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Punk and new wave tried to knock them down, but the Moody Blues got right back up in the mid-’80 thanks to a remarkable resurgence on Polydor. Justin Hayward wrote Your Wildest Dreams, a melodic triumph that paired Moodies songcraft with crisp ’80s production, a thumping beat and swirling synths. It gave them their first Top 10 in 14 years and began a new era of charting albums, hit singles and sold-out concerts (with orchestras on stage to fully realize those lush productions). This new box chronicles the second coming of one of the first great art-rock bands, starting with the LPs The Other Side of Life (their Top 10 comeback from ’86), Sur La Mer (their Top 40 LP from ’88), their charting 1991 LP Keys of the Kingdom and their charting live 1993 LP A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. The 7" blue vinyl record here contains the single Al Fin Voy a Encontrarte (the rare Spanish version of I Know You’re Out There, another big late-’80s hit that’s on the CDs here in its original version, too, as is the hit title track of The Other Side of Life). The CDs add a wealth of rare and unreleased bonus tracks: live versions of Nights in White Satin; I’m Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band; The Other Side of Life, and Rock ’n’ Roll over You; single versions of Your Wildest Dreams; The Other Side of Life, and I Know You’re Out There Somewhere, plus B-sides, BBC performances and more. The DVDs: the Red Rocks concert (Question; Ride My See Saw; Nights in White Satin; Tuesday Afternoon; Your Wildest Dreams, and more) and a documentary about the concert. An unprecedented celebration of the rebirth of a legendary rock band! Polydor.