The Magnificent Moodies

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The Magnificent Moodies
Studio album by The Moody Blues
Released	22 July 1965
Recorded	October 1964-March 1965
Genre	R&B
Length	34:03
Label	Decca Records
Producer	Denny Cordell, Alex Murray
Professional reviews
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The Moody Blues chronology
The Magnificent Moodies (1965) Days of Future Passed (1967)

The Magnificent Moodies is the 1965 debut album by The Moody Blues released in the UK. It featured their pre-psychedelic era lineup of guitarist Denny Laine, bassist Clint Warwick, keyboardist Mike Pinder, flute player/percussionist Ray Thomas, and drummer Graeme Edge. For the U.S. release (under the title Go Now – The Moody Blues #1), four songs were replaced and the tracks repositioned (see below). Laine and Warwick left the group in 1966, and were replaced by guitarist Justin Hayward and bassist John Lodge. The Magnificent Moodies is a collection of R&B based songs, including the hit cover of "Go Now". In 2006, it was released as CD with 14 new bonus tracks.

Contents 1 UK Track listing (The Magnificent Moodies) 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 U.S. Track listing (Go Now - The Moody Blues #1) 2.1 Side one 2.2 Side two 3 Personnel

[edit] UK Track listing (The Magnificent Moodies)

[edit] Side one

1. "I'll Go Crazy" (James Brown) – 2:08
2. "Something You Got" (Chris Kenner) – 2:47
3. "Go Now" (Larry Banks, Milton Bennett) – 3:07
4. "Can't Nobody Love You" (James Mitchell) – 3:57
5. "I Don't Mind" (Brown) – 3:22
6. "I've Got a Dream" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 2:48

[edit] Side two

1. "Let Me Go" (Denny Laine, Mike Pinder) – 3:09
2. "Stop" (Laine, Pinder) – 2:01
3. "Thank You Baby" (Laine, Pinder) – 2:24
4. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:15
5. "True Story" (Laine, Pinder) – 1:41
6. "Bye Bye Bird" (Sonny Boy Williamson II, Willie Dixon) – 2:45

[edit] U.S. Track listing (Go Now - The Moody Blues #1)

[edit] Side one

1. "I'll Go Crazy" (Brown) – 2:08
2. "And My Baby's Gone" (Laine, Pinder) – 2:15
3. "Go Now" (Banks, Bennett) – 3:10
4. "It's Easy Child" (Kay Bennett, Sue Sandler, Gene Redd) – 3:10
5. "Can't Nobody Love You" (Mitchell) – 4:00
6. "I've Got a Dream" (Barry, Greenwich) – 2:50

[edit] Side two

1. "Let Me Go" (Laine, Pinder) – 3:08
2. "I Don't Want to Go on Without You" (Bert Berns, Jerry Wexler) – 2:45
3. "True Story" (Laine, Pinder) – 1:40
4. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (G Gershwin, I Gershwin) – 2:47
5. "Bye Bye Bird" (Williamson, Dixon) – 2:50 (Misspelled on back cover and label as "Bye Bye Burd")
6. "From the Bottom of My Heart" (I Love You) (Laine, Pinder) – 3:20

[edit] Personnel

• Denny Laine: guitars, harmonica, vocals
• Mike Pinder: piano, organ, vocals
• Clint Warwick: bass guitar, vocals
• Ray Thomas: percussion, flutes, vocals
• Graeme Edge: drums, percussion.

Supporting musicians

• Elaine Caswell: percussion

v • d • e The Moody Blues Graeme Edge · Justin Hayward · John Lodge Denny Laine · Patrick Moraz · Mike Pinder · Ray Thomas · Clint Warwick Studio albums The Magnificent Moodies · Days of Future Passed · In Search of the Lost Chord · On the Threshold of a Dream · To Our Children's Children's Children · A Question of Balance · Every Good Boy Deserves Favour · Seventh Sojourn · Octave · Long Distance Voyager · The Present · The Other Side of Life · Sur la Mer · Keys of the Kingdom · Strange Times · December Live albums Caught Live + 5 · A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra · Hall of Fame · Lovely to See You: Live · Live at the BBC: 1967-1970 Compilations This Is The Moody Blues · Prelude · Greatest Hits · Time Traveller · The Best of the Moody Blues · Anthology · An Introduction to The Moody Blues