Barclay James Harvest is a Rock album by Barclay James Harvest, originally released in 1970. On Gatefold: 28 pressings tracked.
About
Barclay James Harvest's sensibly titled 1970 debut album was one of the unsung classics of the late '60s, a post-psychedelic pop album that posits a peculiar collision between the Bee Gees' vision of classic grandeur and the heftier sounds leaking out of the rock underground. Add Norman Smith's epic production and one cannot help thinking that if the Pretty Things had ever looked elsewhere for their follow-up to S.F. Sorrow, Barclay James Harvest could have handed it to them on a plate. The opening "Taking Some Time On" is absolutely phenomenal, churning and riffing on the one hand, positively hymnal on the other -- and poised, during its chorus, to plunge into a virtual dry run for R.E.M.'s "Talk About the Weather." Elsewhere, "When the World Was Woken" is unmistakably daubed in a whiter shade of Procol Harum, while the 12-minute closer, "Dark Now My Sky," is simply spellbinding. Barclay James Harvest ranks among the finest albums of the entire early prog boom.
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Tracklist
- 1Taking Some Time On (2002 Remaster)5:30
- 2Mother Dear (2002 Remaster)3:20
- 3The Sun Will Never Shine (2002 Remaster)5:07
- 4When the World Was Woken (2002 Remaster)5:50
- 5Good Love Child (2002 Remaster)5:10
- 6The Iron Maiden (2002 Remaster)2:42
- 7Dark Now My Sky (2002 Remaster)12:05
Sound DNA
- Rock
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- John Lees
- Les Holroyd
- Mel Pritchard
- The Barclay James Harvest OrchestraFEATURING FEATURING, ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA
- Woolly Wolstenholme
- Norman SmithARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR
- Robert John GodfreyARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR
28 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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