Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits

Studio album by Justin Hayward

Released

June 19, 1996

Recorded

Cream Studios, Germany/Studio M, Germany/CAS Studio, Germany/Smetana Studio, Praha (Prague) and Dolphin Studio

Genre

Symphonic rock

Label

Phantom Sound & Music

Justin Hayward chronology

Classic Blue
(1989)

Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits
(1996)

The View from the Hill
(1996)

Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits is an album by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues with the Frankfurt Rock Orchestra and Michael Sadler of Saga and Shaun Williamson as guest-singers. It's an album of tracks taken from the Moody Blues discography, played with orchestral arrangements with lead vocal duties being taken in turn by Hayward, Sadler, and Williamson.

It was originally released with a cover title of Moody Blues – Unplugged – Greatest Hits in 1996 on Phantom Sound & Vision.^[1] A 1997 release by ISBA was titled Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits^[2] while a 2003 release on Armou was titled Justin Hayward and Friends and the Frankfort Rock Orchestra Perform the Hits of the Moody Blues.

Allmusic described the album as uninteresting and mostly plodding, with Hayward "becoming the Engelbert Humperdinck of 1960s rock crooners".^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Justin Hayward except "Isn't Life Strange" and "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" written by John Lodge and "Forever Autumn" written by Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass.

"Nights in White Satin" (Michael Sadler - Vocals)
"Question" (Shaun Williamson - Vocals)
"Forever Autumn" (Justin Hayward - Vocals)
"I Know You're Out There Somewhere" (Shaun Williamson - Vocals)
"Running Water" (Justin Hayward - Vocals)
"New Horizons" (Michael Sadler - Vocals)
"Blue World" (Justin Hayward - Vocals)
"Isn't Life Strange" (Shaun Williamson - Vocals)
"The Voice (Michael Sadler - Vocals)
"Blue Guitar" (Justin Hayward - Vocals)
"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" (Shaun Williamson - Vocals)
"Voices in the Sky" (Justin Hayward - Vocals)
"Your Wildest Dreams" (Michael Sadler - Vocals)
"In My World" (Justin Hayward - Vocals)

Personnel

Justin Hayward - Vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14)
Michael Sadler - Vocals (tracks 1, 6, 9, 13)
Shaun Williamson - Vocals (tracks 2, 4, 8, 11)
Lutz Halfter - Drums, Percussion
Thomas Simmerl - Drums, Percussion
Michael Lakatos - Percussion
Hans-Dieter Lorenz - Bass
Johannes Luley - Guitar
Thomas Lohr - Guitar
Lutz Sommer - Guitar
Dietmar Watchler - Pedal Steel Guitar
Tommy Schmitt-Zijnen - Keyboards
Frankfurt Rock Orchestra - Orchestra
Leon Ives - Orchestral arrangements

The Moody Blues

Graeme Edge Justin Hayward John Lodge Ray Thomas Mike Pinder Denny Laine Clint Warwick Rodney Clark Patrick Moraz

Studio albums	The Magnificent Moodies Days of Future Passed In Search of the Lost Chord On the Threshold of a Dream To Our Children's Children's Children A Question of Balance Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Seventh Sojourn Octave Long Distance Voyager The Present The Other Side of Life Sur la Mer Keys of the Kingdom Strange Times December

Live albums	Caught Live + 5 A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Hall of Fame Lovely to See You: Live Live at the BBC: 1967-1970 Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

Compilations	This Is The Moody Blues Voices in The Sky: The Best of The Moody Blues Prelude Greatest Hits Time Traveller The Best of The Moody Blues Anthology Gold An Introduction to The Moody Blues

Singles	"Go Now" "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" "Nights in White Satin" "Tuesday Afternoon" "Voices in the Sky" "Ride My See-Saw" "Never Comes the Day" "Watching and Waiting" "Question" "The Story in Your Eyes" "Isn't Life Strange" "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" "Steppin' in a Slide Zone" "Driftwood" "Gemini Dream" "The Voice" "Talking Out of Turn" "Blue World" "Sitting at the Wheel" "Your Wildest Dreams" "The Other Side of Life" "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" "No More Lies" "Say It with Love" "Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)" "English Sunset"

Related articles	Band members Discography Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits Moody Bluegrass

References

↑ "Justin Hayward & Friends Sing The Moody Blues Classic Hits (product description)". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
↑ "Justin Hayward". MTV Artists. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
↑ Bruce Eder. "Justin Hayward Sing the Moody Blues' Classic Hits". Allmusic. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

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