Moody Blues The Present Sealed Vinyl LP Threshold TRL-1-2902 1st Pressing, Hype

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The Moody Blues The Present Vinyl LP - Threshold TRL-1-2902 Sealed First Pressing (1983)
Condition: New, Still Factory Sealed. No cutout marks or holes.
The Present is the eleventh album by the Moody Blues, released in 1983. This was the group's last original studio album to be released on their custom label, Threshold Records. The album is the second of the Patrick Moraz era. It provided three minor hit singles in the U.S. with "Blue World" (#62), "Sitting at the Wheel" (#27) and "Running Water".
The album has a track sequence designed to capitalise on the legacy of the more successful Long Distance Voyager, with Justin Hayward's songs at the beginning and Ray Thomas's at the end. The cover is a pastiche of Maxfield Parrish's painting Daybreak.
Original track listing
Side One "Blue World" (Justin Hayward) – 5:20 (lead singer: Justin Hayward) "Meet Me Halfway" (Hayward, John Lodge) – 4:08 (lead singers: Justin Hayward, John Lodge) "Sitting at the Wheel" (Lodge) – 5:40 (lead singer: John Lodge) "Going Nowhere" (Graeme Edge) – 5:33 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)
Side Two "Hole in the World" (Lodge) – 1:54 (instrumental) "Under My Feet" (Lodge) – 4:51 (lead singer: John Lodge) "It's Cold Outside of Your Heart" (Hayward) – 4:27 (lead singer: Justin Hayward) "Running Water" (Hayward) – 3:23 (lead singer: Justin Hayward) "I Am" (Ray Thomas) – 1:40 (lead singer: Ray Thomas) "Sorry" (Thomas) – 5:02 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)
The Moody Blues Justin Hayward – vocals, guitar John Lodge – vocals, bass guitar Ray Thomas – vocals, harmonica, flute Graeme Edge – drums Patrick Moraz – keyboards, synthesizers _____________________________________________
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