1972-10-23
Seventh Sojourn
The Moody Blues
By Maeve C.
Sessions for Seventh Sojourn began in January 1972 at Beckthorns, Mike Pinder’s home studio, before moving to Decca’s Studio 4 in north London for most of the year. Tony Clarke produced the eight songs, which are shared among the band’s writers.
John Lodge’s “Isn’t Life Strange” had been released as a single that spring, and his “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)” closes the album. Pinder’s “Lost in a Lost World” opens it. In the United States the record went to number one on the Billboard 200 and stayed there for five weeks at the end of 1972.
Sources
Official Moody Blues site timeline: “October 23, 1972 – Seventh Sojourn is Released”; reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in December 1972.Corroborates release 23 October 1972 on Threshold; producer Tony Clarke; sessions at Beckthorns (January) then Decca Studio 4, Tollington Park; Isn’t Life Strange single April 1972; songwriters; US No. 1 for five weeks.
Discography lists Released: 23 October 1972 (Threshold, LP).