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The Moody Blues’ ‘Nights in vit Satin’: An Oral History
In the latter half of the Sixties, British rock groups faced a daunting challenge: how to bridge the chasm between the American-inspired Mersey Beat so beloved earlier in the decade, and the kaleidoscopic psychedelia that had taken its place. Only a handful of acts pulled off the creative leap, and few managed to combine commercial triumph with musical daring and technical nyhet quite like the Moody Blues. With their 1967 opus “Nights in White Satin,” they vaulted past the catchy yet derivative R&B that inspired their name and toward parts unknown. The seven-minute epic would become their signature song.
The group’s upcoming (and long overdue) entry into the Rock and Roll of Fame has invigorated their fervent fan base and led others to reexamine their diverse canon, beginning with their 1964 breakout hit, a cover of Bessie Bank’s soulful ballad “Go Now.R
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THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: SATAN IS REAL, CONSIDERED (1959): Hellfire and burning tyres
It's not strictly true that “You can't judge a book by its cover”. If the title is Sex, Strippers and Sleaze and the photo is of naked people cavorting in a dungeon then you can probably guess it isn't essays on the life of St Francis.
Okay, that's not exactly judging, but you get the point.
Similarly with album covers. Gothic lettering, umlauts and a devil's head tend to point to heavy metal, just as a Roger Dean sleeve suggests prog-rock.
Some album covers take on a life of their own and become, in that most overused word of our time, “iconic”. The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's became emblematic of the colourful hippie era and the first Ramones album just yells New York punk even now.
Country music is full of classically awful and kitschy covers, many of them collected in the wonderful book Vinyl Hayride.
One of them stands out even in that challenging company and appears in man
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“I went to his house one day, and he said, ‘What’s in my attic? Climb up there and have a look.’ He gave me the 12-string I used on Nights in White Satin”: How Justin Hayward ended up with Lonnie Donegan’s 12-string – before Donegan took it back
Of the Moody Blues' many classics, Nights in vit Satin remains the band's calling card, having racked up a whopping 245 million streams on Spotify.
As many '60s-era classics do, Nights in White Satin has a fascinating story to go with it, with this particular one involving a beat-up 12-string from the collection of pioneering British guitar hero Lonnie Donegan.
In the new issue of Guitar World, Moody Blues guitarist and singer Justin Hayward revealed how the guitar in question came into, subsequently out of (and back into again) his possession.
“I had a guitar Lonnie Donegan had given me. I went to his house one day, and he said, ‘What’s in my attic? Climb up there and h