Time Traveller (The Moody Blues album)

Time Traveller
Box set by
Released27 September 1994 (5 Disc)
5 March 1996
(4 Disc)
Recorded1967–1994
GenreRock
Length307:42
LabelPolydor
PolyGram
ProducerVarious
The Moody Blues chronology
A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
(1993)
Time Traveller
(1994)
The Best of the Moody Blues
(1996)
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Time Traveller is a box set by British rock band The Moody Blues, released in 1994.[1]

The set is presented in chronological order, beginning with the 1966 addition of Justin Hayward and John Lodge (no material from the pre-Hayward/Lodge era was included). The set includes several previously unreleased or rare tracks, tracks from the 1975 Hayward/Lodge side-project Blue Jays, the track "Forever Autumn" from Jeff Wayne's 1978 album War of the Worlds featuring Hayward on lead vocals and a new 1994 track, "This is the Moment", which had been released earlier that year as a contribution to the 1994 FIFA album Soccer Rocks the Globe.

Originally released as a 5-CD set, the fifth CD contains "This is the Moment" plus eight live recordings that were leftover from the original 1993 release of A Night at Red Rocks. These tracks were later included in the 2003 deluxe re-release of that album.

In 1996 Time Traveller was re-released as a 4-CD box set with CD 5 removed, thus this version of the set ends at the 1991 Keys of the Kingdom album.

Track listing

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Disc One

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All tracks performed by The Moody Blues

Tracks 1, 3–4, 9, 11, 13 and 15 written by Justin Hayward, tracks 2, 10 and 18–20 by Mike Pinder, track 5 by Hayward, Graeme Edge and Peter Knight, track 6 by Edge and John Lodge, tracks 7 and 14 by Ray Thomas, track 8 by Lodge, tracks 12 and 17 by Edge and track 16 by Hayward and Thomas

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."Fly Me High"Non-album single (1967)2:53
2."Love and Beauty"Non-album single (1967)2:23
3."Cities""Nights in White Satin" single B-side (1967)2:21
4."Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)"Days of Future Passed (1967)4:47
5."The Night: Nights in White Satin/Late Lament"Days of Future Passed (1967)7:40
6."Departure/Ride My See-Saw"In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)4:22
7."Legend of a Mind"In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)6:35
8."House of Four Doors (Parts 1 & 2)"In Search of the Lost Chord (1968, two separate tracks combined together for Time Traveller)6:00
9."Voices in the Sky"In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)3:29
10."The Best Way to Travel"In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)3:13
11."The Actor"In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)4:39
12."In the Beginning"On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)2:07
13."Lovely to See You"On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)2:34
14."Dear Diary"On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)3:56
15."Never Comes the Day"On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)4:40
16."Are You Sitting Comfortably?"On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)3:29
17."The Dream"On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)0:53
18."Have You Heard (Part 1)"On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)1:23
19."The Voyage"On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)4:08
20."Have You Heard (Part 2)"On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)2:38

Disc Two

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All tracks performed by The Moody Blues

Tracks 1, 5 and 11 written by Edge, tracks 2, 4, 8–10, 12, 14, 17 and 19 by Hayward, tracks 3, 7, 13 and 18 by Lodge, track 6 by Pinder and Lodge, track 9 by Hayward and Thomas, tracks 15 and 20 by Pinder and track 16 by Hayward, Lodge, Edge, Thomas and Pinder

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."Higher and Higher"To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)3:58
2."Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)"To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)3:31
3."Eyes of a Child"To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)3:11
4."I Never Thought I'd Live to Be a Hundred"To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)1:05
5."Beyond"To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)2:58
6."Out and In"To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)3:41
7."Candle of Life"To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)4:12
8."I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Million"To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)0:33
9."Watching and Waiting"To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)4:14
10."Question"A Question of Balance (1970)5:39
11."Don't You Feel Small"A Question of Balance (1970)2:35
12."It's Up to You"A Question of Balance (1970)3:11
13."Minstrel's Song"A Question of Balance (1970)4:24
14."Dawning Is the Day"A Question of Balance (1970)4:24
15."Melancholy Man"A Question of Balance (1970)5:44
16."Procession"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)4:41
17."The Story in Your Eyes"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)2:52
18."One More Time to Live"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)5:39
19."You Can Never Go Home"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)4:14
20."My Song"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)6:18

Disc Three

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All tracks performed by The Moody Blues except tracks 7–13 performed by Justin Hayward and John Lodge with track 13 featuring backing by 10cc

Track 1 written by Pinder, tracks 2, 7, 9, 11–13, 15–16 by Hayward, track 3 by Thomas, tracks 4, 6, 10 and 14 by Lodge, track 5 by Hayward and Edge and track 8 by Hayward and Lodge

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."Lost in a Lost World"Seventh Sojourn (1972)4:41
2."New Horizons"Seventh Sojourn (1972)5:10
3."For My Lady"Seventh Sojourn (1972)3:57
4."Isn't Life Strange"Seventh Sojourn (1972)6:08
5."You and Me"Seventh Sojourn (1972)4:19
6."I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"Seventh Sojourn (1972)4:17
7."This Morning"Blue Jays (1975)5:55
8."Remember Me (My Friend)"Blue Jays (1975)5:27
9."My Brother"Blue Jays (1975)3:27
10."Saved by the Music"Blue Jays (1975)6:08
11."I Dreamed Last Night"Blue Jays (1975)4:26
12."When You Wake Up"Blue Jays (1975)5:19
13."Blue Guitar"Non-album single (1975)3:39
14."Steppin' in a Slide Zone"Octave (1978)5:28
15."Driftwood"Octave (1978)4:25
16."The Day We Meet Again"Octave (1978)6:18

Disc Four

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All tracks performed by The Moody Blues except track 1 performed by Justin Hayward and Jeff Wayne

All tracks written by Hayward except track 1 by Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass and Gary Osborne, tracks 3, 6 and 14 by Lodge and track 4 by Hayward and Lodge

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."Forever Autumn (edited)"Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1978)4:31
2."The Voice"Long Distance Voyager (1981)5:16
3."Talking Out of Turn"Long Distance Voyager (1981)7:16
4."Gemini Dream"Long Distance Voyager (1981)4:05
5."Blue World"The Present (1983)5:10
6."Sitting at the Wheel"The Present (1983)5:37
7."Running Water"The Present (1983)3:21
8."Your Wildest Dreams"The Other Side of Life (1986)4:50
9."The Other Side of Life"The Other Side of Life (1986)6:50
10."I Know You're Out There Somewhere"Sur la Mer (1988)6:37
11."No More Lies"Sur la Mer (1988)5:14
12."Say It with Love"Keys of the Kingdom (1991)3:55
13."Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)"Keys of the Kingdom (1991)5:09
14."Lean on Me (Tonight)"Keys of the Kingdom (1991)4:57
15."Highway""Say It With Love" single B-side (1991)4:35

Disc Five (not included in 1996 re-release)

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All tracks performed by The Moody Blues

All tracks written by Hayward except track 1 by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse, track 5 by Lodge, track 8 by Thomas and track 9 by Hayward and Lodge

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."This Is the Moment"Soccer Rocks the Globe (1994)4:39
2."The Story in Your Eyes"Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (1992, previously unreleased, later included on 2003 Deluxe Edition of A Night at Red Rocks)3:43
3."Voices in the Sky"Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (1992, previously unreleased, later included on 2003 Deluxe Edition of A Night at Red Rocks)4:02
4."New Horizons"Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (1992, previously unreleased, later included on 2003 Deluxe Edition of A Night at Red Rocks)5:58
5."Emily's Song"Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (1992, previously unreleased, later included on 2003 Deluxe Edition of A Night at Red Rocks)4:31
6."Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)"Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (1992, previously unreleased, later included on 2003 Deluxe Edition of A Night at Red Rocks)4:16
7."Say It with Love"Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (1992, previously unreleased, later included on 2003 Deluxe Edition of A Night at Red Rocks)4:52
8."Legend of a Mind"Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (1992, previously unreleased, later included on 2003 Deluxe Edition of A Night at Red Rocks)9:01
9."Gemini Dream"Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (1992, previously unreleased, later included on 2003 Deluxe Edition of A Night at Red Rocks)4:27

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[2] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ The Moody Blues – Time Traveller, retrieved 8 May 2022
  2. ^ "American album certifications – The Moody Blues – Time Traveller". Recording Industry Association of America.