Barclay James Harvest (album)

Barclay James Harvest is the first album by British progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest.

Track listing
On the original vinyl LP all songs were credited to Holroyd/Lees/Pritchard/Wolstenholme. The list below shows the actual composers.

Side one
Arranged and conducted by Norman Smith
 * 1) "Taking Some Time On" (John Lees) – 5:31
 * 2) "Mother Dear" (Lees) – 3:20
 * 1) "The Sun Will Never Shine" (Woolly Wolstenholme) – 5:07
 * 2) "When the World Was Woken" (Les Holroyd) – 5:50

Side two

 * 1) "Good Love Child" (Lees) – 5:10
 * 2) "The Iron Maiden" (Wolstenholme) – 2:43
 * 3) "Dark Now My Sky" (Lees) – 12:01

Bonus tracks
Barclay James Harvest was remastered and reissued by Harvest in 2002 as Their First Album with several bonus tracks:


 * 1) "Early Morning" (A-side of first single, 1968) (Holroyd, Lees, Mel Pritchard, Wolstenholme) – 2:34
 * 2) "Mister Sunshine" (B-side of first single, 1968) (Wolstenholme) – 2:54
 * 3) "So Tomorrow" (Holroyd, Lees, Pritchard, Wolstenholme) – 3:28
 * 4) "Eden Unobtainable" (Holroyd) – 3:10
 * 5) "Night" (Wolstenholme) – 3:20
 * 6) "Pools of Blue" (Lees) – 3:29
 * 7) "Need You Oh So Bad" (Wolstenholme) – 1:18
 * 8) "Small Time Town" (Lees) – 2:12
 * 9) "Dark Now My Sky" (Lees ) – 3:43
 * 10) "I Can't Go on Without You" (Out-take, 1968) (Wolstenholme) – 2:13
 * 11) "Eden Unobtainable" (Out-take, 1968) (Holroyd) – 3:04
 * 12) "Poor Wages" (Single B-side, 1969) (Wolstenholme) – 2:34
 * 13) "Brother Thrush" (Single A-side, 1969) (Lees) – 3:06
 * Tracks 10-16: previously unreleased
 * Tracks 10-11: from the BBC Session 20 April 1968
 * Tracks 12-16: from the BBC Session 30 July 1968

Deluxe edition
In 2018 a multi format re-mastered limited deluxe edition was released. Initially available in a 3 CD and 1 DVD with the full 5.1 surround sound mix and 33 bonus tracks, there is also a 2 CD edition with the remaster and a limited number of bonus tracks.

Personnel

 * Barclay James Harvest
 * John Lees – vocals, guitars, recorder
 * Les Holroyd – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, cello
 * Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme – vocals, mellotron, keyboards, guitar, harmonica
 * Mel Pritchard – drums, percussion


 * Additional personnel
 * Jim Litherland – guitar on "Taking Some Time On"
 * The Barclay James Harvest Symphony Orchestra
 * Orchestra Leader: Gavyn Wright
 * Conductor and Musical Director: Robert Godfrey
 * Engineer: Phil McDonald

Cover
The original gatefold cover was designed by Ian Latimer, with photography by Richard Dunkley.