Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest (1970) [Esoteric ADVD 2018]

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a new re-mastered and expanded edition of the legendary self-titled debut album by Barclay James Harvest. Produced by Norman Smith (also famed for his work with Pink Floyd and the Pretty Things), Barclay James Harvest was dominated by the twelve minute epic Dark Now My Sky and also featured such wonderful material as The Iron Maiden, Mother Dear, When the World Was Woken and the fine rock tracks Taking Some Time On and Good Love Child. The album established Barclay James Harvest as a unique group and paved the way for a remarkable career and a catalogue of music that continues to endure. This deluxe edition features a new remaster of the original album, along with stunning new stereo and multichannel mix.

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Barclay James Harvest's sensibly titled 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.

Tracklist:

01 - Taking Some Time On
02 - Mother Dear
03 - The Sun Will Never Shine
04 - When The World Was Woken
05 - Good Love Child
06 - The Iron Maiden
07 - Dark Now My Sky
08 - Pools Of Blue [New Mix only]
09 - Brother Thrush [New Mix only]
10 - Poor Wages [New Mix only]


ADVD - Visual Material (8:58)

"Mr. Sunshine" - 1968 Short Film (Directed By Lawrence Moore)
a) Early Morning
b) Washing The Dishes
c) Mr. Sunshine

Original Album 24-bit Remastered by Paschal Byrne at The Audio Archiving Company.
5.1 Surround Sound & New Stereo Mixes by Ben Wiseman & Mark Powell at Broadlake Studios, Hertfordshire.




Artwork package containing illustrated 68 Page book with new essay also includes Facsimile of the 1970 BJH Orchestral Tour Programme, two Facsimile press releases from 1968 and 1969, postcards and a replica 1968 record shop poster for the 'Early Morning' Single.