In Search of the Lost Chord

The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord

In Search of the Lost Chord
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Artist: The Moody Blues
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Departure
  2. Ride My See-Saw
  3. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
  4. House of Four Doors
  5. Legend of a Mind
  6. House of Four Doors, Pt. 2
  7. Voices in the Sky
  8. Best Way to Travel
  9. Visions of Paradise
  10. Actor
  11. Word
  12. Om

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Music Review: The Moody Blues start playing around with their Mellotron
Rating: 4 Stars

After "Days of Future Passed," with its fusion of progressive rock and the London Festival Orchestra the Moody Blues provided more of the same, only different (i.e., a Mellotron instead of the full symphonic orchestra since Decca did not want to pay for another one despite the success of the aforementioned previous album). On their 1968 release "In Search of the Lost Chord," the songs are shorter and manage to involve both pop and Eastern influences. "Ride My See-Saw" could be one of the best Hollies song never done by the Hollies. However, the exception that proves the rule here would be "Legend of a Mind," the song that causal listeners think is called "Timothy Leary" or "Timothy Leary's dead," or something along those lines:

Timothy Leary's dead.
No, no, no, no,
He's outside looking in

Now that Timothy Leary is not only dead but really, most sincerely dead listening to "Legend of a Mind" from is a different experience. Leary died in 1996 and his remains were cremated and lauched into the final frontier along with those of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry. The song is associated with the psychadelic period of the Sixties, although it is hard to imagine why given that the lyrics are full of unqualified praise for Timothy Leary and his astral plane:

He'll take you up, he'll bring you down,
He'll plant your feet back firmly on the ground.
He flies so high, he swoops so low,
He knows exactly which way he's gonna go.

Ray Thomas wrote "Legend of a Mind" and also "Dr. Livingston I Presume," the other song on the album that makes acid trips sound like a good idea, in that delightfully eccentric way that make the British so endearing. You keep wanting to suspect that there is something tongue-in-cheek going on here, but, no the group seems to be earnest in its adoration as the CD's new notes by the band members. No wonder the Moody Blues were so popular with the counter-culture. Add to this the Eastern influences that pop up at the end of the album in "Visions of Paradise" and "Om." Things get a little self-indulgent on this album, but the experimentation pays off big time with their next effort, "On the Threshold of a Dream."

In 1968 the Moody Blues, which is a much better name than El Riot & the Rebels, consisted of Justin Hayward (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, 12-string guitar, sitar, harpsichord, piano, Mellotron, bass, percussion, tablas); Mike Pinder (acoustic guitar, cello, autoharp, harpsichord, Mellotron, piano, bass); John Lodge (acoustic guitar, cello, bass, tambourine, snare drum, background vocals); Ray Thomas (C flute, alto flute, soprano saxophone, background vocals); and Graeme Edge (piano, drums, timpani, tambourine, tablas). The point of detailing all this instrumentation is to evidence that the level of experimentation here was at least the equal of what the Beatles were doing during their legendary "Sgt. Pepper" period (and Jethro Tull only had one flute). The result was that "In Search of the Lost Chord" made it to #23 on the Billboard chart. There were two singles released, "Ride My See-Saw" made it to #61 and "Never Comes the Day" only got to #91 (A pair of Justin Hawyard songs, "Voices in the Sky" and "The Actor," were both released in the U.K. as singles), and to make sure everything is dotted and crossed, the cover art was by Phil Travers.

Description of In Search of the Lost Chord

Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) paper sleeve pressing of this classic 1968 album includes nine bonus tracks. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Universal. 2008.

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