Barclay James Harvest...

Live is definitely a good introduction to early BJH 

I'm the proud owner of a copy signed by John and Woolly (I've also got signed copies of Once Again and Time Honoured Ghosts)

^ just listened to it(I mean DEBUT)...only first 3 tracks.Good ballads - the second one with mighty Tron and the next one...Gonna continue listening in the next year!
    

Edited by Prog-jester - December 31 2006 at 13:58

Dear all

I have not published on this list before, mainly because I already participate in the Yahoo list about BJH.

The reason why I write to you all here, is that, with the consent of Keith & Monika Domone, I am working on a compilation of all TV-recordings of BJH. This is not going to be an official release, but a DVD-set to be distributed without any commercial intentions among BJH fans (similar to the Love Hounds groups has done with Kate Bush recordings).

There is an excellent list of TV-performances of BJH on the main BJH site, http://www.bjharvest.co.uk/tv.htm, and with this list in hand I try to get as many first generation copies of these performances as possible. The reason why I have taken this up, is that I have digitised my entire BJH video collection (mostly German, British and Dutch TV), and instead of swapping with individuals, it seemed best to me to try and make this a collective effort.

The first step is to make a full inventory of all that we have in our collections, and to get good DVD-versions of all the recordings. My request to you all is to let me know, on or off this list, if you are willing to contribute your recordings to this DVD-set, and if so, what they are. Please also give the recordings a grading (e.g. original recording, 1st generation copy etc.)

Once this first stage of compiling and digitising has been finished, we make the second step: to distribute this DVD-set among as many fans as possible. It is my intention to set up a vine, in which each one involved will be sent the DVD's by post in order to make a copy for his or her own use and
then forward it to the next person on the list. There will be no other costs involved than postage.

As a P.S., please allow me to indulge in a short anecdote. As Erik Neuteboom mentioned, we recently acquired a great new recording of early BJH, the playback performance to Titles from the Dutch pop show Toppop. Here is the story behind it. Earlier this year, I read in an interview with Leo Blokhuis, the main person behind the Top2000 TV show that aired the Titles clip last week. From the interview (published in IO Pages), I learned that Leo Blokhuis was a big BJH fan in his younger years because of Titles, and that he still regards Octoberon as one of this favourite albums. After I had read this interview, I send him an e-mail, asking if he knew whether the TV performance of BJH in Toppop was still somewhere in the TV vaults he has access to. He said he didn't know if it did, but next time he had access to these vaults, he would look for it. And the result is known: he not only found it, but also decided to use it for one of the Top2000 shows. Obviously, Leo is not only our national pop professor who looks beyond what's hot and hip, but also an extremely kind person to take such a request seriously. Hero of the year, as far as I am concerned!

All the best,

Marco de Niet
mail@birdsong.speedlinq.nl

Welcome Marco, thanks for posting!

I have purshased Live 1974 by BJH a few days ago and it is becoming one of my favorites mellotron album,every track is full of mellotron!Even perhaps my favorite live album.Beautiful music

erik neuteboom wrote:                               Good taste, DarioIndjic                      The highly acclaimed Mellotron MarkII

OK, Marco, I will try it again!

Edited by erik neuteboom - January 10 2007 at 12:56

Great prog band. From 1970 to 1978 all their albums are superb. My favorites are the first, Baby James Harvest and Octoberon.

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