First, let me say that I wasn't out to bash Ray.
I was Kidding!
Second, I saw the Moodies live a number of times back in the day. I always liked the original lineup. Ray's playing, though simplistic always seemed OK to me. Rather liked it when Mike doubled him on Tron.
However... I recently bought the Moody's latest live recording (no orchestra). Huge difference in the material with a good flute player. Justin's voice is starting to show its age though. John can't sing high harmony anymore either (if he ever could).
Lastly, Lodge only slammed his hand in the Mellotron once or twice.... ![](\"https://ec.yimg.com/ec?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-cf.aol.com%2Fse%2Fsmi%2F0201d20638%2F16&t=1572495592&sig=cqBRChNlhTY75WBr02RLog--~E\")
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