The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (LP)
- LP
- 1 piece(s)
- 1971
- 11 tracks
- 47 min
- progressive rock
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
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Is it true that there isn't a runout like "ZAL-10638-P I Made in Germany" for side A and "ZAL-10639-P I Made in Germany" for side B? I own a copy with these details, it doesn't match any other version out there.
In my opinion, this is the top album by the Moody Blues, with everyone delivering their finest tracks.
The psychedelic vibe is missing …I recall so clearly a friend entering my apartment with this album under his arm, grinning from ear to ear, while I quietly rolled my eyes, as I was over The Moody Blues, quite satisfied with their earlier works to accompany me through the rest of my days. With the album’s title derived from a mnemonic device for learning the musical scale E-G-B-D-F, and those notes being part of the opening track “Procession,” the album aimed to explore the history of music, from its earliest forms up to the time of its release. However, when considering music, one tends to think of the whole context, the blending and evolving to create a completeness that is greater than the sum of its parts, yet here on Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, all five members contributed just one song each, truly feeling like The Beatles' White Album, pieced together from individual parts that were loosely connected … certainly nothing like their earlier works, or even A Question of Balance.While the record did return to the more sonically rich and layered albums of the past, missing was that true cosmic feel, also gone was that sense that we are all connected, with personal songs emerging such as “Emily’s Song,” written in honor of the birth of his daughter by John Lodge. Other personal influences from individual members also appear in other tracks. Also missing were the other-worldly lyrics, with “Procession” containing only three spoken words ‘desolation, creation and communication,’ where with those three words and a growing complexity of seventies progressive rock self-indulgence, the Moody Blues seemed destined to dismantle all that I’d come to cherish in a single event that certainly indicated that the Moodys had nothing meaningful to say.Yes, “The Story In Your Eyes” blasted from my speakers, and for a moment, gave me hope that they’d found their way back, becoming the hit single back in July of 1971, with the high energy of the mellotron and guitars overshadowing the very dark lyrics, causing me to wonder if this had been done intentionally to hide them, or to have them stand in stark contrast to the music. Without a doubt, the album contains some other highlights, but highlights alone do not make for a lasting production, especially one that was so heavily overdubbed that I felt excluded, never drawn in, nor did I hear any of the idealized saga regarding the history of music in all of its forms and glory. And that left listeners with a series of arrangements and melodies to stand in for what was promised to be an imaginative and haunting composition. So while the richer sounds may have been back, that’s all they were, richer sounds that took listeners nowhere, and offered no passion.I want to laugh here, because at this moment in time I do know what the future holds, where the Moody’s would be down the road, knowing that there was a music video in the not so distant future, where “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere,” sees the Moody Blues confronting their past, content with the balance they’ve found. So here I stand, sometimes feeling that I’m braced against a wind, listening to people point to this part or that part, or say, But listen to this riff, and to them I just hold up In Search of the Lost Chord, and say, But just listen to this … meaning the entire album, not bits and pieces.*** The Fun Facts: The album was mixed and released in both stereo and the fledgling quadraphonic. Quadraphonic (or Quadrophonic and sometimes Quadrasonic) sound was similar to what is now called 4.0 surround sound and uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are (wholly or in part) independent of one another. Quadraphonic audio was the earliest consumer product in surround sound and thousands of quadraphonic recordings were made during the 1970s. It was a commercial failure due to many technical problems and format incompatibilities. Quadraphonic audio formats were more expensive to produce than standard two-channel stereo. Playback required additional speakers and specially designed decoders and amplifiers.
Similar to many US pressings of Moody Blues records (except those mastered at Sterling or by G.K.), this one's got a real noisy, muddy sound. It's got way too much bass, the inner groove distortion's pretty harsh, so it's best to steer clear of this one. Edit: the album itself is pretty good though.
I got this 820 160-1 gat, and it's made in Canada, just like it says...
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