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Forthcoming JLBJH Concerts

The John Lees' Barclay James Harvest tour schedule for 2009 is as follows:

INTERACTIVE TOUR MAP



JLBJH add another German date

1st July, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have announced another concert in Germany on their 2009 tour. They play the Bad Aibling former US Base Airport Hangar on November 20th (near Munich).





Online Ticket Sales

24th June, 2009

It has come to our attention that some ticket reseller web sites are offering tickets for the autumn JLBJH tour at vastly inflated prices. These sites are often based abroad and have not been supplied with tickets by the band or their agents. We recommend that you only buy tickets direct from the venues or through the authorised outlets to which we link in our concert listings above.





Portuguese JLBJH Date Changed

19th June, 2009

Please note that the date of the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at the Aula Magna, University of Lisbon, has had to be changed to Friday, October 9th. This is due to difficulties in arranging transportation for the band for the concert in Berlin on the day after the original Portuguese date. Apologies for any inconvenience caused ...

Tickets are available from http://www.ticketline.pt





JLBJH add a German date

1st June, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have announced another concert in Germany on their 2009 tour. They play the Essen Weststadthalle (Thea-Laymann Strasse 23, Essen) on November 22nd.





JLBJH in Italy

15th May, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have announced another concert in their 2009 tour, this time in Italy. They play the Live Music Club in Trezzo sull' Adda, which is 30km from Milan, on November 18th. The venue's web site (in Italian, naturally!) can be found at www.liveclub.it.





JLBJH in Germany!

7th May, 2009

It is with great pleasure that John Lees' Barclay James Harvest announce two concert appearances in Germany, the first since December 2000.

On Saturday 15th August 2009 the band will close the Homburg Festival near Saarbrücken, a large open air event with free admission with an attendance of 20,000.

On Sunday 4th October 2009, the band will be closing a special free concert event at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin which is being held to coincide with the final day of a series of large international events and conferences being held in Berlin that week. JLBJH will take the stage at approximately 7pm.

Further details of both events will be given as soon as websites for both events are on-line.

The group are looking forward immensely to performing to German audiences once more later this year.





New T-Shirts and CDs In Stock

5th May, 2009

New design T-shirts as sold at the Lowry concert are now available for sale through the secure mail-order page. We have long and short-sleeved black T-shirts with a choice of the Time Honoured Ghosts album cover on the front and nothing on the back, or the butterfly from Once Again on the front and the JLBJH logo and "In Concert 2009" on the back. Also available now are brand new sleeveless vest-tops with the Once Again butterfly and plain black back:



Time Honoured Ghosts T-Shirt, long-sleeved (front)Butterfly design T-Shirt, short-sleeved (front)Butterfly design vest top




The new CD releases from Esoteric Recordings of Uneasy Listening - The Best Of Woolly Wolstenholme and Maestoso, the Live Tapes remaster and Barclay James Harvest Live remaster are now all in stock. All three can be ordered online using our secure mail-order service - more details, tracklistings etc. in the online shop.



Woolly Wolstenholme and Maestoso - Uneasy Listening CD artworkLive Tapes CDBarclay James Harvest Live




Toronto Concert Cancelled

23rd April, 2009

It is with regret that due to unforeseen increased production costs the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at the Opera House, Toronto on May 6th has been cancelled. John, Woolly, Craig, Kevin and Jez apologise to all fans for this inconvenience. Full refunds on tickets purchased will be sent out over the next seven days via PayPal.

The band will still be performing as headline act at the ROSFEST event on May 3rd in Glenside PA and look forward to seeing you there.





Orchestral Concert Confirmed

26th March, 2009

It is now confirmed that John Lees' Barclay James Harvest will be performing the second half of their set at Shrewsbury with the National Symphony Orchestra. This is a must-see concert, as it may be the only chance to see the band perform some rarely-heard material with an orchestra, and the line-up for the festival is immense!

The JLBJH performance will not be filmed, so the only way to see this unique performance is to be there.

Confirmed to play on the same bill as JLBJH on the Sunday are Melanie, the electric Strawbs and Jethro Tull. JLBJH will be on last - regardless of any other billing considerations, they will be the only band performing with the orchestra, so the logistics of changovers etc. dictate that they need to be on last.

The Friday line-up includes The Carl Palmer Band, Wetton-Downes iCon, Jefferson Starship, Steve Howe and Alvin Lee.

Saturday's bill boasts Mostly Autumn, Focus, Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash, It's A Beautiful Day, Jack Bruce, Robin Trower and Gary Husband and the original line-up of Asia.

The whole event will be held in an enormous 'Big Top'.

Further information at http://www.new-dawn-events.co.uk/





CD Pre-Orders

24th March, 2009

We can now accept pre-orders for three forthcoming Esoteric CD releases, all due out on April 27th:

Details of these, and all other currently available BJH and related CDs, can be found at http://www.bjharvest.co.uk/swallow.htm.




JLBJH Forthcoming Concerts

The John Lees' Barclay James Harvest tour schedule for 2009 is as follows:

INTERACTIVE TOUR MAP



Final 2009 UK Dates

9th March, 2009

The final two dates for John Lees' Barclay James Harvest UK Autumn tour are now confirmed:

The Canterbury show is an etix event and purchasers will receive an automated email. Once purchased tickets will be allocated seats on a first come, first served basis, with parties being seated together where possible. Norwich will be a standing show.

No more UK gigs will be added, but the band are hoping to play more shows abroad after the UK tour. The full list of confirmed concerts in the UK and abroad can be found at:

www.barclayjamesharvest.com/news.htm





JLBJH London Tickets On Sale Tuesday

9th March, 2009

Tickets for the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at London's Bloomsbury Theatre on October 30th will go on sale from the Bloomsbury Box Office on Tuesday, March 10th. Box Office telephone number is 020 7388 8822, and the venue's web site is http://www.thebloomsbury.com/





Two More Dates

5th March, 2009

Two more John Lees' Barclay James Harvest UK tour dates now confirmed:





New JLBJH Date Added

4th March, 2009

Another John Lees' Barclay James Harvest UK tour date now confirmed:





JLBJH in Portugal

3rd March, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have announced another date in their 2009 schedule, this time on the 3rd October at the University of Lisbon, Aula Magna (Great Hall).





Toronto Tickets

27th February, 2009

Tickets for the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at the Toronto Opera House on May 6th, 2009, are now available from:

www.etickets.to/buy/?e=2421

Please note that these will be e-tickets, to be printed out and taken to the venue on the night.





Tickets for the JLBJH Autumn Tour

25th February, 2009

Ticketing arrangements for the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest October dates will be as follows:



Tickets for the Cambridge Rock Festival on 7th August are also on sale now, from www.cambridgerockfestival.co.uk or by telephone on 0845 299 0845 or 01353 749749

More info on further dates and the other on-sale dates as soon as we have it.





UK Festivals

16th February, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are delighted to be headlining two festivals on Friday, 7th August and Sunday, 9th August, 2009.

On Friday 7th, August they will appear at the Cambridge Rock festival (new venue at the polo ground, one mile outside Cambridge) together with Asia, Focus, Mostly Autumn, The Quireboys and Simon McBride amongst others. Unusually a game of polo will also be watchable! Tickets are on sale already - www.cambridgerockfestival.co.uk.

On Sunday 9th, August, JLBJH will play the Woodstock 2009 festival to be held at the West Midlands Showground just outside of Shrewsbury. It's expected that part of the set will be orchestrated, but this will be confirmed shortly. Other band names will be announced soon, but will be predominantly Classic Rock. More information at www.new-dawn-events.co.uk





Spain and Canada

14th February, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have confirmed that they will be playing a festival in Spain in September. They will headline the AudioDénia festival in Spain on Sunday the 6th September. Dénia is on the coast, between Valencia and Alicante, and tickets go on sale from 15th February - further information can be found at the festival website, www.audiodenia.com

Please note that the date of the previously announced concert in Canada, at the Toronto Opera House, has now been moved to May 6th.





Live Remasters Out Soon

14th February, 2009

The remastered CDs of Barclay James Harvest Live and Live Tapes will be reissued by Esoteric Recordings on April 27th. The original releases had to be deleted when Eclectic Discs became part of the Cherry Red group, but now both CDs will be available again with exactly the same packaging, remastered sound and, in the case of Live Tapes, the same three bonus tracks. Only the label information and catalogue numbers have changed!

We still have a few copies left in stock of the original Polydor CD of Live Tapes, and the Eclectic version of Barclay James Harvest Live, but will be stocking the Esoteric versions as soon as they are available.





More Dates Added

9th February, 2009

Three more John Lees' Barclay James Harvest dates are now confirmed, in Perth and Holmfirth. The current list of UK autumn tour dates is now:





New Date Added

7th February, 2009

Third John Lees' Barclay James Harvest UK tour date now confirmed:





JLBJH UK Tour!

5th February, 2009

Esoteric Arts are pleased to announce a UK tour for John Lees' Barclay James Harvest in Autumn 2009. The band will be John Lees, Woolly Wolstenholme, Craig Fletcher, Kev Whitehead and Jeremy Smith.

The following dates are confirmed (but tickets will not available for a short while):

Expected touring period is 25th October to 4th November - further dates to be announced shortly. There will not be a Manchester show as part of the tour.

Several festival dates are also expected to be announced shortly.





JLBJH in Canada

4th February, 2009

Following on from RoSFest, John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are to play in Canada at the Toronto Opera House on Wednesday, 6th May 2009. No other date will be played in North America. Ticketing details to be announced very shortly.




BBC Orchestral Live CD Available to Pre-order

14th January, 2009

BBC In Concert 1972 CD reissue cover EMI's reissue of the BBC In Concert 1972 CD, due out on 26th January, 2009, is now available for pre-order through this site. The single disc features the mono version of the band's classic live performance with their own orchestra, recorded at London's Paris Theatre in November 1972. The CD can be pre-ordered now at a budget price through our on-line shop, which can also supply all currently available BJH catalogue.




Prog at the BBC Programme

2nd January, 2009

Apologies to those who tuned in to BBC 4's Prog At The BBC programme (see below), expecting to see Barclay James Harvest. Despite BJH being billed to appear both in the Radio Times and on BBC Four's own web site, they didn't feature in tonight's programme at all. Unless they are included in the repeat at 0340 this morning or Tuesday 6th, it seems that the line-up of the programme was altered for some reason. If it's any consolation, Gentle Giant's advertised contribution also seems to have been cut ...





BJH Featured in BBC Prog Rock Season

29th December, 2008

Barclay James Harvest are amongst the bands featured in BBC 4's Prog At The BBC programme to be broadcast on Friday, 2nd January from 21:00 – 22:00 UK time.

The programme, which is repeated at 0340 in the morning of Saturday the 3rd, also includes Yes, Genesis, ELP, Caravan, Gentle Giant and Family, and is part of BBC 4's Prog Rock Season. It seems likely that the BJH material will be drawn from their Old Grey Whistle Test appearances, or, possibly, Top Of The Pops.

Immediately after this programme (22:00–23:30), BBC 4 broadcasts Prog Rock Britannia: An Observation in Three Movements, a documentary about the history of progressive music, structured in three parts. .

BBC 4 can be watched live online at the BBC web site, and for a week after the broadcast, any programme can be seen on the BBC web site via the BBC iPlayer.





Manchester concert sold out!

12th November, 2008

The John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at the Lowry Centre is now completely sold out. Many thanks for all your support in making such a success of this, our first venture into direct concert ticket sales through our web sites.





Manchester Tickets Selling Fast!

28th October, 2008

All normal tickets for the JLBJH concert at The Lowry Centre at Salford Quays in Manchester on Easter Sunday, the 12th April, 2009, are now completely sold out. However, the promoters have just released fifty extra tickets with a partial view of the stage. In recognition of this, they are offered at a price reduced by £6.00. These seats are at the front (stage) ends of the Stalls Tier and the front (stage) ends of Tier 1 Row B and Tier 2 Row B. See the Quays Theatre seating plan) for reference.

To avoid disappointment, don't delay if you would like to attend this special concert, and book now through the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest web site at this link:

http://www.bjharvest.co.uk/jlbjh/tickets.htm




JLBJH Concerts in 2009!

9th October, 2008

It is with great pleasure that we announce the first American concert by any members of the original Barclay James Harvest line-up since 1976. On the 3rd May 2009 John Lees' Barclay James Harvest will headline the last day of the annual Rite of Spring Festival, held at the Keswick Theater, Glenside, Philadelphia. Aside from John Lees and Woolly Wolstenholme, the line up will include Craig Fletcher on bass and vocals, Kevin Whitehead on drums and guest J.J. Lees on Cornet. A guest keyboard player will be announced in the next four weeks. In addition, the possibility of playing further American concerts is being investigated. Meanwhile, don't forget to check out the ROSfest website!

We are also delighted to announce an exclusive one-off concert by JLBJH at The Lowry Centre at Salford Quays in Manchester on Easter Sunday, the 12th April, 2009. This concert will be the only scheduled British appearance at this time by the band and is being staged as a thanks to fans for their continuing loyalty to the group and to serve as a warm up for May's activity overseas. Tickets for this unique event will be available ONLY from this web site or by post from the International BJH Fan Club. The price of every ticket will include a free concert programme in the form of a specially produced new edition of the fan-club magazine, Nova Lepidoptera. More details about how to order tickets will be released soon through this web site and in our e-mail news bulletins - if you haven't already, sign up now!

Finally, EMI Records intend to release a new deluxe edition of Once Again around this time which will include previously unreleased alternative versions of tracks from the original album, along with a bonus DVD disc which features a 5.1 surround mix of the album recently done by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios. More details of the final content of the package will appear in the coming weeks.





Mandalaband III Progress Report

29th June, 2008

David Rohl has added lots of new tracks to the Mandalaband MySpace page now. None of them is finished yet - there are still a lot of lead vocals to do, plus all of Ashley Mulford's guitars, Kim Turner's percussion and Geoffrey Richardson's violas and sax solos. Amongst the pieces to be heard is a rough mix of a new piece by Woolly entitled "Nimrod".

The plan is to release not one but two new concept albums - the first is to be called BC – Ancestors and will cover "the heroic age of our ancient ancestral history (leading up to the birth of Christ)". The second album will be entitled AD – Sangreal and concerns itself with "the Romano-Spanish legends surrounding the Holy Grail (minus King Arthur)".

www.myspace.com/mandalaband3





Woolly Contributes to New Mellotron Book

16th June, 2008

Desert Hearts’ new book on the Mellotron featuring a wonderful interview with Woolly on life, the Mellotron and everything, is due to be published on September 1st, but special preview copies may be ordered now direct from Desert Hearts, and will be available from Monday July 14th. Orders can be placed through the Desert Hearts web site, or by post using this order form.

The 592-page hardback book includes twenty-plus interviews with classic exponents of the Mellotronic art including the Moody Blues, Strawbs, King Crimson, Yes and Genesis as well as later groups like Steve Hackett, XTC, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, IQ, the Flower Kings and the 21st Century Schizoid Band.

Watch out for details of the August "MelloFest" book launch, plus special guests.




Changes to Online Shop Payments

10th June, 2008

With effect from 20th June, we are switching our payment processor for the BJH online shop to PayPal. All this means in effect is that anyone paying by debit or credit card will get redirected to a PayPal payment page, but they will not have to sign up for an account with PayPal. Through PayPal we can accept not only Mastercard and Visa cards, but also Maestro, American Express, EC, Solo etc., plus direct payments from a bank account. These methods of payment are enabled already, so the only change will be that after June 20th you will not be able to use Visa or Mastercard without going through the PayPal page. Payments though the post by cash, cheque or Postal Order are unaffected.




Original Live Tapes CD in Stock

24th May, 2008

Now in stock, a limited number of brand-new copies of the original Polydor non-remastered double CD of Live Tapes. Please note that this is not the more recent Eclectic Discs version, and so has no bonus tracks, but does include all of the songs from the original vinyl double LP and comes in a "fat" double disc jewelcase. Full details on the CD and DVD sales page.




New "Best Of" Released in Germany

17th May, 2008

Welcome To The Show - The Best Of Barclay James Harvest A new Polydor/Universal 2CD compilation entitled Welcome To The Show - The Best Of Barclay James Harvest has appeared in Germany. The tracklisting covers the band's Polydor material between 1974 and 1990, as follows:


CD1: Life Is For Living; Hymn; Victims Of Circumstance; Love On The Line; Halfway To Freedom; Paper Wings; Love Is Like A Violin; Friend Of Mine; Taking Me Higher; Our Kid's Kid; I've Got A Feeling; The Streets Of San Francisco; Poor Man's Moody Blues; Song For You

CD2: Rock 'N' Roll Star; Just A Day Away; Loving Is Easy; Welcome To The Show; Child Of The Universe; Blow Me Down; Panic; Kiev; Hymn For The Children; Berlin; Cheap The Bullet; Waiting For The Right Time; Mockingbird (Berlin live version); Rock 'N' Roll Lady




Radio Broadcasts CD Now In Stock

8th April, 2008

The Polydor/Universal After The Day - The Radio Broadcasts 1974 - 1976 double CD is now in stock, and can be ordered through the secure order form on this web site.




Radio Broadcasts CD Delayed Slightly

31st March, 2008

Polydor/Universal have just told us that the Barclay James Harvest After The Day - The Radio Broadcasts 1974 - 1976 double CD, which was due out today, has been delayed slightly. The new release date is April 14th, but Universal have said that they will try to get our copies to us a few days ahead of that date. We will send out all advance orders as soon as we have the CDs.

Many thanks for your patience.




Video Clips and Photos from Awards Night

14th March, 2008

Video clips from the Radio Regenbogen Awards Night, including the presentation of John's award and the JLBJH performances of "Hymn" and "Child Of The Universe", can now be seen on the videoclips page of this site.

Photos from the event can be found on the Radio Regenbogen picture gallery




Norman Smith

6th March, 2008

Norman Smith, the producer of Barclay James Harvest and Once Again, died on Monday, 3rd March, aged 85. In 1959 Smith started at Abbey Road Studios as a tape operator (as did Alan Parsons some time later) before becoming an engineer, working on all of the recordings by The Beatles until 1965 when EMI promoted him from engineer to producer. He produced Pink Floyd's The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, A Saucerful Of Secrets and Ummagumma, and The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow. In 1971 he began making his own records under the name Hurricane Smith and scored hit singles such as "Don't Let It Die" and "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?". He was active into his eighties, issuing a new CD including re-recordings of his hit singles in 2004, and publishing his memoirs, John Lennon Called Me Normal, in 2007.




Award Time For John And Woolly

3rd March, 2008

John and Woolly will be travelling to Germany this week to be presented with a Lifetime Award for their musical achievements. JLBJH will also appear on stage for playback versions of two songs during the 2008 awards show, which will be broadcast live on the radio and over the net from the Karlsruhe Schwarzwaldhalle.

The show takes place this Friday, March 7th, and live coverage of the build up starts at 17.30 UK time, with the actual show beginning at 19.30. In Germany the show can be heard on Radio Regenbogen on 102.8, 100.4 and 101.1 MHz according to region, whilst the rest of the world can hear it on the web at http://www.regenbogen.de - the site is in German, but from the front page all you need to do is look for "Webradio", then click on the Windows-MediaPlayer or Realplayer link as appropriate. The site also promises a live video stream of the show.




Radio Broadcasts 2CD now on Pre-Order

23rd February, 2008

After The Day - Barclay James Harvest Radio Broadcasts CD The Universal double CD of After The Day: The Radio Broadcasts 1974-1976, is now confirmed for release on March 31st. The price is £12.00 including UK postage and packing (£13.00 for the rest of Europe, £14.00 elsewhere), and the set can now be pre-ordered through the secure order form on this web site.




BBC Recordings Double CD - Coming Soon

20th February, 2008

Universal will shortly be releasing a 2CD set which gathers up all of the previously unreleased recordings which Barclay James Harvest made for the BBC. Whilst the Harvest-era John Peel sessions and the 1972 orchestral concert have already been comprehensively covered in EMI's BJH remasters, the recordings which the band made for the BBC whilst they were signed to Polydor have not been officially released at all - until now.

The set, entitled After The Day: BBC Recordings 1974-1976, has the following tracks:


Disc 1:
  1. Summer Soldier [BBC Radio One "In Concert"]
  2. Medicine Man [BBC Radio One "In Concert"]
  3. Crazy City: [BBC Radio One "In Concert"]
  4. After The Day: [BBC Radio One "In Concert"]
  5. Negative Earth: [BBC Radio One "In Concert"]
  6. She Said [BBC Radio One "In Concert"]
  7. The Great 1974 Mining Disaster [BBC Radio One "In Concert"]
  8. Paper Wings [BBC Radio One "In Concert"]
  9. For No One [BBC Radio One "In Concert"]

Disc 2:
  1. For No One [BBC Radio One John Peel Session]
  2. Paper Wings [BBC Radio One John Peel Session]
  3. The Great 1974 Mining Disaster [BBC Radio One John Peel Session]
  4. Crazy City [BBC Radio One John Peel Session]
  5. Negative Earth [BBC Radio One Bob Harris Show Session]
  6. Sweet Jesus [BBC TV "Old Grey Whistle Test" Live Studio Session]
  7. Hymn For The Children [BBC TV "Old Grey Whistle Test" Live Studio Session]
  8. Crazy City [BBC "Rock Around the World" Series]
  9. Polk Street Rag [BBC "Rock Around the World" Series]
  10. Rock 'N' Roll Star [BBC "Rock Around the World" Series]
  11. Suicide [BBC "Rock Around the World" Series]

Release date is still to be confirmed, but is expected to be in late March. We will be stocking the set as soon as it is available, and will send out a bulletin to all free news list subscribers very shortly with all the details.




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