Barclay James Harvest Concert Listings

1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

1967/1968/1969

LIVE SETS included:
Original songs:
Early Morning; Mr.Sunshine; For The Loving Of; Icy Kaleidoscope; Death Of A City; Words And The Way; Up With The Sun; Sarah; State Of Mind; So Tomorrow; Call My Name; Looking For The Sun; Small Time Town; Pools Of Blue; Dark Now My Sky; 13th Day; Someday; I Can't Go On Without You; Summertime Love; The Sailor; Night; Poor Wages; Need You Oh So Bad; Eden Unobtainable; White Sails; Brother Thrush; Mother Dear; Too Far Away; The Sun, Yourself Or Me; Taking Some Time On; The Iron Maiden; She’s So Fine; The Sun Will Never Shine; Good Love Child; Cream In My Coffee; The Poet; Too Much On Your Plate (It’s Hard When Life Won’t Do); Elephant Song; Mockingbird.

Plus covers including:
She Said She Said; Yesterday (The Beatles); Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell); A House Is Not A Motel; Old Man; Andmoreagain (Love); Reason To Believe; The Lady Came From Baltimore; Black Sheep Boy (Tim Hardin); Need Your Love So Bad (Fleetwood Mac); My Back Pages (The Byrds/Bob Dylan); Painting Box (The Incredible String Band); The Sound Of Silence; Dangling Conversation; Fakin' It (Paul Simon); Tuesday Afternoon; Nights In White Satin (The Moody Blues)

Date	Town and Venue	Remarks
??.??.67	Manchester, Middleton Baths	1st public gig

31.01.68	Manchester University Union	Paid Ł15.00
04.02.68	Manchester Mister Smith’s
14.02.68	Middleton Baths
15.02.68	Sybillas, London
17.02.68	Lancaster University
24.02.68	Salford University
25.04.68	Lancaster University Concourse
27.04.68	Manchester University Union
21.05.68	Loughborough University Concourse
22.05.68	Liverpool University Concourse
27.06.68	Huddersfield Tech.
26.07.68	Manchester Free Trade Hall	Tim Hardin with BJH as backing band?
13.09.68	Chalk Farm Roundhouse????	The Small Faces + The Action + BJH
28.09.68	Manchester Union
04.10.68	Manchester College Of Commerce
11.10.68	Birmingham Mothers
03.11.68	Private party
07.11.68	London All Saints (Porchester Hall, Bayswater)	Pink Floyd + BJH + Edgar Broughton Band
08.11.68	Surrey University
09.11.68	London University College
10.11.68	Guildford Civic Hall Concourse
15.11.68	Manchester College Of Commerce
22.11.68	Leicester University
23.11.68	Manchester UMIST
26.11.68	Manchester De La Salle College, Middleton????
29.11.68	Loughborough University Concourse	Champion Jack Dupree + BJH etc., 7/6d
06.12.68	Southampton University
07.12.68	London Imperial College (early evening)
07.12.68	Chalk Farm Roundhouse, Middle Earth (late night)	Gun + BJH, Arcadium, Marie Rice, John Thomas Blues Band, Explosive Spectrum, met Robert Godfrey, paid Ł25.00
13.12.68	Weybridge Brooklands Tech.
14.12.68	Luton University????
16.12.68	Leeds College Of Art

08.02.69	University College London, Gower Street
14.02.69	University Of Surrey	BJH + Junior's Eyes etc., 10/-
14.03.69	Manchester College Of Commerce	5/6d
15.03.69	Chelsea College Of Science And Technology	The Pretty Things + BJH
15.03.69	Ladbroke Grove Royalty Theatre	Fairport Convention + BJH, all-nighter
14.06.69	Hyde Park????	Free concert: The Move, The Action, BJH etc.
20.06.69	"Brother Thrush" released
20.06.69	Liverpool Rathbone Hall
21.06.69	Bletchley, Clouds Circus	Blossom Toes + BJH etc
29.06.69	Manchester Houldsworth Hall, Deansgate	Edgar Broughton Band, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, BJH, Greasy Bear, John Peel, Catalyst [benefit for Grass Eye underground magazine]
10.07.69	Scarborough Penthouse
13.07.69	Ciney, Belgium, International Pop Show
04.08.69	Bristol Granary Club
08.08.69	Plymouth Van Dyke Club	Gross receipts Ł20.1/6d
23.08.69	Humberside Pop Festival, Hull East Park	Free concert
31.10.69	Sunderland Locarno	Savoy Brown + BJH
01.11.69	Chelsea College Of Technology	Edgar Broughton Band + BJH, 6/-

05.12.69	Newcastle Polytechnic Ellison Building	BJH + Ginhouse, admission 7/6, 10/-
09.12.69	Wolverhampton Civic Hall	Georgie Fame, Family, BJH
??.12.69	Uppermill Civic Hall	Charity gig, raised Ł12.00 for old people in Diggle
	08.11.69 to 26.01.70 - recording sessions for debut album at Abbey Road

1970

LIVE SET:
Shostakovitch Festival Overture, Op.96 (orchestra only); Mocking Bird; White Sails; Galadriel; Wandering; Too Much On Your Plate; She Said; Taking Some Time On; Mother Dear; The Sun Will Never Shine; The Iron Maiden; Dark Now My Sky

Date	Town and Venue	Remarks
30.01.70	Blackpool?? Casino Pleasure Beach	Spirit + BJH
31.01.70	London, University College, Gower Street
{07.02.70	Edinburgh Usher Hall	Led Zeppelin + BJH, top price 22/-, postponed to 17th February after Robert Plant involved in car crash}

17.02.70	Edinburgh Usher Hall	Led Zeppelin + BJH
03.04.70	Köln Sporthalle Progressive Pop Festival	03/04 April: Deep Purple, Kinks, Procol Harum, Nice etc.
27.04.70	Stockport, Poco a Poco [Stockport Schools Union gig]	BJH + David Bowie & Hype + High Tide + The Purple Gang
{05.06.70	Buxton Festival 'Until Tomorrow'	BJH billed but didn't appear}
28.06.70	Manchester Free Trade Hall	With orchestra, tickets 17/-, 14/-, 11/- & 8/6d
03.07.70	London Royal Albert Hall	With orchestra
{04.07.70	Salford Buile Hill Park	Free open-air, cancelled by local council
17.07.70	Birmingham Town Hall	With orchestra, 20/- to 6/-
23.07.70	Edinburgh Usher Hall	With orchestra
??.??.70	Preston Blues Club [Amethyst?]	Admission 6/-
04.09.70	Alsager College
11.09.70	Uppermill Civic Hall	Benefit for Diggle Old People’s Welfare Committee
12.09.70	Blackpool Odeon Cinema	Quintessence + BJH + Quatermass, midnight concert
22.09.70	Liverpool Philharmonic Hall	BJH + Steamhammer + Kevin Ayers
23.09.70	Newcastle City Hall	Steamhammer + Ginhouse + BJH, 10/-
25.09.70	Salford Technical College
27.09.70	Redcar Coatham Hotel
28.09.70	Sheffield City Hall
16.10.70	Oldhill nr. Birmingham, Downstairs Club	+ Shape Of The Rain
20.10.70	London Revolution Club
29.10.70	London Marquee Club
30.10.70	Northampton Nag's Head
31.10.70	London, The Temple, Wardour Street
01.11.70	Epping, The Wake Arms
02.11.70	Letchworth Hebdomadal Club
18.11.70	Wolverhampton, "Bubble" at Club Lafayette	BJH + Travelling Red Wing
04.12.70	Brighton Polytechnic
12.12.70	Wolverhampton Polytechnic
18.12.70	Basildon Arts Centre	BJH + Wildmouth, 10/-
23.12.70	Tooting Broadway, The Castle
	BJH were supported by Genesis for at least one gig in 1970 ...

1971

LIVE SET included:
Handel's Water Music (orchestra only); Mocking Bird; Song For Dying; Ball And Chain; Lady Loves; Happy Old World; Galadriel; Medicine Man; Someone There You know; She Said; The Poet; After The Day; Dark Now My Sky

Date	Town and Venue	Remarks
30.01.71	Bangor, University Of North Wales
31.01.71	London Lyceum	Argent + Roy Young Band + Slade + BJH, 9/-
02.02.71	Manchester De La Salle College, Middleton
03.02.71	Keele University
04.02.71	Harlow, The Birdcage	8/-
05.02.71	London Marquee
06.02.71	Wrexham, Cartreffle College Of Education
07.02.71	Stevenage, Bowes Lyon House
09.02.71	Brighton, Sussex University
10.02.71	Exeter University
12.02.71	Manchester, Didsbury College Of Education	8.00 to 11.00 p.m.
12.02.71	Manchester, Deansgate, Way-In	12.00 midnight
13.02.71	Darlington College Of Technology
15.02.71	Tooting Broadway, The Castle
17.02.71	Flintshire College Of Education
18.02.71	Manchester, UMIST	[with orchestra + Killing Floor + Good Habit]
19.02.71	Maidstone College Of Art

20.02.71	Sunderland College Of Technology
21.02.71	Peterborough, Cloud Nine Club
27.02.71	Halifax, Clarence's Club
05.03.71	London City University	With orchestra
06.03.71	University Of East Anglia
08.03.71	London City Polytechnic
10.03.71	Warwick University
12.03.71	Wimbledon, Hobbit's Garden	Evening
12.03.71	London The Temple	All-niter, + Nothineverappens + 9:30 Fly
13.03.71	Watford Hydraspace, Kingham Hall	+ Kripple Vision
16.03.71	Chiswick Polytechnic	Argent + BJH, Cancer Research Benefit
20.03.71	Erith College Rag, N.W. Kent College, Dartford	40p/50p
25.03.71	Chippenham Neeld Hall	BJH + Jon Hodge, 40p
31.03.71	Wolverhampton, "Bubble" at Club Lafayette	BJH + Gasoline, 40p (30p advance)
02.04.71	London College Of Furniture	Benefit for Release, + Duster Bennett, Crystal
06.04.71	Portsmouth Tricorn
08.04.71	Bristol Granary Club	BJH + Birth
14.04.71	Tooting Broadway, The Castle
17.04.71	Newbury, South Berks College	Heaven + BJH
18.04.71	London Lyceum	Caravan + BJH + Gringo
{19.04.71	Preston Public Hall	Caravan + BJH + Gringo - BJH didn't perform due faulty PA}
20.04.71	Manchester Free Trade Hall	Caravan + BJH + Gringo
21.04.71	Bournemouth Winter Gardens	"
22.04.71	Sheffield City Hall	"
23.04.71	Bristol Colston Hall	"
24.04.71	Guildford Civic Hall	"
02.05.71	Bromley New Theatre
06.05.71	Preston Amethyst	Replacement gig for 19th April
08.05.71	Kingston Polytechnic	BJH + Patto (latter replaced Bronco due to road accident), 40p
14.05.71	Basildon Arts Certre	BJH + Castle Farm, 60p
16.05.71	Dunfermline Kinema Ballroom	Alexis Korner + BJH
22.05.71	Switzerland Berne Ice Stadium	With The Berne Symphony Orchestra
29.05.71?	Clitheroe Festival	[possibly 1972]
13.06.71	Leicester De Montfort Hall
21.07.71	Wolverhampton, "Bubble" at Club Lafayette	BJH + Anubis
28.08.71	Weeley Festival, Essex	With orchestra
24.09.71	High Wycombe College	BJH + Fusion Orchestra + Gnome Sweet Gnome
27.09.71	Guildford Civic Hall
28.09.71	Birmingham Digbeth Civic Hall
01.10.71	Hastings College
08.10.71	London School Of Economics	All-niter, Procol Harum + BJH + Spyrogyra + Heaven, Ł1.00
09.10.71	Leicester University
13.10.71	Coventry College Of Eduction	BJH + Pluto
15.10.71	Lowestoft College
16.10.71	Cardiff University
18.10.71	Bolton Casino
20.10.71	Wolverhampton, "Bubble" at Club Lafayette
21.10.71	Manchester (venue unknown)
22.10.71	Maidstone College Of Art	BJH + Danta + Comus, 50p
23.10.71	Shenstone University
26.10.71	Southampton University	[possibly 27.10.71]
29.10.71	Uxbridge, Brunel University	BJH + Jigsaw, 50p
30.10.71	Farnborough Technical College
31.10.71	Chalk Farm Roundhouse	BJH + Bent Frame + Fuzzy Duck, 60p
03.11.71	Norwich City College
05.11.71	Nottingham Trent Polytechnic
06.11.71	Kingston Polytechnic	Van Der Graaf Generator + BJH, 60p
09.11.71	Wood Green, London N22, Chez Club Nightingale
11.11.71	London Rainbow Theatre	Free concert: BJH + Climax Chicago etc
12.11.71	Lytham St. Annes Lowther Pavilion
13.11.71	Harlow Technical College	BJH + Suprimas, 45p

27.11.71	Aylesbury Friars Club	BJH + B.B.Blunder, 60p
04.12.71	Romford Odeon	With orchestra + Universe, 50p to Ł1.25
10.12.71	Rickmansworth Grammar School	BJH + Ten Years of Worthing
10.12.71?	Harrow Technical College	BJH + Supertramp
13.12.71	Gravesend Civic Centre, Lords Club	BJH + Samuel Prody, 50p
14.12.71	Blackburn Technical College	BJH + Judge
19.12.71	Dudley JB's
21.12.71	Wimbledon, Hobbit's Garden	BJH + Willa

1972

LIVE SETS included:
Handel's “Water Music" (orchestra only, conducted by Martyn Ford); She Said; Mocking Bird; Medicine Man; Moonwater; Summer Soldier; The Poet; After The Day; Galadriel; Dark Now My Sky

Date	Town and Venue	Remarks
07.01.72	Bristol Polytechnic
08.01.72	Penarth Paget Rooms	+ Bell & Arc
09.01.72	Hemel Hempstead Pavilion
13.01.72	Nottingham College Of Education
14.01.72	Leeds Polytechnic
15.01.72	Manchester University	+ Mick Abrahams
21.01.72	Birmingham University
22.01.72	Leicester University
23.01.72	Croydon Greyhound	+ Skin Alley
28.01.72	York University
29.01.72	Sheffield University	[possibly Durham University]
04.02.72	Aberdeen University	[possibly Newcastle City Hall]
05.02.72	Edinburgh Empire
06.02.72	Dunfermline Kinema Ballroom	+ The Change
08.02.72	Southampton University
11.02.72	Salford University
12.02.72	Bradford University
{13.02.72	Lewisham Town Hall	Curtailed due power cut, rescheduled to Bromley, 8.04.72}
15.02.72	Hammersmith Odeon
17.02.72	Warwick University
18.02.72	Chichester Festival Theatre
19.02.72	London School Of Economics	+ Quiver, 50p
{21.02.72	Oxford Town Hall	+ Skin Alley - postponed to 13.04.72}
25.02.72	Huddersfield Polytechnic
26.02.72	Leeds University
29.02.72	Sheffield University
03.03.72	North-East London Poly, Barking Main Hall	With orchestra, + Sheala MacDonald, 60p
04.03.72	Watford College Of Art And Technology	+ Genesis, Zeus
08.03.72	Wolverhampton Civic Hall
10.03.72	Lowestoft College Of Art
11.03.72	Liverpool University
{13.03.72	Chelmsford Town Hall	- postponed to 24.04.72}
16.03.72	Reading Town Hall	+ Linda Lewis
17.03.72	London City University	+ Trees (incl. Bias Boshell), 60p
18.03.72	Kingston Polytechnic	+ Pluto
19.03.72	Croydon Greyhound	+ Focus
22.03.72	Guildford Civic Hall	+ Matching Mole
23.03.72	Newcastle City Hall	+ Trees + Matthew Ellis
23.03.72?	London College Of Printing	With orchestra
24.03.72	Malvern Winter Gardens	+ Isengard, 70p
25.03.72	Bracknell Sports Centre	+ Flash + Steve Peregrine Took
26.03.72	Bristol Colston Hall	+ Trees + Matthew Ellis
	{28.03.72 to 11.05.72 - projected U.S. tour: cancelled}
02.04.72	Manchester Free Trade Hall	+ Trees + Matthew Ellis
07.04.72	High Wycombe Town Hall	+ Keith Christmas + Affluence
08.04.72	Bromley Technical College	[benefit gig to replace 13.02.72, BJH + films + Daddy Stovepipe, 50p]
13.04.72	Oxford Town Hall	+ Skin Alley [rescheduled from 21.02.72]
14.04.72	Northampton Guildhall
24.04.72	Chelmsford Civic Hall	+ Fruupp [rescheduled from 13.03.72]
{06.05.72	Dagenham Village Roundhouse	[charity show - BJH billed but didn't appear]}
07.05.72	London Alexandra Palace
02.06.72	London Kings Cross Cinema	With orchestra + Michael Chapman
21.07.72	London Tower Of London "Music In The Moat"	With orchestra
28.07.72	Frauenfeld Casino, Switzerland
29.07.72	Zürich Reithalle Generallee, Switzerland
02.08.72	Torquay Town Hall, Marquay Club
03.08.72	Plymouth Guildhall	+ Nektar, Michael Chapman, 60p
05.08.72	Southampton Guildhall	+ Nektar
06.08.72	High Wycombe Chiltern Room	+ Keith Christmas
13.08.72	Croydon Fairfield Halls	+ Camel; Ł1.00, 75p, 50p

South African Tour (supported by Gary Farr):
20.09.72	Cape Town City Hall	With Cape Town Symphony Orchestra
21.09.72	Stellenbosch Town Hall	Without orchestra
22.09.72	Cape Town City Hall	With Cape Town Symphony Orchestra
23.09.72	Cape Town City Hall	Without orchestra
25.09.72	Port Elizabeth Feather Market Hall	Without orchestra
26.09.72	East London Orient Theatre	Without orchestra
28.09.72	Germiston City Hall	Without orchestra
29.09.72	Benoni City Hall	Without orchestra
03.10.72	Bloemfontein Bull Hall
05.10.72	Pretoria City Hall	With Pro Arte Orchestra
06.10.72	Kemptown Park Town Hall	Without orchestra
07.10.72	Johannesburg City Hall	[two shows at 6pm and 9pm, with Pro Arte Orchestra]
09.10.72	Johannesburg City Hall	With Pro Arte Orchestra
10.10.72	Johannesburg Margos Rainbow Resort	11am
{10.10.72	Uxbridge Brunel University	- cancelled}
11.10.72	Durban City Hall	With orchestra
12.10.72	Durban City Hall	With orchestra
13.10.72	Pietermaritzburg University Union Hall

??.??.72	Redruth Flamingo	+ ELO, Babe Ruth, East Of Eden
23.10.72	Shenstone College
{01.11.72	Norwich Universty Of East Anglia	} - cancelled?
{02.11.72	Sheffield City Hall	}
{03.11.72	Dagenham North-East London Polytechnic	}
{04.11.72	Portsmouth Polytechnic	}
{05.11.72	Canterbury Westgate Hall	} - All cancelled due Woolly's illness
{06.11.72	Gloucester Leisure Centre	}
{07.11.72	Salford University	}
{08.11.72	Liverpool University	}
09.11.72	Liverpool University
10.11.72	Manchester Free Trade Hall	With orchestra + Spyrogyra
11.11.72	Leeds University	With orchestra
??.11.72	Sheffield City Hall	+ Camel; rescheduled from 02.11
??.11.72	Canterbury Westgate Hall	+ Camel; rescheduled from 05.11
16.11.72	London Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street	[In Concert recording with orchestra, free
{18.11.72	Hull University	Cancelled after demonstrations}
19.11.72	Glasgow Greens Theatre	+ Camel, 80p
22.11.72	Newcastle City Hall???
23.11.72	Hanley Heavy Steam Machine	With orchestra, 75p
25.11.72	Swansea College Of Education	+ Spontaneous Combustion etc
27.11.72	Wolverhampton Civic Hall
28.11.72	Preston Public Hall
29.11.72	Bradford St.George's Hall
30.11.72	Derby King's Hall	+ Camel, 75p
01.12.72	Bristol Colston Hall	With orchestra
03.12.72	London Rainbow Theatre	With orchestra + Camel + Spyrogyra
09.12.72?	Amsterdam Paradiso	+ Sail, Willow, Mick Softly

1973

LIVE SETS included:
(Overture written by Paul Buckmaster at some orchestral gigs); Summer Soldier; Medicine Man; She Said; Mocking Bird; Galadriel; Rock And Roll Woman; One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out; The Poet; After The Day; Moonwater; Crazy (Over You); Dark Now My Sky

Date	Town and Venue	Remarks
??.01.73	BJH involved in 2 car crashes, cancel dates at Portsmouth, Worthing, Surrey University and Reading
17.01.73	Southsea South Parade Pier	65p
18.01.73	Worthing Assembly Hall	+ Ange, 75p advance, 85p on the door
26.01.73	Sunderland Locarno
{27.01.73	Epsom Ebbisham Hall	- Postponed}
28.01.73	Norwich University of East Anglia
29.01.73	Chatham Central Hall
03.03.73	Aylesbury Friars	+ Solution
04.03.73	Croydon Fox at The Greyhound	80p
05.03.73	Ilford Tiffany's
10.03.73	Slough Community Centre
12.03.73	Dunstable Queensway Hall	+ Camel, 80p

Yugoslavian Tour (23.03.73 to 29.03.73) including:
23.03.73	Ljubliajana	Slade + BJH

Tour with 36-piece orchestra cancelled when record company refused financial backing:
{07.04.73	Amsterdam	}
{08.04.73	Zürich	}
{09.04.73	Rome	} - cancelled
{10.04.73	Frankfurt	}
{11.04.73	Copenhagen	}

{05.05.73	Farnborough College Of Technology	} - cancelled
09.05.73	Blackpool Opera House	+ Bridget St. John; Ł1.40, Ł1.00
11.05.73	Bournemouth Winter Gardens
12.05.73	Bristol Hippodrome
13.05.73	Birmingham Town Hall [Chelmsford Chancellor Hall??]
15.05.73	Malvern Winter Gardens
16.05.73	Southampton Top Rank
17.05.73	Bradford St.George's Hall
18.05.73	London Royal Festival Hall	With orchestra + Bridget St. John + Pete Sayers
19.05.73	Liverpool Empire
20.05.73	Birmingham Hippodrome
23.05.73	Manchester Free Trade Hall
25.05.73	Hatfield Polytechnic Students’ Union	+ Bridget St.John, Ł1.00
26.05.73	Chelmsford Chancellor Hall	+ Bridget St.John
27.05.73	Loughborough University	+ Longdancer + Bridget St. John
01.06.73	Newcastle Mayfair	+ Bridget St.John
{02.06.73	Bridlington Spa Hall	} - cancelled
02.06.73	Cambridge Corn Exchange	+ Jailbait
03.06.73	Croydon Fairfield Halls	[30-piece orch. + Terry Reid + Bridget St.John]
05.06.73	Plymouth Guildhall	+ Sandgate (Man billed but didn't play)
06.07.73	Chester ABC
15.07.73	White City Great Western Express Festival	+ Edgar Winter Group, Kinks, Lindisfarne etc., Ł3.00
??.??.73	Lincoln Drill Hall	+ Greco
03.08.73	London Alexandra Palace	Ten Years After + BJH + Wild Turkey
12.08.73	Torquay Pavilion

17.08.73	Bilzen Festival, Belgium	[BJH on at 01.00 a.m.]

??.??.73	Oslo Chateau Neuf

09.11.73	Uxbridge Brunel University	+ Good Habit
25.11.73	Plymouth Guildhall
01.12.73	Manchester University Students Union
16.12.73	Croydon, Fox at The Greyhound	+ films of Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Ł1.00

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