THE HARVEST YEARS

Out of these, the recording company will release the first compilation as such from this period under the form of a single album called "Early Morning Onwards" (1972) just after BJH left Harvest for Polydor.

Another one of the same period will see the light in 1979 as "The Best Of Barclay James Harvest - Volume 2" and yes, Harvest will dare to release "The Best Of Barclay James Harvest - Volume 3" some two years later (1981).

This double CD compilation is actually intersting in the way that only one great song has been ignored : "After The Day" from "BJH And Other Short Stories". Even the long "Dark Now My Sky" is featured here. I would say that even if there lots of useless songs featured here it is an easy way to get hold of their best numbers during their early days.

"She Said", "Galadriel", "Mocking Bird", "Medicine Man", " Summer Soldier" belong to the best of BJH. Still, the best advice I can provide is to stick top their great BJH live 1974" which includes all their great songs from that era, plus several of their very good first Polydor album : "Everyone...". There is no other better choice, believe me.

Now, history will show that Harvest will re-released the four albums them in the form a of two double CD with lots of bonus tracks. This might also be a cheap alternative. And, would you believe that a quad CD box, with no bonus tracks at all will also be marketed in 1996 under the name "Four Barclay James Harvest Originals".

The last compilation to review these years is "The Best Of Barclay James Harvest" released in 1997. Not too bad from only four albums, right ?

Don't worry. Polydor will also be very extensive on the field of "Best Of" and compilations. I guess that BJH is one of the most prolific band in terms of compilation. together with ELO, Purple and Yes.

Three stars for this one.

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