Originally emerging with the Merseybeat-flavored 1964 hit “Go Now,” The Moody
Blues reinvented themselves by replacing their blues-based rhythms with a
pseudo-classical style that took pop into a new choral / symphonic era of
concept albums. The original band featured Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas, Graeme Edge,
Clint Warwick, and singer Denny Laine but after “Go Now,” subsequent singles
flopped, and Laine and Warwick left the band. Their career was revived by
vocalist / guitarist Justin Hayward and bassist / vocalist John Lodge who joined
Thomas, Edge, and Pinder in developing a big ne...