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BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST
Once Again ESOTERIC
Expanded look at the 1971 classic that put Oldham’s finest on the map.
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Orchestral prog wasn’t new in 1970. The Moody Blues’ 1967 album had come with strings attached; ditto Deep Purple’s famed 1969 outing . Barclay James, a sombre orchestra and Mellotron-fuelled work exploring environmental decline and the horrors of war, which saw BJH’s vision settle into the stuff of legend.