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The Moody Blues

THE MAGNIFICENT MOODIES

LIST OF SONGS

  1. I'LL GO CRAZY
  2. SOMETHING YOU GOT**
  3. GO NOW
  4. CAN'T NOBODY LOVE YOU
  5. I DON'T MIND**
  6. I'VE GOT A DREAM
  7. LET ME GO
  8. STOP**
  9. THANK YOU BABY**
10. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO
11. TRUE STORY
12. BYE BYE BIRD
13. PEOPLE GOTTA GO**
14. STEAL YOUR HEART AWAY**
15. LOSE YOUR MONEY [BUT DON'T LOSE YOUR MIND]**
16. IT'S EASY CHILD
17. I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITHOUT YOU
18. TIME IS ON MY SIDE**
19. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART [I LOVE YOU]
20. AND MY BABY'S GONE
21. EVERYDAY**
22. YOU DON'T [ALL THE TIME]**
23. THIS IS MY HOUSE [BUT NOBODY CALLS]**
24. LIFE'S NOT LIFE**
25. HE CAN WIN**
26. BOULEVARD DE LA MADELEINE**

** Bonus Tracks

I'll Go Crazy
James Brown

Oh you know, feel all right [Oh yeah] You know, feel all right, children [Oh yeah] You know, I feel all right [Oh yeah] Oh yeah, you're hanging me up, baby Baby! If you leave me, I'll go crazy If you leave me, baby, should I go crazy? 'Cause I love ya I love ya Oh, I love you too much If you hurt me, I'll go crazy If you're ever going to hurt me, babe, I'll go crazy 'Cause I love ya I love ya Oh, I love you too much You've got to live For yourself Yourself and nobody else You've got to live For yourself Yourself and nobody else Oh baby, I'll go crazy If you ever leave me, baby, I'll go crazy 'Cause I love ya I love ya Oh, I love you too much You've got to live For yourself Yourself and nobody else You've got to live For yourself Yourself and nobody else Talk about me, (take me) by the hand If you hurt me baby, you know that I'll go crazy 'Cause I love ya I love ya Oh, I love you much more than I can say

This single was released in Holland in 1965, backed with "Let Me Go"

Something You Got
Chris Kenner

Something you got, baby Makes me work all day Something you got, baby Makes me bring you all my pay Something you got, yeah Ah, you ought to know Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I said, my, my, whoa, oh I love you so Something you got, baby Keep me home every night Something you got, baby Oh, makes everythin' all right Something you got I think you ought to know Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I said, my, my, whoa, oh I love you so Something you got (let me tell you) I think you ought to know I said, my, my, whoa, oh I love you so Something you got, baby Makes me work all day Something you got, baby Makes me bring you all my pay Something you got, yeah Say you ought to know now (I love you baby) Yeah, yeah, yeah I said, my, my, whoa, oh My, my, oh, oh I love you so

Go Now
Larry Banks and Milton Bennett

We've already said... "Goodbye" Since you gotta go Oh, you had better go now Go now, go now, go now Before you see me cry I want you to tell me Just what you intend to do now 'Cause how many times Do I have to tell you, darlin', darlin' I'm still in love with you now We've already said... "So long" I don't want to see you go Oh, you had better go now Go now, go now, go now Don't you even try Telling me that you really don't want me to end this way 'Cause darlin, darlin' Can't you see I want you to stay? Since you gotta go Oh you had better go now Go now, go now, go now Before you see me cry I want you to tell me Just what you intend to do now 'Cause how many times Do I have to tell you, darlin', darlin' I'm still in love, still in love with you now I don't want to see you go But darlin' You better go now

This single was the breakout hit for the Moody Blues and made them a top-40 name. Swedish picture sleeve shown.

Can't Nobody Love You
Phillip Mitchell

Can't nobody love you, baby Like I'm loving you right now Cause they don't know how to love you Like I do And can't nobody talk to you, baby Like I'm talking to you right now They just don't know how to talk to you Like I said I do I'm gonna love you in the morning I'm gonna love you through the night And I'm won't stop loving you baby Cause this way everything's alright Can't nobody love you Like I'm loving you right now They just don't know how to love you Like I do Can't nobody kiss you, baby Like I'm kissing you right now Just don't know how to kiss you Like I said I do And can't nobody... Oh, can't nobody love you Can't nobody squeeze you Can't nobody kiss you like I do Just don't know how to love you Like I said I do Now some guys make eyes at you But they don't do it all the time, I know I'd never do it baby But you know, you know what's on my mind Can't nobody love you Like I'm loving you right now 'Cause they don't know how to love you Like I do [speak to me] I'm gonna love you in the morning, baby And I'm gonna love you through the night I'm won't stop, I won't loving you, baby Oh, till everything's all right Can't nobody love you, baby Like I'm loving you right now 'Cause they don't know how to love you Know how to love you, like I do 'Cause they don't know how They don't know how to love you Like I said I do Oh, yeah

I Don't Mind
James Brown

I don't mind your love I don't mind the one you're thinking of 'Cause I know Baby, I know You're gonna miss me I don't mind He loved you so I don't mind It can't all go 'Cause I know Baby, I know You're gonna miss me He didn't listen To what you gotta say I don't mind This is all of my song I don't mind Good bye, so long 'Cause I know Mmmm, I know You're gonna miss me Baby, how can you ever let me go? You know, you know that I love you so What you did, baby, what you did baby So few have done

I've Got A Dream
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich

I've gotta dream Every night I said to my self Yeah, I gotta share it Share it with somebody else We can make a beautiful team Oh baby, it's a beautiful dream But what am I gonna do with it, baby? So what am I gonna do with it, baby? What am I gonna do with it, baby? Well, if I can't share with you? I got some love And baby it's the kind that will do Yeah, I've gotta kiss I gave to somebody like you The moon is shining up above But I've got a heart full of love What am I gonna do with it, baby? So what am I gonna do with it, baby? What am I gonna do with it, baby? Well, if I can't give it to you? I can't throw it in the river I can't toss it in the sea I can't put it in a paper bag So baby come and get from me I've gotta dream And every night I said to myself Yeah, I gotta share it Share it with somebody else We can make a beautiful team Well, baby it's a beautiful dream Well, if I can't share it with you? So what am I gonna do with it, baby? Well, if I can't share it with you? Well, if I can't share it Well, if I can't share it Well, if I can't share it with you?

Let Me Go
Mike Pinder and Denny Laine

When I telephone you Don't make out that you're not home It wouldn't hurt at all To answer the call When I hold you near When I call you, dear You never seem To want to know me at all Oh, baby Let me go If I stay around Then you're gonna see my heart break I can't stand all this heartache 'Cause I love you so I find it hard to go For I can see a change in your ways 'Cause when I'm telling you How much I think of you You always look away in a gaze Oh, baby Let me go If I stay around Then you're gonna see my heart break I can't stand all this heartache Have you lost every little bit of love You had for me, baby? Are you gonna let me go? Go on and go on this way When I telephone you Don't make out you're not at home It wouldn't hurt at all To answer the call When I hold you near When I call you, dear You never seem To want to know me at all Oh, baby Let me go If I stay around Then you're gonna see my heart break I can't stand all this heartache You're gonna let me go, baby Oh, gonna let me go, baby Oh yea

Stop
Denny Laine and Mike Pinder

So you talked to my girl when I don't want you to Want you to Just the thought of you holding her when I don't want you to Want you to Oh you know Stop! You're trying to break it up between us Don't want a broken heart between us Oh please forget about it Make your mind up What you want to do about us So you talk better than me and you know you're going know your going If you want to get her from me and you know you know it know you know it oh you know I'm telling you It won't do Stop! You're trying to break it up between us Stop! Don't want a broken heart between us Oh please forget about it Make your mind up What you want to do about us Stop! You're trying to break it up between us Stop! Don't want a broken heart between us Stop! You're trying to break it up between us Stop! Don't want a broken heart between us Oh please forget about it Make your mind up What you want to do about us

Picture Sleeve for this single shows the original members of the Moody Blues: Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas, Graeme Edge, Denny Laine and Clint Warwick

Thank You Baby
Denny Laine and Mike Pinder

Thank you, baby You stood by me When times were blue Thank you, baby Now I'll make it up to you Gonna make time Stand still You know I will Gonna make time Stand still And every day I'm gonna say And every day I'm gonna say Thank you baby You gave me love And pulled me through Thank you, baby All the time I needed you Gonna make time Stand still In my place Gonna make time Stand still In my place Gonna make time Stand still And every day I'm gonna say And every day I'm gonna say And every day I'm gonna say Thank you, baby And you know That not too long ago I saw my troubles grow Grow and grow With you by my side Little baby Make them run and hide And never again to show Wo, wo, wo, to show Thank you, baby

It Ain't Necessarily So
George and Ira Gershwin
From "Porgy and Bess"
Based on the 1925 novel "Porgy" by Du Bose Heywood

Ain't necessarily so Ain't necessarily so Makes you liable To read in a Bible Ain't necessarily so Little David, he was small all right Yet David now he was small, all right Taste good Like a lion Lay down and he dying He was small, all right Little Moses he was found in a stream Yeah Moses, now he was found in the stream When that Pharaoh's sweet daughter She came by and and sat by in the water Fished him, she said, from a stream Jonah now he lived in a whale Yeah, Jonah he lived in a whale Yet he made his own way And fishes had no way Jonah he lived in a whale I said ain't necessarily so Ain't necessarily so The things you're liable To read in the Bible Ain't necessarily so Ain't necessarily so No it ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so

True Story
Denny Laine and Mike Pinder

Now listen to me people I want to tell you something Every single day I go on my way And I won't worry about my baby I worry about my girl 'Cause she's a pretty one Yeah, yeah, yeah Found me another one Love for her is gone And I don't worry about my baby I worry about my girl Tell me true, oh yeah If she had to do the things she done She might have used more tact! I can't be responsible For all the love she lacked This is a true story That's pretty, too Well, I'm telling you 'Cause every single day When I go on my way I don't worry about my baby I worry about my girl, yeah ? Well, I tell you baby Yeah, yeah

Bye Bye Burd*
"Sonny Boy" Williamson and Willie Dixon

I say bye bye bird I Say bye bye bird I Say bye bye baby I Say bye bye Bye bye baby Bye bye I say bye bye birdy I say bye bye birdy Bye bye baby Bye bye birdy If you ever want to say goodbye to your girl? Well, I'll give you one or two little tips Say bye bye baby Then you say bye bye bird Then you say get your suitcase, honey I don't want to see ya or hear a word Say bye bye Say bye bye Bye bye baby Bye bye birdy Now if you ever want to say goodbye to your girl I'll give you one or two little tips Say bye bye birdy Then you say bye bye baby Bye bye girl, mmmmm, not another word Bye Say bye Say bye bye Say bye bye Bye bye baby Miss me now Bye bye birdy Bye bye baby Bye bye baby Bye bye *NOTE: Spelled "burd" on album track list; "bird" on single

Picture Sleeve for this single shows the original members of the Moody Blues: Ray Thomas, Clint Warwick, Graeme Edge, Mike Pinder and Denny Laine. Picture sleeve is from Belgium.

People Gotta Go
Denny Laine and Mike Pinder

Oh those people gotta, got to go Got to go Send the people away, friend I'm just up for the day, friend I've come up from town to see All the things I dread to see In that letter I got the other day They gotta go Send the people away, friend I've got something to say, friend I want to know why you said it I've come up to try and mend it All those people have got to go away Got to go Whatcha lookin like that for? Ah piz up to know, I fear (feel) (1:02-1:07) I'm not walking through that door Turn back love most let it thin (1:11-1:15) Send the people away, friend I'm just up for today, friend I've come up from town to see All the things I dread to see In that letter I got the other day They gotta go Whatcha lookin like that for? I biz up to know, I feel (fear) (1:46-1:50) I'm not walking through that door Till lot love most lay within (1:54-1:59) Oh! Those people gotta, got to go.. Got to go All right! Hey hey

Steal Your Heart Away
Bobby Parker

Hey, hey, hey you know that Feels so fine I want to love you all the time I'm gonna steal your heart away Steal your heart away I'm gonna steal your heart away No more will it stray Steal your heart away What should I care about About your other man? I just want to love you As much as I can I'm gonna steal your heart away Steal your heart away I'm gonna steal your heart babe No more will it stray Steal your heart away My mama told me Before I was five years old She said "Your gonna be a star someday Son, you got heart & soul" Steal your heart away Steal your heart away I'm gonna steal your heart baby No more will it stray Steal your heart away

Lose Your Money Don't Lose Your Mind
Denny Laine and Mike Pinder

Everybody's talking To that gal of mine 'Cause she really likes it She's so fine Lose your money don't lose your mind Lose your woman, but don't go with mine I heard you lost your woman 'Cause you did her wrong Gambled all your money Day and Night Lose your money don't lose your mind Lose your woman, but don't go with mine I don't have to lose my woman yeah 'Cause she was not here Once again Lose your money don't lose your mind Lose your woman, but don't go with mine

It's Easy Child
Sendler, Milton Bennett and Gene Redd

It's easy, child Fallin' in love with you [Falling in love with you] It's easy, child Fallin' in love with you [Falling in love with you] It's easy, easy easy child It's easy Falling in love with you Now it didn't take much To falling in love with you The minute I felt your touch I knew what I got to do It's easy, easy, It's easy child It's easy Falling in love with you It's easy, child Fallin' in love with you [Falling in love with you] It's easy, child Fallin' in love with you [Falling in love with you] Whoa, it's easy, it's easy It's easy child It's easy Falling in love with you Now it didn't take much To falling in love with you The minute I felt your touch I knew what I got to do Whoa, it's easy, it's easy It's easy child It's easy Falling in love with you

I Don't Want To Go On Without You
Bert Burns and Jerry Wexler

I don't want to Go on without you It's so bad to be alone Whoa, baby come home I need you, yes I do now I will be so blue I couldn't see your face your face oh...it's in this place Here in the gloom Of my lonely room I hold her handkerchief And smell her sweet perfume I can't stand it Leave home without you O my Darlin' hear my plea Come on back to me Here in the gloom In my lonely room I hold her handkerchief And smell her sweet perfume I can't stand it Leave home without you Oh my darlin, hear my plea Come on back to me I can't stand it I can't stand it Leave home without you Don't you go now Don't you go now Don't you go now I will be so blue I don't want to go on without you

Time Is On My Side
Jerry Ragovoy**

Time is on my side. (Yes, it is!) Time is on my side. (Yes, it is!) Now, you were saying that you want to be free, But you'll come running back, you'll come running back, You'll come running back to me. Time is on my side. (Yes, it is!) Time is on my side. (Yes, it is!) You're searching for good times but just wait and see, You'll come running back, you'll come running back, You'll come running back to me. Go ahead, go ahead and light up the town, Baby, do everything your heart desires Remember, I'll always be around And I know, like I told you so many times before You're gonna come back, baby You're gonna come back knockin' right on my door! Time is on my side. (Yes, it is!) Time is on myside. (Yes, it is!) 'Cause I got the real love the kind that you need, You'll come running back, you'll come running back, You'll come running back to me. Time, time, time is on my side. (Yes, it is!) Time, time, time is on my side. (Yes, it is!) **Jerry Ragovoy is also known as Norman Meade **Composer is listed as "Campbell,Richard McLeese" in CDDB

From The Bottom Of My Heart
Mike Pinder and Denny Laine

I can't be with you anymore In love with you You gotta realise, baby There ain't nowhere I can find love anymore That I can criticize From the bottom of my heart I really love you Yes, I do now It didn't take too long To be sure From the bottom of my heart I really do Things you do I admire And I'm in love with you You gotta realise, baby Everyday our love grows Higher and higher I find no fault in you I can criticize From the bottom of my heart I really love you Yes, I do now It didn't take too long to be sure From the bottom of my heart I really do Now don't you ever go away Without you I just don't know Where to start I'm asking you to stay And, baby, you know I've said it From the bottom of my heart It's so good That I know And I'm in love with you All you gotta realise baby As day by day Our love will grow I find no fault in you I can criticize From the bottom of my heart I really love you Yes, I do now It didn't take too long To be sure From the bottom of my heart I really do Oh, I really do love you I really do love you, babe

And My Baby's Gone
Mike Pinder and Denny Laine

Without a love anymore I'm like a rich man growing poor All my treasures are stone Yeah, all my treasures are stone And my baby, my baby, my baby My baby is gone Without your heart anymore I'm like a room without doors When I walk in, I fall When I walk in, I fall And my baby, my baby, my baby My baby is gone

Everyday
Denny Laine and Mike Pinder

Every day Someone finds a love, they say And I know it will be OK Yeah Love will come As it does to everyone Though I know it won't be too easy Yeah Some people get love Then they throw it away Thow it away Is what they do Every day When love comes We'll have fun Let's run, run Run, run, run Every day Someone finds a love, they say And I know it will be OK Yeah 'Cause when love comes Love comes and goes within a day So when it comes to me I'm gonna make it stay

You Don't (All The Time)
Denny Laine and Mike Pinder

You don't and I can't make you love me You won't even get to thinking of me All the time, I try to do things which my [?] care All the time, no matter what I do I can't get anywhere All the time, I love you What about you? You don't And it's about time I got to face You won't Put yourself in my place All the time, I see you smile but never one for me All the time, no matter what I do I just can't make you see All the time, I love you What about you? All the time Sorrow.... I'm troubled in my mind Who will you love tomorrow? Yesterday has been so kind You don't And it's about time I got to face You won't Put yourself in my place All the time, I try to do things which my [?] care All the time, no matter what I do I can't get anywhere All the time, I love you What about you? You don't You don't You don't...

This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)
Mike Pinder and Denny Laine

This is my house, but nobody calls When I'm there When I'm there Even a mouse would be welcome To sit in my chair He can sit in anyplace he wants Be welcomed as a friend If I can't have human love At least I can pretend Yeah! This is my house but nobody calls When I'm home When I'm home It is a house that is destined To be all alone All alone People from the village pass by They don't take a glance They don't want to talk to me Across the garden fence No! Nobody calls me to see what I'm like Nobody sees me in the lime light I'm right and I'm waiting For a knock on the door One night I won't be surprised When somebody calls

Life's Not Life
Denny Laine and Mike Pinder

Every ray of light Now reminds me of the day How come you went away So suddenly It's kinda like you planned To run and hide from me Now life's not life no more Time to think it over You were just a lover You're much more than that now And now I fell In such a state of feeling down And life's not life no more Life's not life No, life's not life no more I've slipped up for sure I slipped up But not enough to fall Life's not life no more I've slipped up for sure I slipped over Now I'm felling sore Life's not life no more.

Dutch Picture Sleeve. This single was released in January 1967, backed with "He Can Win".

He Can Win
Denny Laine and Mike Pinder

Never put him down if he's not right Every man has time to see the light If he's cool about it He could win There's no doubt about it He'll be in He can win He's trying hard to be so nice Everybody goofs it once or twice But I'll make a bet that he can win Everything you get, yeah, he'll be in He can win I tell ya What he's gonna do 'Cause I know, 'Cause it's me He's out to win respect from you So you show him that you please He knows where it's at but give him time He never lets his manners rule his mind Every morning [?] he can win He'll be in the lead and he'll be in He can win Give him all he needs and he can win He'll be in the lead and he'll be in He can win I tell ya What he's gonna do 'Cause I know 'Cause it's me! He's out to get respect from you So you show him that you please Never put him down if he's not right Every man has time to see the light If he's cool about it He could win in There's no doubt about it He'll be in He can win

Boulevard de la Madeleine
Mike Pinder and Denny Laine

She said she'd come, she didn't I'm the one in love, she isn't There's no girl standing there And there's no one who cares And the trees are so bare On the Boulevard de la Madeleine It's a sad day in Paris With no girl by my side Got to feeling so badly Like a part of me died It would have been So good to see her I never thought She wouldn't be there There's no girl standing there And there's no one who cares And the trees are so bare On the Boulevard de la Madeleine Oh, I wish I knew her better It's not easy to forget her There's no girl standing there And there's no one who cares And the trees are so bare On the Boulevard de la Madeleine It's a sad day in Paris With no girl by my side Got to feeling so badly Like a part of me died It would have been So good to see her I never thought She wouldn't be there There's no girl standing there And there's no one who cares And the trees are so bare On the Boulevard de la Madeleine

Dutch picture sleeve. This single was originally released in 1966, this one is backed with "This is my House".

Album Information:

Album originally released in July 23, 1965 by Deram Records

This album was released in the UK as "The Magnificent Moodies" and in the US as "Go Now - The Moody Blues #1". They were essentially the same album on vinyl with the exception of "I Go Crazy" - the US and UK versions are different. As Compac Disks became popular and were able to hold more music, this album was reissued in 1988, 1992 and 2006 with more and more Bonus Tracks. The latest release has all the known recorded songs by the early Moody Blues.
CD Released in 1988 by Decca Records with bonus tracks
CD Re-released in 1992 by Decca Records with more bonus tracks
CD Re-released in May 29, 2006 with "People Gotta Go" as an additional bonus track
Producers: Various producers
Cover Design by Shoot That Tiger!

Singles (UK release dates unless otherwise noted):
Sep 4, 1964 Steal Your Heart Away / Lose Your Money
Nov 13, 1964 Go Now / It's Easy Child
Feb 26, 1965 I Don't Want To Go On Without You / Time is on My Side
Apr 1965 I'll Go Crazy / Let Me Go (Italian release)
May 28, 1965 From The Bottom Of My Heart / And My Baby's Gone
Oct 22, 1965 Everyday / You Don't (All The Time)
Apr 2, 1966 Stop! / Bye Bye Bird (US & Canada)
Oct 7, 1966 Boulevard de la Madeleine / This is My House
Jan 13, 1967 Life's Not Life / He Can Win

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