Moody Blues "Question of bal." CD or SACD vs Vinyl

I had a chance to listen yesterday and I added a separate review comparing my CD and vinyl copies of Days Of Future Passed.

I'll try to do "Question of Balance" next when I have a chance.

I posted my Question of Balance audio review a while back and also posted Seventh Sojourn audio review including the MFSL Ultradisc recording just today, if still interested.

Hi all,
Several comments on the Moody Blues' albums in general:
Having attended is some 30 plus concerts including venues like DAR Constitutional Hall and Lisner in the DC area, the Wang center in Boston, etc. I can say the albums in any of the formats pale in comparison. I have had the vinyl copies (original US), CDs (German imports from from early 80's (the original cd?), the MFSL cds, SACDs and dts cds of DOFP and Seventh Sojourn, but to me the most exciting format was the Quadrophinic releases (except ISOTLC was not recorded in quad) in the early seventies on reel to reel!!! Unfortunately, my reel to reels got ripped off while in storage. The 8-track quads while a little noisy but had excellent sonics. But back to the current formats, I find all the MOFI CDs to be pleasing more so than vinyl, the SACDs to me have more distortion and the song "Question" is horroribly mixed. For DOFP and Seventh Sojourn, I like the dts versions the best. For clarification, I much prefer surround sound over stereo when mixed properly. It's like being at a studio concert. Anyway, as a big time Moodies fan, it's my 2 cents.

I 've seen them 6 times, 1st in 1978 (Octave Tour), 3 times in this millenium. I agree the recordings all pale in comparison to the Moodies live today. THey have really honed their repertoire to perfection live on most any decent night. Like fine wine, they've actually improved live considerably over the years, despite age.

I could see where quad and surround would lend themselves well to the Moodies classic 7 recordings.

"Hall of Fame" is a good more recent live DVD to get a sample. I hear the more recent "Lovely To See You" DVD is even better.

I saw them live on the tour LTSY was recorded on (sans Ray Thomas, who recently retired). IT was an exceptional performance of an exceptional set of tunes.

Justin Hayward is one of the most talented singer/songwriter//guitarists in the business and is highly underrated as a guitar player in particular IMHO. His performances live with the Moodies is something to treasure.

I saw them this summer in Atlanta. They were good but I feel they are not what they once were. I really like Ray Thomas' replacemnt but still miss him being in the band. Legend of Mind is a fav.