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1965: Los magníficos Moodies

Contenido de esta entrada:

Introducción

Historia

El primer sencillo

El segundo sencillo

Lanzamiento del álbum

Enlaces, letras y opinión personal


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Portada del álbum The Magnificent Moodies de 1965.


Este artículo lo dedicamos a los comienzos del grupo The Moody Blues hasta la publicación de su álbum The Magnificent Moodies en 1965.


En enero 2022 estará disponible el nuevo álbum de John Lodge



Historia

La historia de The Moody Blues empezó en Birmingham, Inglaterra, donde fue una de las bandas más exitosas de ese tiempo, llamándose entonces The Riot and The Rebels (1962), siendo sus fundadores Ray Thomas (armónica y vocalista) y Mike Pinder (teclados y vocalista). Pinder deja la banda, primero para una actuación con Jackie Lynton y luego para realizar su servicio militar en el ejército. En mayo de 1963, él y Thomas se reúnen nuevamente y forman un grupo llamado The Krew Cats, con el que consiguen algunos contratos en el continente, especialmente en Alemania, donde las bandas rock inglesas eran populares. A su regreso al Reino Unido, en noviembre de 1963, Thomas y Pinder deciden formar un grupo profesional, y para eso se dan a la tarea de reclutar a otros miembros de algunos de los grupos más exitosos que trabajan en Birmingham. Esto incluyó a Denny Laine (guitarra y vocalista), Graeme Edge (batería) y Clint Warwick (bajo y vocalista). Hacen su debut como The Moody Blues en Birmingham, Inglaterra, en mayo de 1964. En una entrevista se reveló que la banda se llamaba "Moody Blues" porque Mike Pinder estaba interesado en cómo la música cambia los estados de ánimo de la gente y debido al hecho de que la banda estaba tocando blues en ese momento. Fueron contemplados por Tony Secunda, un representante de estrellas de rock, que se convierte en su mánager. Inmediatamente realizan una larga gira que concluye con un contrato en el Marquee Club, en Londres, del que se deriva un arreglo con la discográfica inglesa Decca Records, cuando el grupo tenía todavía escasamente seis meses de formación.

El primer sencillo

El primer sencillo del grupo, Steal Your Heart Away, lanzado en septiembre de 1964, no llega a figurar en el hit parade británico. En la cara B llevaba el tema Loose Your Money (But Don't Loose Your Mind). Solo se publicó en el Reino Unido.

CARA A

STEAL YOUR HEART AWAY

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Letras

Hey hey, you know that you're so fine
I wanna love you all the time
I'm gonna steal your heart away
Steal your heart away
I'm gonna steal your heart to me
No more would it stray
Steal your heart away
What should I care about, about your other man?
I just wanna love you just as much as I can
I'm gonna steal your heart away
Steal your heart away
Oh I'm gonna steal your heart, babe
No more will it stray
Steal your heart away

My momma told be afore I was five years old
She said "You're gonna be a star some day, son you got heart and soul"
Steal your heart away, yeah
Steal your heart away, yeah
I'm gonna steal your heart, babe
No more will it stray
Steal your heart away


CARA B

LOOSE YOUR MONEY
(BUT DON'T LOOSE YOUR MIND)

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Letras

Everybody's talking
To that girl of mine
'Cause they really like her
She's so fine
Lose your money
But don't lose your mind
Lose your woman
But don't fool with mine

I heard you lost your woman
Because you did her wrong
Gambled all your money
Playing dice

Lose your money
But don't lose your mind
Lose your woman
But don't fool with mine

Now I don't aim
To lose my woman yet
'Cause she wasn't
A easy one to get

Lose your money
But don't lose your mind
Lose your woman
But don't fool with mine

Disponibles en el álbum An Introduction to The Moody Blues:


El segundo sencillo

Su siguiente sencillo, "Go Now", realizado en noviembre de 1964, cumplió con todas las expectativas del grupo y más, alcanzando el primer puesto en la lista de sencillos en Reino Unido permaneciendo 14 semanas en lista. Este segundo sencillo ya tuvo difusión mundial. En Estados Unidos, alcanza el puesto 10.

Pantallazo de la lista británica de sencillos.


Portada del sencillo en Italia

La canción Go Now! es una versión del tema de la cantante de Rythm & Blues Bessie Banks lanzado en 1963. Cuando Laine escuchó por primera vez la versión de Bessie Banks, inmediatamente le dijo al resto de la banda que necesitaban grabar la canción. El tema se incluiría en su primer álbum de 1965  The Magnificent Moodies. El tema de la cara B se incluiría en reediciones posteriores como bonus track.

CARA A

GO NOW!

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Letras

We've already said ‘Goodbye’.
Since you've got to go
Oh you had better go now.
Go now. Go now. Go now
Before you see me cry.
I don't want you to tell me
Just what you intend to do now.
'Cause how many times do I have to tell you
Darling, darling,
I'm still in love
With you now?

We've already said ‘So long’
I don't want to see you go.
Oh you had better go now.

Go now. Go now. Go now
Don't you even try telling me
That you don't want me to end this way
'Cause, darling, darling,
Can't you see I want you to stay?

We've already said ‘Goodbye’.
Since you've got to go
Oh you had better go now.

Go now. Go now. Go now
Before you see me cry.
I don't want you to tell me
Just what you intend to do now.
'Cause how many times do I have to tell you
Darling, darling,
I'm still in love,
Still in love,
With you now?

I don't want to see you go
But, darling,
You'd better go now.

Videos

La canción fue promocionada en la televisión con uno de los primeros "clip" hechos a propósito en la era pop, producida y dirigida por su co-mánager Alex Wharton (el padre del DJ Sonny Wharton).

Paul McCartney con los Wings junto con Denny Laine lo interpretaron usualmente en directo:
Paul McCartney & Wings ft. Denny Laine - Go Now (Live 1976 Bessie Banks Cover) - YouTube



CARA B

IT'S EASY CHILD

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Letras

It's easy, child
Fallin' in love with you (Falling in love with you)
It's easy, child
Fallin' in love with you (Falling in love with you)

It's easy, easy easy child
It's easy
Falling in love with you

Now it didn't take much
To falling in love with you
The minute I felt your touch
I knew what I got to do

It's easy, easy,
It's easy child
It's easy
Falling in love with you

It's easy, child
Fallin' in love with you (Falling in love with you)
It's easy, child
Fallin' in love with you (Falling in love with you)

Whoa, it's easy, it's easy
It's easy child
It's easy
Falling in love with you

Now it didn't take much
To falling in love with you
The minute I felt your touch
I knew what I got to do

Whoa, it's easy, it's easy
It's easy child
It's easy
Falling in love with you


En España y otros países se lanzó como EP en 1964 combinando las canciones de los dos primeros sencillos.

Portada del EP publicado en España en 1964.

Lanzamiento del primer álbum

The Magnificent Moodies es el álbum debut en 1965 de The Moody Blues, lanzado primeramente en el Reino Unido en mono con Decca, y es el primer y único álbum con la formación de R&B del guitarrista Denny Laine, el bajista Clint Warwick, el teclista Mike Pinder, el flautista-percusionista Ray Thomas y el baterista Graeme Edge. Las voces principales fueron compartidas por Laine, Pinder y Thomas. El álbum es una colección de canciones de R&B y Merseybeat, incluyendo la versión de "Go Now", producida por Alex Wharton, que había sido un sencillo número 1 a principios de ese año. Para el lanzamiento en Estados Unidos, con London Records, se cambió el título a Go Now – The Moody Blues #1,cuatro canciones fueron reemplazadas y las pistas reordenadas. Las versiones norteamericana y canadiense titulan incorrectamente tres canciones.

Portada del álbum en Estados Unidos

El álbum no llegó a la lista Record Retailer/Music Week a pesar de que alcanzó el número 5 en agosto de 1965 en la lista de álbumes New Musical Express. El álbum estadounidense no llegó a la lista Billboard.

Las notas de la portada en el lanzamiento original del Reino Unido incluyen una reseña (sin fecha) de Virginia Ironside, crítica musical de Daily Mail, que concluye: "Con los Moody Blues, todo lo que necesitas escribir es "MAGNÍFICO" en lápiz labial rosa y dejarlo en eso"; y un poema en prosa de Donovan recomendando a la banda. Todas las canciones en el lanzamiento del Reino Unido fueron producidas por Denny Cordell; a excepción de "Go Now", que fue producido por Alex Wharton.

Contraportada del álbum en Reino Unido


En el apogeo del éxito estadounidense de The Moody Blues en 1970, Deram Records reeditó la versión estadounidense del álbum con una nueva portada y título, In the Beginning (DES-18051). Al igual que con el álbum original, la reedición no llegó a las listas.

A principios de la década de 1980, un álbum recopilatorio doble titulado A Dream, que incluía todo el LP The Magnificent Moodies junto con los lados A y B de los sencillos de Moody Blues lanzados entre 1965 y 1967 (antes del lanzamiento del álbum Days of Future Passed) fue publicado en gran parte de Europa occidental, pero solo disponible en importación en el Reino Unido.

En 1985 Intermediate Records reeditó el álbum en vinilo y casete como Go Now, con una mezcla de canciones de los álbumes originales del Reino Unido y Estados Unidos más canciones que eventualmente se incluirían como bonus tracks en las ediciones del CD. Decca Records UK publicó por primera vez The Magnificent Moodies en CD en 1988 con 13 bonus tracks, con masterización de Anthony Hawkins. Repertoire Records publicó una versión abreviada del CD en la década de 1990 con sólo siete bonus tracks. En 2006 el CD fue reeditado de nuevo, esta vez con 14 bonus tracks incluyendo el raro "People Gotta Go" no encontrado en la versión de Decca de 1988. El CD también incluyó, por primera vez, una versión corregida y no perturbada de "Go Now". El CD de Repertoire de 2006 fue remasterizado por Eroc, quien fue el líder de la banda de rock alemana de la década de 1970 Grobschnitt.

El 15 de diciembre de 2014, Esoteric Recordings publicó una versión en CD (ECLEC 2474), así como una edición de lujo de 2 CD (ECLEC 22473) del álbum en honor a su próximo lanzamiento en el 50 aniversario. La versión en CD y el primer CD de la edición de lujo son idénticos y ambas versiones utilizan la carátula original del álbum del Reino Unido.

Enlaces, letras y opinión personal



CARA 1

A1 I'll Go Crazy     2:13
(Escrita por James Brown)

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Letras

Oh you know I feel alright,
Oh yeah.
You know I feel alright, children.
Oh yeah.
You know I feel alright,
Oh yeah.
Ah, you're hanging me up, baby,
Yeah babe.
If you leave me,
I'll go crazy,
If you leave me, babe,
Shall I go crazy,

'Cause I love you,
I love you.
Oh I love you too much,

And if you hurt me
I'll go crazy.
If you ever go and hurt me, baby,
I'll go crazy.

'Cause I love you,
I love you.
Oh I love you too much,

You've got to live for yourself,
Yourself, for nobody else.
You've got to live for yourself,
Yourself, for nobody else.

Oh baby, I'll go crazy.
If you ever leave me, babe,
I'll go crazy
'Cause I love you,
I love you,
Oh I love you too much.

You've got to live for yourself,
Yourself, for nobody else.
You've got to live for yourself,
Yourself, for nobody else.

Talk about me ever loving you.
If you hurt me, baby,
You know thart I'll go crazy
'Cause I love you,
I love you.

Oh I love you much more than I can stand,
I'm talking about you.

Videos

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Rock & roll y R&B.

Interior de la carpeta del álbum



A2 Something You Got   2:49
(Escrita por – Chris Kenner)

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Letras

Something you got, baby,
Makes me work all day.
Something you got, baby,
Makes me bring you home my pay.
Something you got,
Yeah,
Ah you ought to know,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I said "my my, oh oh, I love you so".

Something you got, baby,
Keeps me home every night.
Something you got, baby,
Makes everything alright.

Something you got,
Let me tell you,
I think you ought to know,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I said "my my, oh oh, I love you so".

Something you got, baby,
Let me tell you again,

I said "my my, oh oh, I love you so".

Something you got, baby,
Makes me work all day.
Something you got, baby,
Makes me bring you home my pay.

Something you got,
Yeah,
Ah you ought to know,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I said "my my, oh oh".
I said "my my, oh oh, I love you so".

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Buen arreglo del tema R&B.


A3 Go Now    3:14
(Escrita por – Larry Banks, Milton Bennett)

(Ya vista en el artículo anterior cuando hablamos del sencillo)

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Buena canción de R&B.


A4 Can't Nobody Love You    4:06
(Escrita por – James Mitchell)                    
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Letras

Can't nobody love you, baby,
Like I'm loving you right now
'Cause they don't know how to love you like I do
And can't nobody talk to you, babe,
Like I'm talking to you right now.
I just don't know how to talk to you like I said I do.

I'm gonna love you in the morning,
I'm gonna love you through the night
And I won't stop loving you, baby,
'Cause this way everything's alright.

Can't nobody love you
Like I'm loving you right now.
They just don't know how to love you like I do.

And, oh love,
Can't nobody kiss you, baby,
Like I'm kissing you right now.
I just don't know how to kiss you like I said I do.

And can't nobody,
Oh, can't nobody love you,
Can't nobody squeeze you,
Can't nobody kiss you like I do,
I just don't know how to talk to you like I said I do.

Now some guys make eyes at you
But they don't do it all the time,
Believe me,
I'd never do it, baby,
But, you know,
No one's on my mind.

Can't nobody love you
Like I'm loving you right now
'Cause they don't know how to love you like I do.

Yeah,
Children speak to me,
Talk...

I'm gonna love you in the morning, baby,
And I'm gonna love you through the night.
I won't stop,
I won't stop loving you, babe,
'Til everything's alright.

Can't nobody love you
Like I'm loving you right now
'Cause they don't know how to love you,
Don't know how to love you like I do.

Oh baby, yeah.
Yeah, 'cause they don;t know how,
They don't know how to love you
Like I said I'll do,
Oh yeah.

Videos


Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Bonita balada.


A5 I Don't Mind        3:26
(Escrita por– James Brown)

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Letras

I don't mind your love,
I don't mind the one you're thinking of
'Cause I know, baby I know,
You're going to miss me.
I don't mind, he loves you so,
I don't mind, it can't grow cold
'Cause I know, baby I know,
You're going to miss me.

Baby, tell me what you've got to say.

I don't mind, this is all of my song.
I don't mind, goodbye, so long.
'Cause I know, I know,
You're going to miss me.

Baby, can you ever let me go?
You know, you know that I love you so.
Why'd you ever leave me?
Why'd you ever leave me?
Oh, so we will die

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Buena balada de R&B.

A6 I've Got a Dream       2:50
(Escrita por– Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich)

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Letras

I've got a dream
And, every night, I said to myself,
Yeah, I said I gotta share it,
Share the dream with somebody else.
We could make a beautiful day,
Oh baby, it's a beautiful dream
But what am I going to do with it, baby?
Say, what am I going to do with it, baby?
What am I going to do with it, baby,
Well if I can't share it with you?

I got some love
And, baby, it's the kind that will do.
Yeah, I got a kiss
And give it to someone like you.
The moon is shining up above
And I got a heartful of love

But what am I going to do with it, baby?
Say, what am I going to do with it, baby?
What am I going to do with it, baby,
But if I can't give it to you?

I can't throw it in the river
And I can't toss it in the sea
And I can't put it in a paper bag
So, baby, come and get it from me.

I've got a dream
And, every night, I said to myself,
Yeah, I said I gotta share it,
Share the dream with somebody else.
We could make a beautiful day,
Oh baby, it's a beautiful dream

But what am I going to do with it, baby?
Say, what am I going to do with it, baby?
What am I going to do with it, baby,
But if I can't share it...
But if I can't share it...
Well if I can't share it with you?

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Tema pop de la época.


CARA 2

B1 Let Me Go            3:14
(Escrita por – Denny Laine, Mike Pinder)
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Letras

When I telephone you
Don't make out you're not at home;
It wouldn't hurt at all to answer the call.
When I hold you near,
When I call you ‘dear',
You never seem to want to know me at all.

Oh baby,
Let me go.
If I stay around
Then you're gonna see my heart break.

I can't stand all this heartache

'Cause I love you so,
I find it hard to go,
Well, I can see a change in your ways

'Cause when I'm turning to
How much I think of you
You always look away in a gaze.

Oh baby,
Let me go.
If I stay around
Then you're gonna see my heart break.

I can't stand all this heartache

Like we lost
Every little of love you had for me, baby,
I'm doing, let me go (not sure of this line)
Let me go, let me go, this way,

When I telephone you
Don't make out you're not at home;
It wouldn't hurt at all to answer the call.

And when I hold you near,
When I call you ‘dear',
You never seem to want to know me at all.

Oh baby,
Let me go.
If I stay around
Then you're gonna see my heart break.

And I can't stand all this heartache

You'd better let me go, baby,
Oh you'd better let me go, baby,
Oh yeah, let me go.

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Otro R&B.

Imagen del interior de la carpeta del álbum


B2 Stop        2:05
(Escrita por - Laine, Pinder)

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Letras

So you talked to my girl
When I don't want you to,
Want you to.
Just the thought of you holding her
When I don't want you to,
Want you to
Won't do.
No, no, no,
It won't do, no.
Stop! Stop!
You're trying to break it up between us.
Stop! Stop!
Don't want a broken heart between us.

Oh please, forget about it.
Make your mind up
What you're going to do about us.

So you talk better than me
And you know, you know it, know you know it
And if you want to get her from me
And you know you know it, know you know it,
Won't do, no,
I'm telling you it won't do, no.

Stop! Stop!
You're trying to break it up between us.
Stop! Stop!
Don't want a broken heart between us.

Oh please, forget about it.
Make your mind up
What you're going to do about us.

Stop! Stop!
You're trying to break it up between us.
Stop! Stop!
Don't want a broken heart between us.

Oh please, forget about it.
Make your mind up
What you're going to do about us.

[repeat these lines through fadeout:]
Stop! Stop!
You're trying to break it up between us.
Stop! Stop!
Don't want a broken heart between us.

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Canción que me recuerda a los Beatles de aquella época.

B3 Thank You Baby    2:30

(Escrito por Laine, Pinder)

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Letras

Thank you, baby,
You stood by me when times are blue.
Thank you, baby,
And now I'll make it up to you.
Gonna make time stand still,
You know I will,
Gonna make time stand still.
And every day I'm gonna say,
And every day, oh babe,
And every day, I'm gonna say
Thank you, baby,
You give me love and pull me through
Thank you, baby,
For the time I needed you.
I'm gonna make time stand in one place,
I'm gonna make time stand still.

And every day I'm gonna say
The little sad man's gonna help me (well, that's what it sounds like to me)
No, every day, I'm gonna say,
Thank you, baby,

Even though they're not too long ago
I saw my troubles grow,
Grow and grow.
Wiith you by my side, little baby,
You've made them run and hide,
Never, yeah, to show -ow -ow -ow, to show
Thank you, baby,

Oh, you give me love and pull me through,
Thank you, baby,
For the time I needed you,

Yeah I'm gonna make time stand in one place,
I'm gonna make time stand still,
And every day, even every nght, I'm gonna say
And every day I'm gonna say,
Thank you, baby,
Oh, thank you, baby,
Thank you very much.

Thank you, baby,
Thank you, baby,
[repeat to fadeout]

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Tema pop de la época.

B4 It Ain't Necessarily So   3:21

(Escrito por George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)

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Letras

Ain't necessarily so.
Ain't necessarily so.
Things you're liable
To read in a bible
Ain't necessarily so.

Little David he was small, alright,
Yeah, now David he was small alright,
Just like Goliath
Lay dying then he dieth,
Oh he was small, alright.

Little Moses he was found in a stream.
Yeah Moses now he was found in a stream
When that pharoah's sweet daughter
She came by and fished that boy out from the water,
Fished him, she said, from a stream.

Now Jonah now he lived in a whale.
Yeah Jonah he lived in a whale
Yet he made his home in that
Fish's abdomen.
Jonah he lived in a whale.

I said, ain't necessarily so.
No, ain't necessarily so.
The things you're liable
To read in a bible
Ain't necessarily so.
Ain't necessarily so.
No, it ain't necessarily so.

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Buena adaptación del tema de Gershwin. La adaptación de un tema clásico da idea a donde pueden ir.

B5 True Story   1:46

(Escrito por Laine, Pinder)

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Letras

Now listen to me people
'Cause I wanna tell you something.
Every single day
I go on my way
And I won't worry about my baby,
Worry about my girl,
'Cause she's a pretty one.
Yeah, yeah,
Whoa, yeah.

Find me another woman,
My love for her is gone,
And I don't worry about my baby,
Worry about my girl,
Oh yeah.
Just have to tell me true,
Oh yeah.

If she had to do the thing she done
She might have used more tact;
I can't be responsible
For all the love she lacked.

Yeah, yeah.
This is a true story, people.

That's a pretty tune.
I'm a'telling you

'Cause every single day
When I go on my way
I won't worry about my baby,
Yeah, she's in another town, [?]
I'll tell you, baby,
Whoa, yeah.

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Tema rock&roll

B6 Bye Bye Bird      2:49

(Escrito por Sonny Boy Williamson II, Willie Dixon)

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Letras

I say bye bye, bird.
I say bye bye, bird.
I say bye bye, baby.
I say bye bye.
Bye bye, baby, bye bye.
Bye bye, baby, bye bye.
Bye bye, baby, bye bye.
Bye bye, Birdie.
Now if you wanna say ‘goodbye' to your girl
I wanna give you one or two little tips, yeah.
Say ‘Bye bye, baby'
And then you say ‘Bye bye, girl'
And then you say ‘Get the suitcases, honey'
‘I don't wanna see you', hear the words.

Say bye bye.
Say bye bye.
Bye bye, baby.
Bye bye, bird.

Now if you wanna say ‘goodbye' to your girl
I wanna give you one or two little tips, yeah.
Say ‘Bye bye, bird'
Then say ‘Bye bye, baby'
‘Bye bye, girl'
Mmm, not another word.

I say bye.
I say bye.
Say bye bye.
Say bye bye.
Bye baye, babe.
Yeah, let's swing it on, now.

Bye bye, baby,
I say bye bye, baby.
I say bye bye, baby.
Bye bye.

Bye bye, baby.
Bye bye, baby.
Bye bye, baby.
Bye bye bye, baby, yeah.

Bye bye, girl.
I say bye bye, babe.

Videos

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Blues con armónica a buen ritmo.


Mi opinión personal sobre el álbum:

El álbum no está mal. La razón de que no consiguiera el éxito, puede ser debido a que el mercado está saturado. Esto de todas maneras resulta providencial ya que provoca el cambio de rumbo de Moody Blues y es en el nuevo estilo en donde conseguirá los éxitos por los que serán recordados hasta el día de hoy.


Créditos

The Moody Blues

- Denny Laine guitarras, armónica, voz

- Mike Pinder piano, órgano, voz

- Clint Warwickbajo, voz

- Ray Thomas percusión, flautas, armónica, voz

- Graeme Edgebatería, percusión, voz

Personal adicional

- Elaine Caswell - percusión


2 comentarios:

  1. Nights in white satin, una de mis canciones preferidas de siempre.
    Gracias por compartir.

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    1. Muchas gracias por comentar. Tengo el disco. Quién no ha bailado lento con esa canción.

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