remastered for CD, each disc was also blended, so that "Legend of a Mind" segues into "In the Beginning", and "Watching and Waiting" segues into "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)". The album was the first release to provide a separate name for "Late Lament", the symphonic coda and spoken poem that closes "Nights in White Satin". ''This Is The Mood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If the recordings are from several artists, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Musical Express
''New Musical Express'' (''NME'') is a British music, film, gaming and culture website, bimonthly magazine, and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a " rock inkie", the ''NME'' would become a magazine that ended up as a free publication as well as a webzine, and the brand has also been used for their NME Awards show, the NME Tours and the former NME Radio station. As a "rock inkie", ''NME'' was the first British newspaper to include a singles chart, adding that feature in the edition of 14 November 1952. In the 1970s, it became the best-selling British music newspaper. From 1972 to 1976, it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism then became closely associated with punk rock through the writings of Julie Burchill, Paul Morley, and Tony Parsons. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s and 1990s, changing from newsprint in 1998. The magazine's website NME.co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Hyland
Brian Hyland (born November 12, 1943) is an American pop singer and instrumentalist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He had a No. 1 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with " Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" in 1960. Other hits include " Sealed with a Kiss" and " Gypsy Woman", which both reached No. 3. Hyland continued recording into the 1970s. AllMusic journalist Jason Ankeny said: "Hyland's puppy-love pop virtually defined the sound and sensibility of bubblegum during the pre-Beatles era." Although his status as a teen idol faded, he went on to release several country-influenced albums and had additional chart hits later in his career. Biography Hyland was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City. He studied guitar and clarinet as a child, and sang in his church choir. At 14, he co-founded the harmony group the Del-Fi's, which recorded a demo but failed to secure a recording contract. Hyland was eventually signed by Kapp Reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gypsy Woman (The Impressions Song)
"Gypsy Woman" is a 1961 rhythm and blues song written by Curtis Mayfield and recorded by his group the Impressions. The group's first single following the departure of lead singer Jerry Butler, it reached No. 2 on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart, No. 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 17 on the ''Cash Box'' chart. It also appeared on the group's 1963 eponymous debut album. Joe Bataan (1967), Brian Hyland (1970), Bobby Womack (1985), Steve Marriott (1989), and Santana (1990) covered this song. According to a 1995 British interview, Mayfield wrote "Gypsy Woman" when he was 12 years old. Brian Hyland version In 1970, Brian Hyland recorded his version of the song, produced by Del Shannon and featuring Max Crook on keyboards which went up to Number 3 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and in Canada, and number 4 in South Africa. Hyland's version became a gold record. In that same year 1970, Major Lance also recorded the song. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
