BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST LIVE

"Barclay James Harvest Live" is one of my personal favourite live albums of all time showcasing what "symphonic rock" is all about. BJH Live is dripping is sweet mellotron meadows and heavenly guitar and bass interplay. Musically these guys were amazing and the live vibe you get off this album will put you in a state of amazement. Many songs are extended and arranged differently than on their studio albums and are given lots of room to breathe. BJH's hallmark sound was the softly caressing vocal harmonies of John Lees, Les Holroyd and Stuart "Woolly Wolstenholme" and the juxtaposition with the warm sounds of the mellotron. According to the extensive notes from the Re-mastered version, they had lots of problems with the mellotron acting up and making weird tones, but none of this is apparent. Originally "Live" was released as a double vinyl album in November 1974 and today stands as one of BJH's pinnacle albums.