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Points: 7659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 29 2007 at 17:06
I keep on saying that the best start is to buy their live albums Live and Live Tapes because on stage BJH sounded way more powerful, captivating and ..... Mellotron drenched Approve But the remastered first album is also worth buying, Dark Now My Sky is great Thumbs%20Up
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BJH are now of course split into two versions- BJH through the eyes of John Lees (also featuring keyboard player Woolly Wolstenholme) and BJH featuring Les Holroyd. Really, I think both sides are missing the other's special something- John was superb at the more cynical, sometimes politically driven songs, Woolly writes some gorgeous, elegiac odes to days gone by and Les had a way with a haunting, emotional ballad. Together, I think they covered all of the bases. Separately, they don't and there is something missing from both versions, but I'd still buy new albums if they come out.
 
As for introductions, as Erik says, the live sets are as good a place to start as you'll find. If you prefer studio albums, try Once Again, Octoberon and Gone To Earth which are my three personal favourites.
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Points: 4312 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 29 2007 at 17:39
Originally posted by Atomic_Rooster Atomic_Rooster wrote:

Originally posted by annexusquam annexusquam wrote:

i really like barclay james harvest but i have to say that i saw the m live some months ago and it was a big diassapoinment. i believe when u age u cant be really progressive or write inspired songs


Yeah, I saw the Moody Blues awhile ago in concert, and I was disappointed (the songs were rawer versions of the studio recordings, except that Nights in White Satin was the most amazing rendition I've ever heard!).

I've wanted to get into BJH for awhile, but I haven't.   What album would you guys recommend starting with?
 
Start with the classics first
-EVERYONE IS EVERYBODY ELSE
-TIME HONOURED GHOSTThumbs%20Up
-GONE TO EARTH
 
add the two live albums  ----LIVE   and  live tapes
 
   and you have a good idea 
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That's quite a massive recommendation, Febus Wink
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Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

That's quite a massive recommendation, Febus Wink
 
Oh! not that massive, ErikTongue
 
I could have added ONCE AGAIN, EYES OF THE UNIVERSE  or FACE TO FACE!Big%20smile
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You better not Ouch , let's focus on The Seventies Approve
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Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

You better not Ouch , let's focus on The Seventies Approve
 
I disagree, Erik,,    FACE TO FACE Thumbs%20Uphas VERY strong John Lees songs, but  weaker Holroyd ones.   but john is on top of his game on this one. What do you think? .
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Points: 7659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 29 2007 at 18:41

To me it sounds too predictable and too polished Unhappy



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Thanks guys!

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I'll have to see what the local shops have (might be hard to find the live albums around here unless I order).
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Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

To me it sounds too predictable and too polished Unhappy

 
Oh! i agree with you ,Erik, but BJH has never been on the unpredictable and raw side , even in their glori0us days, i think!Wink 
 
 
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Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

.... but I'd still buy new albums if they come out

Not much chance yet of a new studio album with the name BJH on it .... Les's band hint of some future recording but John seems to have gone back into hibernation despite saying he was 'keen' a year ago ... Woolly [ie Mćstoso] has recorded a new album and is putting the finishing touches prior to its release.

The live memento of John's short tour from last November is due shortly .... supposedly May but no date yet ... both DVD and CD are planned
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Thanks for the info, Joolz.

As for Face To Face, I really like it as an AOR album. I think Les has some very strong tracks- Kiev, On The Wings Of Love and even the poppier Turn The Key. Likewise, John Lees does some superb work- African, He Said Love, Alone In The Night, but yes there is a turkey and it's from John's pen, Panic. Les' weaker songs are generally just bland rather than being awful, imho.
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Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

Thanks for the info, Joolz.

As for Face To Face, I really like it as an AOR album. I think Les has some very strong tracks- Kiev, On The Wings Of Love and even the poppier Turn The Key. Likewise, John Lees does some superb work- African, He Said Love, Alone In The Night, but yes there is a turkey and it's from John's pen, Panic. Les' weaker songs are generally just bland rather than being awful, imho.
 
Yes you're right Salmacis, you have the right word :: bland,   that's the problem with some Holroyd songs        and i forgot about 'PANIC'',   that's just  the other JOHN LEES songs are so great.
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Woolly Wolstenholme's work was amazing.

Beyond the grave , In Search of England  & Deceivers All  are classics.
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Originally posted by ProcolWho? ProcolWho? wrote:

Woolly Wolstenholme's work was amazing.

Beyond the grave , In Search of England  & Deceivers All  are classics.

ClapClapClap

.... Ra, Harbour, American Excess, Sea Of Tranquility, Patriots, Souk, 2 AM, Hebden Bridge ....
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Out soon a new album for Woolly Wolstenholme!! How proflific this man is in the recent years!!!Clap

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Great pics, Eric.Thumbs%20Up... doesn't make us any younger, last time i saw them was in Toulouse in 1984!!

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Originally posted by Joolz Joolz wrote:

Originally posted by ProcolWho? ProcolWho? wrote:

Woolly Wolstenholme's work was amazing.

Beyond the grave , In Search of England  & Deceivers All  are classics.

ClapClapClap

.... Ra, Harbour, American Excess, Sea Of Tranquility, Patriots, Souk, 2 AM, Hebden Bridge ....
 
I agree.  I like his solo work more than I like anything BJH has done since Woolly left the band.  Not to take anything away from John, Les and Mel, but Woolly made the band for me. 
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These are my and Ely78 review of BJH releases:

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST (BJH)

A Concert For The People (Berlin)

(Live, 1982)
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Review by Mandrakeroot (Andrea Salvador)
Posted 4:13:37 AM EST, 8/13/2007

4%20stars My review is produced using this release: Polygram (834 979-1)/ De Agostini (IGDA 1129/130) (LP)

Rating: 8/10

My first contact with Barclay James Harvest music in 1989 with a cassette of my brother. In this 2007 I bought my copy of this live in the same edition of the cassette but in LP format. Well... I think that this is one of the best single live album because not a simple summary of the concerts but very good excertracted with the same emotions of the concert. Speaking of music... The music is great. But I think that this live is magical still today because is playrd and recorded near the Berlin's wall (R.I.P.), since otherwise it has been a live like a lot. Nevertheless songs like "Berlin", "Love Is Easy", "Mockingbird", "Sip Of Wine", "Nova Lepidoptera", "in Memory Of The Martyrs", "life Is For Living", "Child Of The Universe" (my preferred BJH song) and "Hymn" represents the melody is 70's English Prog. Because the atmospheres are extreme heavy or sweet but the song are a great BJH "The Best Of" more convincent that a true "The Best Of".

Great 70's Not Symphonic Prog. That confirm that BJH is a great group that have wrote great music. And special live for BJH and Berlin. Moderately recommended.

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST (BJH)

BJH Through The Eyes Of John Lees: Brave New World

(Boxset/Compilation, 2002)
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Review by Ely78 (Elizabeth)
Posted 10:06:47 AM EST, 8/14/2007

3%20stars Isn't bad but not good. Stop! This is my unconsistent impressions. Because this double CD is inconsistent. The new songs... Aren't good and the old song are strip of the magic. Ok? For me is a moderate good album because is a CD for who not know the BJH. Vice versa because spent money for this double CD? Because is a BJH CD. A double CD of one of the great Prog Dinosaur. For these reason is a good purchase. But in merit of the music isn't a good purchase. Purchase or not purchase this double CD compilation? This is the great dilemma. But if you bought this double CD compilation your heart not crying. Because this is a sort of "The Best Of...".


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