the same year (1969), but after the conquest of the Moon by man, the Moody Blues are bringing this " To Our Children's Children's Children ", recorded in the days of the mission called" Apollo 11. " It is the first album of their new label "Threshold Records" (but still Decca is ...). As with the previous ones, immediately strikes the cover, which extends on both sides of the pack. In it we see the hand of an anonymous artist (only one?) That depict what has been considered the earliest examples of arts in human history paintings. But while the left hand (a hand-edited, which keeps a soft brush) painted scenes of hunting and social life of prehistoric tribes, the right (coarse and hairy) roughly holding a piece of wood with which he recorded figures of another epoch: an airplane and a man with the gun! The inside of the cover, with the group that is found around a fire in a cave, but with their modern clothes, their instruments, contemporary furniture, continues with the suggestion of a past that could be the result of a another future, in which human achievements are merely the re-conquest, after the man crashed into another pre-history, etc. for who knows how many times. From a musical standpoint the album is closer to the conception of "progressive" of previous work. Thirteen songs, but between the first and second parts, and the usual issues that come back mixing between tracks and the next is like listening to a long suite. The group is the highest of its expressiveness and sound research and some songs touch the masterpiece "Gypsy , for example, or" Watching and Waiting . Commercially
did not repeat the success of the previous disc, perhaps because it came close to authentic works of art (in a matter of ten days came " Ummagumma," "In the Court of the Crimson King "," Stand Up, "" Led Zeppelin II "," Chicago II "and had not yet turned off the echo of" Abbey Road ", so to speak) but as I got to say, the technical and artistic of the five is the maximum, and to bring a case caught the network: "It's dark and moody, and nice to listen to". In 2006 he was re-released as DELUXE edition, double CD. The first is the original album remastered, but as SACD & 5.1 Surround Sound mix (5 + 1 speakers are active: a pleasure!), the second with 11 tracks including alternate versions and live performances to BBC.
Education:
* Justin Hayward - chitarra, voce
* John Lodge - basso, voce
* Michael Pinder - tastiera, voce
* Ray Thomas - flauto, voce
* Graeme Edge - batteria
Original Track Listing:
Side One
1. "Higher and Higher" (Graeme Edge) – 4:11
2. "Eyes of a Child I" (John Lodge) – 3:34
3. "Floating" (Ray Thomas) – 3:02
4. "Eyes of a Child II" (Lodge) – 1:20
5. "I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Hundred" (Justin Hayward) – 1:06
6. "Beyond" (Edge) – 3:00
7. "Out and In" (Mike Pinder) – 3:44
Side Two
1. "Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)" (Hayward) – 3:35
2. "Eternity Road" (Thomas) – 4:17
3. "Candle of Life" (Lodge) – 4:19
4. "Sun is Still Shining" (Pinder) – 3:35
5. "I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Million (Hayward) – 0:34
6. "Watching and Waiting" (Hayward, Thomas) – 4:17
Extra tracks on the Deluxe Edition are:
1. "Gypsy" (Alternate Version) (Hayward) - 4:17
2. "Candle of Life" (Alternate Version) (Lodge) - 4:59
3. "Sun Is Still Shining" (Extended Version) (Pinder) - 4:07
4. "Gypsy" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Hayward) - 3:21
5. "Sunset" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Pinder) 3:54
6. "Never Comes the Day" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Hayward) - 4:42
7. "Are You Sitting Comfortably" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Hayward, Thomas) - 2:54
8. "The Dream" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Edge) 0:58
9. "Have You Heard Pt. 1/The Voyage/Have You Heard Pt. 2" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Pinder) - 5:50
10. "Nights in White Satin "(BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Hayward) - 3:12
11." Legend Of A Mind (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Thomas) - 4:37
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Disco2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MYDDQ3EG
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