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Moody Blues: Saints Or Sinners?

Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 20 October 1973

SO THE Moody Blues have just finished then cathedral-rock tour of Europe and Britain – their first British dates for over a year. As usual ...

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The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward (1980)

Interview by Ian Ravendale, Rock's Backpages audio, June 1980

The Moody Blues' guitarist/singer talks about the current state of the band; about Mike Pinder's departure; his solo work; his association with Jeff Wayne and The War of the Worlds album; the Moodys' live show, and working with 10cc and Lonnie Donegan.

File format: mp3; file size: 9.8mb, interview length: 24' 27" sound quality: *****

The Moody Blues' Graeme Edge (1986)

Interview by John Tobler, Rock's Backpages audio, 9 May 1986

Drummer Graeme talks about touring in support of Chuck Berry in 1965; on the Birmingham band scene; why the band have stayed together for so long; Justin Hayward's never wanting to be above the band, and the intra-band dynamics; ex-members Denny Laine, Clint Warwick and Mike Pinder; outside projects with Adrian Gurvitz; playing live with the Moodys; loving the new CD technology, and the crude sound of the band's old albums.

File format: mp3; file size: 36mb, interview length: 37' 32" sound quality: ****

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Moody Blues: The Moody Gimmicks

Report and Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 26 December 1964

IF THE POSTMAN rat-tat-tats on your front door during the next few days and delivers a round parcel, and you should happen to be a ...

Moody Blues: Marquee Club, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 2 January 1965

LONDON'S MARQUEE Club shook with the excitement of New York's Apollo Theatre when the Moody Blues struck at a Monday night session. They have an ...

Chuck Berry, the Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organisation, Simon Scott: Lewisham Odeon, London

Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 15 January 1965

Olé, it's Chuck 'Crazylegs' now! Ian Dove covers latest Berry tour ...

Moody Blues Are Really Quite Happy!

Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 15 January 1965

I DONT KNOW why they are called the Moody Blues. They aren't moody or blue. ...

Chuck Berry, Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organisation: Lewisham Odeon, London

Live Review by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 16 January 1965

Chuck goes down a bomb on R & B tour ...

"How the Beatles Helped Us" say the Moody Blues

Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 10 April 1965

IT WAS time for a little straight-from-the-shoulder-type talking when the Moody Blues sat down. They had a few things they wanted to get off their ...

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones et al: NME Poll Winners' Concert, Empire Pool, Wembley, London

Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 16 April 1965

IT WAS THE GREATEST POP SHOW ON EARTH ...

The Rolling Stones, The Moody Blues, Steampacket et al: Palladium, London

Live Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 7 August 1965

Jagger drowned in a sea of noise ...

How To Get Our Autograph — And Live!

Interview by uncredited writer, Disc, 14 August 1965

* stage door routine * butter-up compere * through fan club ...

The Moody Blues: Moodies Lose Out To Brian Epstein!

Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 30 October 1965

MEXICAN PETE the Bad Bandit last made an appearance in Britain a few years ago via the television screens. But it could well be that ...

The Beatles, The Moody Blues: Odeon, Glasgow

Live Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 10 December 1965

Beatles terrific... and rest of bill ...

Drugs. Yes or No?

Report and Interview by uncredited writer, Rave, March 1966

Drugs are always in the news. And always in the news with them, are pop stars. This month four famous stars give their views on ...

New Singles from the Rolling Stones, Four Tops et al

Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 14 January 1967

GOODIES THIS WEEK INCLUDE A MUCH-BETTER ROLLING STONES, SIMILAR, BUT DISTINCTIVE SOUND FROM TOPS, AND A PLAINTIVE PAUL JONES, NOT-SO INSTANT VAUDEVILLE BAND, AND A ...

New Singles from the Rolling Stones, Otis Redding et al

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 14 January 1967

Stones old firm back in strength ...

Denny Cordell: The Man...

Interview by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, 5 August 1967

...behind Procol Harum, the Move, Georgie Fame and Denny Laine talks about why he is a record producer ...

London: Beatles Clip Banned

Column by Nick Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 January 1968

  THERE ARE a few gloomy faces in England these days since our pound has devalued (what?) but it's mainly the profiteers who can't bear the ...

Moody Blues Deserve Much Greater Success

Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 3 February 1968

AT A TIME when the charts do not testify to any great composing originality — except for Lennon-McCartney — there is one disc staggering about ...

The Moody Blues: In Search Of The Lost Chord (Deram Stereo SML 711)

Review by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, 3 August 1968

THERE IS somewhere a lost chord. Some people call that chord "God", some people call it "the truth", some people call it "Om". And for ...

Moody Blues: In Search Of The Lost Chord (Deram)

Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 10 August 1968

AFTER YEARS of singing 'Jump Back Baby, Jump Back', it all gets a bit difficult when stalwart veterans of the Beat Era have to start ...

Albums from Jimi Hendrix, the Bee Gees et al

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 27 October 1968

Sun Hasn't Set on British Sound ...

The Moody Blues: In Search Of The Lost Chord (Deram)

Review by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 4 January 1969

THERE ARE some sumptuous sounds on this LP, all of them made by just the five Moodies. No session musicians, simply (?!) the group's instrumental ...

Bob Dylan et al: Isle of Wight Festival

Live Review by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 6 September 1969

200,000 roar approval including John, George, Ringo and wives! But Dylan didn't quite sink Isle of Wight, reports Richard Green ...

The Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children (Threshold THS 1)

Review by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 1 November 1969

A PORTENTOUSLY voyagistic 2001-style opening, with whooshing sound effects, leads into a "Heavenly choir", then solid beat music and a bit of narrative with strong ...

The Moody Blues: To Our Children's, Children's, Children (Threshold THM 1)

Review by Rob Partridge, Record Mirror, 6 December 1969

Moody Blues: rock group or mini-orchestra ...

The Moody Blues: When Is A Single Not A Single?

Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 23 May 1970

WHEN IS a single not a single? Apparently when it is the Moody Blues. The Moodies have broken into the Seventies with every indication of ...

The Moody Blues

Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, June 1970

THE SUMMER of 1967 will always be remembered by many as the time when a lot of very good things began to happen. Certainly there ...

The Moody Blues: Gentle, Smooth and Nice

Interview by Bud Scoppa, Circus, August 1970

THE FIVE RATHER dapper looking musicians on the Fillmore East stage began a song, and some members of the audience craned their heads to look ...

The Isle of Wight Festival: Five Days That Rocked Britain

Report by Mark Plummer, Michael Watts, Chris Welch, Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 5 September 1970

MM's Richard Williams, Chris Welch, Michael Watts and Mark Plummer present a five-page report on an amazing weekend of music and other scenes... ...

The Moody Blues: A Question of Balance; Listening To Richard Brautigan; Aretha Franklin: Spirit In The Dark

Review by Vernon Gibbs, Columbia Daily Spectator, 29 September 1970

MOODY BLUES' Question of Balance (Threshold, THS3)I first heard of the Moody Blues early this year about five minutes before I was scheduled to interview them. A ...

The Moody Blues: Why Do People Get Moody About The Moodies?

Profile and Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 10 October 1970

THE MOODY BLUES – trick or treat? Their talent and ability to produce their unique sounds on live appearances is undeniable but a hard core ...

Moody Blues: A Question Of Balance

Review by John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, 12 November 1970

RECENTLY SOMETHING of unexaggerable beauty came into my life, something that was to enthrall me musically and elevate me spiritually, to pour oil on the ...

The Moody Blues

Report and Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 16 January 1971

'GI-NORMOUS' is the only word to describe the Moody Blues present status in America. They have reached the kind of heights there which are only ...

The Moody Blues: Now I Know How McCartney Felt…

Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 16 January 1971

FLAUTIST RAY Thomas is now ensconced in the Moody Blues new "Threshold" HQ in Surrey after the group's pre-Christmas run across the States, shattering attendance ...

The Moody Blues: In The Beginning/The Guess Who: Sown and Grown in Canada

Review by Greg Shaw, Rolling Stone, 15 April 1971

THESE TWO ALBUMS have quite a bit in common; both consist of early material released now to cash in on the popularity of the groups ...

The Moody Blues: Justin Time for the Moodies

Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, June 1971

While I was at the Moodies offices, situated in the Surrey stockbroker belt, photographs were being taken of Justin and Graeme with Trevor Taylor of ...

The Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Threshold THS5; £2.19)

Review by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 24 July 1971

FROM STAR TREK TO THE POWER OF LOVE ...

The Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Review by Jon Tiven, Phonograph Record, September 1971

CLAD IN LUSH blue and scarlet robes, a monk descends from the sky. Raising his brow, and pointing his forearm at the heavens, he ...

Hotlegs are on the rood again... at last!

Interview by David Hughes, Disc and Music Echo, 4 December 1971

IF YOU were among the lucky audiences on the recent Moody Blues tour you can't fail to have been impressed by the surprise live debut ...

The Moody Blues, John Denver: Empire Pool, Wembley, London

Live Review by Penny Valentine, Sounds, 29 April 1972

MOODIES: HEROES AT THE POOL ...

Moodie Blues: Graeme Edge Living Like A Lesser Mortal

Interview by Andrew Tyler, Disc, 1 July 1972

RESTING IN a reverse overhead lotus, a tortoiseshell at his feet and fingers pointing towards the All-Saints Hare Krishna Temple in the Marylebone Road, Graeme ...

Moody Blues: Seventh Sojourn

Review by Simon Frith, Let It Rock, March 1973

IT'S THE BIG, BALD MOODY who scares me. There's a picture of his disembodied head floating across the inside of the sleeve, a look of ...

Brum Beat

Overview by Rob Partridge, Melody Maker, 26 January 1974

"Liverpool today – Birmingham tomorrow. That's the forecast for the beat business in rock music. Yes, the Brum Beat is all set to take over ...

Denny Cordell: The Cordial Englishman

Interview by Martin Hayman, Sounds, 8 June 1974

DENNY CORDELL is not at all like my image of him. Well in fact, I didn't know what to expect but he was not like ...

The Moody Blues

Interview by Andy Childs, ZigZag, January 1976

SO WHAT DO you think of the Moody Blues? ...

Finally... The World Is Ready For Mick Brown's History Of Hype

Report by Mick Brown, Sounds, 6 March 1976

IF YOU'RE looking for a definition, forget it. The word is an abbreviation of 'hyperbole', which the dictionary defines as 'rhetorical exaggeration', but in the ...

The Moody Blues

Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, New Musical Express, 17 April 1976

It all seemed as though it should have had some connection with what I was there for. ...

Moody Blues: Yes To The Moodies

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 30 September 1978

"I THOUGHT I was God. Then I realised I was just the drummer in a rock 'n' roll band." Graeme Edge and Caligula had the ...

The Moody Blues: It's A Wonderful Life

Report and Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 26 May 1979

The rich are not like you and me, said Fitzgerald. That's right, Hemingway replied: they have more money. Just in time for cocktails, CHRIS WELCH ...

The Moody Blues Are Older Than You

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Creem, December 1986

"SOMETIMES WE'RE a little misunderstood and people think that maybe we have a lot of answers which we don't have. Really," Justin Hayward leans forward ...

Moody Blues: Step This Away…

Retrospective and Interview by Tom Hibbert, Q, April 1990

Two genial curators greet you in a small town record shop, ready to take you on a journey...from shiny suits and grimy clubs to "concept" ...

The Moody Blues: Never Reaching The End

Interview by j. poet, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 November 2005

THE MOODY Blues are a rock'n'roll band. That statement may come as a shock to fans who grew up with the lushly orchestrated psychedelic pop ...

Singer looks back at five decades of the Moody Blues

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Cape Cod Times, 9 August 2014

JUSTIN HAYWARD began playing rock 'n' roll professionally at 17, back when, he says, people told him "endlessly" that there was no career in it. ...

see also Denny Laine

see also Justin Hayward

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