THE MOODY BLUES A QUESTION OF BALANCE SEALED 1970 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD LP
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Label: Threshold Records
Product Code: THS 3
Format: Virgin Vinyl LP - Original Factory SealedThe Moody Blues' first real attempt at a harder rock sound still has some psychedelic elements, but they're achieved with an overall leaner studio sound. The group was trying to take stock of itself at this time, and came up with some surprisingly strong, lean numbers (Michael Pinder's Mellotron is surprisingly restrained until the final number, "The Balance"), which also embraced politics for the first time ("Question" seemed to display the dislocation that a lot of younger listeners were feeling during Vietnam). The surprisingly jagged opening track, "Question," recorded several months earlier, became a popular concert number as well as a number two (or number one, depending upon whose chart one looks at) single. Graeme Edge's "Don't You Feel Small" and Justin Hayward's "It's Up to You" both had a great beat, but the real highlight here is John Lodge's "Tortoise and the Hare," a fast-paced number that the band used to rip through in concert with some searing guitar solos by Hayward. Ray Thomas' "And the Tide Rushes In" (written in the wake of a fight with his wife) is one of the prettiest psychedelic songs ever written, a sweetly languid piece with some gorgeous shimmering instrumental effects. The 1997 remastered edition brings out the guitar sound with amazing force and clarity, and the notes tell a lot about the turmoil the band was starting to feel after three years of whirlwind success. The only loss is the absence of the lyrics included in earlier editions.
Question
How Is It (We Are Here)
And The Tide Rushes In
Don't You Feel Small
Tortoise And The Hare
It's Up To You
Minstrel's Song
Dawning Is The Day
Melancholy Man
The Balance
RECORD CONDITION:
THE ALBUM IS STILL ORIGINAL FACTORY SEALED.
GATEFOLD COVER IS STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP W/ SOME CORNER WEAR AND SMALL TEAR IN THE WRAP
NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
No split seams
No creases
No ring wear
No cut-out (drill) holes.
No cut-out corners
No saw-marks or indents
No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)
No yellowing from aging
No writing
No stickers
No mold or mildew spots
No water damage
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