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February 29, 2024 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Barclay James Harvest Baby James Harvest

Esoteric Recordings' refresh of the Barclay James Harvest catalogue has seen deluxe expansions of most of the prog-rock heroes' classic-era albums.  In fall 2023, Esoteric got around to the band's fourth and final album for EMI's Harvest Records.  1972's Baby James Harvest, often considered a weak link in a strong run of LPs, can now be reevaluated in a 4CD/1Blu-ray edition containing the remastered original stereo mix; a new stereo mix; copious bonus tracks; a full concert in mono and stereo;

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest

May 25, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Barclay James Harvest Once Again

Cherry Red's Esoteric imprint has overseen the catalogue of prog rockers Barclay James Harvest for some years now, revisiting their albums in various shapes and sizes.  2023 has recently seen the reissue of BJH's second album, 1971's Once Again, as a 3-CD/Blu-ray box boasting the album in its original stereo mix; a new stereo mix by Stephen W. Tayler; and a fold-down of its original 1973 quadraphonic mix on CD, plus a new 5.1 surround mix, the quadraphonic mix in true 4.0, and the new and

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest

December 22, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

BeBopDeluxe AxeVictim

As our Holiday Gift Guide continues with a fourth and final look at Cherry Red's recent box set offerings, we wanted to bring to your attention two collections that would look great underneath the tree, whether for a prog-rock enthusiast in your life or for yourself (we won't tell!).  First up: Barclay James Harvest's And Other Short Stories, recently reissued as a 2-CD/DVD set.  The English prog rock outfit Barclay James Harvest had already made a name for themselves as part of Harvest

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Be-Bop Deluxe

October 6, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

76 in the Shade

Producer-compiler Bob Stanley's last couple of compilations for Ace have placed him squarely within the 1970s.  Earlier this year, Saint Etienne Present Songs for the Fountain Coffee Room (compiled by Stanley, Sarah Cracknell, and Pete Wiggs) conjured "the soundtrack for a bar in mid-'70s Los Angeles," or a St. Etienne-style spin on "yacht rock" with Stephen Bishop, Ned Doheny, Boz Scaggs, and Seals and Crofts among those featured.  Stanley has followed Fountain Coffee Room up with a trip to a

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Cliff Richard, David Ruffin, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Jefferson Starship, Smokey Robinson, The Emotions, The Steve Miller Band, Various Artists

May 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Baker Gurvitz Army Since Beginning

Today we're looking at a pair of recent releases from Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint featuring some heavy sounds! With a résumé including Cream, Blind Faith, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and Fela Kuti's group, Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker has long been recognized as one of rock's greatest - and most volatile - drummers.  With a personality as outsize as his talent, Baker brought a powerful touch to all of his projects and various bands.  Between 1974 and 1976,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Baker Gurvitz Army, Barclay James Harvest, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, The Gun, The Move, Traffic, Various Artists

September 26, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Try a Little Sunshine

Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint has recently released the latest volume in its year-by-year chronicle of British psychedelia.  Try a Little Sunshine: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1969 follows Let's Go Down and Blow Our Minds (1967) and Looking at Pictures in the Sky (1968) with 3 CDs and 73 tracks from another fascinating year in music history. The box explores the various musical strains impacted by psychedelia, such as pop (including bubblegum, baroque, and sunshine/harmony pop),

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Procol Harum, Status Quo, The Move, The Pretty Things, The Spencer Davis Group, Various Artists

May 25, 2018 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Prince Nothing Compares 2 U

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Nothing Compares 2 U  (Warner Bros.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Prince's original recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U" arrives on vinyl today for wide release.  The original Prince studio version was recorded at the Flying Cloud Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota by engineer Susan Rogers and featured background vocals by Susannah Melvoin and Paul "St. Paul" Peterson as well as saxophone by Eric Leeds. Prince composed,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Bow Wow Wow, Jennifer Warnes, Malo, Marvin Hamlisch, Prince, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Smithereens

May 23, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Barclay James Harvest

Over the past years, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has been drawing attention to the albums of prog titans Barclay James Harvest, reissuing the band's albums in 2-CD/1-DVD editions boasting bonus content including outtakes, rarities, and new stereo and surround mixes.  1976's Octoberon got the deluxe treatment last fall, following 1978's XII as well as Everyone is Everybody Else (1974) and Gone to Earth (1977).  Now, Esoteric is turning back the clock to 1970's Barclay James Harvest,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest

September 13, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Barclay James Harvest Octoberon

Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has continued its harvest of releases from progressive rock's Barclay James Harvest.  The latest deluxe edition from the band, 1976's Octoberon, once again is in the expanded 2-CD/1-DVD format, and follows the recent reissue of 1978's XII as well as Everyone is Everybody Else (1974) and Gone to Earth (1977), the latter two of which were released by the label in 2016. Octoberon arrived immediately prior to Gone to Earth in a landmark year for the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest

May 31, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Barclay James Harvest XII

Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has recently continued its campaign dedicated to U.K. prog heroes Barclay James Harvest with the release of the group's 1978 album XII as a 2-CD/1-DVD set.  This reissue follows similarly-formatted editions of the band's Everyone is Everybody Else (1974) and Gone to Earth (1977), both of which were released by the label in 2016. John Lees founded Barclay James Harvest in 1966 with Les Holroyd, Mel Pritchard and Stuart "Wooly" Wolstenholme.  After one

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest

October 5, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Barclay James Harvest Everyone

Esoteric Recordings has recently turned its attention to the Polydor discography of prog giants Barclay James Harvest for a pair of 2-CD/1-DVD reissues.  John Lees founded Barclay James Harvest in 1966 with Les Holroyd, Mel Pritchard and Stuart "Wooly" Wolstenholme.  After one single for EMI's Parlophone imprint in 1968, the progressive four-piece was moved over to the Harvest imprint.  Barclay James Harvest remained on Harvest for four LPs, but didn't score their commercial breakthrough until a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest

November 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Third World War

With a trio of recent releases, Cherry Red Group's Esoteric Recordings imprint continues to dig through the archives to reissue some of the most intriguing offerings from the prog-rock era and beyond. John Lees founded Barclay James Harvest in 1966 with Les Holroyd, Mel Pritchard and Stuart "Wooly" Wolstenholme.  After one single for EMI's Parlophone imprint in 1968, the progressive four-piece was moved over to the Harvest imprint.  Barclay James Harvest remained on Harvest for four LPs, but

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Tea and Symphony, Third World War

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