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(1966 – present)

The Barclay James Harvest story begins in the early sixties in the Oldham area of North-West England. John Lees and Stuart “Woolly” Wolstenholme met at Oldham Art School, and formed a band called The Sorcerers, which evolved into The Keepers. Meanwhile Les Holroyd and Mel Pritchard were playing in another local outfit rejoicing in the name of Heart And Soul And The Wickeds. In 1966 a new band was formed from a fusion of the two and performed live shows on a semi-professional basis as The Blues Keepers. The resulting six-piece gradually dwindled to a stable quartet comprising Holroyd, Pritchard, Lees and Wolstenholme, and in the summer of 1967 they turned professional with a new name selected by putting names into a hat, and Barclay James Harvest was born.

Under the patronage of John Crowther, a local businessman and their first manager, they moved into an 18th Century farmhouse called Preston House to write and rehearse, and their spartan lifestyle was captured in a short documentary film made for Granada TV. A one-off single deal was negotiated with EMI’s Parlophone label, and “Early Morning” appeared in April 1968, attracting acclaim and the opportunity to record radio sessions for John Peel. This in turn led to a contract with EMI as the band became one of the first signings to the legendary Harvest label, releasing “Brother Thrush” as their second single in June 1969.

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assderasse wrote:
last month

BJH = viele schöne Erinnerungen !

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AstralAndArcane wrote:
last month

Poor man's moody blues is so breathtaking!

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silverlage wrote:
last month

blowing me away

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homutovsky wrote:
October 2009

здесь можно почитать о Barclay James Harvest, а также скачать несколько альбомов – http://www.kultobozrevatel.ru/barclay-james-harvest

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Kingsnake77 wrote:
October 2009

I consider Octoberon, XII, Live Tapes, Time Honoured Ghosts and Gone to Earth to be great records aswell. After Wooly left (1978), then they began to suck...

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hufftalbot wrote:
September 2009

Nothing worth listening to after 1974

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Kingsnake77 wrote:
August 2009

Summer Soldier is the song for me. Intricate and simply beautiful and moving

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stinaldo13 wrote:
July 2009

Suicide? FTW

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Bookman1974 wrote:
July 2009

The first three albums contain some stunning absolutely stuff. And following on from Sampo's shout below, how come so few people have listened to this on Last FM? http://www.last.fm/music/Barclay+James+Harvest/After+The+Day+-+The+Radio+Broadcasts+1974+-1976

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sampo wrote:
May 2009

Some of the live versions of the songs on "After The Day - The Radio Broadcasts 1974-1976" are simply extraordinary. Great band to say the least, releasing top album after top album during '70-78.

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JustLike2Listen wrote:
May 2009

Timeless lyrics.................... BJH live forever....

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gianlucarock wrote:
May 2009

magic progressive rock...

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dusseux wrote:
April 2009

<33333333333333333333333333333 for ever beautiful........

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chilled-out-777 wrote:
March 2009

I love "Mockin Bird" it is epic

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KeithJones wrote:
March 2009

Classic!

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Deandl wrote:
March 2009

Genial:-) Da waren wir noch jung!!!

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shazzeth wrote:
March 2009

I absolutely adore "She Said" and "Galadriel" <3

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jongold wrote:
February 2009

Someone should shorten the biography a little.... No?

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tangerman wrote:
November 2008

"Suicide?" is a great song! from Octoberon & Live Tapes. Listen to the full song here: http://mog.com/tangerman/blog_post/128152

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tangerman wrote:
November 2008

"ONE NIGHT" from Time Honoured Ghosts & Live Tapes in full version. Right here: -> http://mog.com/tangerman/blog_post/126657

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