Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories

1971 studio album by Barclay James Harvest

Studio album by

Barclay James Harvest

Released

5 November 1971

Recorded

18 July – 16 August 1971^[1]

Studio

Maida Vale Studios, London
Abbey Road Studios, London

Genre

Progressive rock
art rock
symphonic rock

Length

40:33 (original LP)
1:10:50 (2002 CD)

Label

Harvest

Producer

Barclay James Harvest
Wally Allen

Barclay James Harvest chronology

Once Again
(1971)

Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories
(1971)

Baby James Harvest
(1972)

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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]

Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

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

Bonus tracks

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

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

† BBC session 5 July 1971, previously unreleased

Personnel

John Lees – vocals, guitars, percussion
Les Holroyd – vocals, bass, piano, acoustic guitar
Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme – mellotron, organ, vocals, guitars
Mel Pritchard – drums, percussion, congas, effects

Remastered version

A remastered version was released in 2020.^[6]

References

^ "Barclay James Harvest and other short stories". bjharvest.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ Connolly, Dave. "Barclay James Harvest – Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2024-02-06. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ "...And Other Short Stories". Progarchives.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Discography". bjharvest.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ Romano, Will (2010-09-01). Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-61713-376-3.
^ Harry (2020-06-25). "Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories - Remastered & Expanded Edition". Bluestown Music (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-14.