Baby James Harvest Explained

Baby James Harvest
Type:	Album
Artist:	Barclay James Harvest
Cover:	Baby_James_Harvest.jpg
Released:	10 November 1972
Recorded:	September 1972
Studio:	Strawberry Studios Abbey Road Studios
Genre:	Progressive rock, Art rock, Symphonic rock
Length:	37:32 (original LP) 1:18:55 (2002 CD)
Label:	Harvest
Producer:	Barclay James Harvest
Prev Title:	Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Everyone Is Everybody Else
Next Year:	1974

Baby James Harvest is the fourth album by English progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest, released in 1972.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

Side one

1. "Crazy Over (You)" (Les Holroyd) – 4:17
2. "Delph Town Morn" (John Lees) – 4:48
3. "Summer Soldier" (Lees) – 10:28

Side two

4. "Thank You" (Lees) – 4:24
5. "One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out" (Holroyd) – 6:05
6. "Moonwater" (Woolly Wolstenholme) – 7:30

Bonus tracks

The album was remastered and reissued by Harvest in 2002 with bonus tracks:

7. "Child of Man" (single B-side) (Lees) – 3:21
8. "I'm Over You" (single A-side) (Lees) – 3:53
9. "When The City Sleeps" (single B-side)† (Lester Forest) – 4:16
10. "Breathless" (single A-side)† (Terry Bull) – 3:09
11. "Thank You" (alternative version)▲ (Lees) – 4:27
12. "Medicine Man" (single version) (Lees) – 4:29
13. "Rock and Roll Woman" (Holroyd) – 3:18
14. "The Joker" (Holroyd/Lees) – 3:32
15. "Child of Man" (BBC session 15 March 1972)▲ (Lees) – 3:37
16. "Moonwater" (2002 remix) (Wolstenholme) – 7:20

† originally released under the pseudonym "Bombadil"
▲ previously unreleased

Personnel

• John Lees – vocals, guitars, sound effects
• Les Holroyd – vocals, bass, piano, organ, mellotron, acoustic guitar
• Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme – piano, organ, mellotron, vocals, bells, tam-tam
• Mel Pritchard – drums, percussion

Notes and References

1. News: 25 February 1973. Harvest group still making it beautiful. 178. Arizona Republic. 2021-12-12.
2. News: 10 February 1973. Album 'unusual'. 33. Progress Bulletin. 2021-12-12.