''A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra'' is a live album by The Moody Blues, recorded from a live performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre on 9 September 1992. This performance was the first time The Moody Blues performed in concert backed by a full

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

. The concert was held in celebration of the 25th anniversary of their second album, '' Days of Future Passed'', which had featured the

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. The full video of this concert was broadcast as a fundraising broadcast for

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in the United States. The original album was released on 9 March 1993 by

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, and a Concert Home Video was released shortly after. On 4 March 2003, a deluxe two-disc edition was released, which features the entire concert. Also, in November 1999, a second video of the concert titled ''The Other Side of Red Rocks'' was released. It contained footage of the songs not on the first video release, as well as interviews and rehearsal footage.

Original CD track listing

All songs by Justin Hayward except where noted. # "Overture" (features excerpts from " Ride My See-Saw", " Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)", and "

Nights in White Satin "Nights in White Satin" is a song by the Moody Blues, written and composed by Justin Hayward. It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album ''Days of Future Passed''. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 ...

") (Hayward, John Lodge) – 2:58 # " Late Lament" ( Graeme Edge, Peter Knight) – 1:35 # "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" – 4:42 # " For My Lady" (

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 ...

) – 4:11 # "Lean on Me (Tonight)" (Lodge) – 4:39 # " Lovely to See You" – 4:04 # " I Know You're Out There Somewhere" – 5:22 # " The Voice" – 5:28 # " Your Wildest Dreams" – 4:57 # " Isn't Life Strange" (Lodge) – 6:44 # " The Other Side of Life" – 7:05 # " I'm Just a Singer" (Lodge) – 6:55 # "Nights in White Satin" – 6:33 # "

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" – 6:22 # "Ride My See-Saw" (Lodge) – 5:26

Video track listing

# "Overture" – 3:03 # "Late Lament" – 1:21 # "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" – 4:04 # "For My Lady" – 4:51 # "New Horizons" – 5:06 # "Lean on Me (Tonight)" – 4:56 # "Lovely to See You" – 4:19 # "

Gemini Dream "Gemini Dream" is a 1981 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It reached number 12 on the US Hot 100, as well as number 1 on the Canada ''RPM'' Top 100 Singles chart. It is ranked as the 28th biggest Canadian hit of 1981. Histor ...

" – 4:20 # "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" – 5:23 # "The Voice" – 5:18 # "

Say It with Love "Say It with Love" is the lead single from The Moody Blues 1991 album ''Keys of the Kingdom''. Written by Justin Hayward, it was released as a single in June 1991, with "Lean on Me (Tonight)" on the B-side. "Say It with Love" was moderately suc ...

" – 3:20 # "The Story in Your Eyes" – 3:02 # "Your Wildest Dreams" – 4:53 # "Isn't Life Strange" – 7:20 # "The Other Side of Life" – 6:47 # "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" – 6:58 # "Nights in White Satin" – 6:49 # "Question" – 5:29 # "Ride My See-Saw" – 4:50

Deluxe Edition track listing

The Deluxe Edition was released on 4 March 2003.

Disc one

# "Overture" (features excerpts from "Ride My See-Saw", "New Horizons", "Another Morning", "

Voices in the Sky "Voices in the Sky" is a hit 1968 single by the progressive rock band the Moody Blues, and it was written by their lead guitarist Justin Hayward. It was released as a single in June 1968, with " Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" on the B-side. It was l ...

", " (Evening) Time to Get Away", "Isn't Life Strange", "

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 Moody ...

", "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)", and "Nights in White Satin") (Hayward, Lodge, Thomas) – 4:53 # "Late Lament" (Edge, Knight) – 1:31 # "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" – 3:54 # "For My Lady" (Thomas) – 4:55 # "

Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back) The keys of the kingdom is a Christian concept of eternal church authority. Christians believe it was established in the 1st century AD, initially through Saint Peter, then through the rest of the 12 Apostles. The latter, continuing with the earl ...

" – 5:19 # "Emily's Song" (Lodge) – 4:29 # "New Horizons" – 5:10 # "Lean on Me (Tonight)" (Lodge) – 4:39 # "Voices in the Sky" – 3:44 # "Lovely to See You" – 4:26 # "Gemini Dream" (Hayward, Lodge) – 4:45 # "I Know You're Out There Somewhere"– 5:27 # "The Voice" – 5:53

Disc two

# "Say It with Love" – 4:45 # " The Story in Your Eyes" – 3:36 # "Your Wildest Dreams" – 4:57 # "Isn't Life Strange" (Lodge) – 7:16 # "The Other Side of Life" – 6:02 # " I'm Just a Singer" (Lodge) – 6:47 # "

" – 6:58 # "

" (Thomas) – 9:02 # "

" – 5:51 # " Ride My See-Saw" (Lodge) – 5:04

Personnel

* Justin Hayward – vocals, guitars * John Lodge – vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar *

– vocals, flutes, percussion * Graeme Edge – drums, percussion, spoken word on "Late Lament"

Additional personnel

*Paul Bliss – keyboards * Bias Boshell – keyboards *June Boyce – backing vocals *Sue Shattock – backing vocals *Gordon Marshall – drums *Larry Baird & The Colorado Symphony Orchestra. *Recorded by Tom Garneau in the Omega Enterprises Mobile Unit *Mixed by Tom Garneau with Justin Hayward and John Lodge at Vancouver Sound

Charts

Certifications

References

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