![]() ![]() Like its predecessor, In Search of the Lost Chord opens with a spoken word poem by Graeme Edge, "Departure", delivered by Mike Pinder. We were actually living this stuff at the time, I suppose like many other people, but we took it a lot more seriously than most other musicians, and we were able to put it into music in a more accessible way than some of the other musicians who were really seriously into it, but who were inaccessible in their music." So what we were saying was sincere, we weren't just picking up bits of information and using them in songs. I remember us all reading the Bhagavad Gita, and the Tibetan Book of The Dead, and doing all of these things together. We went through a lot of religious experiences together, we tended to read the same books. ![]() We met Timothy Leary in 1968 on our first tour of America, me Mike and Ray stayed with him on his ranch for a week or so, and we had a wonderful time. We were racing toward it all the time - reading every book, investigating every kind of religion, having all sorts of psychedelic experiences. Hayward elaborates on the band's spirit of curiosity and quest for knowledge: "Myself, Pinder and Ray were dabbling in everything, trying to guzzle as much spiritual and psychedelic information as we could possibly get. We were just an intermediary for some of those moods." Keyboardist Mike Pinder continues, "Listening to music, you enjoy it most when you're in a meditative state and I think the drug influence was able to put you into that state instantly." ![]() I think we were able to take those experiences and hopefully pass them on. And those trips inspired a lot of our music at the time." He continues, "We'd opened a particular door together, and at the same time, which was a wonderful thing to be able to share. I must admit we always had a great time on acid. Usually, they were the more psychedelic type of drugs. Justin Hayward acknowledges the influence of psychedelic drugs on the band's creative process: "Oh, we all dabbled in all sorts of things. The album takes inspiration from the spirit of inner exploration that characterized the psychedelic era. Because of that, I realized that so many of my ideas were linked-up to this whole area of conceptual thinking and of communicating ideas to people by asking questions musically and through the lyrics." Mike Pinder explains, "The Moodies were really the first rock band to do conceptual albums and to work with a symphony orchestra. The songs of In Search of the Lost Chord form a loose concept around a theme of quest and discovery, including both world exploration and inner self-realization. Like its predecessor, In Search of the Lost Chord features a conceptual theme that unites the album into a single, cohesive artistic work. ![]() It was when everything gelled musically." Writing They can sit down and listen – get away on a trip of musical exploration." Guitarist Justin Hayward recalls that In Search of the Lost Chord "was when I feel we found our soul and direction. And buyers realize they offer more than just music to dance to. At the time, Keyboardist Mike Pinder told the Melody Maker, "Albums give us a chance to experiment with new ideas. The success of the band's previous record, Days of Future Passed allowed the group additional studio time and creative flexibility in crafting a follow-up album. In Search of the Lost Chord is the third album by The Moody Blues, released in July 1968 on the Deram label. ![]()
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