Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord [Delux Ed. 2CD] (1968)

Year: 26 July 1968 (CD ????)
Label: Deram Records (Russia. Unofficial Release), 983 214-7
Style: Symphonic Rock
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 42:16, 56:24
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 252, 288 Mb

In Search of the Lost Chord is a concept album around a broad theme of quest and discovery, including world exploration ("Dr. Livingstone, I Presume"), music and philosophy through the ages ("House of Four Doors"), lost love ("The Actor"), spiritual development ("Voices in the Sky"), knowledge in a changing world ("Ride My See-Saw"), higher consciousness ("Legend of a Mind"), imagination ("The Best Way to Travel"), and space exploration ("Departure"). Space exploration would go on to become the theme of the group's 1969 album To Our Children's Children's Children, inspired by and dedicated to the Apollo 11 mission. The mysterious "lost chord" of the title is revealed to be the mantra "Om" (in the last stanza of Graeme Edge's poem "The Word"). According to keyboardist Mike Pinder, the title was inspired by Jimmy Durante's humorous song "I'm the Guy that Found the Lost Chord", itself a reference to "The Lost Chord" by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Lost_Chord)

01. Departure (00:45)
02. Ride My See-Saw (03:39)
03. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume (02:58)
04. House Of Four Doors (Part 1) (04:13)
05. Legend Of A Mind (06:36)
06. House Of Four Doors (Part 2) (01:47)
07. Voices In The Sky (03:28)
08. The Best Way To Travel (03:14)
09. Visions Of Paradise (04:15)
10. The Actor (04:39)
11. The Word (00:48)
12. Om (05:50)

01. Departure (Alternate Mix) (00:56)
02. The Best Way To Travel (Additional Vocal Mix) (04:04)
03. Legend Of A Mind (Alternate Mix) (06:45)
04. Visions Of Paradise (Instrumental Version) (04:31)
05. What Am I Doing Here? (Original Version) (03:56)
06. The Word (Mellotron Mix) (01:03)
07. Om (Extended Version) (06:09)
08. A Simple Game (Justin Hayward Vocal Mix) (03:27)
09. King And Queen (1968 Studio Recording) (03:55)
10. Doctor Livingstone I Presume (BBC 'Top Gear' Radio Show) (02:59)
11. Voices In The Sky (BBC 'Top Gear' Radio Show) (03:54)
12. Thinking Is The Best Way To Travel (BBC 'Top Gear' Radio Show) (03:39)
13. Ride My See Saw (BBC 'Top Gear' Radio Show) (03:50)
14. Tuesday Afternoon (BBC 'The Afternoon Pop Show') (03:26)
15. A Simple Game (BBC 'The Afternoon Pop Show') (03:44)

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