Barclay James Harvest Through The Eyes Of John Lees - Nexus (1999)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 140 Mb | Scans | 29 Mb | Time: 59:38
Eagle Records | EAGCD052, GAS 0000052 EAG, EDL EAG 146-2
Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Symphonic Rock
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 140 Mb | Scans | 29 Mb | Time: 59:38
Eagle Records | EAGCD052, GAS 0000052 EAG, EDL EAG 146-2
Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Symphonic Rock
Following River Of Dreams, BJH's last album as a trio, John and Les went their separate ways to work on new projects. John teamed up again with original Barclay James Harvest keyboard player, Woolly Wolstenholme, for this studio album, which consists of half new songs and half remakes of classic BJH tracks.
Track Listing
01. Festival ! (05:39)
02. The Iron Maiden (02:52)
03. Brave New World (06:10)
04. Hors d'Oeuvre (00:56)
05. Mocking Bird (07:21)
06. Sitting Upon A Shelf (04:30)
07. Hymn (04:46)
08. The Devils That I Keep (05:04)
09. Titles (05:27)
10. Float (05:45)
11. Loving Is Easy (04:18)
12. Star Bright (06:50)
Produced by Woolly Wolstenholme & John Lees
The Band
• John Lees - vocals, guitars, recorder
• Woolly Wolstenholme - vocals,keyboards, acoustic guitar, harmonica, percussion
• Craig Fletcher - bass, backing vocals
• Kevin Whitehead - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Notes
Largely designed by Woolly, to reflect the "link" theme of the title. Much has been made of the fact that there are four hands in the picture (all left hands!) but in fact the photo itself is a stock library shot and so the viewer shouldn't read too much significance into it. The original version of the front cover (above), has the wording "Through the Eyes Of John Lees" at the bottom. For later pressings this was moved up to just below the "Barclay James Harvest" to make the distinction from a "normal" BJH album more obvious. Since then, "Barclay James Harvest Through The Eyes Of John Lees" has become the de facto name of this band line-up (with the subsequent addition of Jeff Leach as a second keyboard player). For live concerts, the "BJHTTEOJL" was supplemented with "featuring former founder-member Woolly Wolstenholme", which some felt was to underrate the importance of Woolly to the band. The reason for John's name appearing on the front cover and not Woolly's is simply contractual - the record company deal is with John, and Woolly prefers not to commit himself to a particular record label or management deal.
Barclay James Harvest 1984 Vic...tance [West Germany 1st Press]
Barclay James Harvest 1988 Glasnost [West Germany 1st Press]
Barclay James Harvest 1997 River Of Dreams [Germany 1st Press]
Barclay James Harvest 2005 All...ology 1967-1997 [5 CD Box Set]
Barclay James Harvest 2005 Gla...s Of Circumstance - Live [DVD]
Barclay James Harvest 2011 Tak...est Years (1968-73) [5 CD Set]
Barclay James Harvest 2013 Chi...The Essential Collection [2CD]
Barclay James Harvest Through ...Lees 2000 Revival - Live [2CD]
John Lees 1977 A Major Fancy [Eagle Records, 1999]
John Lees 1977 A Major Fancy [Deluxe Edition, Remastered 2010, 2CD]
Maestoso 2004 One Drop In A Dry World
Maestoso 2005 Grim
Maestoso 2007 Caterwauling
Mandalaband 2004 Mandalaband (...endor: Prophecies (1978) [2CD]
Mandalaband 2009 Mandalaband III: BC - Ancestors
Mandalaband 2010 Resurrection [Digipak, 2CD]
Mandalaband 2011 Mandalaband IV: AD - Sangreal
Woolly Wolstenholme 1980 Maestoso [Remastered 2006]
Woolly Wolstenholme 2004 Black Box Recovered