Saturday, October 19, 2013

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest



























Artist:  John Lees' Barclay James Harvest
Origin:  Oldham, Lancanshire, England
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Classic Rock

Original line-up:

John Lees:  Vocals, Guitar
Stuart "Woody" Wolstenholme:  Keyboards, Vocals
Craig Fletcher:  Bass
Kevin Whitehead:  Drums

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are an English Progressive Rock Band.  John Lees and Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme were founder members of Barclay James Harvest.  In 1998, it was announced that Barclay James Harvest was effectively the end of the original band and the members of the band would be pursuing solo projects, John renewed his musical friendship with Woody and they began work together with Craig Fletcher (Bass) and Kevin Whitehead (Drums) under the name Barclay James Harvest Through The Eyes Of John Lees, was released album Nexus in 1999.  Woody turned to attention to solo work and live set between 2003 and 2005.   In 2005 John Lees announced under the new name John Lees' Barclay James Harvest.














Title:  North  (2013)
Genre:  Progressive Rock
Label:  Esoteric Antenna
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Ursula (The Swansea Song)  (3:07)
 2.  Galadriel  (3:07)
 3.  Mockingbird  (8:05)
 4.  Ball And Chai  (4:34)
 5.  Summer Soldier  (8:44)
 6.  Medicine Man  (8:27)
 7.  Song For Dying  (9:27)
 8.  The Poet/After The Day  (10:15)

Disc 2:  Bonus CD:  Live At Buxton Opera House February 13, 2011.

 1.  If You Where Here Now  (5:49)
 2.  Ancient Waves  (7:10)
 3.  In Wonderland  (5:49)
 4.  On Leave  (9:11)
 5.  The Real Deal  (5:49)
 6.  On Top Of The World  (5:40)
 7.  Unreservedly Yours  (4:51)
 8.  North  (8:29)
 9.  The End Of The Day  (2:34)

Personnel:

John Lees:  Vocals, Guitar
Graig Fletcher:  Bass, Vocals
Jez Smith:  Keyboards, Vocals
Kevin Whitehead:  Drums, Percussion, Vocals

North is the second studio album by John Lees' Barclay James Harvest, was released on October 14, 2013 by Esoteric Antenna, with Bonus CD recorded Live at Buxton Opera House in February 13, 2011.

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