''Caught Live + 5'' is a live album by

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, consisting of a 12 December 1969 live show at the Royal Albert Hall and five previously unreleased studio recordings from 1967 to 1968. The band's performance was a popular and critical success at the time. In his newspaper review of the event, music critic Jack Scott called the concert a "knockout victory for

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," having a "rich, full sound that combined sensitivity with sheer popular punch." The "+5" studio tracks were re-released on their 1987 album '' Prelude''. The

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version of this album has the distinction of being one of the few 8-tracks that is arranged exactly like the album, with no song breaks. While ''Caught Live + 5'' managed to reach #26 during its American chart run, it missed the British listings completely, the first time this had occurred for The Moody Blues since their 1965 debut ''

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'' (although that album had reached number 5 on the NME album chart). This is the first Moody Blues album since ''

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'' not to feature cover artwork by Philip Travers. Decca Records instead used British art design group

Hipgnosis Hipgnosis were an English art design group based in London, that specialised in creating album cover artwork for rock musicians and bands. Their commissions included work for Pink Floyd, T. Rex, the Pretty Things, Black Sabbath, UFO, 10c ...

Original track listing

Tracks 1–14 are live while tracks 15–19 are studio recordings.

Side One

#" Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)" (

Justin Hayward David Justin Hayward (born 14 October 1946) is an English musician best known as the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the rock band the Moody Blues. Hayward became the group's principal lead guitarist and vocalist over the 1967–1974 ...

) – 4:03 #"The Sunset" (

Mike Pinder Michael Thomas Pinder (born 27 December 1941) is an English rock musician, and is a founding member and original keyboard player of the British rock group the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band's ninth album '' ...

) – 4:33 #" Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" (

Ray Thomas Raymond Thomas (29 December 1941 – 4 January 2018) was an English multi-instrumentalist, flautist, singer, founding member and composer in the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues. His flute solo on the band's 1967 hit single "Night ...

) – 3:23 #"

Never Comes the Day "Never Comes the Day" is a 1969 single by the progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was written by band member Justin Hayward, and was the only single released from their 1969 album '' On the Threshold of a Dream''. Background The song was ...

" (Hayward) – 5:39

Side Two

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" ( John Lodge) – 5:13 #" Tuesday Afternoon" (Hayward) – 4:51 #" Are You Sitting Comfortably?" (Hayward, Thomas) – 4:21 #" The Dream" (

Graeme Edge Graeme Charles Edge (30 March 1941 – 11 November 2021) was an English musician, songwriter and poet, best known as the co-founder and drummer of the English band the Moody Blues. In addition to his work with the Moody Blues, Edge worked as ...

) – 0:58 #" Have You Heard (Part 1)" (Pinder) – 1:22 #" The Voyage" (Pinder) – 3:37 #" Have You Heard (Part 2)" (Pinder) – 2:33

Side Three

#" Nights in White Satin" (Hayward) – 5:55 #"

Legend of a Mind "Legend of a Mind" is a song by the British progressive rock band the Moody Blues, and was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas, who provides the lead vocals. "Legend of a Mind" was recorded in January 1968 and was first released on the Mood ...

" (Thomas) – 7:05 #"

Ride My See-Saw __NOTOC__ "Ride My See-Saw" is a 1968 single by the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was written by the band's bassist John Lodge, and was first released on the Moody Blues' 1968 album '' In Search of the Lost Chord''. It was the ...

" (Lodge) – 4:28

Side Four

#"Gimme a Little Somethin'" (Lodge) – 3:13 #"Please Think About It" (Pinder) – 3:41 #"Long Summer Days" (Hayward) – 3:12 #"King and Queen" (Hayward) – 3:52 #"What Am I Doing Here?" (Hayward) – 3:33

Personnel

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

* John Lodge – vocals,

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

– vocals, Mellotron,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

– vocals, flute, harmonica,

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- drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

Charts

References

{{Authority control The Moody Blues live albums 1977 live albums Threshold Records albums Live albums recorded at the Royal Albert Hall Albums produced by Tony Clarke (record producer) Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Progressive pop albums