June 28, 1981
Long Beach Arena,
Long Beach, CA
Audience recording (Mike Millard First Generation Tapes via JEMS)
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 68
Here's some more Moody Blues and another Mike Millard recording, this time from several years later. As previously mentioned, after their 1974 tour, the band took a break, with each member pursuing solo projects and other endeavors. They reconvened in 1977 to record again as The Moody Blues. By this time the band had largely abandoned their concept album, multi-part song, symphonic approach, and focused more on lush radio-friendly pop/rock songs. The resulting album was Octave (1978). However, keyboardist Mike Pinder did not want to join the band on tour, so Patrick Moraz (Yes) was brought in for their subsequent tour. For their next album, Moraz was made a permanent member of the band (which resulted in a lawsuit from Pinder, who then never returned to the band). That next album, Long Distance Voyager (1981) became one of the band's biggest successes, reaching #1 in the US,and producing the hit singles 'The Voice' and 'Gemini Dream'. This show captures the band during their 1981 tour in support of Long Distance Voyager, and that album is prominently featured, including 9 of the 10 songs from that album, a few songs from Octave, as well as an assortment of earlier classics. A great show and a very nice recording from Mike Millard chronicling the band at this stage of their career.
Tracklist:
01 Gemini Dream
02 The Day We Meet Again
03 The Story In Your Eyes
04 Twilight Time
05 Tuesday Afternoon
06 The Voice
07 Nervous
08 Meanwhile
09 Steppin' In A Slide Zone
10 Talking Out Of Turn
11 The Balance
12 Isn't Life Strange
13 Gypsy
14 Driftwood
15 22,000 Days
16 Painted Smile
17 Reflective Smile
18 Veteran Cosmic Rocker
19 I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
20 Nights In White Satin
21 Legend Of A Mind
22 Question
23 Ride My See-Saw
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