Price: £49.99
Format: Boxset
Artist: Barclay James Harvest
CatNo: PECLEC42627
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BJH Barclay James Harvest Limited Deluxe Surround boxset
A deluxe 4 disc limited edition boxed set edition of BJH’s charming 1970 debut album.
 
BJH successfully fused orchestra and Rock band to create a unique pastoral form of Symphonic Progressive Rock. Produced by Norman Smith (Pink Floyd), the album was dominated by the epic Dark Now My Sky, but also featured BJH classics such as The Iron Maiden, Mother Dear, When the World Was Woken and Taking Some Time On. 
 
This expanded reissue has been re-mastered from the original master tapes and features many bonus tracks, 2018 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes (from the original multi-track master tapes), BBC radio sessions from 1968 and 1971, a rare Woolly Wolstenholme solo demo from 1969, the 1968 short film Mr. Sunshine, and more.
 
The set also includes a lavishly illustrated 68 page book with previously unseen photographs and an essay by BJH specialists Keith and Monika Domone.
 
Additionally, the box includes a facsimile of the 1970 Barclay James Harvest 'orchestral tour’ programme, two facsimile press releases from 1968 and 1969, postcards and a replica 1968 record shop poster for the Early Morning single.

 

DISC ONE: BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST (THE ORIGINAL STEREO MIX RE-MASTERED)
 
1. TAKING SOME TIME ON
2. MOTHER DEAR
3. THE SUN WILL NEVER SHINE
4. WHEN THE WORLD WAS WOKEN
5. GOOD LOVE CHILD
6. THE IRON MAIDEN
7. DARK NOW MY SKY
 
BONUS TRACKS
 
8. EARLY MORNING
9. MR. SUNSHINE
A & B-SIDES OF SINGLE RELEASED APRIL 1968
 
10. POOLS OF BLUE
11. I CAN’T GO ON WITHOUT YOU
12. EDEN UNOBTAINABLE
RECORDED AT ADVISION STUDIOS, LONDON AUGUST 1968
 
13. POOLS OF BLUE
RECORDED AT CHAPPELL STUDIOS, LONDON AUGUST 1968 // MIXED AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, LONDON SEPTEMBER 1968
 
14. BROTHER THRUSH 
15. POOR WAGES
A & B-SIDES OF SINGLE RELEASED JUNE 1969
 
16. TAKING SOME TIME ON (SINGLE VERSION)
A-SIDE OF SINGLE RELEASED AUGUST 1970
 
DISC TWO: BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST 2018 STEREO MIX
 
1. TAKING SOME TIME ON
2. MOTHER DEAR
3. THE SUN WILL NEVER SHINE
4. WHEN THE WORLD WAS WOKEN
5. GOOD LOVE CHILD
6. THE IRON MAIDEN
7. DARK NOW MY SKY
 
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
 
8. POOLS OF BLUE (NEW STEREO MIX) RECORDED AT CHAPPELL STUDIOS, LONDON – 16th AUGUST 1968
9. BROTHER THRUSH (NEW STEREO MIX) 
10. POOR WAGES (NEW STEREO MIX)
RECORDED AT EMI STUDIOS, ABBEY ROAD, LONDON – 11th MARCH 1969
 
DISC THREE: BBC BROADCASTS AND MORE...
 
1. MR. SUNSHINE, MR SUNSHINE FILM VERSION PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON CD
2. EARLY MORNING
 
AS BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO ONE “TOP GEAR” 14th APRIL 1968 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
3. SO TOMORROW
4. EDEN UNOBTAINABLE
 
BBC RADIO ONE TOP GEAR SESSION RECORDED 23rd APRIL 1968 FIRST BROADCAST 5th MAY 1968
5. NIGHT
6. POOLS OF BLUE
7. NEED YOU OH SO BAD
8. SMALL TIME TOWN
9. DARK NOW MY SKY
 
BBC RADIO ONE TOP GEAR SESSION RECORDED 30th JULY 1968
FIRST BROADCAST 4th AUGUST 1968
10. THE SUN WILL NEVER SHINE
 
WOOLLY WOLSTENHOLME ORIGINAL SOLO DEMO RECORDED AT PRESTON HOUSE, SADDLEWORTH IN 1969 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
11. DARK NOW MY SKY
 
BBC RADIO ONE JOHN PEEL SUNDAY CONCERT RECORDED AT THE BBC PARIS THEATRE, LOWER REGENT STREET, LONDON 11th FEBRUARY 1971 FIRST BROADCAST 21st FEBRUARY 1971
 
DISC FOUR: DVD BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST 2018 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX, NEW 96 KHZ / 24-BIT STEREO MIX AND 96 KHZ / 24-BIT ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
 
1. TAKING SOME TIME ON
2. MOTHER DEAR
3. THE SUN WILL NEVER SHINE
4. WHEN THE WORLD WAS WOKEN
5. GOOD LOVE CHILD
6. THE IRON MAIDEN
7. DARK NOW MY SKY
 
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
 
8. POOLS OF BLUE
RECORDED AT CHAPPELL STUDIOS, LONDON 16th AUGUST 1968
 
9. BROTHER THRUSH 10. POOR WAGES
RECORDED AT EMI STUDIOS, ABBEY ROAD, LONDON 11th MARCH 1969
 
VISUAL BONUS MATERIAL
MR. SUNSHINE 1968 SHORT FILM FEATURING:
EARLY MORNING
WASHING THE DISHES
MR. SUNSHINE