Barclay James Harvest was, for many years, one of the most hard luck outfits in progressive rock. A quartet of solid rock musicians -- John Lees, guitar, vocals; Les Holroyd, bass, vocals; Stuart "Wooly" Wolstenholme, keyboards, vocals; and Mel Pritchard, drums -- with a knack for writing hook-laden songs built on pretty melodies, they harmonized like the Beatles and wrote extended songs with more of a beat than the Moody Blues. They were signed to EMI at the same time as Pink Floyd, and both bands moved over to the company's progressive rock-oriented Harvest imprint at the same time, yet somehow, they never managed to connect with the public for a major hit in England, much less America.
- John Lees / guitars, recorders, vocals
- Les Holroyd / bass, acoustic guitar, piano, vocals
- Mel Pritchard / drums, percussion
- Woolly Wolstenholme / Mellotrons, organ, piano, synthesizers, guitar, vocals (1967-1979)
Guest musicians:
- Kevin McAlea / keyboards
- Colin Browne / keyboards, guitar
- Bias Boshell / keyboards
- Jeff Leach / keyboards (1977)
- Sam Brown / backing vocals
- Jan Ince / backing vocals
- Helen Chapelle / backing vocals
Disc 1
1. Early Morning
2. Pools of Blue (Abbey Road version) previously unreleased
3. Eden Unobtainable
4. Poor Wages
5. Brother Thrush
6. Taking Some Time On
7. The Sun Will Never Shine
8. The Iron Maiden
9. Dark Now My Sky
10. She Said, Song for Dying
11. Galadriel
12. Mockingbird
13. Too Much on Your Plate
14. The Poet
15. After the Day
Disc 2
1. Medicine Man (single version)
2. Song with No Meaning
3. Ursula (The Swansea Song)
4. Child of Man
5. When the City Sleeps
6. Summer Soldier
7. One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out
8. Moonwater (2002 remix)
9. The Joker
10. Crazy City
11. Child of the Universe
12. Negative Earth (Original Mix)
13. The Great 1974 Mining Disaster (Original Mix)
14. For No One (live)
15. Song For You
16. Sweet Jesus
Disc 3
1. In My Life
2. Titles
3. Jonathan
4. Ra
5. Rock n' Roll Star
6. Suicide?
7. Hymn (Single edit)
8. Poor Man's Moody Blues
9. Hard Hearted Woman
10. Sea of Tranquility
11. Berlin
12. The Closed Shop
13. In Search of England
14. The Song (They Love to Sing)
15. Sperratus
Disc 4
1. In Memory of the Martyrs
2. Life is for Living
3. Nova Lepidoptera (live)
4. Sip of Wine (live)
5. Fifties Child
6. Ring of Changes (single mix)
7. African
8. On the Wings of Love
9. Lady Macbeth
10. If Love is King
11. Cheap the Bullet
12. The Ballad of Denshaw Mill
13. Back in the Game 14. Children of the Disappeared
Disc 5
1. Dark Now My Sky (live) Recorded at unknown location in March 1971 - Previously unreleased
2. Medicine Man
3. Ursula (The Swansea Song)
4. Someone There You Know
5. Moonwater (demo) Recorded at Strawberry studios, Stockport in April 1972 - Previously unreleased
6. The World Goes On (live) Recorded on the \223Octoberon\224 UK tour in October 1976 - Previously unreleased
7. Capricorn - single edit A-side of single \226 Released as Polydor POSP 140 in March 1980 - Previously unreleased on CD
8. Love on the Line - Live Recorded at the Reichstag, Berlin on 30th August 1980
9. For Your Love - Live Recorded at Wembley Arena, London on 13th October 1984 - Previously unreleased
10. Cheap the Bullet - Demo Recorded at Friarmere studios, Saddleworth in November 1987 - Previously unreleased
