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The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn [MFSL 1-151] 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip

Posted By: doctarippa
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn [MFSL 1-151]  24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip

The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn
JVC Japan 150g "SuperVinyl" / MFSL 1-151 (1984)
Half-Speed Mastered by Stan Ricker @ MFSL, Los Angeles

Vinyl rip in 24-bit/96kHz | FLAC | no cue or log (vinyl) | Full HQ Artwork
~ 895 MB | RS | Genre: Progressive Rock | 1972


, released in 1972, was the seventh album released by . With Seventh Sojourn, The Moody Blues replaced the Mellotron with 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 managed to reach #5 in the UK, and became the band's first U.S. chart topper, spending five weeks at the summit to close out 1972 Two hit singles came from this album: "Isn't Life Strange" and "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)." However, both songs were overshadowed by the re-release of "Nights in White Satin," which had its first single release in 1967. Whereas both singles from Seventh Sojourn merely made the top 40, "Nights In White Satin" hit #9 in the UK and #2 in the U.S., which was the highest American chart position for a Moody Blues single. On this album, the band made two strong political references. "Lost in a Lost World" alluded to 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 the Vietnam War: "There's a leafless tree in Asia." Further, the song also references the ongoing Israeli-Arab conflict: "there's a forest fire in the valley/where the story all began." 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.
Track Listing

Side One
1. "Lost in a Lost World" (Mike Pinder) – 4:42
2. "New Horizons" (Justin Hayward) – 5:11
3. "For My Lady" (Ray Thomas) – 3:58
4. "Isn't Life Strange" (John Lodge) – 6:09

Side Two
1. "You and Me" (Hayward, Graeme Edge) – 4:21
2. "The Land of Make-Believe" (Hayward) – 4:52
3. "When You're a Free Man" (Pinder) – 6:06
4. "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" (Lodge) – 4:18


Ripping Equipment:
Nitty Gritty RCM 1.5
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Ortofon 2M BlackPhono Cartridge
Pro-Ject Tube Box SE II Preamp
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Monster Cable interconnects
Bias Peak LE 6 recording software

RCM>TT > Ortofon 2M Black> Tube Box preamp>
Mac Pro Dual Xeon> BIAS Peak LE, 24-bit @ 96kHz > manual click removal >
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > Click Repair, 10 Rev, X2 >
split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded XLD 20090824a (109.2)

No silence has been removed, please burn gapless to match original track layout.


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