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1968 |
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DATES |
VENUES |
SET LIST |
NOTES |
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January 1,
1968 |
Recorded
songs for BBC radio’s David Symonds’ show, aired January 8-12, 1968 |
Fly Me
High Twilight
Time |
Date and
songs noted on the CD set The BBC
Sessions 1967-1970. |
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January 1 -
5, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Pete Brady |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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January
6, 1968 |
TV
appearance on “Bouton Rouge” (French) |
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Show
air date reported at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7867140/?ref_=ttep_ep14
(retrieved October 27, 2020). Cat Stevens appeared on the same episode. |
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January 8 -
12, 1968 |
The Moody Blues
are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds’ show |
Fly Me
High Twilight
Time |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). Songs
(recorded January 1) noted on the CD set The
BBC Sessions 1967-1970. |
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January
13, 1968 |
“Legend
of a Mind” recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead |
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Noted
in track listing for 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of In Search of the
Lost Chord at https://www.discogs.com (retrieved July 24, 2020). |
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January
14, 1968 |
UK
TV appearance on "Piccadilly Palace" episode 8 (air date) |
Fly Me High I
Really Haven't Got the Time |
Air
date noted at http://www.morecambeandwise.com/viewpage.aspx?pageid=61 which also
notes a US air date of July 22, 1967. (retrieved
December 2, 2020). Songs
played from www.tv.com/piccadilly-palace/tommy-leonetti---the-moody-blues/episode/367930/summary.html,
reported by Joyce Kelley. |
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January 19, 1968 |
Punch Bowl, Lapworth |
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Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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January 20, 1968 |
California Ballroom, Dunstable |
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Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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January
24, 1968 |
Cannes "Midem '68" Festival |
Peak Hour Tuesday Afternoon Nights in White Satin |
Show date
and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20 and February
3, 1968, reported by Val Weston. "Higher
and Higher" #49,
Summer 2005, p. 28 reports that the Moody Blues filled in for The Supremes,
who planned to mime to a backing tape, but since the festival was plagued with
electrical problems, could not go on.
The Moodies were one of the few bands who could play live, and so got the spot. The French were so enamored with
"Nights in White Satin" that the song went to number one a few
weeks later, where it stayed for 11 weeks. Songs played
noted on the DVD in Days of Future Passed 50th Anniversary
Deluxe Edition. |
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January
28, 1968 |
“What
Am I Doing Here” recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead |
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Noted
in track listing for 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of In Search of the
Lost Chord at https://www.discogs.com (retrieved July 24, 2020). Track
listing for the 50th Anniversary Edition of In Search of the
Lost Chord notes recording on this date and also on November 17, 1968. |
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February
3, 1968 |
Imperial Ballroom,
Nelson |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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February
4, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Top Gear" |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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February 8, 1968 |
Liberal Hall, Yeovil |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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February 9, 1968 |
Portalnd Buildings,
Nottingham |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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February 10, 1968 |
Lees (also Leas) Cliff
Hall, Folkestone |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston, and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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February
13, 1968 |
“A
Simple Game” (Hayward vocal mix) and “King and Queen” recorded at Decca
Studios, West Hampstead |
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“Simple
Game” information noted in track listing for 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of
In Search of the Lost Chord at https://www.discogs.com (retrieved
July 24, 2020), and “King and Queen” information from the track listing for
the 2018 50th Anniversary Edition of In Search of the Lost
Chord. |
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February
16, 1968 |
Fitzwilliam
College, Cambridge |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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February
17, 1968 |
Grays
Technical College, Grays |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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February
24, 1968 |
Civic
Hall, Nantwich |
Show
date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10,
2016). |
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February
25, 1968 |
Country Club, Kirklevington |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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February
26, 1968 |
Olympia,
Paris |
Fly
Me High |
Show
date, venue and set list noted in a review of the show in
"Billboard", March 16, 1968. |
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February
27, 1968 |
Manchester
University, Manchester
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Show
date and venue and “with Manfred Mann” noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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February
28, 1968 |
Mayfair,
Newcastle
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Show
date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10,
2016). |
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February
29, 1968 |
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March
1, 1968 |
Headington Tech College, Oxford |
Show
date and venue “with The Move” noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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March
2, 1968 |
Winter
Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare
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Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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March
5, 1968 |
Shenley Green Youth Club, Birmingham |
Show
date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10,
2016). |
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March
6, 1968 |
Technical College,
Portsmouth |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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March
7, 1968 |
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March 8, 1968 |
Sorby
Hall, Sheffield |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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March
9, 1968 |
Sloopy's, Manchester
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Nights
in White Satin |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968,
reported by Val Weston also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). This is likely the “Beat Club”
video included on the Timeless Flight
box set. |
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March
10, 1968 |
TV
appearance on Dim Dam Dom (France) |
Nights
in White Satin |
Appearance and song played noted at https://sites.google.com/site/vintagerocktv/france/dim-dam-dom
(retrieved January 9, 2021). |
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March 11 -
15, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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March
12, 1968 |
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March
13, 1968 |
Town
Hall, Birmingham
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Show
date and venue and “with Manfred Mann, Spencer Davis Group and Picadilly Line” noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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March
14, 1968 |
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March
15, 1968 |
Reading
University, Reading
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Show
date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported
by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10,
2016). |
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March
19, 1968 |
An
article titled, “Making Money is a Gas, But It’s Secondary - the Moody Blues
told Sandra Grant” was printed in the Corydon Midweek, p.11 |
The
interview was conducted with all five Moodies.
Reported by Tony Brown. |
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March
22, 1968 |
Middle
Earth (a club in Covent Garden), London |
Show
date and venue from an advertisement in "Melody Maker", March 16,
1968 reported by Val Weston. With Doc K's Blues Band Clouds. Also noted with
Clouds at
www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10,
2016). |
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April 17-18, 1968 |
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“Evening Express” April 11, 1968 printed an article titled, “Teen
Spot: Dance to Dave Berry at St. Paul’s” - “Highlight of the week will be
Wednesday night - or should I say Thursday morning - when the Moody Blues
will be making a guest appearance.” “As far as dances are concerned there is
the Beatnik Ball on Wednesday in the Beach Ballroom and a Pyjama
Party on Thursday in the Palace Ballroom. The Moody Blues will be playing at
both these dances…” “Evening Express” April 18, 1968 printed an article titled,
“All’s well that ends well” which said, “The trouble started yesterday
morning when the Moody Blues, who were originally meant to top the bill,
cancelled their booking at the last minute. One of the entertainments
committee of the Charities Campaign said; “The Moody Blues had to cancel
their engagement because two group members were down with food poisoning in
Paris.” Both articles reported by Val Weston. |
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March 30,
1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Follow the Stars" |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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May 13 - 17,
1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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May 25, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Pete's People" |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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May 27 - 31,
1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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May
28, 1968 |
“The
Best Way to Travel” recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead |
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Noted
in track listing for 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of In Search of the
Lost Chord at https://www.discogs.com (retrieved July 24, 2020). |
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May
31, 1968 |
Radio
appearance on the Tom Jones show |
Nights
in White Satin Another
Morning |
Date
and songs noted on the CD set The BBC
Sessions 1967-1970. This
was the recording date for a radio appearance on BBC2 broadcast on July 13,
1968 according to notes on a 2-LP set listed at discogs.com (retrieved
February 19, 2021.) |
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June
4, 1968 |
“Visions
of Paradise” recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead |
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Noted
in track listing for 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of In Search of the
Lost Chord at https://www.discogs.com (retrieved July 24, 2020). |
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June
7, 1968 |
“Om”
recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead |
Noted
in track listing for 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of In Search of the
Lost Chord at https://www.discogs.com (retrieved July 24, 2020). |
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June
11, 1968 |
“The
Word” recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead |
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Noted
in track listing for 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of In Search of the
Lost Chord at https://www.discogs.com (retrieved July 24, 2020). |
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June
12, 1968 |
“Departure” recorded at Decca Studio Number
One West Hampstead |
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Noted in track listing
for 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of In Search of the Lost Chord at
https://www.discogs.com (retrieved July 24,
2020). |
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June 21, 1968 |
The First Holiness Kitschgarden, The Netherlands |
Concert dates from poster shown at http://www.themoodyblues.co.uk/postersroom.htm
(retrieved April 25, 2016). |
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June 22, 1968 |
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June
28, 1968 |
Single Voices
in the Sky / Dr. Livingston, I Presume is released in U.K. |
Single
release noted at www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/britrock/60brchro/60brch68.html
(retrieved May 10, 2016). Single
release noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and
Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 3 as being in June for France and
July for the UK and other countries in Europe. |
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June
29, 1968 |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London The Moody
Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Saturday Club" |
The
Best Way to Travel |
Show
date and venue noted in "Disc", July 6, 1968 and partial set list
reported in "New Music Express", July 6, 1968, both reported by Val
Weston. The Moody Blues shared the bill with The Settlers. Media appearance
noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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July
1968 |
Single
Tuesday Afternoon / Another Morning is released in U.S. |
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Single
release noted as “June 1968” in first "discography issue" of
"Higher and Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 3-5, but was
corrected to “July 1968” according to liner notes in the SACD release of Days
of Future Passed. Although the band often tells the story that
"Tuesday Afternoon" was the first single (for the Hayward/Lodge Moodies) released in the U.S., both "Fly Me
High" and "Nights in White Satin" were released in 1967, while
"Tuesday Afternoon" wasn't released until July 1968. "Tuesday Afternoon" was, however,
the first Hayward/Lodge era single to chart in the U.S. “Tuesday Afternoon” was never released as a
single in the UK. |
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July
1968 |
venue unknown, Grenoble, France |
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Show
noted in "Melody Maker" July 27, 1968 reported by Val Weston,
"The Moodies are currently on a Continental
tour which takes them to France, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Portugal and
Germany. Over 4,000 fans were at their opening in Grenoble last week." |
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July
5, 1968 |
Recorded
songs for BBC radio’s David Symonds’ show, aired July 15-19, 1968 |
Dr.
Livingstone, I Presume Voices
in the Sky Ride
My See-Saw The
Best Way to Travel |
Date
and songs noted on the CD set The BBC
Sessions 1967-1970. |
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July 7, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Stuart Henry |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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July
13, 1968 |
The
Moody Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Saturday Club" episode 510 TV
appearance on ORTF - Ce Soir
On Danse (“Tonight We Dance” - French TV) |
Voices
in the Sky The
Best Way to Travel Dr.
Livingstone, I Presume Tuesday Afternoon Nights in White Satin Legend of a Mind Bye Bye Bird (brief
partial rendition of “God Save the Queen,” presumably while Justin tunes his
guitar) Fly Me High (twice) I've Got a Dream A Beautiful Dream Don’t Let Me Be
Misunderstood Peak Hour Nights in White Satin |
Media
appearance noted in "New Musical Express" of July 6, 1968, reported
by Val Weston and also noted at http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 10, 2016). Also
noted at epguides.com/SaturdayClub/, reported by Joyce
Kelley. Date, show name and set
list from the DVD from In Search of the Lost Chord 50th
Anniversary Edition. Of particular interest is “Legend of a Mind” which
has only the instrumental middle and final chorus, but lacking the familiar
“Timothy Leary’s Dead…” (although it had been
recorded for the album on January 13, 1968.). The set also includes Laine-era “Bye Bye Bird” and
“I’ve Got a Dream” covers, and “A Beautiful Dream”, which was never recorded,
and written by John Lodge according to a 2019 interview at
https://www.cleveland.com/music/2015/03/moody_blues_john_lodge_has_his.html
(retrieved July 20, 2020). A black-and-white video
clip at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsWFme59YaM (retrieved July 20, 2020)
shows the audience dancing, as if they were in a club. Reported by Linda
Bangert. |
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July 15 - 19,
1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured on BBC radio's David Symonds’ show |
Dr.
Livingstone, I Presume Voices
in the Sky Ride
My See-Saw The
Best Way to Travel |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). Songs
(recorded July 5) noted on the CD set The
BBC Sessions 1967-1970. |
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July 16, 1968 |
Recorded
songs for BBC radio’s John
Peel’s “Top Gear” (aired July 21, 1968) |
Ride
My See-Saw The
Best Way to Travel Voices
in the Sky Dr.
Livingstone, I Presume |
Date
and songs noted on the CD sets 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of In Search
of the Lost Chord and The BBC
Sessions 1967-1970. |
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July 21, 1968
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Appearance on
BBC radio's John Peel’s "Top Gear"
(recorded July 16, 1968) |
Ride
My See-Saw The
Best Way to Travel Voices
in the Sky Dr.
Livingstone, I Presume |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). Songs
(recorded on July 16) noted on the CD set sets 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release
of In Search of the Lost Chord and The
BBC Sessions 1967-1970. |
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July
26, 1968 |
Album
In Search of the Lost Chord
released in the UK |
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Album
release noted at www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/britrock/60brchro/60brch68.html, (retrieved July 26,
2016) and confirmed by a post on the Moody Blues Official Facebook page on
July 26, 2016. This is consistent with
the radio and TV appearances noted promoting the new album, and the UK album
chart debut on July 28, 1968 (see below). The album was not
released in the US until September (see below). |
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July 27, 1968 |
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July
28, 1968 |
In Search of the Lost
Chord
debuts in the UK Top 40 Album chart at #31. |
Chart
debut noted at http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19680728/7502/
(retrieved July 26, 1968. |
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July 29 -
August 2, 1968 |
The Moody Blues
are featured on BBC radio's David Symonds’ show |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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July 30, 1968 |
TV
appearance on "Tienerklanken" (Belgian Dutch-language
TV)
|
Legend
of a Mind Nights
in White Satin
|
Appearance
date, TV show name, and “Legend of a Mind” noted on DVD Nights in White Satin. “Nights
in White Satin” was also played, and the videos for both songs were shot at Groot Bijgaarden castle near
Brussels, Belgium, reported by Yvonne Bouten-van
Der Blij. (Graeme and his drumkit
were placed in the moat!) The
DVD Nights in White Satin also identifies a performance of “Tuesday
Afternoon” as being from the Jazz Bilzen festival
of 1968. However, a listing of the bands for 1968 at
https://www.jazzbilzen.be/bands-1968 does not include the Moody Blues. The Moodies did, however, play the 1969 festival, (see August
22, 1969) and it is assumed that the DVD listing is a typo. |
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July 31, 1968 |
John Lodge
weds Kirsten. |
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August 12 -
16, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Jimmy Young |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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August 20, 1968 |
Lucerna, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
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Until 2020, the details on this show were generally vague, but bandmembers reported playing a club in Prague, but having
to leave the country just ahead of a Russian/Warsaw Pact invasion that ended
“Prague Spring.” On August 19, 2020 an article was published at news.expats.cz/weekly-czech-news/ (retrieved August 30, 2020) that gave the
following information: The evening after they had filmed for an episode of “Europarty” (see August 21, 1968 below) the Moodies played at Lucerna, a club on Wencelas Square. After the show the band was told that the invading troops had taken over their hotel, so all five band members plus a roadie squeezed into a room in another hotel. The British Consulate (or British Air Force, accounts differ) arranged for the band and other British citizens to be flown out the next day on a Pakistan Airlines “Red Crescent” (similar to Red Cross) flight. Hayward recalls that they weren’t paid for their performance. |
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August
21, 1968 |
“Europarty” (French TV) episode filmed in Prague with the
Moody Blues aired |
Nights
in White Satin Voices
in the Sky |
The
episode was filmed on the Charles Bridge and on the steps to Kampa Island in Prague on August 20, 1968 (see above) the
Moodies lip-synched their performance. Reported at news.expats.cz/weekly-czech-news/ (retrieved August 30, 2020). Air date reported on www.imdb.com/ (retrieved August 30, 2020). |
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August 24,
1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Tony Brandon |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 10, 2016). |
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August 25,
1968 |
Appearance on
BBC radio's "Top Gear" |
Upcoming
appearance noted in "New Musical Express" of July 27, 1968,
reported by Val Weston. |
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September,
1968 |
Album In Search
of the Lost Chord is released in US (UK release July 26, see above) |
Album
release noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and
Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 3-5.
Billboard chart debut date of September
14 noted in "Higher and Higher" #25, Spring 1995, p. 39. |
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September 6,
1968 |
TV appearance
on BBC's "How It Is" |
Appearance
noted in "Disc Weekly" of September 14, 1968, reported by Val
Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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September
7, 1968 |
Festival
de l'Humanite, Paris |
Show
date noted in "Melody Maker", September 14, 1968 - "Dozens of people
were taken to hospital at a French festival in Paris where the Moody Blues
were playing last Saturday. They were overcome by heat. A crowd estimated at
over 250,000 attended the festival called the Festival de l’Humanite."
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September
8, 1968 |
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September 9 -
13, 1968 |
The
Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Jimmy Young |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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September
10, 1968 |
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September
11, 1968 |
Eel
Pie Island, Twickenham |
Show
date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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September
12, 1968 |
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September
13, 1968 |
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September 14,
1968 |
TV appearance
on "Colour Me Pop: Searching for the Lost
Chord" |
Departure Ride My See-Saw House
of Four Doors Voices in the Sky The
Best Way to Travel Visions
of Paradise The
Actor Om |
Date, show name, and songs (“Voices in the
Sky”, “Ride My See-Saw” and “Dr. Livingstone, I Presume”) noted on DVD Nights in White Satin. The
CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970 confirms
the date and lists additional songs (“House of Four Doors”, “The Best Way to
Travel”, “Visions of Paradise”, “The Actor”).
Video
included on the Timeless Flight box
set includes all the above songs plus “Departure” and “Om”. The
DVD from In Search of the Lost Chord 50th Anniversary Edition adds
the subtitle “Searching for the Lost Chord” to the show title. This DVD
includes all the songs listed. Media
appearance also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May
11, 2016). |
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September
15, 1968 |
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September 16,
1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Radio One O'Clock" |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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September
20, 1968 |
Bridge
Country Club, Nr Canterbury |
Show
date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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September
27, 1968 |
Hillside,
Hereford |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Music Express", September 28, 1968
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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late September,
1968 |
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The “New Musical Express” of
July 27, 1968 reported that the Moodies had
received an offer to perform Days of
Future Passed with the Stan Kenton Orchestra as part of a US tour in
“late September.” (Reported by Rob Jarvis.) This show did not actually
occur. Interestingly, the same
article reported, “The group has accepted invitations to write the musical
scores for two full-length films. The first is a French movie, with the same
director as the picture which won the Cannes Film
Festival. The second is a Hollywood production starring Rod Steiger and Jack Palance.
Neither movie is yet titled.” |
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October
4, 1968 |
Youth
Centre, Braintree |
Show
date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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October
5, 1968 |
Seagull,
Ryde |
Show
date and venue noted in "New Music Express", September 28, 1968
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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October
7, 1968 |
Appearance
on BBC radio’s “Afternoon Pop Show” |
Peak
Hour Tuesday
Afternoon Ride
My See-Saw |
Date
and songs noted on the CD set The BBC
Sessions 1967-1970. |
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October
8, 1968 |
Marquee
Club, Wardour St., London |
Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved
May 11, 2016). Show date and “with Keef Hartley” noted
at www.themarqueeclub.net,
reported by Joyce Kelley. |
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October
11-12, 1968 |
“A
Simple Game” (single B-side version) recorded at Decca Studios, West
Hampstead |
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October
11 noted in track listing for 2006 “Deluxe Edition” release of In Search
of the Lost Chord at www.discogs.com
(retrieved July 24, 2020), and “October 11-12” noted in the interview with
recording engineer Derek Varnals in “Higher and
Higher” #26/27, Summer 1995, p. 52. |
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October
19, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Pete's Saturday People" |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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First US Tour with Hayward/Lodge |
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General
Tour Notes: In
the radio interview "A Moody Blues Special - On the Threshold of a
Dream" which aired sometime in 1973, Justin Hayward relates, "That
tour was ridiculous! We'd never been to America before, and it was a
two-and-a-half month tour, getting off three months by the time we got there
and got back. We didn't realize that, of course, when you're in America, you
really should be flying if you want to go somewhere, you know, from one state
to another. We even ended up at Greyhound bus stations and things - it was
ridiculous! But it turned us all on. I know it did. It was frightening. The
first American tour we did was frightening, it really was. As if you really
were in danger, you know, a couple of us were ill, but we played a lot of
good gigs. We got to see all the California scene.
We played Fillmore West while it was still going, in San Francisco. And I'm
glad we were there." Ray Thomas continues, "It went quite
disastrously, actually. We had equipment failures. At that stage, the mellotron, they don't travel very well, and you have to
know how to move them around, and at that stage, we just didn't. I mean the
thing was put it in a box and thrown around in an aircraft, and came out more
or less in pieces." Many band interviews also contain stories of all the
tapes falling out of the mellotron during a show,
with the audience watching cartoons while Mike Pinder
re-assembled it. Band
members often tell in interviews about how promoter Bill Grame
brought them over to play dates at the Fillmore East and Fillmore West, with
nothing in between. However, The October 21-22 dates in Chicago, which are
well documented, occurred before the Fillmore East shows, conflicting with
these stories. Also, in the DVD An Audience with Justin Hayward at the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Justin Hayward describes their first U.S.
tour as taking place over 10 weeks, yet there are only 4 weeks between the
well-documented Fillmore dates. In a radio interview at www.971theriver.com, Atlanta on March
9, 2016, Justin explains that their agent got them signed to be the opening
act for Canned Heat on their tour (dates unknown), and repeats the story in
the interview portion of the Days of Future Passed - Live DVD,
particularly remembering that they played Toronto with Canned Heat (where the
DVD was recorded in 2017). The 1968 tour dates for Canned Heat on
rockprosopography102.blogspot.com/2010/03/canned-heat-performance-list-work-in.html
do not line up with the Moodies’ tour dates for
1968, and often they were on opposite coasts. It seems more likely that
Justin is remembering the fall 1969 tour, when the Moodies
did open for Canned Heat on at least one date in Canada (see the 1969 file). |
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DATES |
VENUES |
SET LIST |
NOTES |
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October
18, 1968 |
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Concert date and venue noted in an ad in “Star Tribune”
(Minneapolis, MN) of October 13, 1968, p. E7 (retrieved January 14, 2021 via
Newspapers.com). The Moodies were to open a show
with Boyce & Hart, Tiny Tim, and Joe Tex. City noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968,
reported by Val Weston. This opening show of the tour was canceled because the band's
equipment only made it as far as Boston. In an interview with “Newsday” on
April 3, 2012 at www.newsday.com/
(retrieved September 10, 2020), Justin Hayward remembered that their
equipment was held up by U.S. Customs, and that they were to have opened for
Tiny Tim. |
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October
21-25, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Dave Cash |
Media
appearance reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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October
21, 1968 |
Kinetic
Playground, Chicago, IL |
Ride
My See-Saw (opener?) |
Venue
and city for these shows noted in "Record Mirror", December 14,
1968 (reported by Val Weston) and dates inferred from correlating with other
reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Glenn
Christensen reports the set list (although perhaps not in order) and opening
act of Rotary Connection, a Chicago band with Minnie Ripperton.
Glenn is not sure which of the Kinetic Playground dates (October 21-22 or
November 12-14) he saw. Glenn also reports that the usual setup at the
Kinetic Playground was that each band played two sets per night, with set up
and tear down of equipment between acts. |
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October
22, 1968 |
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October
23, 1968 |
off |
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October
24, 1968 |
off |
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October
25, 1968 |
Single Ride My See-Saw / A Simple
Game released in U.K. (October in U.S.) |
Single release noted in first
"discography issue" of "Higher and Higher" #4,
Winter/Spring 1985, p. 3-5, and confirmed in recording engineer Derek Varnals interview in “Higher and Higher” #26/27, Summer
1995, p. 52, also noting that it was [released] the same month “A Simple
Game” was recorded. |
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October
25, 1968 |
Fillmore
East, New York, NY |
Venue and city for these shows (with John Mayall,
and Rhinoceros) noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and
dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland
and San Diego shows. Reported by Val
Weston. Tour date and venue noted in
"A Tribute to the Fillmore" magazine, December 1971, and reported
by Doug Hinman of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com. In a John
Lodge bonus interview on the DVD The
Moody Blues, John identifies the Fillmore East as the venue where all the
tapes fell out of the mellotron during a show, and
the audience watched Bugs Bunny cartoons while Mike Pinder
re-assembled it. His comments about their “dandy clothes” compared to the
audience’s jeans and tie-dye shirts lead me to believe he was remembering
their first U.S. tour. |
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October
26, 1968 |
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October
27, 1968 |
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October
28, 1968 |
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October 29,
1968 |
ORTF
- “Carte D’or” (“Gold Card” - French TV) |
Dr.
Livingstone, I Presume Ride
My See-Saw |
Date,
show name and set list from the DVD from In Search of the Lost Chord 50th
Anniversary Edition. Live performance for a sparse audience. IMDB.com
(retrieved July 19, 2020) lists this as a movie, with the band members as part
of the cast as “Les Moody Blues”, except for Justin Hayward, who is
definitely in the video. |
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October
30, 1968 |
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October
31, 1968 |
Los
Angeles Forum, Inglewood, CA (doubtful) |
Tour
date and venue noted on poster reported in "Higher and Higher" #13,
Winter 1989, p. 9. I have listed this date as "doubtful" since the
surrounding shows are all on the east coast. |
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November
1, 1968 |
Psychedelic
Supermarket, Boston |
Both dates (although not the
year) and venue from a poster. City of Boston noted in "Record Mirror", December 14,
1968, reported by Val Weston. At http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/
(retrieved May 11, 2016), is the note, “Billy Squier
has said that The Tom Swift Electric Band was the "house band" at
The Psychedelic Supermarket, and opened many shows there, including the Moody
Blues…” In
the comments to the blog is the note, “I recall
seeing the Moody Blues at the Supermarket. Mike Pinder
hit the first note on the keyboard and blew every fuse in the place.” |
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November
2, 1968 |
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November
3, 1968 |
Baltimore
Civic Center, Baltimore |
Venue and city for this show noted in "Record Mirror",
December 14, 1968, reported by Val Weston. Date and venue from an ad in “The Baltimore Sun” November 1,
1968, p. B4. (retrieved January 14, 2021 via
Newspapers.com). The Moody Blues and the Terry Reid Group opened for Cream, who
were on their farewell tour, reported by Doug Hinman
of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com |
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November
4-7, 1968 |
Writing
Coca-Cola jingles in New York |
November 4-7
were spent in New York writing the Coca Cola songs, which were recorded a few
days later at Chess Records studios in Chicago just before the Moodies' return to the Kinetic Playground. Noted in
"Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from
correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego
shows. Reported by Val Weston. |
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November
8, 1968 |
Electric
Factory, Philadelphia, PA |
Ride My See-Saw Legend of a Mind Tuesday Afternoon Another Morning Peak Hour Bye Bye Bird Please
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Dr. Livingstone, I Presume The Best
Way to Travel Twilight Time Nights in White Satin |
Dates, venue and city for these two shows and “with Ars Nova” noted in "Record Mirror", December
14, 1968, reported by Val Weston. Show date of November 9 and venue confirmed by a ticket stub
reported by Donna Whiting. However, the ticket stub shows that this show was
a double-bill between the Moodies and Pink Floyd,
which didn’t happen (see note below). Dates, venue, city and double-bill with Ars
Nova and “plus By Street” confirmed by an ad in “The Daily Pennsylvanian”
(University of Pennsylvania student newspaper) Vol. 84, No. 76, November 8,
1968, p. 3 and another ad on p.18 noting The Egg instead of By Street. A
column in the same issue titled, “FUZZ Fuzz” had
the following, “Pink Floyd has been replaced by Ars
Nova, but the Moody Blues will still be at the Factory this week, and they
should make a trip there worthwhile. They put on a really nice show at the
Fillmore East two weeks ago…” (Retrieved August 30, 2020.) Set list reported by Judy Baehr, who
was at both shows. |
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November
9, 1968 |
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November
10, 1968 |
Cleveland Grande (formerly WHK-Radio Theater), Cleveland, OH (2
shows) |
Show city noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968,
reported by Val Weston. Venue of WHK-Radio Theater
reported by Mary Turner-Wieland. Tour date and venue (corrected
to Cleveland Grande) according to an ad in “The Observer” (student newspaper
of Case Western University, Cleveland) 8 November,
1968, p. 8 (retrieved August 30, 2020). The ad also noted that there were to
be two shows. |
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November
11-15, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Dave Cash recording Coca-Cola jingles in
Chicago |
Media
appearance reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). November 4-7
were spent in New York writing the Coca Cola songs, which were recorded a few
days later at Chess Records studios in Chicago just before the Moodies' return to the Kinetic Playground. Noted in
"Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating
with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported
by Val Weston. |
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November
12, 1968 |
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November
13, 1968 |
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November
14, 1968 |
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November
15, 1968 |
TV
appearance on the Merv Griffin Show (morning show) Kinetic Playground, Chicago, IL (2 shows) |
Ride My See-Saw Legend of a Mind Tuesday Afternoon Another Morning Peak Hour Bye Bye Bird Please
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Dr. Livingstone, I Presume The Best Way to Travel Twilight Time Nights in White Satin |
Appearance
noted in article on the Merv Griffin Show in “The
South Bend Tribune” (South Bend, IN) on November 9, 1968, p. 8 (retrieved
January 14, 1968 via Newspapers.com). The article lists guests for the coming
week with the Moodies appearing on Friday, so date
is inferred. Confirmed on www.imdb.com/
(retrieved January 14, 1968). Venue and city for these shows noted in "Record
Mirror", December 14, 1968, reported by Val Weston. Dates from “The DePaulia” (DePaul
University student newspaper) of November 14, 1968, p. 5, which notes the Moodies would play “Friday and Saturday”. (Retrieved
August 30, 2020.) Glenn Christensen reports the set list (although perhaps not in
order) and opening act of Rotary Connection, a Chicago band with Minnie Ripperton. Glenn
is not sure which of the Kinetic Playground dates (October 21-22 or November
15-16) he saw. Glenn also reports that
the usual setup at the Kinetic Playground was that each band played two sets
per night, with set up and tear down of equipment between acts. Article
reported that Edge had written 3 science-fiction novels. Of his early years,
Edge says he left school at 15 and “Worked on an assembly line for a while
and knew that I had made a mistake.” He went back to school to study
structural engineering and joined a marching band, playing snare drum. At 19
she started playing in a band and after graduation at 21 he became a
full-time musician. He said, “Here I was, the highest qualified man in this
small engineering firm where I was working for. I was making only half as
much as when I played music.” (Article retrieved January 14, 2021 via
Newspapers.com.) |
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November
16, 1968 |
Kinetic Playground, Chicago, IL (2 shows) Article
featuring Graeme Edge printed in “Courier-Post” (Camden, NJ), p. 16 |
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November
17, 1968 |
Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (2 shows) “What
Am I Doing Here” recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead (date
questionable) |
Show date from a poster
reported by Brian Kutscher. Show date and venue also
reported in a review of the show in the “Detroit Free Press” on November 22,
1968, p. 31. The article also reported that Tony Clarke visited WABX
(described as underground radio) and was treated to tapes of the Beatles new
album, and that the five Moodies played nighttime
DJ for a couple of hours, alternating between the Beatles and the Moody
Blues. (Article retrieved December 2, 2020 via Newspapers.com) Date from track listing for the 50th
Anniversary Edition of In Search of the Lost Chord. However, this
seems unlikely due to the reported concert dates. The track listing also notes
recording for this song on January 28, 1968; therefore, I suspect this is a
typo, and the other recording date is November 17, 1967. |
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November
18-22, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Jimmy Young |
Media
appearance reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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November
21, 1968 |
Fillmore
West, San Francisco, CA |
Venue and city for these shows noted in "Record
Mirror", December 14, 1968, reported by Val Weston. With Chicago Transit Authority and Frumious
Bandersnach according to flyers, concert poster and
booklet with Last Days of Fillmore
3-LP box set. Reported by Robin Bean
and Vicki Kelly. Poster shown at http://www.themoodyblues.co.uk/postersroom.htm (retrieved April 25, 2016). Dates and other bands confirmed by an ad in “The San Francisco
Examiner” November 17, 1968, p. 4 (retrieved January 14, 2021 via
Newspapers.com by Linda Bangert). Shows noted in
"Amusement Business", November 27, 1968, reported by Doug Hinman of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com. |
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November
22, 1968 |
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November
23, 1968 |
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November
24, 1968 |
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November 26, 1968 |
Idaho State University Gym or Pocatello High School Auditorium, Pocatello,
ID |
Show city noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968, reported
by Val Weston. Venue reported by
Stephen White. Date noted in Idaho State Journal (Pocatello, Idaho) November 22,
1968, p. D7 which also notes that the concert was planned for the Pocatello
High School Auditorium, with an opening act of The Affection Collection, and
notes that the capacity was limited. The article also noted that the Moodies were “going to play in Seattle, Spokane, Chicago,
Los Angeles, Portland, Minneapolis, New York City, Boston, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Pocatello.” (Article retrieved December 2,
2020 via Newspapers.com.) |
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November
27, 1968 |
Grossmont College Gym, La Mesa (San Diego), CA |
Show
city noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred
from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego
shows. Reported by Val Weston. Shows
noted in "Amusement Business", November 27, 1968, reported by Doug Hinman of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com
Show
date, venue and with “Sprit and framework” also noted at www.sandiegoconcertarchive.com/concertarchive/11-november.html,
reported by Claudia Bobrow. |
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November
28, 1968 |
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November
29, 1968 |
Shrine
Exhibition Hall, Los Angeles, CA |
Show city “with Jeff Beck”
noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968, reported by Val Weston
and Robin Bean. Show date and venue according to a poster at
www.wolfgangsvault.com, reported by Vicki Kelly. The poster gives Jeff Beck top billing,
with the Moody Blues, Ten Years After and Mint Tattoo supporting. November 30 show date and venue noted on a photo by Norwood Price
at http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/vintage/rock/vintagep.html
and reported by Phil Ohmer. The “Los Angeles Times” reviewed one of the concerts in the
December 3, 1968 issue, p. 24. (Retrieved December 2, 2020.) |
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November
30, 1968 |
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December 8, 1968 |
PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) Garden Auditorium, Vancouver,
BC venue unknown,
Seattle, WA |
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Venue reported in a review of the concert in “The Province”
(Vancouver, BC) on December 9, 1968, p. 33 (retrieved January 14, 2021). The
article appeared on a Monday, and the concert was described as taking place
on “Sunday afternoon”. Later in the article, there is the mention, “Their
appearance in Vancouver took the form of an elongated coffee break, a brief
between-flights sample of their wares between a two-month concert tour of
North America, ending last night in Seattle.” Since “last night” would also
be Sunday, presumably December 8, and Seattle and Vancouver are a 2.5- to
3.5-hour drive apart, it is possible they played both cities on the same day,
with Vancouver in the afternoon (as stated), and Seattle in the evening. |
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December 9, 1968 |
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December 10, 1968 |
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An interview with Graeme Edge in the “Courier-Post” (Camden, NJ)
on November 16, 1968 p. 56 reported that their tour would end in Camden on
December 10, but with no mention of the venue. The interview also mentioned
that Edge wrote science fiction prose in addition to poetry, and gave some
detail on his schooling and jobs other than music. (Retrieved December 2,
2020 via Newspapers.com.) |
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December 11, 1968 |
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December 12, 1968 |
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December 13, 1968 |
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Show date and venue from an ad the “Lancaster Sunday News”
(Lancaster, PA) December 8, 1968, p. 11. The Moodies
supported Vanilla Fudge. (Retrieved December 3, 2020 via Newspapers.com.) It
is assumed that this concert was canceled also (see December 14 and 15
below.) |
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December 14, 1968 |
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Show date and venue from an article in the “Lancaster Sunday
News” (Lancaster, PA) December 8, 1968, p. 29. Cancelation because “visas had been cancelled” from an article in
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) December 10, p. 24. Both articles
reported by Matt Conrad. |
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December 15, 1968 |
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Show date and venue from an ad in the “Poughkeepsie
Journal” (Poughkeepsie, NY) December 8, 1968, p. 5D. “Special Extra Added
Attraction Richie Havens”. Canceled visas for this show were reported
in the “Kingston Daily Freeman” (Kingston, NY) December 14, 1968, p. 5. The Moodies were replaced by Spencer
Davis and Steve DePasse. Richie Havens was
still slated to play. Both items retrieved December 3, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
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December
16-20, 1968 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Jimmy Young |
Media
appearance reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 11, 2016). |
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Updated
April 18, 2021 |
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