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== '''Early beginnings''' ==
Ray Thomas, John Lodge and Mike Pinder had all been members of various amateur bands, before Lodge left to go to college. The remaining two recruited band manager-turned-drummer Graham Edge, guitarist Denny Laine (later of [[Wings (
== '''Massive success and classic period''' ==
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* [[Concept Album]]: Most of their early albums. ''Days of Future Passed,'' ''To Our Children's Children's Children,'' ''A Question of Balance''...
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: ''The Magnificent Moodies'' sounds ''nothing'' like the sound people associate with the Moody Blues.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Executive Meddling]]: The Moodies wanted their Christmas album, ''December'', to consist entirely of original compositions. However, the label felt that wouldn't sell, so they forced the band to include covers of well-known songs like "[[John Lennon|Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]" and "[[Bing Crosby|White Christmas]]" (covers ended up making up half the album). It marked the first time since the Denny Laine era that a Moody Blues album contained songs not written by the group.
* [[Fading Into the Next Song]]: The early albums (through ''Octave'') all do this. The only gaps are between the first and second sides.
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* [[Long Runner Lineup]]: Three different lineups qualify under Type 2.
* [[New Sound Album]]: ''Days of Future Passed'' marked their shift from white blues to symphonic rock. ''Long Distance Voyager'' was the beginning of the synth-heavy Moraz years.
* [[The Pete Best]]: Denny Laine. However, he did go on to success with [[Wings (
* [[Progressive Rock]]: Arguably the first major prog group.
* [[Psychedelic Rock]]
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