Barclay James Harvest Album Portfolio
- Home
- News
- Biography
John Lees Les Holroyd Woolly Wolstenholme RIP Mel Pritchard RIP BJH History Current Line-Ups Kevin McAlea Colin Browne Bias Boshell Jeff Leach Norman Smith Robert John Godfrey Ian Southerington Martyn Ford David Rohl Martin Lawrence Andrew Pryce Jackman
Past BJH Concerts JLBJH Concerts BJHFLH Concerts Maestoso Concerts 40th anniversary of "Early Morning" "Brother Thrush" 40th anniversary BJH and other short stories The songwriting of John Lees BJH at Liverpool Stadium, 1974 Equipment Lists Down The Years Les' Alembic Bass John Lees' Guitars Woolly and the Mellotron Interviews Bibliography
- Discography
Main Discography UK Albums UK Singles UK Promos Germany France USA Japan All BJH and solo song lyrics DVDs and VHS Videos Promo Video Clips Complete BJH CD Listing Shop for CDs and DVDs
John Lees' Barclay James Harvest John Lees solo Woolly Wolstenholme and Maestoso BJH Featuring Les Holroyd Radio Broadcasts TV Broadcasts Transcription Discs Sheet Music Tabs MIDI Files Guest Appearances Covers of BJH Songs Chart Placings Samplers with BJH tracks Cassettes 8-Track Cartridges
- Photos + Archive
- Shop
- Forum + Links
Barclay James Harvest Album Portfolio
Glasnost
LP: Polydor POLD 5219, 5th April, 1988
MC: Polydor POLDC 5219, 5th April, 1988
CD: Polydor 835 590-2, 5th April, 1988
Poor Man’s Moody Blues (John Lees)
Alone In The Night (John Lees)
Hold On (Les Holroyd)
African (John Lees)
On The Wings Of Love (Les Holroyd)
Love On The Line (Les Holroyd)
Berlin (Les Holroyd)
Medicine Man (John Lees)
Kiev (Les Holroyd)
Hymn (John Lees)
Turn the Key (Les Holroyd) [on CD and MC only]
He Said Love (John Lees) [on CD and MC only]
Recording Details
Recording Dates:Recorded on July 14th, 1987 at Treptower Park, East Berlin, using Derks Mobile.
Mixed at Advision Studios, London
Producer:
Gregg Jackman, Barclay James Harvest and Ian Southerington
Engineer:
Gregg Jackman, assisted by Karen Down
Live Engineers:
Gregg Jackman, Gerd Rautenbach and Peter Brandt, assisted by Wally Nitzer
Remix Engineers:
Gregg Jackman and Ian Southerington
Background
BJH were invited by the then East German (DDR) authorities to play a concert in East Berlin as part of Berlin’s 750th birthday celebrations. The original venue was to have been the Island Of Youth, a small island in the middle of a river which flows through the city, but, faced with over 50,000 ticket applications in the first two weeks, the authorities decided to relocate the concert to Treptower Park.The ticket price was a nominal 4,05 East Marks (equivalent to about 50p), but on the day the ticket collecting arrangements were so haphazard that thousands of people got in for free, making it almost impossible to give an accurate figure for the attendance - estimates varied from 130,000 to 170,000.
Unlike the first Berlin album, the recording went well, and, despite comments about re-recordings, virtually none was done: the clean sound is down to good mixing and, most importantly, an almost flawless live performance by the band.