Nights In White Satin
	Produced by Tony Clarke
	Released on November 1967
	UK CHART POSITION #19 (RE-CHARTED #9 in 1972 and #14 in 1979) . . US RE-CHART POSITION #2 (charted August 5, 1972 for 18 weeks)
	Find it at GEMM
45-DEM-85023 wo. picture sleeve [high resolution scan]

I f I were to compile a list of the world’s greatest songs (just to infuriate people with my presumption), I’d have “Nights In White Satin” somewhere near the top of the list. The single version I have (45-DEM-85023) matches the original elpee version minus the orchestral ending, so it clocks in around four-and-a-half minutes and not the 3:06 listed on the label. Honestly, I’m surprised how often the track times are just flat-out wrong. Apparently, no one ever checks them. The flip side is “Cities,” a nonalbum track written by Justin Hayward that shows the influence of The Beatles (after Rubber Soul) and/or perhaps Graham Gouldman’s minor-key melodies (“No Milk Today”). It’s short (at a correct two-and-a-half minutes) but well worth hearing, which is probably why the song has shown up on several Moodies compilations.

OG 9349 picture sleeve

TRACK LISTING

1. NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN    (Justin Hayward)    3:06 (incorrect time, s/b approx. 4:25)
2. CITIES    (Hayward)    2:20

CREDITS

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