Esoteric Recordings is pleased to announce the release of a newly re-mastered, re-mixed and expanded 3 disc clamshell box edition of the classic album, “Barclay James
Harvest and Other Short Stories”. Recorded and released in 1971, the album was the third by BJH and was recorded at Abbey Road studios and was co-produced by the band and ex-Pretty Things member Wally Allen. Widely regarded (along with “Once Again”) as one of the band’s early masterpieces, “…Other Short Stories” featured such classic tracks as ‘Medicine Man’, ‘Ursula (The Swansea Song)’, ‘The Poet’ and the
epic ‘After the Day’. The album was critically acclaimed upon its release by
Harvest Records and was also issued by Sire Records in the United States with some remixed versions of tracks. The album also featured the Barclay James
Harvest symphony orchestra conducted by Martyn Ford and arrangements by Toni Cooke and Martyn Ford.
This expanded edition of “…Other Short Stories” comprises 40 tracks and features the original UK stereo mix re-mastered from the original master tapes and also includes a new stereo mix on a second CD and a high resolution 5.1 Surround Sound mix, new stereo mix and original stereo mix on an NTSTC / Region free DVD, all from the original
Harvest masters. In addition there are three rare US album versions of ‘Medicine Man’, ‘Harry’s Song’ and ‘Someone There You Know’, along with five BBC Radio session tracks from July 1971 and March 1972, along with two rare John Lees demo recordings from 1971 and three mono reduction mixes made at Abbey Road studios in July 1971.
Tracks: -------
CD1ORIGINAL STEREO MIX REMASTERED 1. MEDICINE MAN
2. SOMEONE THERE YOU KNOW
3. HARRY’S SONG
4. URSULA (THE SWANSEA SONG)
5. LITTLE LAPWING
6. SONG WITH NO MEANING
7. BLUE JOHN’S
BLUES8. THE POET
9. AFTER THE DAY
BONUS TRACKS 10. BRAVE NEW WORLD
(JOHN LEES DEMO – JULY 1971)
11. HYMN TO A WHITE LADY
(JOHN LEES DEMO – JULY 1971)
(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
12. SHE SAID
(BBC SESSION 5th JULY 1971)
13. GALADRIEL
(BBC SESSION 5th JULY 1971)
14. URSULA (THE SWANSEA SONG)
(BBC SESSION 5th JULY 1971)
15. SOMEONE THERE YOU KNOW
(BBC SESSION 5th JULY 1971)
16. MEDICINE MAN
(BBC SESSION 15th MARCH 1972)
CD2NEW STEREO MIX 1. MEDICINE MAN
2. SOMEONE THERE YOU KNOW
3. HARRY’S SONG
4. URSULA (THE SWANSEA SONG)
5. LITTLE LAPWING
6. SONG WITH NO MEANING
7. BLUE JOHN’S
BLUES8. THE POET
9. AFTER THE DAY
BONUS TRACKS 10. MEDICINE MAN
(US ALBUM VERSION)
(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON CD)
11. HARRY’S SONG
(US ALBUM VERSION)
(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON CD)
12. SOMEONE THERE YOU KNOW
(US ALBUM VERSION)
(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON CD)
13. MEDICINE MAN
(EXTENDED MONO REDUCTION
MIX 1971)
14. URSULA
(MONO REDUCTION MIX 1971)
15. SOMEONE THERE YOU KNOW
(MONO REDUCTION MIX 1971)
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ABBEY ROAD MONO
REDUCTION MIXES JULY 1971
John Lees / lead (1,3,7) & backing (5,6) vocals, lead (2,3,7,9) & acoustic (1,3,7) guitars, percussion (4),
-Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme / lead (2,4,8,9) & backing (5) vocals, Mellotron (2,4,9), organ & piano (7), electric (1), acoustic (4) & 12-string (6) guitars
Les Holroyd / bass, fuzz bass (7), lead (5,6) & backing (6) vocals, piano (2,3,5), steel (5), lead (6), acoustic (5,6) & 12-string (5) guitars
Mel Pritchard / drums, percussion (4,5), congas (6), timpani (9),
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Martyn Ford / orchestral arrangements & conductor, tambourine
Toni Cooke / orchestral arrangements
Martyn Ford Orchestra
David Whiston / orchestra leader
All thanks to original releaser