compilation producer, research, liner notes Mark Powell coordinator [project] Andy Street design [cd package] Phil Smee tracks 3-8 mixed by Mark Powell tracks 3-8 mixed by Paschal Byrne remastered by Paschal Byrne Record Company Universal Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited Made By Universal M & L, UK Remastered At The Audio Archiving Company Pressed By Disctronics Clamshell box with a 48 page booklet with photos and extensive liner notes. Released maybe on 27 or 28 January 2003. Not to be sold seperately ▪ Part of set 5857832 on the back of all 3 separate cardboard sleeves.
Follow-up volume: [m1223678] (2008).
Track sources: 1-1 from 2-LP compilation This Is The Moody Blues ( October 1974 ) [Threshold MB 1/2]. Original mix featured on LP In Search Of The Lost Chord ( October 1968 ) [Deram SML 711] 1-2 from single B-side of Some Good Advice ( August 1967 ) [Deram DM 143] 1-3 from LP The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles And Fripp ( September 1968 ) [Deram SML 1022] 1-4 from LP Introspection ( November 1969 ) [Decca SKL R 5015] 1-5 from LP Ten Years After ( October 1967 ) [Deram DML 1015] 1-6 from LP Made In England ( January 1970 ) [Deram SDN 5] 1-7 from LP Egg ( March 1970 ) [Deram SDN 14] 1-8 from LP Patent Pending ( July 1969 ) [Deram SML 1043] 1-9 from LP Snafu ( February 1970 ) [Deram SML 1050] 1-10 from LP Aardvark ( March 1970 ) [Deram SDN 17] 1-11 from LP It'll All Work Out In Boomland ( July 1970 ) [Decca SKL 5050] 1-12 from single B-side of If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You ( August 1970 ) [Decca F 13063] 1-13 from LP Growers Of Mushroom ( October 1971 ) [Decca SKL R 5094] 1-14 from LP Honest Injun ( March 1970 ) [Deram DML 1060] 1-15 from single A-side ( July 1970 ) [Decca F 23058] 1-16 from single A-side ( June 1969 ) [Deram DM 259] 2-1 from LP Volume One ( August 1970 ) [Decca SKL 5053] 2-2 from LP Barbed Wire Sandwich ( February 1970 ) [Decca SDN 15] 2-3 from LP Feelin' Free ( January 1970 ) [Deram SDN 13] 2-4 from LP Zakarrias ( November 1971 ) [Deram SML 1091] 2-5 from LP Retribution ( October 1970 ) [Deram SML 107] 2-6 from LP Pre-Flight ( November 1970 [Deram SML 1073] 2-7 & 2-13 from LP Overdog ( April 1971 ) [Deram SDL 2] 2-8 from LP A Question Of Balance ( August 1970 ) [Threshold THS 3] The release date taken from Discogs 2-9 from LP Cricklewood Green ( April 1970 ) [Deram SML 1065] 2-10 from single A-side ( May 1970 ) [Deram DM 297] 2-11 from LP In The Land Of Grey And Pink ( April 1971 ) [Deram SDL R1] 2-12 from LP Swaddling Songs ( May 1972 ) [Deram SDL 7] 3-1 from LP Hellbound Train ( February 1972 ) [Decca TXS 107] 3-2 from LP Space Shanty ( June 1972 ) [Deram SDL R 11] 3-3 from LP Shades Of A Blue Orphanage ( March 1972 ) [Decca TXS 108] 3-4 from LP Medusa ( November 1970 ) [Threshold THS 4] 3-5 from LP For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night ( October 1973 ) [Deram SDL R 12] 3-6 from single A-side ( November 1972 ) [Decca F 13355] On the booklet the catalog number is wrong 3-7 original studio mix. Alternate mix on LP Mirage ( March 1974 ) [Deram SML 1107] 3-8 recorded February 25, 1974, at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, and mixed from the original 16-track tape in 2001 at The Audio Archiving Company, London. Previously unreleased. 3-9 from LP Curved Air Live ( February 1975 ) [Deram SML 1119] 3-10 from LP Moonmadness ( Narch 1976 ) [Decca TXS R 115] 3-11 from LP Night Music ( November 1974 ) [Deram SML 1116]
Artist of track 2-4, Zakarrias, is printed in two different ways above the release: Zakkarias on the back of the cardboard box and inside the booklet, but Zakarrias on the back of disc 2's separate sleeve. Barcode: 0 731458 578321 Mastering SID Code: IFPI L136 (CD 1,2,3) Mould SID Code: IFPI 04G7 (CD 1) Mould SID Code: IFPI 04F4 (CD 2) Mould SID Code: IFPI 04H2 (CD 3) Matrix / Runout: DISCTRONICS 5857842 01 (CD 1) Matrix / Runout: DISCTRONICS 5857862 01 (CD 2) Matrix / Runout: DISCTRONICS 5857872 01 (CD 3) Rights Society: BIEM MCPS Label Code: LC 0942