In Search Of The Lost Chord (50th Anniversary)

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Yes it’s been a half century since the Magnificent Moodies unleashed one of the great classics of the psychedelic era, 1968’s "In Search of the Lost Chord." This album still unfolds like a dream laced with Mellotrons, sitars, flutes, spiritual chants and certainly some hallucinogens: "Ride My See-Saw," "Legend of a Mind," "House of Four Doors," "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume," "The Actor" and more. The anniversary vinyl edition replicates the original vinyl release and packaging (though this one here is 180-gram), and the single-CD edition starts with the original stereo mix of the complete album and ends with mono versions of "Voices in the Sky," "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume," "Legend of a Mind," Ride My See Saw" (mono CD debut for those last two) and the bonus song "A Simple Game." That brings us to the deluxe set, built around the original stereo mix plus a new stereo mix of the album. That set also includes the aforementioned CD bonus tracks plus "A Simple Game" (Justin Hayward vocal mix), a CD of 1968 BBC Radio One sessions ("The Best Way to Travel," "Voices in the Sky," "Tuesday Afternoon," "Ride My See-Saw" and more), alternate versions including an additional-vocal mix, Mellotron mix, instrumental mix, extended mix and more. And, finally, the deluxe DVDs: the complete album in 96/24 5.1 surround sound, the new stereo mix, the original stereo mix and something quite special to watch: their September 14, 1968 BBC TV appearance on "Colour Me Pop" including "Tuesday Afternoon," "Knights in White Satin," "Bye Bye Bird," "Fly Me High," "Beautiful Dream," "Ride My See-Saw," "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" and more. Previously unreleased French TV broadcasts from ’68 round out the DVDs, and that rounds out this magnificent Moody set celebrating their 50-year search for the lost chord! Polydor.