the Moody Blues - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival (1970)

[lunarpollen]

I didn't know this album existed until I saw it today at the music shop my friend works at. I did a quick Google search via my cell phone to find a review, found one (very positive) and so I picked it up. Damn they were really in top form for this one. John's bass playing is really solid, Mike's Mellotron sounds brilliant, and Justin's guitar is especially prominent, hell the whole band kicked some major bee-hind at this show. It's really interesting to hear "Question" with an electric guitar instead of the famous acoustic guitar the song is known for. And the version of "Ride My See-Saw" that closes out the set has to be the best live rendition I've heard from them, they just totally tear through it. I highly recommend this for any fans of the Moodies' psychedelic and immediate post-psychedelic (which was still pretty trippy) periods. It really shows how expert a bass player John Lodge was/is and how good the band was back then.

[rapidfirerob]

I read about it in Goldmine magazine, the world's greatest music magazine (though Bass Player isn't too bad). The DVD of this concert is coming out in a few months.