The Moody Blues : The Magnificent Moodies (Expanded Edition)

WE'VE ALREADY SAID

"GOODBYE"

 The Magnificent Moodies

 is the

 1965 

debut album

by British

 Rock Band 

 The Moody Blues

 released on 

Decca Records.

Background

The Magnificent Moodies

 is the only album 

by the original

 line-up of

 Denny Laine

 (guitar/vocals), 

Clint Warwick

 (bass/vocals),

 Mike Pinder

 (keyboards/vocals), 

Ray Thomas

 (flute/harmonica/percussion/vocals)

 and 

Graeme Edge

 (drums). 

Lead vocals 

were shared by 

Laine, 

Pinder 

and 

Thomas. 

The album is a

 mix of

 rhythm and blues 

covers,

 including

 "Go Now" 

which had been a

 Number 1

 hit single for 

the band earlier

 that year,

 and original songs

 by 

Laine and Pinder 

which show 

more of a 

Merseybeat influence. 

Also included is 

a cover

 of the

 George and

 Ira Gershwin

 standard

 "It Ain't Necessarily So".

The album was produced

 by

 Denny Cordell,

 with the 

exception of 

"Go Now" 

which was produced by

 Alex Wharton.

In-between

 "Go Now" 

and 

The Magnificent Moodies 

the band had 

released two more singles,

 "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" 

and

 "From the Bottom of My Heart", 

neither of which

 were included on the album.

 For the American 

and Canadian release 

on London Records, 

with the title 

Go Now: 

The Moody Blues #1, 

four songs were 

replaced with those two

 preceding singles 

and two 

B-sides, 

with a 

different running order 

of the tracks. 

One of the tracks

 that was replaced, 

"Stop", 

was released as a

 single in America

 and Canada

 later that year.

 The American 

and Canadian album 

also titled three 

of the songs incorrectly

 "I'll Go Crazy"

 became

 "I Go Crazy", 

"I've Got a Dream" 

became

 "I Had a Dream" 

and

 "Bye Bye Bird" 

became

 "Bye Bye Burd"

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