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The Moody Blues put out this collection, a live concert augmented by some previously unreleased studio cuts, once they'd decided to re-form at the end of the 1970s, to get some product out. They never liked the concert much as a document (the unofficial word is that several of the group members were under the influence of controlled substances during the show, and, thus, less sharp than they might otherwise have been), which is one reason why they didn't authorize its release on CD until 1996. The 1969 Royal Albert Hall show sounds a lot better than it did on the LP, with a closeness that was never evident before — Justin Hayward's guitar and Michael Pinder's various Mellotrons, in particular, sound really close, and the singing comes out with more detail. The songs come primarily from Days of Future Passed, Lost Chord, and Threshold of a Dream; they rock hard on "Legend of a Mind" and "Ride My See-Saw," and "Tuesday Afternoon" is a highlight as well. As for the studio cuts, they're salvaged from failed album sessions in 1967 and 1968 — not bad, but definitely filler.