The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies

'The Magnificent Moodies' is the 1965 debut album by The Moody Blues first released in the UK and the first and only album featuring their R&B lineup of guitarist Denny Laine, bassist Clint Warwick, keyboardist Mike Pinder, flute player–percussionist Ray Thomas, and drummer Graeme Edge. The album is a collection of R&B and Merseybeat type songs, including the cover of 'Go Now', produced by Alex Wharton, that had been a Number 1 hit single earlier that year. For the US release (under the title 'Go Now – The Moody Blues #1'), four songs were replaced and the tracks were repositioned. At the height of The Moody Blues' US success in 1970, Deram Records reissued the US version of the album with a new cover and title, 'In The Beginning' (Deram DES-18051). As with the original album, this reissue did not chart.