Prelude (The Moody Blues album)

Prelude
Compilation album by The Moody Blues
Released 26 October 1987
Recorded 30 March 1967 – 17 November 1968
Genre Progressive rock
Length 37:33
Label London
Producer Tony Clarke
The Moody Blues chronology

The Other Side of Life
(1986)		 Prelude
(1987)		 Sur la Mer
(1988)
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Prelude is a 1987 compilation album by The Moody Blues consisting of non-album singles and rarities.

Tracks 1-5 were previously released on singles in 1967 prior to the release of Days of Future Passed. They are the first Moody Blues releases to feature Justin Hayward and John Lodge.
Track 6, "A Simple Game", was later recorded by the Four Tops and (as "Simple Game"), went to #3 in the UK charts in 1972.
Tracks 7-11 formed the "+5" portion of the 1977 Caught Live + 5 album.
Track 12, "Late Lament," which rounds out the album, is the Graeme Edge poem that appears at the end of Days of Future Passed.
Though many of these tracks have also appeared on other releases, such as the Time Traveller box set and the 2006 SACD album remasters, Prelude is the only release that contains all eleven rarities.

Track Listing

  1. "Fly Me High" (Justin Hayward) – 3:02
  2. "I Really Haven't Got the Time" (Mike Pinder) – 3:12
  3. "Leave This Man Alone" (Hayward) – 3:01
  4. "Love and Beauty" (Pinder) – 2:28
  5. "Cities" (Hayward) – 2:27 as b-side to "Nights in White Satin"
  6. "A Simple Game" (Pinder) – 3:47 as b-side to "Ride My See-Saw"
  7. "Gimme a Little Somethin'" (John Lodge) – 3:18
  8. "Please Think About It" (Pinder) – 3:45
  9. "Long Summer Days" (Hayward) – 3:18
  10. "King and Queen" (Hayward) – 3:57
  11. "What Am I Doing Here?" (Hayward) – 3:40
  12. "Late Lament" (Graeme Edge, Peter Knight) – 1:36

References

  1. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "Prelude - The Moody Blues | AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 November 2011.