Procession (The Moody Blues song)

"Procession" is a 1971 song by the Moody Blues, and it is the opening track on their album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. It is their only song to have been co-written by all five members of the band.

"Procession"
Song by The Moody Blues
from the album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Released23 July 1971
RecordedJanuary–March 1971
Length4:40
LabelThreshold
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tony Clarke

"Procession" is one of the first commercial songs to make use of electronic drums. The instrument in question was a custom drum synth developed by Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge and Sussex University professor Brian Groves.[1]

For the most part, "Procession" is an instrumental song, with the exception of its three spoken words: "desolation", "creation", and "communication". These words, as well as other words ending in "-ation", also appear on the album track "One More Time to Live."

A section of "Procession" was sampled by hip-hop musicians J Dilla and Madlib on the 2003 Jaylib album Champion Sound; the sample appears on the opening track "L.A. to Detroit."[2]

Personnel

References
  1. Render, Michael. The Case for Vintage Electronic Drums."Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2011-06-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), accessed October 5, 2020
  2. https://www.whosampled.com/sample/83498/Jaylib-L.A.-To-Detroit-The-Moody-Blues-Procession/
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