Audio & Video Remastered by BrunoSamppa - Support me on KO-FI: ko-fi.com/brunosamppa CHAVE PIX: brunovideopix@gmail.com 1. Tuesday Afternoon 00:01 2. Nights in White Satin 04:54 3. Legend of a Mind (Part 3) 09:36 4. Bye Bye Bird 12:42 5. Fly Me High 17:33 6. I've Got a Dream 24:12 7. A Beautiful Dream 27:36 8. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 31:49 9. Peak Hour 35:18 10. Nights in White Satin (Reprise) 41:38
I grew up on the Moodies back in the 70s, my mom played them all of the time. She passed away from lung cancer back in 1993 and we took her to see the Moody Blues just 3 months before she died. Hope you find peace.
I'm sitting on my patio with stage 4lung cancer 63 years old and listening to this concert has given me the most comfort I have ever felt. Thank you moodys❤
The power of music at work. Thank you for sharing your experience. This was a truly unique band. Best wishes to you at this difficult time. Peace to you. 🩵🕊
I must say LSD and the Moody Blues together had a profound affect on my tormented life as a hippie in '71. I'm 73 now and must say nothing much has changed. Absolutely no group will ever excede the magnitude of the Moody Blues. Music for eternity and the evolving consequence of time.
How could you feel sorry for Ray? Watch this video and think what A life he had to be in such a talented band playing music in an audience group of great looking young ladies. My dream life.
We catch Justin Hayward each time he comes to Boston, annually. He's 77 and still is gorgeous, and his voice hasn't changed a bit. He is one class act; voice like honey. Humble, modest, funny, dedicated. We love this man!
When people tell me get out of the 60’s, I just have to watch this video and think what groups can put me in a more beautiful musical place than these inspired artists. Thank you again.
And the other thing to say to them is that the only place music of the last 25yrs has put me is in the gutter. Nothing but auto tune crap. Mid sixties through mid eighties.
Must not be listening to the world they're living in. Like in, symphonic metal for the last thirty years or so: theGathering, early Tristania, Nightwish, Epica, Stream of Passion, Sins of Thy Beloved, Theatre of Tragedy, etc., etc., etc. But like it's said: each to their own. Besides, from the 60s there was also The Grateful Dead, Country Joe & the Fish, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver, Deep Purple, Cream/Blind Faith, Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds/Led Zepplin, The Animals, etc., etc., etc. I've also met people that said they didn't like music at all; oh well. That's civil liberties for ya.
What are they listening to....Rock, Hard Rock, Rap. I find that I love music from the 60s like Hendrix, Clapton, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and of course the Beatles. And there is not a band out there who can top Nights and White Satin. Justin's voice is poetic with hints of so much sadness that it carries over to the listener and pulls them in.
@@Phil-pq4ks There is tons of great music in *every* decade. The difference now is that you have to look for the music you like. You can't sit at home listening to the AM radio expecting to find the music you want to buy like we did back then.
Love them too. My favorite band of all time is Pink Floyd, but Moody Blues is a close second. Brilliantly artistic group of musicians that created timeless music. ❤️
A contemporary, British band that played the Mighty Mellotron (that The Beach Boys used in 1966, for instance on the intricate 'God Only Knows' and 'Good Vibrations'): Barclay James Harvest, a band that in 1968 changed label from British EMI sublabel Parlophone to their new sublabel Harvest (possibly named after BJH) for the new, more complex rock music that was on the rise almost all over the world (things happened already the year after The Summer of Love (sex and drugs...) in 1967 in Italy, Spain, West Germany, the Nordic Countries, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico and of course the US). The Moody Blues - obviously - had their roots in the British blues wave that started with Alexis Korner (of Greek Cypriotic descent) and his Blues Inc.(with Charlie Watts on drums) in 1961*, but when it didn't take off after 3-4 LPs 1962-64, he changed to jazz/rock and big band jazz (CCS with Danish singer Peter Thorup). But then came John Mayall and his Blues Breakers/Bluesbreakers in 1964... *) Before their 1962 debut, kids like Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and John Mayall (sic!) had been involved onstage during open hours at a London blues club, and they had all tried out for some kind of band. Ginger Baker had played the drums, Jack Bruce the bass and Graham Bond on Hammond organ was the first rock musician who played the mellotron in 1960. If you don't know these names, these guys founded bands of their own like the blues/rhythm' n' blues bands John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and The Graham Bond Organisation, The Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin and then some. BJH had another background, playing folk rock and debuted with one single in 1968, and several LPs (I had 4...) with their early singles - also as Bombadill (pre-Barclay James Harvest) were released in the 80s. They also used the mellotron early on, and the sound changed to a more orchestral rock. After another change of labels to Polydor, they dropped the orchestra and turned to symphonic rock, sometimes with heavy guitar and really rocking, sometimes playing sweet ballads that sometimes built up to a crescendo, sometimes not. Their 1970, selftitled debut album was a mix of folk and orchestral rock, a sound that grew mightier until 1978 when synths dominated a more mellow sound. Like so many others in 1978-79, they became more commercial in an era when punk and disco ruled the world. They never had a hit like 'Nights in White Satin (or Procol Harum's 'A Whiter Shade of Pale') in 1967, and didn't get close until ten years later with 'Hymn' (that really sounds like a psalm) from 'Gone to Earth' in Oct. '77, but had a strong UK following - and soon a much bigger audience in West and East Germany. On the album, they paid hommage to The Moodies with 'Poor Man's Moody Blues', and in 1980 they played an outdoor show for a quarter of a million people in East Berlin. So try out the enhanced CD version of 'Gone to Earth' below, and if you like it then check the rest out at Discogs (and their YT Channel), where you can see everything they released, and look for the best ones 1974-78 before the others. And then there's the equally British Argent, with Rod Argent from The Zombies ('She's Not There', 1966)...yada, yada, yada. /J, Sweden th-cam.com/video/AMLvJBNbWYs/w-d-xo.html ('Gone to Earth' LP 1977, CD 2003) th-cam.com/channels/xsvLR-jbqittQWltYUVgNg.html (Barclay James Harvest - TH-cam Channel) www.discogs.com/artist/260370-Barclay-James-Harvest (Discogs - Barclay James Harvest Start Page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclay_James_Harvest (Barclay James Harvest - Wikipedia)
Yeah, I’m one of those pretty good looking grandmas - not French but you definitely realize the French have style and like music and dancing. Fun time and this is a great authentic concert!
The original Melotron .... we can't appreciate, with our synth's and whatnot today, what an impact that device had on their music in the '60's. It's really beautiful to hear it live back in the day. Thanks for posting !
The way those things worked was so insane - the fact you could make it through a concert without the tape getting tangled is an engineering feat. Synths can do the same thing of course with much less hassle and risk, but synths can also give you disco.
I'm 64 years old and have seen a lot of live shows. This has to be one of the best in any genre. I'm especially impressed with how classy the French audience behaved.
@@kathyrizzi8754 I agree!! And people have the artists they deserve sometimes and these lasts are not so creative than before : technique and sound dominate
Listening to the compositions of music and lyric, I have to agree. That sort of writing of music comes from a source well beyond our human comprehension.
I took my wife to see the 50th anniversary tour of "The Days of Future Passed" and Justin Hayward's voice is still incredible. And his guitar playing has greatly improved.
What is happening that this kind of wonderful music seemed to be so common 55 years ago, but today it’s hard to find much that can compare. There was so much musical creativity back then and the music would’ve been good no matter what decade it was. What a wonderful time it was. I miss that world so much. We simply had no way of knowing how lucky we were back then. We certainly know now. 😏
Moody Blues music stood out even then, but I know what you mean. Heading into the '70s, The Moody's got better while many bands ran out of ideas, passed away, or broke up.
It was truly an incredible period that will never be equalled. I really do feel that it has all been done by so many of the band's of the 60s & 70s. From bands like the Moody's, Beatles, Kinks, The Who, Stones and Small Faces etc and that's just Britain. America too had its greats. So much creativity, depth and variety.
Great music still is being made, it's just not making it through the mainstream mill. Which is good and bad. Listen to Amyl and the Sniffers and Jockstrap.
@@rockinbiff the Moody’s did break up for 4 yrs. in the 70’s. They got back together in 1978, but Mike Pinder, he got married in California & stayed there with 2nd wife & children. They were always traveling & not home much with their families.
Nice to see the Moodies, at their best with a raw, unpolished performances, it’s wonderful, no overdubs, just them as great musicians. Good remastered film quality as well.
Real musicians and real quality musicianship! I expect nothing less from the Moodies! Every song they were feeling it. Wish the recordings were a little better mixed for vocals and some of the instruments better but it is still surprisingly good. Very natural acoustic feel. Not nearly as good as being in the room unfortunately. Better then a lot for that time for sure. Yes great quality picture. Great performance! I am super stoked and grateful and glad to see it however we can!!!🤩
@@barrykrajeski5598they put the singing musicians in front. You can blame the photographers for not showing Pinders face enough. Most bands show the frontmen the most. The reason they show Pinders fingers a lot is because he created the Mellotron into his keys.
@@kathyrizzi8754 Not showing Pinders face enough? What do you mean they never showed him. He is one of the Moody Blues. To me one of the best and they don’t even show him. I would have fired that damn photographer. I love this show but this really buggs me
Certainly the best from that era. Best camera work. Best musicianship; they had recently done the studio recordings and could remember the timings. The lost concert in France 1970 was a real disappointment. In a later era, Live At Red Rocks was made spectacular with the full orchestra faithfully reproducing the arrangement of Peter Knight.
Best live performance caught on tape was obviously the 1970 Isle of Wight concert in front of 600,00 people. Coincidentally they were at their peak then as Justin later said.
Wow-- Could have fooled me-- I saw the Moody Blues live at least a dozen times over the years at different venues, and they seemed to peak at every one of them!!!!! I never got to meet them to relate to them how much their music meant to me, and to tell them that I'm still searching for the lost chord!!!!!!!
Going to the Lodge concert in June was one of the best decisions I ever made musically. Thanks so much John! I think I'll just buy tickets to Justin as well!
It is amazing the way Mike Pinder is able to play the Mellotron live as it was known to be a tempremental instrument during live concerts. RIP Mike, Graham and El Riot. Brummie legends.
What a transition from a blues rock band in '64 to one of the first prog/rock bands by '67. Truly one of the most prolific and daring bands of all time. Knights in White Satin is among the finest rock songs ever produced.
For at least 30 years, I thought that word was "knights", imagining guys with swords dressed in white satin on horses and all that goes with it. When I finally saw the track title written, it was a bit disappointing and lot less exciting 😄
Days Of Future Passed was this group's real first album. They reeled off several more, all classic. Later, they went totally commercial. Most groups fall victim to that temptation. But they produced several classics, enough to be great and deserving of R&R Hall of Fame induction at least a decade before it happened. Ray Thomas should have been there.
It was solely due to LSD, pure and high dose, which they sang about extensively, including this song. It'll be a LONG time before this happens again, if ever. Days Of Future Passed....
Crikey I was 10 when this was filmed - but in the 70s I fully embraced the band and have all their albums. They like so many Brit bands in that era they blossomed with a unique style for all tastes... never to be forgotten.
HD quality video and sound. The drums sound so crisp, vocals so clear. Must have used high quality mics. This is astounding; 55 years old as of this writing. The French audience really digging the music. I actually clapped after a song! Oh yeah Mike Pinder actually playing the Mellotron! Holy hell! Thanks for posting this!
God I regret clicking on this. What an incredible band. Talent and an incredible innovative and pure ahead of its time music. To have seen them live must have been a blessing.
Please don't regret finding this gem on u-tube. There's a lot of fans who never got to see the Moodies live. Just be happy you found it at all. The Moodies would have wanted that
What a great band. Tremendous footage. Did those French kids even realize what a rare historic event they were witnessing? Like having the young Moodies playing in your living room, right at the top of their game. Magical times. Never seen this before. Thanks.
Although not typical of this era, the Moodies really understood how to work as a group, no lengthy solo departures, great song structures that always returned to home base. This is great quality for a 50 year old video, nice quiet audio too. Thank you
There's clearly a lot of reverb added to the recording. They're performing in a small room yet it sounds just like one of their huge echoy studio recordings.
I play piano and was a Moody's fan from the 60's forward. I played their songs in college in the common areas, late night with a girl who played flute, all looking out through the windows to the cold snows of Vermont as fellow students laid on big fluffy pillows in drug dreamland. The best of our generations psychedelia... Legends in all our minds! B
YEAHBOYS YOUR SONGS ARE LEGENDARYSOME OF YOU MIGHT BEDEAD BY NOW REST IN PEACE YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON IT IS NICE TO LISTEN TO YOU I AM ILL AND ALL ALONE BY MYSELF AND LISTENING TO YOU COMFORTS ME THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
It’s so great they were recorded live and in their youth in France for posterity so future generations can hear how great they really were and are. Their music has stood the test of time and will live on forever. I’m so pleased because I didn’t even know this live recording existed! This is what a real and great band sounds like! It’s a celebration of music! Thanks for sharing and posting this great show! 👏🏻😊
@@dynjarren8355 If you type in Justin Hayward, you’ll get his home page with a lot of videos thru the years & Justin singing recently at 77 yrs. Old…just in case you didn’t know about this…enjoy!👍🥰
Man! I am LOVING this Live version of "Night's in White Satin" without all the Overblown Orchestral fluff! Justin's beautiful, clean telecaster work is really revealing the chord-structure, and one Mellotron is just Enough! FANTASTIC! What a lovely band...even the drums are Perfect for the arrangements!
This is so early on, amazing. Alot of blues and jamming. All of these beautiful French people dancing and digging it is really great. Music, peace, joy, love for fellow human beings on this brief journey we're on. The Moody Blues created a very healing spiritual vibe. So cool.
I was 17 when Days of Future Passed came out and I remember getting emotional when I first heard the album. Fifty years later, this is still the case, but now with images of the seventies and the sweet girl I've lost.
@@barrykrajeski5598 I was madly in love with her, I behaved like an idiot and after three years lost her to someone else. She died of cancer at the age of 36, and the music at her funeral came from the albums Days of Future passed, Coming back to me by Surrealistic Pillow- Jefferson Airplane and Horizontal by the Beegees. It was ̈ our ̈ music.
Thanks for posting. It's a great fun Concert and reading the comments I have to agree this was a great era in Popular Music Forms. I was a Music teacher from 1978-2014 and the day they put 60's Pop Music into the Exam structure was a great day for me. The Students throughout my time always enjoyed studying the era when almost every record that came out was brilliant. I've tried to analyse what went wrong with Popular Music and for me it comes down to people making records these days who don't understand the basic principles of music such as form and structure and the use of chord progressions.Nearly every band in the 60's had an understanding of the basic elements and enough to expand them into new progressions of chordal structures and harmonic sequences. When I tune in to the radio nowadays I often find songs lack those qualities and often meander along as if they've been made up by Music illiterates in 30 seconds. I doubt many of the current songs will be played regularly in the future, although I don't want to generalise, I do find it hard to pick out modern songs that will last the test of time. Technology may have contributed to this decline as loopers and rhythm machines have taken away a lot of creativity along with shorts that through evolution are taking away peoples ability to listen to anything beyond 30 seconds and to channel hop on TV if they are not addicted to games machines. Well that's the end of my Grumpy Old Man rant but I'm sure a lot of people watching this video will agree with me.
I was stationed in the UK from 69 to 72. One of the last concerts I got to see was Moody's at the Festival Hall in late 1971. We had driven from Norwich UK to London on a lark. We didn't have tickets to the concert but were hoping to get a couple of scalped tickets. We immediately went to the ticket booth hoping there were tickets before paying for high priced Scalped ones. As luck would have it there were two cancellations, 2nd Row, middle seats. The rest is history. This Moody's concert was one of many that I was lucky to see, indoors and out.
My fave band in the 70's as a little girl.😂 And to see them live like this is incredible. "Nights N White Satin" my all time favorite song. This is brilliant re-mastering! Thank you 4 this gift! And 2 see Parisians jamming like this is a hoot!
@@richardvanry9000 He didn't start using the Chamberlain until the time of "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor"; prior to that he was touring with the Mellotron.
@@kevhead1525 Mike Pinder had the advantage of having been the person who demonstrated the Mellotron in a music store. He knew the instrument inside-out and all about the internal mechanics etc. This was useful "in the field" with this temperamental instrument which could be affected by environmental conditions. At the time, not many musicians had his knowledge.
Es war wirklich eine unglaubliche Zeit, die ihresgleichen sucht. Ich habe wirklich das Gefühl, dass das alles von so vielen Bands der 60er und 70er Jahre geschafft wurde.
I clicked on this expecting another TV “performance” where they are miming to the studio recordings BUT this is a real live performance!!! Great footage of the Magnificent Moodies right in the middle of their transition period! Thank you for uploading this treasure!
This is Pre-"In Search of the Lost Chort" their 2nd album or so it seems. Many of these songs are Pre-Lodge/Hayword era blues songs. So very early Moody's having just started to work out their new, mellotron dominated sound - all of the great sounds of the next 6 albums were still in front of them. Really valuable and intimate look of the Moody's just getting under way.
❤ happy birthday Justin Haywood of The Moody blues great music and great sounds it was nineteen sixty-seven and nineteen sixty-eight The Moody blues made rock and roll what it was I was all set in stone and perfect historical legendary and classic it was a psychedelic time the 1960s❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😅😅😅
Considering they were in their early or mid-twenties, this is some really brilliant music writing and performance. Same goes to most contemporary rock and blues groups of that time. Creating music that stands the test of time.
My sister asked me once how they carried an orchestra around . I explained what a mellotron was . Mike was the greatist mellotronist ever . He was also a great pianist , Hammond organ player and he dabbled with moogs . ( Malancholy Man). Sadly , he and Ray and Graeme are no longer with us . Those pretty French girls in this film would old ladies now . As Jagger said " time waits for no one " .
I was 09 years old in1968. I saw The Moody Blues in concert @ MSG, I think it was in1980.. "1968, it's 56 years ago." Man, I can count my lucky stars that I'm Okay, just being in the here and now watching this wonderful posting. 🎸
Setlist: Tuesday Afternoon 00:01, Nights in White Satin 04:54, Legend of a Mind (Part 3) 09:36, Bye Bye Bird 12:42, Fly Me High 17:33, I've Got a Dream 24:12, A Beautiful Dream 27:36, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 31:49, Peak Hour 35:18, Nights in White Satin (Reprised) 41:38
Dang ! This is absolutely priceless. Classy Brits playing their brand of psych-rock in front of a Parisian crowd, in the year of turmoil (Mai 1968). Thanks Bruno.
Ultimate, Raw, & the audience and everything, long before they got to the theatrcal light shows of the '70 &'80s . Hit makers for 21 years +..…... !!!!!
Underrated live band. Some great memories of late night drives home from my summer job at an amusement park as a teenager. The Moodies kept me awake and as alert as I could be for the long drive home. Boombox with a cassette my brother made me of their best classics.
Damn! They were really *in the zone.* The rhythm section was the secret weapon of the Moody Blues. The energetic live performance of "Fly Me High" was a real treat.
" Nights in White Satin" est le premier morceau que j'ai décrypter à la guitare tellement que les accords sont basiques, mais dans l'ensemble très agréable à écouter
Thank you so much for preserving and posting this wonderful performance by one of the iconic 60s groups. It captures a snapshot in time of my teen years. The sound mix is awesome and the Moodies were in top form.
Great to see just how much graeme really did bash his kit around to get those amazing sounds. Graeme had immense timing. John lodge is one incredibly skilled bass player.
Graeme Edge wow RIP my dude your performance was awesome. Nights in White Satin was lovely. Really great sound. The Mellotron was low in the mix but still there. Very nice.
What a find! I've never seen such a Moody Blues concert, as a dance band! The band members were enjoying themselves, and the audience was very appreciative. As one commenter noted, this was a period of transition. Bye Bye Burd (as it was spelled on the Go Now album) was a star turn for Ray. The only new song, i.e., after Days of Future Passed, was part of Legend of a Mind. Peak Hour, dance version, really had the crowd on its feet, although the tempo changes were hard for the dancers. Graeme was wild; he looked like Keith Moon. All in all, a very enjoyable and high-quality production. Thank you!
The Moody Blues transition period I guess with Days of F Future Passed was while I was at University. Nights in White Satin came at a really traumatic time for me when I was with a girl that finished with me and then came back to me and drove me almost crazy. But I had the opportunity a year later to see them live at Nottingham Technical School. It was an amazing performance. Just as good as this. So now in my mid-70s, this just brings back so many wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing it.
I saw them at Eagles Auditorium in Seattle in 1968, but they were up on a stage and we were seated on a concrete floor about four feet below. They were moody and bluesy. I liked the concert, but it was not like that intimate performance in France with the dancing crowd within arms length. I wish I was there in France. Great performance. Thank you for posting this video.
Awesome! Thanks so much for posting this. Man, 1968...They had released 'Days of Future Past' a year prior, and gave us just a little taste of 'Legend of a Mind' which was to be somewhat of the centerpiece for their next album, 'In Search of The Lost Chord'. The blues and R&B jams were refreshing to witness. I realize that this was just a precursor to the threshold of what The Moodies would produce in the next few months, etc. But you know what? I really love the sound of Pinder's Mellotron through those classic Marshall amps! Not to mention the beautiful "birds" in the audience! Wow... Jesus...their cover of The Animals 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' was remarkable!
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1. Tuesday Afternoon 00:01
2. Nights in White Satin 04:54
3. Legend of a Mind (Part 3) 09:36
4. Bye Bye Bird 12:42
5. Fly Me High 17:33
6. I've Got a Dream 24:12
7. A Beautiful Dream 27:36
8. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 31:49
9. Peak Hour 35:18
10. Nights in White Satin (Reprise) 41:38
I grew up on the Moodies back in the 70s, my mom played them all of the time. She passed away from lung cancer back in 1993 and we took her to see the Moody Blues just 3 months before she died. Hope you find peace.
Good job, Bruno! You did excellent work with this great video!
Guess what this was when you had to have actual talent and you couldn't get a record contract just for making words ryme
What year was this filmed? Anyone?
@@debbie4503 : Big Dumbie Dollie ! C'est noté dans le titre du documentaire. D'ye know how tae read properly, yewh Cunny Funt ?
I'm sitting on my patio with stage 4lung cancer
63 years old and listening to this concert has given me the most comfort I have ever felt.
Thank you moodys❤
Good luck. Music like this is a great comfort. 👍
Good luck 👍 from me, too.
Prayers for you.
Long live to you, Godbless, shure. Merry Christmas, Jesus is wirh you.
The power of music at work. Thank you for sharing your experience. This was a truly unique band. Best wishes to you at this difficult time. Peace to you. 🩵🕊
I must say LSD and the Moody Blues together had a profound affect on my tormented life as a hippie in '71.
I'm 73 now and must say nothing much has changed. Absolutely no group will ever excede the magnitude of the Moody Blues.
Music for eternity and the evolving consequence of time.
In a col within the Great Dunes National Monument with nothing but a tab of Orange Sunshine and the Moodies in my head space Spring Break 1970
Did you see the Grateful Dead at all back then?
Moodies are awesome, but eclipsed by Pink Floyd
First time I ever did Orange Sunshine was the first time I heard In Search of the Lost Chord. I'll never forget that moment.
No Pink Floyd is muzak !!! @@TheBluesduke
The Moody Blues should’ve been in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame much earlier than they were, poor Ray Thomas had already died.😪
Yes.
Sadly, there's only Justin Hayward and John Lodge left now. I know we all have to go, but it's hard seeing all my heroes slip away.
How could you feel sorry for Ray? Watch this video and think what A life he had to be in such a talented band playing music in an audience group of great looking young ladies. My dream life.
@@seaturtledog his life was cut short by prostate cancer, that’s mostly why I say…poor Ray! 💜☮️
We catch Justin Hayward each time he comes to Boston, annually. He's 77 and still is gorgeous, and his voice hasn't changed a bit. He is one class act; voice like honey. Humble, modest, funny, dedicated. We love this man!
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Hoping to see him in November. Thanks for the recommendation!
Lucky people you.
@lizcenterfield1963 hope you did!
Before he got his red Gibson
i played with the Moody’s as a
session musician,,,,, bassist on tour
magical time we all come from Birmingham, UK EdinJ
I am impressed about this comment. They are the greatest Moodie's forever
When?
When people tell me get out of the 60’s, I just have to watch this video and think what groups can put me in a more beautiful musical place than these inspired artists. Thank you again.
And the other thing to say to them is that the only place music of the last 25yrs has put me is in the gutter. Nothing but auto tune crap. Mid sixties through mid eighties.
Must not be listening to the world they're living in. Like in, symphonic metal for the last thirty years or so: theGathering, early Tristania, Nightwish, Epica, Stream of Passion, Sins of Thy Beloved, Theatre of Tragedy, etc., etc., etc. But like it's said: each to their own. Besides, from the 60s there was also The Grateful Dead, Country Joe & the Fish, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver, Deep Purple, Cream/Blind Faith, Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds/Led Zepplin, The Animals, etc., etc., etc. I've also met people that said they didn't like music at all; oh well. That's civil liberties for ya.
What are they listening to....Rock, Hard Rock, Rap. I find that I love music from the 60s like Hendrix, Clapton, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and of course the Beatles. And there is not a band out there who can top Nights and White Satin. Justin's voice is poetic with hints of so much sadness that it carries over to the listener and pulls them in.
Agreed. I’d go so far as to say this is music for eternity - transcends all time……
@@Phil-pq4ks There is tons of great music in *every* decade. The difference now is that you have to look for the music you like. You can't sit at home listening to the AM radio expecting to find the music you want to buy like we did back then.
RIP Ray Thomas and Graeme Edge. My favorite band of all time. Classy, innovative, memorable. There is nothing like this!
Me too.
@@pacreaugerard3291 Je ne savais pas, le les aime pour touojurs
One of the best of their time for sure...
Love them too. My favorite band of all time is Pink Floyd, but Moody Blues is a close second. Brilliantly artistic group of musicians that created timeless music. ❤️
A contemporary, British band that played the Mighty Mellotron (that The Beach Boys used in 1966, for instance on the intricate 'God Only Knows' and 'Good Vibrations'): Barclay James Harvest, a band that in 1968 changed label from British EMI sublabel Parlophone to their new sublabel Harvest (possibly named after BJH) for the new, more complex rock music that was on the rise almost all over the world (things happened already the year after The Summer of Love (sex and drugs...) in 1967 in Italy, Spain, West Germany, the Nordic Countries, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico and of course the US).
The Moody Blues - obviously - had their roots in the British blues wave that started with Alexis Korner (of Greek Cypriotic descent) and his Blues Inc.(with Charlie Watts on drums) in 1961*, but when it didn't take off after 3-4 LPs 1962-64, he changed to jazz/rock and big band jazz (CCS with Danish singer Peter Thorup). But then came John Mayall and his Blues Breakers/Bluesbreakers in 1964...
*) Before their 1962 debut, kids like Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and John Mayall (sic!) had been involved onstage during open hours at a London blues club, and they had all tried out for some kind of band. Ginger Baker had played the drums, Jack Bruce the bass and Graham Bond on Hammond organ was the first rock musician who played the mellotron in 1960. If you don't know these names, these guys founded bands of their own like the blues/rhythm' n' blues bands John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and The Graham Bond Organisation, The Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin and then some.
BJH had another background, playing folk rock and debuted with one single in 1968, and several LPs (I had 4...) with their early singles - also as Bombadill (pre-Barclay James Harvest) were released in the 80s. They also used the mellotron early on, and the sound changed to a more orchestral rock. After another change of labels to Polydor, they dropped the orchestra and turned to symphonic rock, sometimes with heavy guitar and really rocking, sometimes playing sweet ballads that sometimes built up to a crescendo, sometimes not. Their 1970, selftitled debut album was a mix of folk and orchestral rock, a sound that grew mightier until 1978 when synths dominated a more mellow sound. Like so many others in 1978-79, they became more commercial in an era when punk and disco ruled the world.
They never had a hit like 'Nights in White Satin (or Procol Harum's 'A Whiter Shade of Pale') in 1967, and didn't get close until ten years later with 'Hymn' (that really sounds like a psalm) from 'Gone to Earth' in Oct. '77, but had a strong UK following - and soon a much bigger audience in West and East Germany. On the album, they paid hommage to The Moodies with 'Poor Man's Moody Blues', and in 1980 they played an outdoor show for a quarter of a million people in East Berlin. So try out the enhanced CD version of 'Gone to Earth' below, and if you like it then check the rest out at Discogs (and their YT Channel), where you can see everything they released, and look for the best ones 1974-78 before the others.
And then there's the equally British Argent, with Rod Argent from The Zombies ('She's Not There', 1966)...yada, yada, yada.
/J, Sweden
th-cam.com/video/AMLvJBNbWYs/w-d-xo.html ('Gone to Earth' LP 1977, CD 2003)
th-cam.com/channels/xsvLR-jbqittQWltYUVgNg.html (Barclay James Harvest - TH-cam Channel)
www.discogs.com/artist/260370-Barclay-James-Harvest (Discogs - Barclay James Harvest Start Page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclay_James_Harvest (Barclay James Harvest - Wikipedia)
Someone’s grandmas are looking pretty good here!
Pre GMO food made by bio wepons companies.
Yeah, I’m one of those pretty good looking grandmas - not French but you definitely realize the French have style and like music and dancing. Fun time and this is a great authentic concert!
The original Melotron .... we can't appreciate, with our synth's and whatnot today, what an impact that device had on their music in the '60's. It's really beautiful to hear it live back in the day. Thanks for posting !
The way those things worked was so insane - the fact you could make it through a concert without the tape getting tangled is an engineering feat.
Synths can do the same thing of course with much less hassle and risk, but synths can also give you disco.
and don’t forget, it took 4 roadies to lift one, they were HEAVY
Once again the European broadcasters made great copies of these programs so we have them to watch today.
I'm 64 years old and have seen a lot of live shows. This has to be one of the best in any genre. I'm especially impressed with how classy the French audience behaved.
We French have always had class...😉
@@ColinBarrett001Except in the olympic games opening ceremony this year.
look at audiences wherever it was at that time quite the same classy attitude from Monterey, to Bonn and so on
@@dominiquepaul6877 yes, it was our generation everywhere, we were very well behaved…not today, OMG!
@@kathyrizzi8754 I agree!! And people have the artists they deserve sometimes and these lasts are not so creative than before : technique and sound dominate
It's December 2023 and my hairs on both arms stand straight up listening to The Moody Blues...Fantastic band!
Probably the best group in the world. Love the moody blues.
Listening to the compositions of music and lyric, I have to agree. That sort of writing of music comes from a source well beyond our human comprehension.
Justin Haywards vocals are always SPOT ON, one of the great singer-songwriter of the 20th century.
They still are! Heard him recently and his voice is just as good as it was. Standing ovation!
I took my wife to see the 50th anniversary tour of "The Days of Future Passed" and Justin Hayward's voice is still incredible. And his guitar playing has greatly improved.
@@josephhartwick2944your wife is lucky. I hope I can see him before he’s done touring.👍
What is happening that this kind of wonderful music seemed to be so common 55 years ago, but today it’s hard to find much that can compare. There was so much musical creativity back then and the music would’ve been good no matter what decade it was. What a wonderful time it was. I miss that world so much. We simply had no way of knowing how lucky we were back then. We certainly know now. 😏
Moody Blues music stood out even then, but I know what you mean. Heading into the '70s, The Moody's got better while many bands ran out of ideas, passed away, or broke up.
It was truly an incredible period that will never be equalled. I really do feel that it has all been done by so many of the band's of the 60s & 70s. From bands like the Moody's, Beatles, Kinks, The Who, Stones and Small Faces etc and that's just Britain. America too had its greats. So much creativity, depth and variety.
Great comment I feel the same ❤
Great music still is being made, it's just not making it through the mainstream mill. Which is good and bad. Listen to Amyl and the Sniffers and Jockstrap.
@@rockinbiff the Moody’s did break up for 4 yrs. in the 70’s. They got back together in 1978, but Mike Pinder, he got married in California & stayed there with 2nd wife & children. They were always traveling & not home much with their families.
Nice to see the Moodies, at their best with a raw, unpolished performances, it’s wonderful, no overdubs, just them as great musicians. Good remastered film quality as well.
Ya but they never showed Mike Pinder through the whole friken thing just his hands and the back of his head a couple of times
Sounds VERY polished to my ears.Class act.
Real musicians and real quality musicianship!
I expect nothing less from the Moodies!
Every song they were feeling it.
Wish the recordings were a little better mixed for vocals and some of the instruments better but it is still surprisingly good.
Very natural acoustic feel.
Not nearly as good as being in the room unfortunately.
Better then a lot for that time for sure.
Yes great quality picture.
Great performance!
I am super stoked and grateful and glad to see it however we can!!!🤩
@@barrykrajeski5598they put the singing musicians in front. You can blame the photographers for not showing Pinders face enough. Most bands show the frontmen the most. The reason they show Pinders fingers a lot is because he created the Mellotron into his keys.
@@kathyrizzi8754 Not showing Pinders face enough? What do you mean they never showed him. He is one of the Moody Blues. To me one of the best and they don’t even show him. I would have fired that damn photographer. I love this show but this really buggs me
Hard to believe Justin is 22 years old here!! What a beautiful man!!
John Lodge’s bass playing is absolutely fantastic .Effortless. And to be able to sing great at the same time, amazing. One of the best bassists ever.
Never knew he was the falsetto part of alot of the harmonies. Really great.
Absolutely!
profoundly inventive bass player….
Might be the coolest early footage of them I’ve ever seen. Real deal live footage! This band is top 10 all-time for me.
Ditto! Just discovered it myself!
No wonder the MB were popular in France with a recording like this. They were so good at such a young age. Just thei instruments and their voices❤
This may be the best concert they ever did on tape!
Certainly the best from that era. Best camera work. Best musicianship; they had recently done the studio recordings and could remember the timings. The lost concert in France 1970 was a real disappointment. In a later era, Live At Red Rocks was made spectacular with the full orchestra faithfully reproducing the arrangement of Peter Knight.
@@brianvogt8125 it was'nt a disappointment to me watch them and it for the first time. see what you mean now tho compared to this.
Best live performance caught on tape was obviously the 1970 Isle of Wight concert in front of 600,00 people. Coincidentally they were at their peak then as Justin later said.
Wow-- Could have fooled me-- I saw the Moody Blues live at least a dozen times over the years at different venues, and they seemed to peak at every one of them!!!!! I never got to meet them to relate to them how much their music meant to me, and to tell them that I'm still searching for the lost chord!!!!!!!
I would have say Red Rock might of been better, but no doubt this good.
I'm watching this on Mike Pinder's 80th birthday 12/27/21.
RIP Ray and Graeme .
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And Mike as well. And Denny. No originals are left. Only John and Justin remain.
As tight live as any band ever was, one of the greatest of all time.👍
This is a Real Gem for Moody fans. Thank you
I’m 60 years old… Even as a kid, I loved this band! The magical, beautiful, mystical, incomparable Moody Blues! They still give me chills!!❤️
This is super groovy!! They sound awesome here. No lip syncing or overdubs. Just the real Moody Blues sound. Truly super groovy!!
Going to the Lodge concert in June was one of the best decisions I ever made musically. Thanks so much John! I think I'll just buy tickets to Justin as well!
It is amazing the way Mike Pinder is able to play the Mellotron live as it was known to be a tempremental instrument during live concerts. RIP Mike, Graham and El Riot. Brummie legends.
El Riot? Was that Ray Thomas' nickname?
Wow 😳 what a gem!! thank you for uploading this!!
What a transition from a blues rock band in '64 to one of the first prog/rock bands by '67. Truly one of the most prolific and daring bands of all time. Knights in White Satin is among the finest rock songs ever produced.
For at least 30 years, I thought that word was "knights", imagining guys with swords dressed in white satin on horses and all that goes with it. When I finally saw the track title written, it was a bit disappointing and lot less exciting 😄
I love The Moodys! Always have. Ever since Go Now!! They put on a Great show.❤❤❤😊😅😂
Days Of Future Passed was this group's real first album. They reeled off several more, all classic. Later, they went totally commercial. Most groups fall victim to that temptation. But they produced several classics, enough to be great and deserving of R&R Hall of Fame induction at least a decade before it happened. Ray Thomas should have been there.
It was solely due to LSD, pure and high dose, which they sang about extensively, including this song. It'll be a LONG time before this happens again, if ever. Days Of Future Passed....
@@pnut91redI'd go with the duel meaning if I were you, almost everyone did.
Crikey I was 10 when this was filmed - but in the 70s I fully embraced the band and have all their albums. They like so many Brit bands in that era they blossomed with a unique style for all tastes... never to be forgotten.
Loving this. What a treat.
Anyone saying that Moodies are lame, should watch this concert !
HD quality video and sound. The drums sound so crisp, vocals so clear. Must have used high quality mics. This is astounding; 55 years old as of this writing. The French audience really digging the music. I actually clapped after a song! Oh yeah Mike Pinder actually playing the Mellotron! Holy hell! Thanks for posting this!
God I regret clicking on this. What an incredible band. Talent and an incredible innovative and pure ahead of its time music. To have seen them live must have been a blessing.
Please don't regret finding this gem on u-tube. There's a lot of fans who never got to see the Moodies live. Just be happy you found it at all. The Moodies would have wanted that
What a great band. Tremendous footage. Did those French kids even realize what a rare historic event they were witnessing? Like having the young Moodies playing in your living room, right at the top of their game. Magical times. Never seen this before. Thanks.
“If they’re into it, let’s play it again!!” Love that!!
Although not typical of this era, the Moodies really understood how to work as a group, no lengthy solo departures, great song structures that always returned to home base.
This is great quality for a 50 year old video, nice quiet audio too. Thank you
There's clearly a lot of reverb added to the recording. They're performing in a small room yet it sounds just like one of their huge echoy studio recordings.
Agreed.
Im 65 in 2024 its interesting watching a class act,seen them on pbs in the early 2,000s were great sounding still.
I play piano and was a Moody's fan from the 60's forward. I played their songs in college in the common areas, late night with a girl who played flute, all looking out through the windows to the cold snows of Vermont as fellow students laid on big fluffy pillows in drug dreamland. The best of our generations psychedelia... Legends in all our minds! B
YEAHBOYS YOUR SONGS ARE LEGENDARYSOME OF YOU MIGHT BEDEAD BY NOW REST IN PEACE YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON IT IS NICE TO LISTEN TO YOU I AM ILL AND ALL ALONE BY MYSELF AND LISTENING TO YOU COMFORTS ME THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
I hope you're better soon and that good friends come and find you.
It’s so great they were recorded live and in their youth in France for posterity so future generations can hear how great they really were and are. Their music has stood the test of time and will live on forever. I’m so pleased because I didn’t even know this live recording existed! This is what a real and great band sounds like! It’s a celebration of music!
Thanks for sharing and posting this great show! 👏🏻😊
@@dynjarren8355 If you type in Justin Hayward, you’ll get his home page with a lot of videos thru the years & Justin singing recently at 77 yrs. Old…just in case you didn’t know about this…enjoy!👍🥰
I only knew the Animals' version of "Misunderstood". This version was awesome. This was a real treat stumbling on this.
Man! I am LOVING this Live version of "Night's in White Satin" without all the Overblown Orchestral fluff! Justin's beautiful, clean telecaster work is really revealing the chord-structure, and one Mellotron is just Enough! FANTASTIC! What a lovely band...even the drums are Perfect for the arrangements!
the backing vocals are there but not turned up on the microphones, sadly
This is so early on, amazing. Alot of blues and jamming.
All of these beautiful French people dancing and digging it is really great.
Music, peace, joy, love for fellow human beings on this brief journey we're on.
The Moody Blues created a very healing spiritual vibe. So cool.
Stellar...Untimely...Sublime...just so Brilliant! TY
I was 17 when Days of Future Passed came out and I remember getting emotional when I first heard the album. Fifty years later, this is still the case, but now with images of the seventies and the sweet girl I've lost.
I’m sorry but did your sweet girl pass on or did she just divorce you?
@@barrykrajeski5598 I was madly in love with her, I behaved like an idiot and after three years lost her to someone else. She died of cancer at the age of 36, and the music at her funeral came from the albums Days of Future passed, Coming back to me by Surrealistic Pillow- Jefferson Airplane and Horizontal by the Beegees. It was ̈ our ̈ music.
Thanks for posting. It's a great fun Concert and reading the comments I have to agree this was a great era in Popular Music Forms. I was a Music teacher from 1978-2014 and the day they put 60's Pop Music into the Exam structure was a great day for me. The Students throughout my time always enjoyed studying the era when almost every record that came out was brilliant. I've tried to analyse what went wrong with Popular Music and for me it comes down to people making records these days who don't understand the basic principles of music such as form and structure and the use of chord progressions.Nearly every band in the 60's had an understanding of the basic elements and enough to expand them into new progressions of chordal structures and harmonic sequences. When I tune in to the radio nowadays I often find songs lack those qualities and often meander along as if they've been made up by Music illiterates in 30 seconds. I doubt many of the current songs will be played regularly in the future, although I don't want to generalise, I do find it hard to pick out modern songs that will last the test of time. Technology may have contributed to this decline as loopers and rhythm machines have taken away a lot of creativity along with shorts that through evolution are taking away peoples ability to listen to anything beyond 30 seconds and to channel hop on TV if they are not addicted to games machines.
Well that's the end of my Grumpy Old Man rant but I'm sure a lot of people watching this video will agree with me.
I was stationed in the UK from 69 to 72. One of the last concerts I got to see was Moody's at the Festival Hall in late 1971. We had driven from Norwich UK to London on a lark. We didn't have tickets to the concert but were hoping to get a couple of scalped tickets. We immediately went to the ticket booth hoping there were tickets before paying for high priced Scalped ones. As luck would have it there were two cancellations, 2nd Row, middle seats. The rest is history. This Moody's concert was one of many that I was lucky to see, indoors and out.
I saw them in Dallas Texas in 1971. 6 dollars first come first serve.always got great seats through the Marines special services.
Saw them live; Filmore East NYC 1970 - Double bill w/ Procol Harum! Mind blowing redux!
Qualité du son et de l'image étonnamment bonne. Et pas de playback comme c'était presque toujours le cas à la TV. Grand groupe! Merci!
as a teen ager these songs lodged in my soul. to see this performance in 2024 is awesome. best decade ever for music.
The Moody’s were as much a part of my youth growing up as any band out there and will always be one of my all-time favorites!
My fave band in the 70's as a little girl.😂 And to see them live like this is incredible. "Nights N White Satin" my all time favorite song.
This is brilliant re-mastering! Thank you 4 this gift!
And 2 see Parisians jamming like this is a hoot!
This is a precious time capsule.
You can hear their influences: Love, The Byrds, The Beatles, Pink Floyd,...
Pink Floyd?
@@Kaleiddmode Syd's Pink Floyd of course.
tuesday afternoon could be a love song so similar
Justin said Buddy Hollie influenced him the most!
Having Mellotron on stage at 1968 was so rare, the strings really sounded decent for the times.
Pinder got the most effective use out of it.
As Mellotrons didn't travel well, Mike played a Chamberlain.
@@richardvanry9000 He didn't start using the Chamberlain until the time of "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor"; prior to that he was touring with the Mellotron.
@@kevhead1525 Mike Pinder had the advantage of having been the person who demonstrated the Mellotron in a music store. He knew the instrument inside-out and all about the internal mechanics etc. This was useful "in the field" with this temperamental instrument which could be affected by environmental conditions. At the time, not many musicians had his knowledge.
@@SuperNevile beyond the mechanical knowledge, he just made the best orchestral sound.
There's nothing like early Moody Blues
Es war wirklich eine unglaubliche Zeit, die ihresgleichen sucht. Ich habe wirklich das Gefühl, dass das alles von so vielen Bands der 60er und 70er Jahre geschafft wurde.
Watching Graeme giving it what for on Peakhour, reinforces what a great drummer he was. RIP Graeme
He was also the author of most of the poetry on their albums (the recited poetry, that is, to take nothing from Justin's lyrics).
Can you imagine people in their mid 20’s being able to create these masterpieces?
No freakin way.
If you look closely you’ll see we are on top of our game when we are young. It doesn’t matter what we do our abilities diminish as we age.
Like Lennon and McCartney. Moody blues one of my favorites
I clicked on this expecting another TV “performance” where they are miming to the studio recordings BUT this is a real live performance!!!
Great footage of the Magnificent Moodies right in the middle of their transition period! Thank you for uploading this treasure!
This is Pre-"In Search of the Lost Chort" their 2nd album or so it seems. Many of these songs are Pre-Lodge/Hayword era blues songs. So very early Moody's having just started to work out their new, mellotron dominated sound - all of the great sounds of the next 6 albums were still in front of them. Really valuable and intimate look of the Moody's just getting under way.
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Great Band Great Music.Times Never to be Forgotten
❤ happy birthday Justin Haywood of The Moody blues great music and great sounds it was nineteen sixty-seven and nineteen sixty-eight The Moody blues made rock and roll what it was I was all set in stone and perfect historical legendary and classic it was a psychedelic time the 1960s❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😅😅😅
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Considering they were in their early or mid-twenties, this is some really brilliant music writing and performance. Same goes to most contemporary rock and blues groups of that time. Creating music that stands the test of time.
My sister asked me once how they carried an orchestra around .
I explained what a mellotron was . Mike was the greatist mellotronist
ever . He was also a great pianist , Hammond organ player and he dabbled
with moogs . ( Malancholy Man). Sadly , he and Ray and Graeme are no
longer with us .
Those pretty French girls in this film would old ladies now .
As Jagger said " time waits for no one " .
I was 09 years old in1968. I saw The Moody Blues in concert @ MSG, I think it was in1980.. "1968, it's 56 years ago." Man, I can count my lucky stars that I'm Okay, just being in the here and now watching this wonderful posting. 🎸
❤❤❤🤗🙌🤗なんて素敵なvideoでしょう💓💓wonderful❣️. Thanks million❣️🎉🎉🎉from Japan日本🇯🇵
RIP Graeme Edge. A fine musician.
Setlist: Tuesday Afternoon 00:01, Nights in White Satin 04:54, Legend of a Mind (Part 3) 09:36, Bye Bye Bird 12:42, Fly Me High 17:33, I've Got a Dream 24:12, A Beautiful Dream 27:36, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 31:49, Peak Hour 35:18, Nights in White Satin (Reprised) 41:38
A playlist helps thank you
Justin is such a good live singer, most of ppl at the time used to suck while singing live, even these days he sings very good
Totally agree!
Dang ! This is absolutely priceless. Classy Brits playing their brand of psych-rock in front of a Parisian crowd, in the year of turmoil (Mai 1968). Thanks Bruno.
Still brings tears of joy to my eyes. Seeing them/hearing them at the Tangelwood was BLISS.
Ultimate, Raw, & the audience and everything, long before they got to the theatrcal light shows of the '70 &'80s . Hit makers for 21 years +..…... !!!!!
AWESOME BAND FOR
AWESOME YEARS ✌️
Underrated live band. Some great memories of late night drives home from my summer job at an amusement park as a teenager. The Moodies kept me awake and as alert as I could be for the long drive home. Boombox with a cassette my brother made me of their best classics.
Damn! They were really *in the zone.* The rhythm section was the secret weapon of the Moody Blues. The energetic live performance of "Fly Me High" was a real treat.
Incredible sound!!
I’ve been waiting a long time for good quality filmed live performances by the early Moody blues! And the rare tracks - priceless!!
Thank you for posting this in its entirety! The quality of the video is amazing! I’ve been a fan of the Moody Blues forever!
Boy do their songs apply to my life. No other band takes me to where these guys do.
" Nights in White Satin" est le premier morceau que j'ai décrypter à la guitare tellement que les accords sont basiques, mais dans l'ensemble très agréable à écouter
Thank you so much for preserving and posting this wonderful performance by one of the iconic 60s groups. It captures a snapshot in time of my teen years. The sound mix is awesome and the Moodies were in top form.
Fantastic to discover this so many years later....Thank you....
How amazing to be there in 68!
This is cosmic! Love to see Mr. Pinder putting the mellotron through its paces. Plus, Mr. Edge is getting a lot of boom out of his kit.
This had to have been staged. Great camera work. But you never see one camera.
Great to see just how much graeme really did bash his kit around to get those amazing sounds. Graeme had immense timing.
John lodge is one incredibly skilled bass player.
No Mr. Pinder , No Moody Blues !
DIOS MIO , ESTO ES UNA JOYA HISTORICA !!! 🤩🥹 .... gracias por subirlo !!
Un saludo 👍🫂🇲🇽
Graeme Edge wow RIP my dude your performance was awesome. Nights in White Satin was lovely. Really great sound. The Mellotron was low in the mix but still there. Very nice.
The drummer is having a lot of fun!
Quality stuff then that we listened to instead of jumping about waving mobile phones.
What a find! I've never seen such a Moody Blues concert, as a dance band! The band members were enjoying themselves, and the audience was very appreciative. As one commenter noted, this was a period of transition. Bye Bye Burd (as it was spelled on the Go Now album) was a star turn for Ray. The only new song, i.e., after Days of Future Passed, was part of Legend of a Mind. Peak Hour, dance version, really had the crowd on its feet, although the tempo changes were hard for the dancers. Graeme was wild; he looked like Keith Moon. All in all, a very enjoyable and high-quality production. Thank you!
This is fantastic - thanks for sharing . Great singing by Justin
What a gem to discover. All these years have passed and it still stands out as a classic. Time has taken some of them from us but the music lives on.
Ain't that the truth bh5...
The Moody Blues transition period I guess with Days of F Future Passed was while I was at University. Nights in White Satin came at a really traumatic time for me when I was with a girl that finished with me and then came back to me and drove me almost crazy. But I had the opportunity a year later to see them live at Nottingham Technical School. It was an amazing performance. Just as good as this. So now in my mid-70s, this just brings back so many wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing it.
I saw them at Eagles Auditorium in Seattle in 1968, but they were up on a stage and we were seated on a concrete floor about four feet below. They were moody and bluesy. I liked the concert, but it was not like that intimate performance in France with the dancing crowd within arms length. I wish I was there in France. Great performance. Thank you for posting this video.
Southern guy here . Hey it’s tough for Brits to do this. They did it well!
Awesome! Thanks so much for posting this.
Man, 1968...They had released 'Days of Future Past' a year prior, and gave us just a little taste of 'Legend of a Mind' which was to be somewhat of the centerpiece for their next album, 'In Search of The Lost Chord'.
The blues and R&B jams were refreshing to witness.
I realize that this was just a precursor to the threshold of what The Moodies would produce in the next few months, etc.
But you know what?
I really love the sound of Pinder's Mellotron through those classic Marshall amps!
Not to mention the beautiful "birds" in the audience! Wow...
Jesus...their cover of The Animals 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' was remarkable!
Awesome! 1968 classic gorgeous music that endures to this day. Thank you! ♥️
Thank you for this awesome video. The MB are incredible and I appreciate them more now than ever.
Peak Hour starting at 35:20 is the highlight of this broadcast WOW!
Its funny watching people dance to their music.
Es war/ist die Zeit/Musik die mich begleiten wird bis ich die Augen für immer schließen werde. Habt einfach nur meinen Dank für ALLES. ❤
Next> Dowland> heh...