Discography
Barclay James Harvest Radio Broadcasts
| Recorded | Broadcast | Programme | Featured Songs | Notes |
| 23.04.68 | 05.05.68 | Top Gear | So Tomorrow Mr. Sunshine Early Morning I Can't Go On Without You Eden Unobtainable | First broadcast with first four only. All broadcast 02.06.68. Repeated 01.02.80 | 30.07.68 | 04.08.68 | Top Gear | Night Pools Of Blue Need You Oh So Bad Small Time Town [Dark Now My Sky] | Repeated 08.09.68. [=not broadcast] |
29.06.71 | 05.07.71 | Bob Harris | Ursula Galadriel She Said Someone There You Know | First broadcast had first three only. Repeated 09.09.71, 15.04.89, 17.12.89, 11.01.92 |
20.12.71 | 14.01.72 | John Peel | Blue John's Blues The Poet After the Day | Repeated 25.02.72 | 01.02.72 | 08.02.72 | John Peel | The Poet After The Day Medicine Man | Same session as above? | 15.03.72 | 03.04.72 | Bob Harris | Child Of Man Galadriel Medicine Man | Repeated 08.05.72, 01.02.80, 15.04.89, 17.12.89, 11.01.92 | 08.05.72 | 13.05.72 | Dave Anthony | I'm Over You | Network Session? | 23.08.72 | 09.10.72 | Bob Harris | Thank You 100,000 Smiles Out Delph Town Morn Medicine Man | "Private tape", not a true session. Repeated 15.04.89, 17.12.89, 11.01.92 | 05.09.73 | 24.09.73 | Bob Harris | Child Of The Universe The Joker Untitled No. 6 Allergy | Broadcast as BJH. Not a true session - three songs were advance tape from John's solo album. Repeated 19.11.73 | 01.08.74 | 08.08.74 | John Peel | The Great 1974 Mining Disaster Paper Wings For No One Crazy City | Repeated 01.02.80, 17.12.89, 11.01.92 | 31.07.74 | 02.09.74 | Bob Harris | Negative Earth Crazy City For No One | Same session as above? |
n.b. Repeat broadcasts by Tommy Vance (01.02.80) and Alan Freeman (15.04.89, 17.12.89 and 11.01.92) included selected tracks only.
Acknowledgements to David Beaumont of BBC Enterprises and to Ken Garner's comprehensive book listing all artists' BBC sessions, In Session Tonight (BBC Books) for some of the information in this listing.
Wiederholungen, die von Tommy Vance (1.2.80) und Alan Freeman (15.04.89, 17.12.89 und 11.01.92) gespielt wurden, umfaßten nur eine Auswahl der Songs.
Zusammengestellt mit Hilfe von David Beaumont von BBC Enterprises und Ken Garners Buch In Session Tonight (BBC Books), die einen Teil der Information in dieser Liste lieferten.
BBC Concert Recordings
| Recorded | Broadcast | Tracks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ???? | 21.02.71, repeated 24.02.71 | She Said; Mockingbird; Dark Now My Sky | BJH + Roy Young Band, Radio 1 In Concert. "Song For Dying" recorded but not broadcast. |
| 16.11.72 | 25.11.72, repeated 27.07.86 | Mocking Bird; Medicine Man; Moonwater; Summer Soldier; The Poet; After The Day; Galadriel; Dark Now My Sky | BJH + Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Ford. Radio 1 In Concert, recorded at the Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, London |
| 19.06.74 | 22.06.74 | Summer Soldier; Medicine Man; Crazy City; After The Day; Negative Earth; The Great 1974 Mining Disaster; Paper Wings; For No One | Radio 1 In Concert at Golders Green Hippodrome. “She Said" recorded but not broadcast. Most songs are on a BBC transcription disc and a bootleg CD. |
| 19.10.76 | 14.03.77 | Crazy City; Polk Street Rag; Hymn For The Children; For No One; Mockingbird | Recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon. Broadcast by John Peel on Radio 1 |
Transcription Discs
PICK OF THE POPS FOR YOUR DJ - 351 (BBC Transcription Services 128514/128515-S, "expires 28-7-72")Side 1: Family - In My Own Time; Cliff Richard - Fire And Rain; Paladin - Give Me Your Hand; Manfred Mann's Earthband - Captain Bobby Stout; Dando Shaft - Black Prince Of Paradise (all John Peel session tracks)
Side 2: BJH - Galadriel; She Said; Someone There You Know; Ursula (The Swansea Song) [1971 Peel session]
POP SPECTACULAR #32, featuring Barclay James Harvest In Concert (BBC TS CN
1706/S, "expires 4-73")
Mocking Bird; Medicine Man; Moonwater; Summer Soldier
The Poet; After The Day; Galadriel; Dark Now My Sky
[recorded 16-11-72 at the Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, with Martyn Ford and
a twenty-piece orchestra]
POP SPECTACULAR #77, featuring Barclay James Harvest In Concert (BBC TS CN
2129SQ)
Summer Soldier; Medicine Man; Crazy City
After The Day; Negative Earth; She Said; Paper Wings
[recorded 19-06-74 at the Golders Green Hippodrome, London, in SQ quadraphonic]
ROCK AROUND THE WORLD #135 (Rock Around The World, US LP)
Side 1: Interview and music from Natalie Cole
Side 2: BJH - Crazy City; Polk Street Rag; Rock 'N' Roll Star; Suicide?
[BJH tracks recorded live at the Liverpool Empire, 14-10-76]
BBC ROCK HOUR #8 (London Wavelength, US LP)
[Eight live tracks from Live Tapes, introduced by Brian Matthew, dated 15-2-78]
BBC PRESENTS (D.I.R./London Wavelength, US reel-to-reel tape]
Part 1: Rory Gallagher
Part 2: BJH - Crazy City; After The Day; Paper Wings
[1974 In Concert recordings introduced by Brian Saxton]
TOP OF THE POPS #353 (BBC Transcription Services 128418, “expires 11-8-72”)
Side 1: Hollies - Hold On; Barclay James Harvest - Galadriel; Family - In My Own Time; Bronco - Time Slips Away; Rory Gallagher It Takes Time; Hollies - Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress
Side 2: Wishbone Ash The Pilgrim; Bronco Old Grey Shadow; Barclay James Harvest Somewhere There You Know; Rory Gallagher - I Fall Apart; Hollies - What A Life I've Led
[1971 Peel session recordings with Brian Matthew voiceover]
TOP OF THE POPS #1154 (BBC Transcription Services, London release date 18-12-86)
He Said Love (4' 05")
[Single version, plus tracks from Elton John & Cliff Richard, Loose Ends, Talk Talk, Dexy's Midnight Runners and Elkie Brooks]