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"Dear Diary"
Song by The Moody Blues from the album On the Threshold of a Dream
Released	25 April 1969
Recorded	15 - 16 January 1969
Length	3:57
Label	Deram Records
Writer	Ray Thomas
Producer	Tony Clarke
On the Threshold of a Dream track listing
Side one "In the Beginning" "Lovely to See You" "Dear Diary" "Send Me No Wine" "To Share Our Love" "So Deep Within You" Side two "Never Comes the Day" "Lazy Day" "Are You Sitting Comfortably?" "The Dream" "Have You Heard (Part 1)" "The Voyage" "Have You Heard (Part 2)"

"Dear Diary" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. Written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas, "Dear Diary" was first released on the 1969 album On the Threshold of a Dream.

The lyrics of "Dear Diary" basically describe a typical day in the life of a lonely man, bemoaning that the rest of the world doesn't notice the people like him. The narrator's only source of communication is with his diary. The song itself has a slow, ethereal sound to it, and Ray Thomas's lead vocal track is ran through a Leslie speaker for an eerie effect. In a moment of humor typical of Thomas's writing, the song ends with the narrator having heard a news report of the testing of an H bomb. The narrator is glad that the bomb wasn't exploded by anyone he knew.

Personnel

Justin Hayward: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
John Lodge: bass guitar, backing vocals
Mike Pinder: mellotron
Ray Thomas: vocals, flute
Graeme Edge: drums, percussion

v • d • e The Moody Blues

Graeme Edge · Justin Hayward · John Lodge Denny Laine · Patrick Moraz · Mike Pinder · Ray Thomas · Clint Warwick

Studio albums	The Magnificent Moodies · Days of Future Passed · In Search of the Lost Chord · On the Threshold of a Dream · To Our Children's Children's Children · A Question of Balance · Every Good Boy Deserves Favour · Seventh Sojourn · Octave · Long Distance Voyager · The Present · The Other Side of Life · Sur la Mer · Keys of the Kingdom · Strange Times · December

Live albums	Caught Live + 5 · A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra · Hall of Fame · Lovely to See You: Live · Live at the BBC: 1967-1970 · Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

Compilations	This Is The Moody Blues · Prelude · Greatest Hits · Time Traveller · The Best of the Moody Blues · Anthology · An Introduction to The Moody Blues

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