The old early 1970s 2-LP comp "This is the Moody Blues" was awesome and gave you pretty much all you'd need from their first wave of success under Hayward and Lodge. It omits "Go Now" and anything from the Denny Laine era, which is a minor shame. I don't know if that ever got re-issued on CD or if there's an analagous CD-era comp. Given your comments you might find the individual LPs from "Days of Future Passed" through "Seventh Sojourn" hard to take in places. But that's always been the essential period to my mind. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Seaman" To: Cc: "Doug Tybor" Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:40 PM Subject: The Blues, Moody I just came across an old tape comp I have of Moody Blues songs, and listening to it felt like seeing an old friend. I was never a big fan, never owned one of their albums, just had the best of comp - but I was surprised how much I enjoyed it after all these years. Yeah, they can be pompous, and their lyrics are at times pretty hippy dippy. And if I heard too much of that flute player, or those soliloquies, or soliloquies by the flute player, I'd probably have to kill him. Nonetheless - dynamic, romantic, music, with velvet guitars, tons o orchestration, catchy melodies, a unique sound with personality. Pretty good in my book. So, are there any M B fans out there on this list? What albums of theirs would you recommend to someone who is more into pop songwriting than instrumental twaddling?