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London Festival Orchestra

We have

It took the form to new heights using the London Festival Orchestra, a loose affiliation of Decca's classical musicians given a fictitious name, adding the term "London" to sound impressive, to provide an orchestral linking framework to the group's already written and performed songs

with no source for that. And then shortly after

...then the track being presented to Peter Knight who quickly composed a suitable "linking" orchestral portion, which the Decca musicians ("London Festival Orchestra") then recorded...

with scare quotes. So my questions are:

What is a "loose affiliation" of classical musicians? Did they not perform together as an orchestra?
Was their name actually fictitious, or just ad hoc? It would be fictitious if they existed only in a novel or something I would think.
Our article London Festival Orchestra says it was

established in the 1950s as the 'house orchestra' for Decca Records. In 1980 it was incorporated as an independent performing orchestra under Ross Pople. At least in the world of pop music, the orchestra is best known for providing accompaniment to the Moody Blues for their landmark 1967 album Days of Future Passed. With the staging of the orchestra's summer festival of music in cathedrals, under the title Cathedral Classics, sponsored by American Express and British Gas, London Festival Orchestra quickly became a household name in the UK and abroad.

and much else, including that the entity was active at least into the 21st century. Which is quite a bit different than what we have. However, the London Festival Orchestra article has no refs. That doesn't necessarily mean its a made up pack of lies, but it could be.

At any rate, this article and London Festival Orchestra give wildly different descriptions of that orchestra, and they can't both be right. Herostratus (talk) 12:45, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

London Festival Orchestra was formed in 1980. Moody Blues used a few freelance musicians, coupled with a Synthesizer called a Mellotron. 76.135.140.188 (talk) 06:38, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Band appears to be currently active

Page says their activity ended in 2018. 2601:603:1881:FAF0:BCD3:57DB:B796:E603 (talk) 20:42, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Official website suggests the band is still an active entity, but only gives details of separate tours by Hayward and Lodge? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:16, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Moody Blues is not currently active. The group ended with Ray Thomas' death and the remaining members could no longer conduct business as The Moody Blues, since Thomas was an original licensee and copyright holder. When a copyright holder dies, everything stops. It's all bootleggers trying to promote their illegal albums, which violate copyright, licensing and intellectual property laws. All The Moody Blues albums are only on Deram, which forever holds the license to Moody Blues Music publications. 2600:8805:C03:800:E0E1:D9E3:FE1A:F7B3 (talk) 21:49, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reference #87. Moody Bluegrass.

This article is only about the UK band The Moody Blues. It cannot include a US Nashville band named Moody Bluegrass, which deviates from the title of the article. Moody Bluegrass has nothing to do with the band The Moody Blues, except it's a cover band which cannot promote itself on some other Wikipedia article. 2600:8805:C03:800:E0E1:D9E3:FE1A:F7B3 (talk) 21:45, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discography

The last official and legal The Moody Blues album was "The Other Side of Life." All of The Moody Blues music was published on Deram Records which still holds the license to all of The Moody Blues music. After Ray Thomas' death, all production of The Moody Blues Music stopped since Thomas was an original member and a copyright holder and licensee. All albums produced after "The Other Side of Life" are illegal and bootleg and they violate copyright, licensing and intellectual property laws. 2600:8805:C03:800:E0E1:D9E3:FE1A:F7B3 (talk) 21:55, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What reliable source are you using to support this claim? - FlightTime (open channel) 22:17, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]