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The band moved to Decca's Deram Records and released 1967's Days Of Future Passed. The album was recorded with a full orchestra, arranged and conducted by Peter Knight, and produced by Tony Clark. It contained the hits "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon." This began a streak of massively successful albums with Knight and Clark on board, all of which hit at least the US and UK Top 20 or Top 10 and three that were number 1 in the UK: 1969's On The Threshold Of A Dream, 1970's A Question Of Balance (including the hit Question), 1970's To Our Children's Children's Children, 1971's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, and 1972's Seventh Sojourn (featuring I'm Just A Singer [In A Rock And Roll Band]). In 1974, the Moody Blues took a hiatus for members to pursue solo projects. Hayward and Lodge released the Blue Jays album, which had the hit "Blue Guitar". The Moody Blues returned in 1978's with another big album, Octave. After the album was released, Pinder left and was replaced with Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz. Clark also resigned as the their producer. The Moody Blues' next album, 1981's Long Distance Voyager, was huge and stayed at Number 1 in the US for three weeks. It had three hits, "Gemini Dream," "Meanwhile," and "The Voice." Their follow-up album, 1983's The Present, was not as successful, although it did contain the rock radio hit, "Sitting At The Wheel." The Moody Blues came back with their 1986 hit "Your Wildest Dreams" and The Other Side Of Life album. The 1988 album, Sur La Mer, had another sizable hit, "I Know You re Out There Somewhere." Patrick Moraz left before their next album, 1991's Keys Of The Kingdom, and was replaced by Paul Bliss. The band continued to tour throughout the 1990s and 2000's and released one more album in the '90s, 1999's Strange Times. Thomas left after their 2003 tour and later that year the trio of Lodge, Hayward and Edge released a Moody Blues Christmas album, December.