The Moody Blues
IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD - BONUS DISK
SACD ALBUM INFORMATION | ALBUM ART
Departure
Graeme Edge
Alternate Mix
Be it sight, sound, smell or touch There's something inside that we need so much The sight of a touch Or the scent of a sound Or the strength of an oak With roots deep in the ground The wonder of flowers to be covered And then to burst up Through tarmac To the sun again Or to fly to the sun Without burning a wing To lie in a meadow And hear the grass sing To have all these things In our memories hoard And to use them To help us To find... ...........
The Best Way To Travel
Mike Pinder
Additional Vocal Mix
And you can fly High as a kite if you want to Faster than light if you want to Speeding through the universe Thinking is the best way to travel It's all a dream Light passing by on the screen And there's you and I on a beam Speeding through the universe Thinking is the best way to travel We ride the waves Distance is gone, will we find out? How life began, will we find out? Speeding through the universe Thinking is the best way to travel And you can fly High as a kite if you want to Faster than light if you want to Speeding through the universe Thinking is the best way to travel
Legend Of A Mind
Ray Thomas
Alternate Mix
Timothy Leary's dead No, no, no He's outside looking in Timothy Leary's dead No, no, no He's outside looking in He'll fly his astral plane Takes you trips around the bay Brings you back the same day Timothy Leary Timothy Leary Timothy Leary's dead No, no, no He's outside looking in Timothy Leary's dead No, no, no He's outside looking in He'll fly his astral plane Takes you trips around the bay Brings you back the same day Timothy Leary Timothy Leary Along the coast you'll hear them boast About a light they say that shines so clear So raise your glass, we'll drink a toast To the little man Who sells you thrills along the pier He'll take you up, he'll bring you down He'll plant your feet back firmly on the ground He flies so high, he swoops so low He knows exactly which way he's gonna go Timothy Leary Timothy Leary He'll take you up, he'll bring you down He'll plant your feet back on the ground He'll fly so high, he'll swoop so low Timothy Leary He'll fly his astral plane He'll take you trips around the bay He'll bring you back the same day Timothy Leary Timothy Leary
Visions Of Paradise
Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas
Instrumental Version
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What Am I Doing Here
Justin Hayward
Original Version
Pale the young squire who goes to fight To die at his master's side Living is just a dream inside You ask me why he cried: What am I doin' here? What am I doin' here? Beautiful princess, fair and pale Stares out across the sea Alone in her castle dark and grey Her love she'll never see What am I doin' here? What am I doin' here? Tenderly bury the fair young dead Place a wooden cross at his head All the words you can say have been said It's for you my tears are shed What can be done, you won't believe Listen and you may see Everyone's dream is deep within Find it and you'll be free What am I doin' here? What am I doin' here? Tenderly bury the fair young dead Place a wooden cross at his head All the words you can say have been said It's for you my tears are shed Tenderly bury the fair young dead Place a wooden cross at his head All the words you can say have been said It's for you my tears are shed
The Word
Graeme Edge
Mellotron Mix
This garden universe vibrates complete Some, we get a sound so sweet Vibrations reach on up to become light And then through gamma, out of sight Between the eyes and ears there lie The sounds of colour and the light of a sigh And to hear the sun, what a thing to believe But it's all around if we could but perceive To know ultraviolet, infrared and X-rays Beauty to find in so many ways Two notes of the chord, that's our poor scope But to reach the chord is our life's hope And to name the chord is important to some So they give it a word, and the word is...
OM
Mike Pinder
Extended Version
OM The rain is on the roof Hurry high, butterfly As clouds roll past my head I know why the skies all cry OM OM Heaven OM The Earth turns slowly round Far away the distant sound Is with us everyday Can you hear what it says? OM OM Heaven OM The rain is on the roof Hurry high, butterfly As clouds roll past my head I know why the skies all cry OM OM Heaven OM
A Simple Game
Mike Pinder
Justin Hayward Vocal Mix
As time goes by you will see That we're going to be free You and me, we'll touch the sky Can you see in your mind's eye? That we are one We're all the same And life is just a simple game There, by your side, I will be When this crazy world is free Free from doubt When it finds out Exactly what we're meant to be That we are one We're all the same And life is just a simple game Thoughts of another day Flashing through my head Thinking how life could be All of the things that our great men have said Be what we want to be What we deserve to be What we are meant to be As time goes by, you will see That we're going to be free You and me, we'll touch the sky Can you see in your mind's eye? That we are one We're all the same And life is just a simple game We're gonna be free Oohhh, gonna be free Gonna be free Free, gonna be free, gonna be free, Oohhh
King And Queen
Justin Hayward
1968 Studio Recording
It's like awaking from a dream All I remember is a lullaby I couldn't tell you where I've been A thousand images just flutter by Takin' my time in a white limousine If I was the King, she'd be my Queen And my thoughts are growing louder And my mind has lost its way And the flames are getting higher everyday My mind is back behind my eyes And there before me sits a butterfly And as I watch, she gently cries Can there be anyone who'll pity her? How many faces have all of you been? If I was the King She'd be my Queen And my thoughts are getting louder And my mind has lost its way And the flames are getting higher everyday My mind is back behind my eyes And there before me sits a butterfly And as I watch, she gently cries Can there be anyone who'll pity her? How many faces have all of you been? If I was the King, she'd be my Queen And my thoughts are getting louder And my mind has lost its way And the flames are getting higher ev'ry day And the flames are getting higher ev'ry day And the flames are getting higher ev'ry day
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
Ray Thomas
BBC Sessions: "Top Gear"
Doctor Livingstone, I presume Stepping out of the jungle gloom Into the midday sun What did you find there? Did you stand awhile and stare? Did you meet anyone?I've seen butterflies galore I've seen people big and small I've still not found what I'm looking forWe're all looking for someone We're all looking for someone We're all looking for someone Captain Scott, you were so bold Now you're looking rather cold Out there in the snow What did you find there? Did you stand awhile and stare? Did you meet anyone?I've seen polar bears and seals I've seen giant Antarctic eels I've still not found what I'm looking forWe're all looking for someone We're all looking for someone We're all looking for someone Columbus, where are you bound? So you think the world is round Sail off in the blue What did you find there? Did you stand awhile and stare? Did you meet anyone?There are Indians by the score In many places that I saw I've still not found what I'm looking forWe're all looking for someone We're all looking for someone We're all looking for someone
Voices In The Sky
Justin Hayward
BBC Sessions: "Top Gear"
Bluebird, flying high Tell me what you sing If you could talk to me What news would you bring Of voices in the sky Nightingale, hovering high Harmonize the wind Darkness, your symphony I can hear you sing Of voices in the sky Just what is happening to me? I lie awake with the sound of the sea Calling to me Old man, passing by Tell me what you sing Though your voice be faint I am listening Voices in the sky Children with a skipping rope Tell me what you sing Play time is nearly gone The bell's about to ring Voices in the sky Just what is happening to me? I lie awake with the sound of the sea Calling to me Bluebird, flying high Tell me what you sing If you could talk to me What news would you bring Of voices in the sky Voices in the sky Voices in the sky Voices in the sky
Thinking Is The Best Way To Travel
Mike Pinder
BBC Sessions "Top Gear"
And you can fly High as a kite if you want to Faster than light if you want to Speeding through the universe Thinking is the best way to travel It's all a dream Light passing by on the screen And there's you and I on the beam Speeding through the universe Thinking is the best way to travel We ride the waves Distance is gone, will we find out? How life began, will we find out? Speeding through the universe Thinking is the best way to travel And you can fly High as a kite if you want to Faster than light if you want to Speeding through the universe Thinking is the best way to travel
Ride My See-Saw
John Lodge
BBC Sessions: "Top Gear"
Ride, ride my see-saw Take this place On this trip Just for me Ride, take a free ride Take my place Have my seat It's for free I worked like a slave for years Sweat so hard just to end my fears Not to end my life a poor man But by now, I know I should have run Run, run my last race Take my place Have this number Of mine Run, run like a fire Don't you run in In the lanes Run for time Left school with a first class pass Started work but as second class School taught one and one is two But right now, that answer just ain't true Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh My world is spinning around Everything is lost that I found People run, come ride with me Let's find another place that's free Ride, ride my see-saw Take this place On this trip Just for me Ride, take a free ride Take my place Have my seat It's for free Ride my see-saw Ride, ride, ride my see-saw Ride my see-saw
Tuesday Afternoon
Justin Hayward
BBC Sessions: "Afternoon Pop Show"
Tuesday afternoon I'm just beginning to see Now I'm on my way It doesn't matter to me Chasing the clouds away Something calls to me The trees are drawing me near I've got to find out why Those gentle voices I hear Explain it all with a sigh I'm looking at myself Reflections of my mind It's just the kind of day To leave myself behind So gently swaying Through the fairy-land of love If you'll just come with me And see the beauty of Tuesday afternoon Tuesday afternoon Tuesday, afternoon I'm just beginning to see Now I'm on my way It doesn't matter to me Chasing the clouds away Something calls to me The trees are drawing me near I've got to find out why Those gentle voices I hear Explain it all with a sigh
A Simple Game
Mike Pinder
1968 Studio Recording
As time goes by you will see That we're going to be free You and me, we'll touch the sky Can you see in your mind's eye? That we are one We're all the same And life is just a simple game There, by your side, I will be When this crazy world is free Free from doubt When it finds out Exactly what we're meant to be That we are one We're all the same And life is just a simple game Thoughts of another day Flashing through my head Thinking how life could be All of the things that our great men have said Be what we want to be What we deserve to be What we are meant to be As time goes by, you will see That we're going to be free You and me, we'll touch the sky Can you see in your mind's eye? That we are one We're all the same And life is just a simple game We're gonna be free Oohhh, gonna be free Gonna be free Free, gonna be free, gonna be free, Oohhh
Information and credits on SACD release:
SACD released: April 18, 2006
The 2006 Deluxe Edition researched, compiled and produced by Mark Powell
Album Stereo mix remastered from the original master tapes by Alberto Parodi and Justin Hayward at Logical Box studios, Genova, Italy, www.logicalbox.com
5.1 Surround Sound mix manipulated from the original Quadraphonic Masters by Paschal Byrne and Mark Powell at The Audio Archiving Company, London
Original 1972 Quadraphonic mixes produced by Tony Clarke and engineered by Derek Varnals
Bonus track remastering by Paschal Byrne at The Audio Archiving Company, London
Project co-ordinated for Universal Music by Joe Black
Original album cover painting by Philip Travers
Photos in booklet courtesy Pictoral Press
CD Package design by Phil Smee at Waldo's Design and Dream Emporium
Grateful thanks are extended to Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ivy Stewart at Threshold Management, Craig and Ben at The Audio Archiving Company, London, Jayne Byrne for master tape research and Jane Hitchin at Universal Tape Facility
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