TCCDM Pulls One Out..."Everyone Is Everybody Else" - Barclay James Harvest (1974)
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"Everyone Is Everybody Else" - Barclay James Harvest (1974)
On their fifth album, "Everyone Is Everybody Else," the band leaves the proggy, symphonic Moody Blues sound they were tagged with, stuffs it in their back pocket, and takes a different prog path. Like travelers passing through the corners of Catan, Barclay James Harvest bring a prog-pop CSN flavor to the wax. Lighter on the prog to be sure, but I'm absolutely cool with that. The harmonies are nice and confident, as ever. The guitars bang when it's time to clock in. And the beautiful Mellotron and other keys all help push things forward.
The song arrangements may not be as complex by prog standards, I suppose, but they are creative enough and definitely not cheap. It's a really good square, yet nothing truly stands out. Is that bad? Not necessarily. When the needle returned to its resting place, I wanted to spin it again.
To be fair, I was already familiar with some of Barclay James Harvest's discography before picking this one up. I already had "Time Honoured Ghosts," which is still my favorite. And "Gone To Earth," which I highly recommend, as well. As for "Everyone Is Everybody Else"...let's just call it a trifecta. Best of all, their albums are a low-risk/high-reward purchase. Most can be found in a record bin for less than a five-spot, so why not roll the dice? Pay it forward, if it doesn't work out. Good karma is good karma.
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"Everyone Is Everybody Else" - Barclay James Harvest (back)
Favorites include:
"Child Of The Universe"
"For No One"
"The Great 1974 Mining Disaster"
My copy has the "MR in circle" and the word "STERLING" stamped in the deadwax. It also has the UK Cat #2383-286 listed on the labels and the back cover. The record looks VG and plays VG+. It had a bit of krispies at the beginning of both sides when I got it home, but a good spin-cleaning cleared most of that up. This was found at The Record Ship.
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Polydor label
Cat #
PD 6508
SIDE A DEADWAX
PD-6508-A-3 (MR in circle) △19062 (1) STERLING
SIDE B DEADWAX
PD-6508-B-3 (MR in circle) △19062-X (1)
"For No One" - Barclay James Harvest / "Everyone Is Everybody Else" (1974)
TRACKS:
A1 "Child Of The Universe" 5:04
A2 "Negative Earth" 5:32
A3 "Paper Wings" 4:15
A4 "The Great 1974 Mining Disaster" 4:47
B1 "Crazy City" 4:06
B2 "See Me See You" 4:32
B3 "Poor Boy Blues" 3:05
B4 "Mill Boys" 2:47
B5 "For No One" 5:07
PERSONNEL:
John Lees - vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, b-vocals
Les Holroyd - vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, 'picked guitar', b-vocals
Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme - keyboards, b-vocals
Mel Pritchard - drums, percussion, b-vocals
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