Barclay James Harvest

News Archive: 2016


JLBJH At A New Day Festival

17th November, 2016

We're very pleased to announce that John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are confirmed to play at the A New Day festival in Kent on 26th August, 2017. Amongst the other acts booked to appear are Lindisfarne, acoustic Strawbs, Martin Turner and Lifesigns, and more information and ticketing information can be found at www.anewdayfestival.com



Gambsheim Concert Sold Out

17th November, 2016

The JLBJH concert at Gambsheim on 22nd November is now completely sold out, and there are very few tickets left for the shows in Zürich and Weimar. Disappointed fans who wanted to see the band in Gambsheim may want to consider travelling to Baden Baden, less than 50km away, where the band are playing the next night.

Ticket links for all of the forthcoming concerts can be found at www.barclayjamesharvest.com.



JLBJH At Butlins!

13th October, 2016

We're pleased to announce that John Lees' Barclay James Harvest will be playing live at the Electric Dreams weekender at Butlins in Bognor Regis on Friday, 2nd December. The festival includes a Prog Stage and an 80s stage, and amongst the other acts lined up for the weekend are The Zombies, Strawbs, Curved Air, Heaven 17, OMD and Holly Johnson. Further details about the event and accommodation can be found on the Big Weekends Electric Dreams web page.



XII and Octoberon Deluxe Editions

13th October, 2016

The previously announced Esoteric Recordings 3-disc deluxe edition of XII has been delayed slightly, and should now be released on 25th November. The set will now include a couple of extra tracks, not listed in our original bulletin, in the form of alternative versions. Next in the series will be Octoberon, which will include previously unreleased video footage, and is pencilled in for release in December.



Web Site Outages

13th October, 2016

All of our web sites are being migrated to new servers in the coming weeks, and will be offline for a few hours during the transition. The Woolly Wolstenholme and Maestoso page has just been migrated, whilst the Barclay James Harvest and John Lees' Barclay James Harvest sites will follow shortly. Hopefully the outages will be quite brief!



XII Deluxe Edition

30th September, 2016

Barclay James Harvest's 1978 studio album, XII, their last to feature the original four-piece line-up with Woolly Wolstenholme, gets the deluxe reissue treatment on October 28th (update: now scheduled for 4th November), when Esoteric Recordings issue a brand new three-disc edition with new 5.1 surround sound remixes from the original multi-track tapes, new stereo mixes, new remasters of the original stereo mix and bonus tracks.

XII CD


Tracklistings:

CD 1   (New 24-bit remastered original stereo mix):

  1. Loving Is Easy
  2. Berlin
  3. A Tale Of Two Sixties
  4. Turning In Circles
  5. Fact: The Closed Shop
  6. In Search Of England
  7. Sip Of Wine
  8. Harbour
  9. Nova Lepidoptera
  10. Giving It Up
  11. Fiction: The Streets Of San Francisco


    12. Bonus Tracks:
  12. Berlin (Single Version)
  13. Loving Is Easy (Single Version)
  14. Turning In Circles (First Mix)
  15. Fact: The Closed Shop (First Mix)
  16. Nova Lepidoptera (Ambient Instrumental Mix)


CD 2   (new stereo mix):

  1. Loving Is Easy
  2. Berlin
  3. A Tale Of Two Sixties
  4. Turning In Circles
  5. Fact: The Closed Shop
  6. In Search Of England
  7. Sip Of Wine
  8. Harbour
  9. Nova Lepidoptera
  10. Giving It Up
  11. Fiction: The Streets Of San Francisco


DVD   (new 5.1 surround mixes, 96kHz/24-bit new stereo mixes and 96kHz/24 bit original mix):

  1. Loving Is Easy
  2. Berlin
  3. A Tale Of Two Sixties
  4. Turning In Circles
  5. Fact: The Closed Shop
  6. In Search Of England
  7. Sip Of Wine
  8. Harbour
  9. Nova Lepidoptera
  10. Giving It Up
  11. Fiction: The Streets Of San Francisco


Like the companion deluxe editions of Everyone Is Everybody Else and Gone To Earth which were released earlier this year, the set comes in a five-way foldout digipack with a booklet containing new sleevenotes and a full-colour mini-poster, and can be pre-ordered now from the secure BJH online shop.



Final 2016 Concerts Confirmed

12th July, 2016

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are pleased to confirm one more UK concert for 2016, at the Canterbury Westgate Hall on Thursday, November 3rd  tickets (follow Westgate Hall link).

We also now have venue information and ticket links for the show on 4th November, which will take place in Leffrinckoucke, near Dunkerque, at the Salle De La Poudrière  tickets

Finally, a change of ticket link for the concert on 12th November at the Ipswich Regent Theatre  tickets



BBC Radio Interview Tomorrow

22nd June, 2016

John and Craig will be special guests on the Claire Cavanagh show on BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Somerset tomorrow, Thursday, 23rd June, between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. They will be interviewed and will also play an acoustic number in the final thirty minutes of the show. For those who are unable to listen live, it will also be available on the BBC iPlayer for thirty days after the broadcast.



Remaining German November Dates Confirmed

22nd June, 2016

Three more dates have been confirmed for John Lees' Barclay James Harvest's short Continental tour this November, as follows:

22.11.16: FR - Gambsheim, L'EcRhin, Cultural Centre  (tickets on sale soon)
25.11.16: D - Attendorn Stadthalle  tickets
27.11.16: D - Osnabrück, Rosenhof  tickets



Gone To Earth Deluxe Edition delayed

21st June, 2016

Sorry to say that the release of the Gone To Earth deluxe edition detailed below has had to be put back to September 1st, due to hold ups in the supply chain. If anybody who has pre-ordered from us would like a refund, just let us know - otherwise we will hold your order and send it out as soon as the set is released.



Another German Show For JLBJH

13th June, 2016

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have announced another German concert for 2017, at the Darmstadt Staatstheater, Großes Haus, on 21st April. Tickets are on sale now from Adticket or Ztix.



Gone To Earth Deluxe Edition

12th June, 2016

BJH's classic, million-selling 1977 studio album, Gone To Earth, is the next to receive the deluxe reissue treatment, with a three-disc edition due for release on 1st Septembe on Esoteric Recordings. The set includes new 5.1 surround sound remixes from the original multi-track tapes, new stereo mixes including additional, previously unheard material, new remasters of the original stereo mix and bonus tracks.

Gone To Earth CD


Tracklistings:

CD 1   (24-bit remastered original stereo mix):


CD 2   (new stereo mixes and bonus tracks):


DVD   (new 5.1 surround mixes and 96kHz / 24-bit stereo mixes):


The set comes in a five-way foldout digipack with a booklet containing new sleevenotes and a full-colour mini-poster, and can be pre-ordered now from the secure BJH online shop.



JLBJH at Glastonbury!

31st May, 2016

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are proud to announce at last that they will be appearing live headlining the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury Festival on Friday 24th June. This is a first for any version of BJH, and they will be playing a generous 90 minute fully electric set.

Full Glastonbury line up


For anyone not lucky enough to have secured tickets for Glastonbury, they are still playing at the Cheese And Grain in Frome the very next night, on 25th June, and the ticket link for that is as follows:
Cheese And Grain show.



JLBJH in Munich

25th May, 2016

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest will be appearing live at the Circus Krone in Munich on 27th April, 2017. Tickets are on sale now from Adticket.

More German dates are planned for April 2017, and further details will be announced in due course.



JLBJH at Giants Of Rock

22nd May, 2016

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest will be appearing on Saturday, 28th January 2017, at the Giants Of Rock festival, which takes place at Butlins in Minehead. Amongst the other acts already confirmed for the four-day event are Ian Anderson playing the music of Jethro Tull, and Eric Bell, ex Thin Lizzy. More details and booking information can be found at the Giants Of Rock web site.



Two Festivals For JLBJH

16th May, 2016

We're pleased to announce two more shows for JLBJH: they will be playing an open-air concert in Berlin at the Biesdorfer Parkbühne (a beautiful amphitheatre) on 26th August, 2016, and tickets are on sale now from https://www.adticket.de/Barclay-James-Harvest-Shop.html?format=raw&searchlocation=berlin.

In addition, the band will be appearing at the HRH Prog festival, which takes place in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales between 16th / 19th March 2017. Amongst the many other acts already booked are Hawkwind, Wishbone Ash, Curved Air, Strawbs, The Pretty Things, David Cross Band, Davy O' List and Panic Room. JLBJH will be appearing on Friday, 17th March, and tickets can be booked online at www.hrhprog.com or by ringing Lisa on 0207 097 1521.



New Remasters

11th May, 2016

Esoteric Recordings will be issuing a series of classic BJH albums as three disc deluxe editions, comprising new 5.1 surround sound remixes from the original multi-track tapes, new stereo mixes including additional, previously unheard material, new high-resolution remasters of the original stereo mix and bonus tracks. The first release in the series is Everyone Is Everybody Else, due out on 10th June, and that will be followed by Gone To Earth, Octoberon and XII in July and August.

The deluxe edition of Everyone Is Everybody Else is now available for pre-order, and full details can be found on our secure online shop.



Tour Updates

11th May, 2016

Tickets are now on sale for all of the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest October and November concerts in the UK and Scandinavia. The full list and ticket links are as follows:


Please note that the band's Sommermusik open-air show at Schloss Rheydt in Mönchengladbach is now completely sold out.



Tickets on Sale for New Brighton Concert

20th April, 2016

Tickets are now on sale for the concert at Merseyside's New Brighton Floral Pavilion on November 9th from the box office on 0151 666 0000 or from the link below:



Frome Change Of Date And Ticket Links

24th March, 2016

Due to an unforeseen commitment, the date of the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at The Cheese And Grain in Frome has had to be put back a day, to Saturday, 25th June. Tickets for the original date will still be valid, but if you have bought tickets and cannot attend on the Saturday, please contact your point of sale for a refund.

Tickets are now on sale for the November dates in London, Norwich and Ipswich, from the links below:



More Concert Announcements

24th March, 2016

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are pleased to announce eight more concerts as follows:



Ticket links will be added as soon as they are available.



One-Off JLBJH Gig at The Cheese And Grain

24th March, 2016

Update, 7th April: please note change of date for this gig to Saturday, 25th June, 2016


John Lees' Barclay James Harvest will be doing a one-off gig at The Cheese And Grain in Frome on the 24th of June.

Earlybird tickets are available now from:

https://cheeseandgrain.ticketsolve.com/shows/873551742/events?show_id=873551742

There will be more UK dates in November, and details will be announced in the next couple of weeks.



More JLBJH Dates Confirmed

22nd March, 2016

We're pleased to announce two more concerts for John Lees' Barclay James Harvest, as follows:


More dates to follow soon!



Change Of Date For Weimar Concert

16th March, 2016

We've just received confirmation that the date of the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at the Weimar Weimarhalle has been changed. It will now take place on Saturday, 26th November, 2016, and here is the new ticket link.



German Concert in November

8th March, 2016

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are pleased to announce a concert in Weimar, at the Weimarhalle, on 25th November, 2016. Tickets are available now from https://www.adticket.de/Barclay-James-Harvest-Shop.html?format=raw&searchlocation=weimar.

More dates (including UK) to follow soon!



August Open-Air Show

22nd February, 2016

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are pleased to announce an open-air show at Schloss Rheydt, in Mönchengladbach, on 20th August, 2016. Tickets are available now from VP Konzerte.



New BJH Remastered CDs

17th February, 2016

Esoteric Recordings have announced that they will be issuing expanded, remastered 2CD digipack editions of two more of Barclay James Harvest's 1990s albums, Welcome To The Show and Caught In The Light. Of particular interest to fans will be the fact that each album comes with a bonus disc containing half of the band's 1992 live performance at London's Town And Country Club, the majority of which has never been available on CD before. Full tracklistings for the double disc sets are as follows:


Welcome To The Show

Welcome To The Show 2CD


CD One:   the original album remastered

  1. The Life You Lead
  2. Lady Macbeth
  3. Cheap The Bullet
  4. Welcome To The Show
  5. John Lennon's Guitar
  6. Halfway To Freedom
  7. African Nights
  8. Psychedelic Child
  9. Where Do We Go
  10. Origin Earth
  11. If Love Is King
  12. Shadows On The Sky
  13. Stand Up (extended version, bonus track)


CD Two:    live at The Town & Country Club, part 1

  1. Mockingbird
  2. Hold On
  3. Alone In The Night
  4. On The Wings Of Love
  5. Cheap The Bullet
  6. Medicine Man
  7. Play To The World
  8. Child Of The Universe



Caught In The Light

Welcome To The Show 2CD


CD One:   the original album remastered

  1. Who Do We Think We Are?
  2. Knoydart
  3. Copii Romania
  4. Back To Earth
  5. Cold War
  6. Forever Yesterday (long version)
  7. The Great Unknown
  8. Spud-U-Like
  9. Silver Wings
  10. Once More
  11. A Matter Of Time
  12. Ballad of Denshaw Mill
  13. Who Do We Think We Are? (bonus, German promo CD edit)


CD Two:    live at The Town & Country Club, part 2

  1. Life Is For Living
  2. John Lennon's Guitar
  3. Crazy City
  4. Suicide?
  5. Rock 'N' Roll Lady
  6. Berlin
  7. Poor Man's Moody Blues
  8. Stand Up
  9. Shadows On The Sky
  10. Hymn

Both of the 2CD sets will be released on April 15th, 2016, and can be pre-ordered now from the Barclay James Harvest web site shop.




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