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Prelude (The Moody Blues album)

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Released
  
26 October 1987

Prelude (1987)
  
Sur la Mer (1988)

Release date
  
26 October 1987

Label
  
London Records

Length
  
37:33

Artist
  
The Moody Blues

Producer
  
Tony Clarke

Genre
  
Progressive rock

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Recorded
  
30 March 1967 – 17 November 1968

Similar
  
The Moody Blues albums, Progressive rock albums

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Prelude is a 1987 compilation album by The Moody Blues consisting of non-album singles and rarities.

Contents

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 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  2. "I Really Haven't Got the Time" (Mike Pinder) – 3:12 (lead singer: Mike Pinder)
  3. "Leave This Man Alone" (Hayward) – 3:01 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  4. "Love and Beauty" (Pinder) – 2:28 (lead singer: Mike Pinder)
  5. "Cities" (Hayward) – 2:27 as b-side to "Nights in White Satin" (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  6. "A Simple Game" (Pinder) – 3:47 as b-side to "Ride My See-Saw" (lead singer: Mike Pinder)
  7. "Gimme a Little Somethin'" (John Lodge) – 3:18 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  8. "Please Think About It" (Pinder) – 3:45 (lead singer: Mike Pinder)
  9. "Long Summer Days" (Hayward) – 3:18 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  10. "King and Queen" (Hayward) – 3:57 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  11. "What Am I Doing Here?" (Hayward) – 3:40 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  12. "Late Lament" (Graeme Edge, Peter Knight) – 1:36 (narrator: Mike Pinder)
  • Tracks 1-5, 8, and 9 were later released as bonus tracks on the 2006 SACD Deluxe edition of Days of Future Passed
  • Tracks 6 and 10 were later released as bonus tracks on the 2006 SACD Deluxe edition of In Search of the Lost Chord
  • Tracks 7-11 first released on Caught Live + 5 (1977)

    • Songs

    1Fly Me High3:02
    2I Really Haven't Got the Time3:12
    3Leave This Man Alone3:01

    References

    Prelude (The Moody Blues album) Wikipedia
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