Barclay James Harvest discography

Barclay James Harvest discography
Studio albums20
EPs10
Live albums15
Compilation albums19
Singles37
Video albums9
Box sets4

This is the discography of British rock band Barclay James Harvest, including its subsequent incarnations as John Lees' Barclay James Harvest and Barclay James Harvest Featuring Les Holroyd.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUT
[2] 		FRA
[3] 		GER
[4]
 NL
[5] 		NOR
[6] 		SPA
[7] 		SWE
[8] 		SWI
[9] 		US
[10]
Barclay James Harvest
  • Released: 5 June 1970
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
Once Again
  • Released: 5 February 1971
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories
  • Released: 5 November 1971
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
Baby James Harvest
  • Released: 10 November 1972
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — — — — — — — — — —
Everyone Is Everybody Else
  • Released: 14 June 1974
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — — — — — — — — — —
Time Honoured Ghosts
  • Released: October 1975
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 32 — — — — — — — — —
Octoberon
  • Released: 1 October 1976
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 19 — — 40 — — — — — 174
Gone to Earth
  • Released: September 1977
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 30 — — 10 — 37 — — — —
XII
  • Released: 29 September 1978
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 31 — — 18 — — — — — —
Eyes of the Universe
  • Released: 5 November 1979
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — 9 22 3 — 6 18 — — —
Turn of the Tide
  • Released: May 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
 55 — 10 2 — 4 — — — —
Ring of Changes
  • Released: 16 May 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 36 — — 4 38 7 — — — —
Victims of Circumstance
  • Released: 6 April 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 33 — 7 4 43 13 — 42 1 —
Face to Face
  • Released: 30 January 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 65 — — 9 — 14 — — 7 —
Welcome to the Show
  • Released: 5 March 1990
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 — — — 10 87 — — — 7 —
Caught in the Light
  • Released: 14 June 1993
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 — — — 81 — — — — 33 —
River of Dreams
  • Released: 26 May 1997
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 — — — 71 — — — — 33 —
Nexus
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 22 February 1999
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — — — — — —
Revolution Days
(Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd)
  • Released: 25 February 2002
  • Label: M
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — — — — — —
North
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest) 		— — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUT
[2] 		FRA
[3] 		GER
[4] 		NOR
[6] 		SWI
[9]
Live
  • Released: November 1974
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC, 2x8-track
 40 — — — — —
Live Tapes
  • Released: 9 June 1978
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
 — — 16 33 — —
Berlin – A Concert for the People
  • Released: January 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
 15 9 24 1 14 —
Glasnost
  • Released: 5 April 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 — — — 47 — 30
BBC in Concert 1972
  • Released: 27 May 2002
  • Label: EMI/Harvest
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — —
After the Day – The Radio Broadcasts 1974–1976
  • Released: 14 April 2008
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xCD
 — — — — — —
Revival – Live 1999
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 27 April 2000
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — —
Live In Bonn, 30th October 2002
(Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd)
  • Released: 13 October 2003
  • Label: Pure Music
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — —
Classic Meets Rock
(Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd with Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Released: December 2006
  • Label: Kultopolis
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — —
Legacy – Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire, London 2006
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 5 November 2007
  • Label: Esoteric Recordings
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — —
Recorded Live at Metropolis Studios, London
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 4 June 2012
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: CD+DVD
 — — — — — —
High Voltage Festival – Recorded Live – July 23rd 2011
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest) 		— — — — — —
Retrospective
(Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd)
  • Released: 19 February 2016
  • Label: ZYX Music
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
 — — — — — —
The Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 30th October 2009
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 6 May 2018
  • Label: Lepidoptera
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD
 — — — — — —
The 50th Anniversary Concert
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 23 November 2018
  • Label: Lepidoptera
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD
 — — — — — —
Philharmonic! - The Orchestral Concert
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 2024
  • Label: Esoteric Antenna / Cherry Records
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD+BR
 — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[4] 		SWI
[9]
Early Morning Onwards
  • Released: September 1972
  • Label: Starline
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — —
The Best of Barclay James Harvest
  • Released: January 1977
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — —
The Best of Barclay James Harvest Volume 2
  • Released: April 1979[15]
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — —
Mocking Bird – The Early Years
  • Released: March 1980
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — —
The Best of Barclay James Harvest Volume 3
  • Released: February 1981
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — —
The Compact Story of Barclay James Harvest
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, MC
 — —
Another Arable Parable
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Alone We Fly
  • Released: 22 October 1990
  • Label: Connoisseur Collection
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
 — —
The Harvest Years
  • Released: 20 May 1991
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 2xCD, 3xLP, 2xMC
 — —
Best of Barclay James Harvest
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Polystar
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 9 13
Sorcerers + Keepers — —
Endless Dream
  • Released: 29 July 1996
  • Label: Connoisseur Collection
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Premium Gold Collection
  • Released: 29 August 1996
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • Released in the UK in February 1997 as The Best of Barclay James Harvest Centenary Collection
 — —
The Collection
  • Released: 2 October 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Mocking Bird – The Best of Barclay James Harvest
  • Released: 16 April 2001
  • Label: EMI/Harvest
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Evolution Years – The Best of Barclay James Harvest Featuring the Songs of Les Holroyd
  • Released: 30 August 2004
  • Label: Pure Music
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Welcome to the Show – The Best of Barclay James Harvest — —
Child of the Universe – The Essential Collection
  • Released: 26 August 2013
  • Label: Spectrum Music/Universal
  • Formats: 2xCD
 — —
Titles: The Best of Barclay James Harvest
  • Released: 9 December 2013
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

Title Album details
Four Barclay James Harvest Originals
  • Released: February 1996
  • Label: EMIl
  • Formats: 4xCD
"All Is Safely Gathered In" – An Anthology 1967–1997
"Sea of Tranquility" – The Polydor Years 1974–1997
  • Released: 26 October 2009
  • Label: Esoteric Recordings
  • Formats: 3xCD
Taking Some Time On – Harvest Years (1968–73)
  • Released: 18 July 2011
  • Label: EMI/Harvest
  • Formats: 5xCD

Video releases

Title Album details
Berlin – A Concert for the People
Victims of Circumstance
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: PolyGram Video
  • Formats: VHS
Glasnost
  • Released: May 1988
  • Label: PolyGram Video
  • Formats: VHS
Best of Barclay James Harvest – X Live Videos
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: PolyGram Video
  • Formats: VHS
The Best of Barclay James Harvest Live
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Vision Video
  • Formats: VHS
  • Re-released in 2003 as 25th Anniversary Concert
Caught Live
  • Released: 11 March 2002
  • Label: Classic Pictures Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD
On the Road
(Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd)
  • Released: 24 January 2005
  • Label: Edel
  • Formats: DVD
Classic Meets Rock
(Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd with Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Released: 22 September 2007
  • Label: Kultopolis
  • Formats: DVD
Legacy – Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire, London 2006
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 26 November 2007
  • Label: Esoteric Recordings
  • Formats: CD

EPs

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Time Honoured Ghosts
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 7"
 —
Live EP
  • Released: 4 March 1977
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 7"
 49
Time Honoured Tracks
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 7", 12"
  • Australia-only release
 —
French Tour 82
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 12"
  • France-only release
 —
The Origin of Pieces
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Swallowtail
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
 —
Strangely Mixed
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Swallowtail
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
 —
Au Naturel
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Swallowtail
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
 —
It's My Life
(Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd)
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Musedia
  • Formats: CD
  • Promo-only release
 —
Bob Harris Session (5th July 1971)
  • Released: 13 August 2010
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
 —
Ancient Waves
(John Lees' Barclay James Harvest)
  • Released: 19 April 2014
  • Label: Esoteric Antenna
  • Formats: 12"
  • Record Store Day release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		FRA
[17] 		GER
[4] 		NL
[18] 		SWI
[19] 		US
[20]
"Early Morning" 1968 — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Brother Thrush" 1969 — — — — — —
"Taking Some Time On" 1970 — — — — — — Barclay James Harvest
"Mocking Bird" 1971 — — — — — — Once Again
"She Said" (France-only release) — — — — — —
"I'm Over You" 1972 — — — — — — Barclay James Harvest (1972)
"Thank You" — — — — — —
"Rock and Roll Woman" 1973 — — — — — — Non-album singles
"The Joker" (Denmark-only release) — — — — — —
"Poor Boy Blues" 1974 — — — — — — Everyone Is Everybody Else
"Titles" 1975 — — — 11 — 107 Time Honoured Ghosts
"Sweet Jesus" (Netherlands-only release) — — — — — —
"Rock 'n' Roll Star" (US and Germany-only release) 1977 — — — — — — Octoberon
"Hymn" 54[A] — — — — — Gone to Earth
"Friend of Mine" 1978 — — — — — —
"Sip of Wine" (Austria and Germany-only limited release) — — — — — — XII
"Loving Is Easy" — — — — — —
"Love on the Line" 1979 63 58 — — — — Eyes of the Universe
"Capricorn" 1980 — — — — — —
"Life Is for Living" 61 48 2 49 1 — Turn of the Tide
"Waiting on the Borderline" (France and Spain-only release) 1981 — 38 — — — —
"Child of the Universe" (Germany-only release) 1982 — — 27 — — — Berlin – A Concert for the People
"Just a Day Away" 1983 68 32 40 — 5 — Ring of Changes
"Ring of Changes" (Germany-only release) — — — — — —
"Waiting for the Right Time" — — — — — —
"Victims of Circumstance" 1984 92 4 46 — 19 — Victims of Circumstance
"I've Got a Feeling" — — — — — —
"He Said Love" 1986 — 92 — — — — Face to Face
"Panic" (Germany-only release) 1987 — — — — — —
"Cheap the Bullet" 1990 — — — — — — Welcome to the Show
"Welcome to the Show" (Germany-only release) — — — — — —
"Halfway to Freedom" (Germany-only release) — — — — — —
"John Lennon's Guitar" (Germany-only release) — — — — — —
"Stand Up" 1992 93 — — — — — Non-album single
"Who Do We Think We Are?" (promo-only release) 1993 — — — — — — Caught in the Light
"River of Dreams" (Germany promo-only release) 1997 — — — — — — River of Dreams
"Back in the Game" (Germany promo-only release) — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References

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