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To Our Children's Children's Children is the fifth album by The Moody Blues, released in November 1969. It was the first album released on the group's newly formed Threshold record label, which was named after the band's previous album from the same year, On the Threshold of a Dream. It was inspired by the 1969 moon landing, and the songs centre on the twin themes of space travel and children, with minor-key tonalities and a distinct psychedelic influence. It is the fourth of what are popularly considered the group's "core seven" (or Classic Seven) albums from 1967 to 1972.

Release

While the extracted single, "Watching and Waiting," did not do well in that market, To Our Children's Children's Children was critically well-received and sold well, reaching number 2 in the UK albums chart and number 14 in the US. The album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic.

The band found most of the songs impossible to perform live, due to extremely lush orchestrations and a great deal of overdubbing. For this reason their following album, A Question of Balance, was more stripped down and basic in instrumentation. This change only lasted for one album and the next, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, saw a return to their earlier orchestral sound. The song "Out and In" originally was credited to both Mike Pinder and John Lodge, their only collaboration noted as such; but on the 1997 CD rerelease, Lodge's co-writing credit was omitted.

Track listing

In March 2006, the album was remastered into SACD and repackaged into a 2CD Deluxe Edition.

2006 SACD Deluxe Edition tracks

1. "Gypsy" (Alternate version) (Hayward) – 4:17
2. "Candle of Life" (Alternate version) (Lodge) – 4:59
3. "Sun Is Still Shining" (Extended version) (Pinder) – 4:07
4. "Gypsy" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Hayward) 3:21
5. "Sunset" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Pinder) – 3:54
6. "Never Comes the Day" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Hayward) – 4:42
7. "Are You Sitting Comfortably" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Hayward, Thomas) – 2:54
8. "The Dream" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Edge) – 0:58
9. "Have You Heard Pt. 1/The Voyage/Have You Heard Pt. 2" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Pinder) – 5:42
10. "Nights in White Satin" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Hayward) – 3:12
11. "Legend of a Mind" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Thomas) – 4:37

In 2008, a remaster for single standard audio CD was issued with the five bonus tracks.

2008 Single Standard CD Remaster tracks

1. "Gypsy" (Alternate version) (Hayward) – 4:16
2. "Candle of Life" (Alternate version) (Lodge) – 4:55
3. "Sun Is Still Shining" (Extended version) (Pinder) – 4:03
4. "Have You Heard Pt. 1/The Voyage/Have You Heard Pt. 2" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Pinder) – 5:36
5. "Legend of a Mind" (BBC radio concert 17 December 1969) (Thomas) – 4:33

Chart positions

Personnel

• Justin Hayward – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, sitar
• John Lodge – vocals, bass guitar, harp, acoustic guitar
• Ray Thomas – vocals, flute, tambourine, bass flute, oboe
• Graeme Edge – drums, percussion
• Mike Pinder – vocals, Mellotron, piano, EMS VCS 3, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, celesta, double bass

References

1. To Our Children's Children's Children at AllMusic
2. "Moody Blues | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
3. "The Moody Blues – Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

External links

• To Our Children's Children's Children at Discogs (list of releases)

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• The Moody Blues albums
• 1969 albums
• Albums produced by Tony Clarke (producer)
• English-language albums
• Threshold Records albums
• Universal Deluxe Editions