Artist: Barclay James Harvest
Title Of Album: Collection
Year Of Release: 1970-2012
Label: Parlophone. Harvest, Sire, Polydor,Esoteric Recordings
Genre : Art rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 45 hours 10 minutes 8 seconds
Total Size: 7,53gb
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Barclay James Harvest biography
In 1966 two R & B bands local to Oldham (UK) merged to form a blues outfit THE BLUES KEEPERS. With sponsorship from a local businessman (also their manager) they rented an 18th century farmhouse where they practised extensively, gradually moving towards a progressive rock style then beginning to emerge. On turning professional the name BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST was adopted, and the line-up stabilised as JOHN LEES (guitars, vocals), LES HOLROYD (bass, rhythm guitar, vocals), STUART "WOOLLY" WOLSTENHOLME (keyboards, vocals) and MEL PRITCHARD (drums). After releasing their first single in April 1968, the band joined the legendary progressive HARVEST label, quickly expanding their musical horizons, chiefly by experimenting with longer evolving song structures and orchestrations. Initially this involved the use of woodwind, strings and brass before acquiring a MELLOTRON, but by the time of the release of their first album 'Barclay James Harvest' in 1970 they were employing an orchestra, the grandly titled BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by ROBERT GODFREY who later became a member of THE ENID.

Though producing some of their best melodic progressive work at this time, the orchestra proved to be too expensive and very nearly bankrupted the band, but in 1973 a move to the POLYDOR label saw an upturn in their fortunes. With increasing commercial success, their music began to develop towards simpler song structures with stronger arrangements which caused detractors to dub them 'The Poor Man's Moody Blues'! By 1979 WOOLLY left the band because he had become disillusioned that they had moved away from their Prog roots. They continued into the 1980s as a 3-piece augmented by hired musicians, and with a string of melodic AOR albums finally made a commercial break-through in Europe, particularly in Germany where they played several major outdoor concerts, beginning with a massive free concert on the steps of the historic Reichstag in August 1980...



Albums
1970 - Barclay James Harvest (Vinyl Rip) [39:32]
1970 - Once Again (2011 40th Anniversary Edition) [1:17:18]
1972 - Baby James Harvest (Vinyl Rip) [37:05]
1974 - Everyone Is Everybody Else [39:26]
1974 - Everyone Is Everybody Else (Vinyl Rip) [39:19]
1975 - Time Honoured Ghosts (Japan Mini LP, 2003 Remastered) [1:05:38]
1976 - Octoberon [45:13]
1976 - Octoberon (Vinyl Rip) [45:07]
1977 - Gone to Earth [39:55]
1977 - Gone To Earth (Vinyl Rip) [40:19]
1978 - XII (2003 Remastered) [1:11:42]
1978 - XII (Limited Edition, 2006 Remastered) [1:11:42]
1979 - Eyes Of The Universe (2006 Remastered) [57:28]
1979 - Eyes Of The Universe (Vinyl Rip) [42:42]
1981 - Turn Of The Tide (Vinyl Rip) [48:20]
1983 - Ring Of Changes (2012 Remastered) [1:01:18]
1983 - Ring Of Changes (Vinyl Rip) [48:06]
1984 - Victims Of Circumstance (2012 Remastered) [2:10:44]
1987 - Face To Face (2006 Remastered) [1:16:55]
1987 - Face To Face (Vinyl Rip) [1:05:38]
1990 - Welcome To The Show (2006 Remastered) [1:19:49]

Live
1978 - Live Tapes (2006 Remastered) [1:40:08]
1978 - Live Tapes (2009 Remastered) [1:40:08]
1978 - Live Tapes (Vinyl Rip) [1:03:35]
1982 - A Concert For The People (Berlin) (2006 Remastered) [1:03:14]
1982 - A Concert For The People (Vinyl Rip) [52:01]
John Lees' Barclay James Harvest: Legacy - Live At The Shepherd's Bush Empire [1:17:41]
2012 - Live in Concert at Metropolis Studios [1:15:09]

Boxset & Compilations
1991 - Best Of Barclay James Harvest [1:17:49]
1992 - The Best of Barclay James Harvest [1:17:36]
1995 - And Other Short Stories, Baby James Harvest (1971, 1972) [1:17:19]
1995 - Barclay James Harvest , Once Again (1970, 1971) [1:20:06]
2001 - Mocking Bird - The Best Of [1:16:01]
2005 - All Is Safely Gathered In - An Anthology 1967-1997 [6:35:00]
2011 - Taking Some Time On: The Parlophone - Harvest Years (1968-73) [5:17:58]



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