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The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn
Flac (tracks)+CUE+LOG | 330 MB | Covers (300 dpi PNG)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs ~ MFSL UltraDisc II Gold ~ UDCD 718
Flac (tracks)+CUE+LOG | 330 MB | Covers (300 dpi PNG)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs ~ MFSL UltraDisc II Gold ~ UDCD 718
Seventh Sojourn, released in 1972, is the eighth album by The Moody Blues. In Seventh Sojourn, The Moody Blues used, besides the Mellotron, a keyboard called the Chamberlin, a device similar to the Mellotron created by the original inventor of the device, Harry Chamberlin. It could simulate orchestral sounds more realistically and easily than the Mellotron. Seventh Sojourn reached #5 in the United Kingdom, and became the band's first American chart topper, spending five weeks at #1 to close out 1972. Two hit singles came from this album: "Isn't Life Strange" (#13 UK, #29 US) and "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" (#36 UK, #12 US). However, both songs were overshadowed by the re-release of "Nights in White Satin," which had been first released in 1967. Whereas both singles from Seventh Sojourn made the top 40, "Nights In White Satin" bested both, hitting #9 in the UK and #2 in the United States and gaining the highest American chart position for a Moody Blues single. Several songs contain overt political references. Mike Pinder's "Lost in a Lost World" laments the brutality of revolution ("Revolution never won / It's just another form of gun") and racial tension ("In their eyes it's nation against nation against nation / With racial pride"). "You and Me," like "Question" from two years earlier, alludes to ongoing wars and conflicts, including Vietnam ("There's a leafless tree in Asia"), Africa ("Under the sun there's a homeless man"), and the Arab-Israeli conflict ("There's a forest fire in the valley / Where the story all began"). In the 1990 Documentary "The Moody Blues: Legend of a Band," Bassist John Lodge described "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" as a response to fans who mistakenly read guru-like wisdom into the Moodies' often philosophical lyrics. The song makes a clear statement that the band is just as worried by the crises of the modern world and has just as few answers as everyone else. In contrast, "The Land of Make-Believe" describes a utopian world where "heartaches can turn into joy." This highly melodic track employs a complex and counterpoint-filled accompaniment in which contrasting lines are introduced in succession: First by the acoustic guitar (played by Hayward), then bells (Edge), then bass (Lodge), flute (Thomas), and finally electric guitar (Hayward again). Each part is unique, but ultimately blends well with the others, in keeping with the theme of the song's lyrics ("Only love will see us through / You know what love can do to you"). As this album proved difficult to record, with a 1973 follow-up quickly shelved after inception, the group decided to go on hiatus after their tour of Asia in 1974, before reuniting for Octave in 1977 and its subsequent tour.
Tracklisting:
1. Lost In A Lost World (4:42)
2. New Horizons (5:11)
3. For My Lady (3:58)
4. Isn't It Strange (6:07)
5. You And Me (4:20)
6. The Land Of Make Believe (4:52)
7. When You're A Free Man (6:06)
8. I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (4:19)
Total Time: 39:35
Line-Up:
- Justin Hayward / guitars, vocals
- John Lodge / bass guitar, vocals
- Michael Pinder / keyboards, vocals
- Ray Thomas / harmonica, flute, vocals
- Graeme Edge / drums, percussion
This CD rip was originally posted by Virginia Plain. Thanks for sharing.
I posted this album over a year ago, only to realize recently that the previous rip is not legit. I stumbled across this UDCD at the public library, of all places, and noticed that the cover looked a bit different. Upon further inspection, I saw the booklet rear was a completely different picture also. When I brought it home and ripped it, there were different peak levels. The conclusion then came that the version I had from before was not real. It was CDDA, for sure, but not the MFSL, someone just wanted to pass it off as such. So here is the REAL DEAL. Unfortunately there are library stickers on the front cover and inside the ring of the CD, but I still scanned everything including the underside of the CD (the gold part).
scottmusic update: I made a new front cover scan and removed the library sticker.
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 25. March 2009, 18:17
The Moody Blues / Seventh Sojourn (MFSL)
Used drive : SONY DVD RW DRU-840A Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -8" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
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1 | 0:00.00 | 4:41.70 | 0 | 21144
2 | 4:41.70 | 5:11.12 | 21145 | 44481
3 | 9:53.07 | 3:58.33 | 44482 | 62364
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7 | 29:10.55 | 6:05.72 | 131305 | 158751
8 | 35:16.52 | 4:18.48 | 158752 | 178149
Track 1
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Track 2
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Track 3
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Track 4
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 7
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Track 8
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