The band was evolving into a synthpop act, with music not at all fit for a flute ( although Thomas actually provided additional percussion, notably a brisk tambourine, on many more Moodies songs which continued to be featured, plus occasional harmonica ), and at this point he was largely relegated to the status of a backup singer.

Thomas ' high value remained on stage primarily from his continued ability to sing out his 1960s and 1970s Moodies classics, and also in flute and keyboard duets he composed with Moraz which were only performed by the two during Moodies ' concerts.

This too was not a UK hit, but further established their ' new ' Moodies identity.

Although the Moodies had by now defined a somewhat psychedelic style and helped to define the progressive rock ( then also known as ' art rock ') sound, the group decided to record an album that could be played in concert, losing some of their full-blown sound for A Question of Balance ( 1970 ).

The Moodies were also among the pioneers of the idea that a successful rock band could promote itself through their own label, following the Beatles ' creation of Apple Records.

They did lay the groundwork, however, for other major acts to set up similar personal labels and distribution deals including The Rolling Stones ' own label and Led Zeppelin's Swan Song, and all of the Moodies ' studio releases from 1969 to 1999 would bear the Threshold logo on at least one of their format versions.

Before the band's 1973 – 74 world tour, Hayward wrote a song called " Island " with the intention of including it on a potential follow-up album, which the Moodies recorded in 1973 before ultimately going their separate ways.

Newly hired producer Tony Visconti, and Barry Radman, a synth programmer formerly hired by Moraz, delivered a modern sound the Moodies had been after in order to remain competitive with their pop contemporaries.

In 1991, halfway through the production of their new studio album, Patrick Moraz made some comments in an article in Keyboard Magazine that suggested dissatisfaction with his role in the Moodies.

His complaints ranged from the Moodies ' music becoming too simple in structure, to the other members ' reluctance to allow him to make significant contributions to the songwriting on their albums.

December was the group's first album to include covers since their 1965 debut album The Magnificent Moodies.

These deluxe editions were unique for an art rock group like the Moodies in that one of their members, Justin Hayward, was the one hired to do the work, instead of a professional master technician.

Because of their string trio, the group did not use the popular Mellotron ( which the Moodies popularized in songs like " Nights in White Satin "), giving Providence a sound that was quite organic and more complex than that created by the Mellotron.

Cockey and the Tompkins brothers lent their talents to the duet album Blue Jays ( 1975 ) by the Moodies ' Justin Hayward and John Lodge.

The Magnificent Moodies is the 1965 debut album by The Moody Blues first released in the UK and the first and only album featuring their R & B lineup of guitarist Denny Laine, bassist Clint Warwick, keyboardist Mike Pinder, flautist – percussionist Ray Thomas, and drummer Graeme Edge.

Their debut album The Magnificent Moodies, produced by Denny Cordell with a strong Merseybeat / R & B flavour, was released on Decca in mono only in 1965.

Moraz's management had some contacts with the Moodies, and after a successful audition with the band in England in 1978, he was hired as keyboard player for the Octave World Tour that began in Germany in October.

He also was spending long amounts of time planning a music concert to celebrate his native Switzerland's 700th anniversary, instead of rehearsing with the Moodies.

Decca Records UK first issued The Magnificent Moodies on CD in 1988 with 13 bonus tracks, with mastering by Anthony Hawkins.

Denny Laine ( born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, 29 October 1944, Holcombe Road, Tyseley, Birmingham ) is an English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, guitarist ; lead singer on The Moody Blues ' 1965 debut album The Magnificent Moodies ; and, later, best known for his role as co-founder ( with Paul and Linda McCartney ) of Wings.

Despite credits as an ' official band member ' being included in any group photos on the four Eighties studio albums from " Long Distance Voyager " to " Sur La Mer " in recent years Moodies compilations now refer to Moraz as merely being an ' Additional keyboardist '.

Denny Laine quit in late 1966, and a final ' Mark One ' Moodies single, Pinder-Laine's " Life's Not Life ", was scheduled for release in January 1967 ( Decca F 12543 ) c / w " He Can Win ".

The band were introduced to Decca staff producer Tony Clarke who produced a recording session which saw Justin Hayward's " Fly Me High " & Mike Pinder's older-styled " Really Haven't Got the Time " ( Decca F12607 ) as the ' Mark Two ' Moodies first single released in May 1967.

" When I got the job for the " Magnificent Moodies " from REP some time ago I also got the order to try to get the intro of " Go Now " better.

It took the form to new heights using the London Festival Orchestra, a loose affiliation of Decca's classical musicians given a fictitious name adding the term " London " to sound impressive, to provide an orchestral linking framework to the Moodies already written and performed songs, plus overture & conclusion sections on the album including backing up Graeme Edge's opening & closing poems recited by Pinder.

The group attempted to build Threshold into a major label by developing new talent — most notably the UK hard rock band Trapeze and the Portland, Oregon, classical-acoustic sextet Providence — but these efforts proved unsuccessful and the Moodies eventually returned to more traditional recording contracts.

The Moodies toured the US and Europe during much of 1979.

This gentler trend would continue on the two successive Moodies albums.

On May 21, 2007 the Moodies released a forty-one track, two-disc compilation of sessions recorded at BBC Studios, various television appearances, and a previously ' lost ' performance done on the Tom Jones show titled Live at the BBC: 1967-1970.

The lives so many of them gave, to forestall what they believed would be a fatal encroachment by the Union on the powers reserved to their states have continued ever since to safeguard all Americans against freedom's other foe.

It seems reasonable that if general nuclear war is not to be one cataclysmic act of burning each other's citizens to cinders, we must have a manned strategic force of long-endurance aircraft capable of going into China or Russia to find and destroy their strategic forces which continued to threaten us.

The brothers continued to help each other during their studies, sharing a joint purse, lodging together in the dormitory and dining together at the home of their aunt.

It was because of this chain-reaction as much as for any other reason -- that is, because of the growing independence of the planar unit in collage as a shape -- that the identity of depicted objects, or at least parts of them, re-emerged in Braque's and Picasso's papiers colles and continued to remain more conspicuous there -- but only as flattened silhouettes -- than in any of their paintings done wholly in oil before the end of 1913.

The older parents continued to teach their children traditional principles, but the younger people, who have lost all faith and convictions, are now parents.

There they continued their studies at the university, she in art, he in architecture.

As our discussion continued, the inadequacy of the `` client relationship '' as an interpretation of their `` way of operating '' became evident.

Weak reputational cues such as eyespots may become unimportant if there are stronger cues present and may lose their effect with continued exposure unless reinforced with real reputational effects.

No one has lived in these houses since the time of the Famine, however the families that moved to Dooagh and their descendants, continued to use the village as a ' booley village '.

Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, the group's popularity continued to grow ( although they were always more popular in North America and Continental Europe than in their home country, never achieving a UK Top 40 single or Top 20 album ).

Despite these activities, for some time, the Alemanni seem to have continued their pagan cult activities, with only superficial or syncretistic Christian elements.

Johnson's mood did not change ; he continued to criticize the Congress for refusing to allow the Southern states to take their seats.

He maintained his opposition to the Reconstruction Acts and continued to veto bills seeking to admit seceded states under their provisions, and Congress continued to override his vetos.

To avoid the vengeance of the Emperor, she fled with Andronikos to the court of Nur ad-Din, the Sultan of Damascus ; but not deeming themselves safe there, they continued their perilous journey through the Caucasus and Anatolia.

IBM maintains that their license was irrevocable, and continued to sell and support the product until the litigation was adjudicated.

He also continued to help administer several charities and organize their musical events.

On the basis of these traditions, the churches in question often claim to have inherited specific authority, doctrines and / or practices on the authority of their founding apostle ( s ), which is understood to be continued by the bishops of the see ( seat ) or throne of the church that each founded and whose original leader he was.

Diabelli's firm continued to publish Schubert's work until 1823 when an argument between Cappi and Schubert terminated their business.

* 1993 – 450 prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners ( for tuberculosis ) against their religious beliefs.

This approach was continued by Russell and Whitehead in their influential Principia Mathematica, first published 1910-1913, and with a revised second edition in 1927.

The colony was still very short of skilled farmers, craftsmen and tradesmen, and the convicts continued to work as little as possible, even though they were working mainly to grow their own food.

His numerous disciples — some of whom were very influential and who, for the most part, were also disciples of Samuel — amplified and, in their capacity as instructors and by their discussions, continued the work of Rav.