Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories

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Released5 November 1971
Recorded18 July – 16 August 1971 [1]
Studio Maida Vale Studios, London
Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre
Length40:33(original LP)
1:10:50 (2002 CD)
Label Harvest
Producer
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Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories is the third album by English progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest, released in 1971. [3] [4] The band has been said to be "dabbling in symphonic rock" with this album. [5]

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Medicine Man" (John Lees) – 3:58
  2. "Someone There You Know" (Les Holroyd/Lees/Mel Pritchard/Woolly Wolstenholme) – 3:49
  3. "Harry's Song" (Lees) – 3:55
  4. "Ursula (The Swansea Song)" (Holroyd/Lees/Pritchard/Wolstenholme) – 2:55
  5. "Little Lapwing" (Holroyd) – 4:59

Side two

  1. "Song With No Meaning" (Holroyd) – 4:23
  2. "Blue John's Blues" (Lees) – 6:50
  3. "The Poet" (Wolstenholme) – 4:55
  4. "After the Day" (Lees) – 4:49

Bonus tracks

The album was remastered and reissued by Harvest in 2002 with bonus tracks: [4]

  1. "Brave New World" (demo 17 July 1971) (Lees/Wolstenholme) – 3:59
  2. "She Said"† (Lees) – 8:42
  3. "Galadriel"† (Lees) – 3:07
  4. "Ursula (The Swansea Song)"† (Holroyd/Lees/Pritchard/Wolstenholme) – 2:54
  5. "Someone There You Know"† (Holroyd/Lees/Pritchard/Wolstenholme) – 3:47
  6. "Medicine Man" (BBC session 15 March 1972) (Lees) – 7:48

† BBC session 5 July 1971, previously unreleased

Personnel

Remastered version

A remastered version was released in 2020. [6]

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References

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