[Album Review] Barclay James Harvest / Octoberon

 

 

 

Barclay James Harvest / Octoberon

 

 

Red Side:

The World Goes on (Les Holroyd)

May Day (John Lees)

Ra (Woolly Wolstenholme)

 

Blue Side:

Rock 'N' Roll Star (Les Holroyd)

Polk Street Rag (John Lees)

Believe In Me (Les Holroyd)

Suicide? (John Lees)

Bonus tracks on remastered CD:

Rock 'N' Roll Star (Les Holroyd) [Early mix]

Polk Street Rag (John Lees) [First mix]

Ra (Woolly Wolstenholme) [First mix]

Rock 'N' Roll Star (Les Holroyd) [Recorded at Marquee Studios]

Suicide? (John Lees) [First mix]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LP: Polydor 2442 144, 1st October, 1976
MC: Polydor, October, 1976
LP: Reissue, Polydor SPELP 13, August 1983
MC: Reissue, Polydor SPEMC 13, August 1983
CD: Polydor 821 930-2, 18th July, 1984
CD: Remaster with 5 bonus tracks, Polydor/Universal 065 399-2, 2nd June, 2003

 

Recording Studios:
Strawberry Studios, Stockport

Recording Dates:
Ten weeks in the summer of 1976 (on a budget of around £20,000)

Producer:
Barclay James Harvest

Engineers:
David Rohl, Steve C.Smith

Additional Personnel:
Orchestra and choir conducted and arranged by the late Ritchie Close.
Choir: The Capriol Singers, director Gerald E.Brown