Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon (1976) DE Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Lacquer Cut At Phonodisc GmbH
Label: Polydor / 2383 407 | Released: 1976 | Genre: Symphonic-Rock
Side A
1. Rock'N'Roll Star (5:17)
2. Polk Street Rag (5:37)
3. Believe In Me (4:21)
4. Suicide? (7:56)
Side B
5. The World Goes On (6:27)
6. May Day (7:57)
7. Ra (7:18)
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor International GmbH
Published By – Rak Publishing Ltd.
Recorded At – Strawberry Studios
Recorded At – Chappell Recording Studios
Pressed By – Phonodisc GmbH
Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc GmbH
Credits
Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Harmony Vocals – Les Holroyd
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmony Vocals – John Lees
Arranged By [Orchestral Strings, Choir], Conductor [Orchestral Strings, Choir] – Ritchie Close
Choir – Capriol Singers*
Design – Brunnings
Directed By [Choir] – Gerald E. Brown
Drums, Percussion – Mel Pritchard
Engineer – Davie Rohl*
Engineer [2nd] – Steve C. Smith
Keyboards, Vocals – Woolly Wolstenholme
Leader [Orchestral Strings] – Pat Halling*
Management – Danny Betesh, Harvey Lisberg, Lindsay Brown
Producer – Barclay James Harvest
Notes
Recorded at:
Strawberry Recording Studios (U.K.) Limited, Stockport, Cheshire, England.
Orchestral Strings recorded at Chappell, London.
All titles published by RAK Music
℗ 1976 Polydor International GmbH
Made in Germany
includes lyric sheet
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 1): 146 2383 407 S1 320
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 1): 140 2383 407 ═ 2 S2 320
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 2): 146 2383 407 = 2 S1 320 B U 1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 2): 140 2383 407 S2 320 1B E
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 3): 146 2383 407 = 2 S1 320 B F 1D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 3): 140 2383 407 S2 320 B G 1B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 4): 146 2383 407 = 2 S1 320 B Q 1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 4): 140 2383 407 S2 320 B O 1B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 5): 146 2383 407 S1 320 1 Z
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 5): 140 2383 407 S2 320 1 M
Rights Society: GEMA
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Lacquer Cut At Phonodisc GmbH
Label: Polydor / 2383 407 | Released: 1976 | Genre: Symphonic-Rock
Side A
1. Rock'N'Roll Star (5:17)
2. Polk Street Rag (5:37)
3. Believe In Me (4:21)
4. Suicide? (7:56)
Side B
5. The World Goes On (6:27)
6. May Day (7:57)
7. Ra (7:18)
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor International GmbH
Published By – Rak Publishing Ltd.
Recorded At – Strawberry Studios
Recorded At – Chappell Recording Studios
Pressed By – Phonodisc GmbH
Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc GmbH
Credits
Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Harmony Vocals – Les Holroyd
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmony Vocals – John Lees
Arranged By [Orchestral Strings, Choir], Conductor [Orchestral Strings, Choir] – Ritchie Close
Choir – Capriol Singers*
Design – Brunnings
Directed By [Choir] – Gerald E. Brown
Drums, Percussion – Mel Pritchard
Engineer – Davie Rohl*
Engineer [2nd] – Steve C. Smith
Keyboards, Vocals – Woolly Wolstenholme
Leader [Orchestral Strings] – Pat Halling*
Management – Danny Betesh, Harvey Lisberg, Lindsay Brown
Producer – Barclay James Harvest
Notes
Recorded at:
Strawberry Recording Studios (U.K.) Limited, Stockport, Cheshire, England.
Orchestral Strings recorded at Chappell, London.
All titles published by RAK Music
℗ 1976 Polydor International GmbH
Made in Germany
includes lyric sheet
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 1): 146 2383 407 S1 320
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 1): 140 2383 407 ═ 2 S2 320
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 2): 146 2383 407 = 2 S1 320 B U 1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 2): 140 2383 407 S2 320 1B E
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 3): 146 2383 407 = 2 S1 320 B F 1D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 3): 140 2383 407 S2 320 B G 1B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 4): 146 2383 407 = 2 S1 320 B Q 1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 4): 140 2383 407 S2 320 B O 1B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 5): 146 2383 407 S1 320 1 Z
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 5): 140 2383 407 S2 320 1 M
Rights Society: GEMA
Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon (1976) DE Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon (1976) DE Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon (1976) DE Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
This Rip: 2012
This LP: NM/From my personal collection
Cleaning: RCM Moth MkII Pro Vinyl
Direct Drive Turntable: Marantz 6170
Cartridge: SHURE M97xE
Amplifier: Sansui 9090DB
LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
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For me this album is fantastic, a summa of Barclay James Harvest kind of music. It opens with a classic with an optimistic note from the pen of Les Holroyd titled "The World Goes On". This is the first use of the orchestra from Moonwater (1972). Other two Holroyd's' contributions are Believe In Me and Rock'n'Roll Star which is a beautiful live classic for the band, with an obvious reference to the Byrds "So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star". It was also compared to the Eagles "One Of These Nights". John Lees' pieces are all very good, expecially the explosive Polk Street Rag, inspired by the porno film Deep Throat, starring Linda Lovelace (Polk Street is in San Francisco's red light district). The final song Suicide? is simply one of the best songs for John Lees. This beautiful ballad, in predominant acoustic guitar, ends with sounds effect of the death of the character of the songs, falling from the top of a building. The question, marked in the titled, underline the central point: did he jump or was he pushed?. Stuart "Wooly" Wolsteholme composition is the epic of ancient Egypt "Ra" wich demonstrates the high synphonic ideas of this great composer.
Octoberon (only n.19 in the U.K. charts) is a title that combine the fact that is the eight album for Barclay James Harvest and the shakespearen character Oberon.
I highly recommend this pearl to all the people who love melodic/symphonic/prog.progarchives.comWelcome to the Dark Side of the Vinyl
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