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| THE MOODY BLUES-Go Now!/It's Easy Child U.S. Lomdon 45-LON-9726 1964 |
The Moody Blues U.S. debut came in December 1964 when London issued their 2nd U.K. 45 (Decca F F12022) as 45 LON 9726, a cover of the Bessie Bank's tune "Go Now" (#1 across the pond in November 1964) with it's U.K. flip, a cover of the Lulu Reed/Freddie King duet "It's Easy Child". It stalled chart wise here upon it's release and was relaunched in January 1965 with a new flip, a group original called "Lose Your Money" which graced the flip of their U.K. debut single "Steal Your Heart Away" (a Bobby Parker track, issued in September 1964 as Decca F11971). When reissued it went to #10 in the U.S. hit parade becoming their highest charting U.S single until 1967's "Nights In White Satin" by an altogether different line up with a different sound.
"Go Now" is vastly different from the original thanks to the heavy echo that creates an almost drone effect on the backing vocals throughout the song and has a nice up tempo touch to it courtesy of Mike Pinder's piano moving from the soulful dirge of the original to an almost ragtime swing. It's been a bit played out by it's still a great version.
Both tracks can be found on Deram/Decca's CD reissue of their U.K. LP "The Magnificent Moodies" which contains all of their Denny Laine era U.K./U.S. material and is still in print and is available on streaming as well.
Hear "Go Now!":
Hear "It's Easy Child":
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