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Posted: November 01 2006 at 04:23

I hope this BJH line-up will tour in Europe (Holland please) and perhaps it will be released on DVD

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Posted: November 01 2006 at 05:28

erik neuteboom wrote:

I hope this BJH line-up will tour in Europe (Holland please) and perhaps it will be released on DVD

One of the shows is being filmed for possible DVD release.

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Posted: November 01 2006 at 05:38

Joolz: "One of the shows is being filmed for possible DVD release"

That's good news

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Posted: November 01 2006 at 08:41

With that set list on their website, this would undoubtedly be an essential DVD. They need one- I was disappointed with all the DVDs of theirs I had.

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Posted: November 03 2006 at 12:10

I#d lke to know ( from any of you who's been there 9 if

a) Craig Fletcher is singing lead on "Cheap the Bullet" again or if John Lees does it ( I think i's better with John singing the lead )

b) Does John play the WAH-WAH-guitar n "For Noone or is it like on "Revival" ?

c) Who's singing the lead on "If Love is King", John or Woolly ? I've heard that ths song was included because WOOLLY wanted to do it !

I hope it's not too much for you to give me that information !

...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock !

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Posted: November 04 2006 at 07:17

rupert wrote:

I#d lke to know ( from any of you who's been there 9 if

a) Craig Fletcher is singing lead on "Cheap the Bullet" again or if John Lees does it ( I think i's better with John singing the lead )

b) Does John play the WAH-WAH-guitar n "For Noone or is it like on "Revival" ?

c) Who's singing the lead on "If Love is King", John or Woolly ? I've heard that ths song was included because WOOLLY wanted to do it !

I hope it's not too much for you to give me that information !

From other peoples' comments [I get to see the band later this week yay Big smile

] :

a) Craig
b) don't know
c) Woolly

The JLBJH website http://www.barclayjamesharvest.com/ has a place for gig reviews and photos.

Joolz

PS - Woolly's got ASC [A Stinking Cold] Unhappy

and is struggling a bit

PPS - favourite comment ..... "Woolly, leaping, lurching, waving, glasses-adjusting, hair-waving was brilliant, completely bonkers of course – but able to generate such spine-tingling moments with his playing. "

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Posted: November 06 2006 at 07:18

Rupert

Further to above, we can now answer b)

no wah-wah, it's cut quite short AND Woolly appears to sing the song ...... Confused

See for yourself, as a fan has posted it to MySpace - poor sound and vision and the band sound a bit ropey, but .....

http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1377615503

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Posted: November 06 2006 at 12:09

I'm proud to announce that there is a new BJH's aficionado out there: his name is Mandrakeroot!!

He even rated Berlin higher than me!!

Well done!

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST %28BJH%29 A Concert for the People %28Berlin%29 progressive rock album and reviews

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(Live, 1982)
Avg: 3.15/5
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BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST (BJH) — A Concert for the People (Berlin)
Review by MANDRAKEROOT (Andrea Salvador)

4 stars BJH IN BERLIN

Excellent live, this. Unfortunately I do nothave the live of 1974 objection I can say calmly that this is a big live.

They are alone 9 songs, a better one of the other one, even if "Child Of The Universe" and "Hymn" are the highlights of a big album. also "Loving is easy" is very convincing. And these three songs carry to say me that the BJH is better in live seat that in studio because the songs gain a lot in power.

Summary: a lot of Rock and much concreteness in this live. Nevertheless "A Concert For The People (Berlin)" convinces spaciously and itself yourselves it it excellent also for the Proghead more demanding. Not because this is a disc that the BJH make discovery me but is another classic to have all of the costs.

For always yours, Mandrakeroot.

Posted Monday, November 06, 2006, 11:02 EST | Permanent link

Edited by Andrea Cortese - November 06 2006 at 12:10

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Posted: November 06 2006 at 12:49

lmfao Mandrakeroot!!! Love this guy, hes pretty well known here i think....sure he knows alot about BJH, seems to know everything about prog, just uses a translator so hes mad funny

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Posted: November 06 2006 at 13:46

Joolz wrote:

Rupert

Further to above, we can now answer b)

no wah-wah, it's cut quite short AND Woolly appears to sing the song ...... Confused

Thanks, Joolz, for the Information ( wow... I'm just reminded of a 1986's Van Morrison-Song on his stunning "No Guru ne method no teacher"-Album... "Thanks for the Information"! )

Hope Woolly will get well soon...

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 06:20

Just got back from last nights JLBJH gig at Wolverhampton, my reviewing abilities aren't good enough to write a full review so I thought it'd be best to just post a short message here.

The fan convention was very enjoyable I won't go into the full full details but the Q&A session with John and Woolly was rather amusing and I'm happy to report that I'm now the proud owner of 3 albums signed by John and Woolly Big smile

The gig was fantastic and Woolly seemed to have recovered from his cold as his singing was very good as was his playing. John's guitar and singing sounded great all evening. The rest of the band did a fantastic job as well.

The support provided one of the most humourous parts of the evening when the electric spoons disappeared in the maze of cabling on the stage.

I hope they tour again soon.

Edited by N Ellingworth - November 13 2006 at 06:22

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 07:50

^^^^

Glad you enjoyed it. I trust MEL was behaving itself [apparently went out of tune near the end of one gig - Colchester I think]

My review of the Norwich UEA gig is on the reviews page http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30914

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 08:24

MEL seemed to be behaving but one of the other keyboards wasn't Woolly had to fiddle with the controls a lot at one point.

Your review is far better than I could manage.

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 08:38

I hope these shows have some sort of DVD representation. The set list is mouthwatering...

As for 'Berlin', it does nothing for me. The whole album has really blatantly obvious overdubs. I know the tapes were apparently unfixable but really, it sounds as if everything bar the vocals was recorded again on this album. Was that much really necessary??

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 10:40

The London gig (shepard's bush IIRC) was filmed.

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 12:47

Hope to see a new (and finally perfectly sounding) DVD!!!

Edited by Andrea Cortese - November 13 2006 at 12:47

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 14:03

"I hope these shows have some sort of DVD representation. The set list is mouthwatering... "

I agree Salmacis, perhaps we get a wonderful Christmas present from BJH

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 14:08

N Ellingworth wrote:

The London gig (shepard's bush IIRC) was filmed.

*cough*

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 16:20

Well, way back in April, I posted that I'd tried this band out via "Victims Of Circumstance" and that I wasn't knocked out. Easy Livin' and someone else recommended trying some of the earlier stuff. So, back to Tower (now that they're closing here in the US, they're discounting everything). I picked up XII over the weekend for about 9 bucks, and guys, I'm still not quite getting it. I want to. I certainly like it better than Victims, but I guess I'm waiting for that one song that unlocks it all for me. The style is generally right in tune with what I like, but I still haven't heard the song tht makes me say "Whoa ...that is IT." Obviously, I'm still willing to take another shot.

BTW, listening to the disc on the way into work, my wife asked if this was some early Alan Parsons Project album...

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Posted: November 13 2006 at 16:23

Well for me, I wouldn't really have gone for 'XII' either. It's a bit more commercial sounding than their earlier albums (and VOC was largely perceived by fans as their worst), despite having one of Woolly Wolstenholme's best songs 'In Search Of England'. I'd recommend 'Live', 'Once Again' and 'Octoberon', maybe 'Gone To Earth', as being the band at their very best.