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and Shaun Williamson as guest-singers. It's an album of tracks taken from the Moody Blues discography, played with orchestral arrangements with lead vocal duties being taken in turn by Hayward, Sadler, and Williamson. It was originally released with a cover title of ''Moody Blues – Unplugged – Greatest Hits'' in 1996 on Phantom Sound & Vision. A 1997 release by ISBA was titled ''Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits'' while a 2003 release on Armou was titled ''Justin Hayward and Friends and the Frankfort Rock Orchestra Perform the Hits of the Moody Blues''. Allmusic described the album as uninteresting and mostly plodding, with Hayward "becoming the Engelbert Humperdinck of 1960s rock crooners".

Track listing

All songs written by Justin Hayward except " Isn't Life Strange" and " I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" written by John Lodge and " Forever Autumn" written by

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" (Shaun Williamson – Vocals) # " Forever Autumn" (Justin Hayward – Vocals) # " I Know You're Out There Somewhere" (Shaun Williamson – Vocals) # " Running Water" (Justin Hayward – Vocals) # "New Horizons" (Michael Sadler – Vocals) # " Blue World" (Justin Hayward – Vocals) # " Isn't Life Strange" (Shaun Williamson – Vocals) # " The Voice (Michael Sadler – Vocals) # "Blue Guitar" (Justin Hayward – Vocals) # " I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" (Shaun Williamson – Vocals) # "

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" (Justin Hayward – Vocals) # " Your Wildest Dreams" (Michael Sadler – Vocals) # "In My World" (Justin Hayward – Vocals)

Personnel

* Justin Hayward – Vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14) * Michael Sadler – Vocals (tracks 1, 6, 9, 13) *

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– Vocals (tracks 2, 4, 8, 11) * Lutz Halfter – Drums, Percussion * Thomas Simmerl – Drums, Percussion * Michael Lakatos – Percussion * Hans-Dieter Lorenz – Bass * Johannes Luley – Guitar * Thomas Lohr – Guitar * Lutz Sommer – Guitar * Dietmar Watchler – Pedal Steel Guitar * Tommy Schmitt-Zijnen – Keyboards * Frankfurt Rock Orchestra – Orchestra * Leon Ives – Orchestral arrangements

References

Justin Hayward albums 2003 live albums Symphonic rock albums The Moody Blues tribute albums {{2003-rock-album-stub