Artist: Barclay James Harvest
Title: All Is Safely Gathered In: An Anthology 1967 - 1997
Year Of Release: 2005
Label: Eclectic Discs ‎
Artist Country: UK
Genre: Art Rock, Prog Rock
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log)
Total Time: 79:39+79:26+78:10+ 79:35+77:06

14 new tracks, 11 of which were never released! Isn't this a reason to once again plunge into the world of melodic wizards and honored masters of art rock? After nineteen numbered albums and 30 years on the rock scene, the need has arisen to release a fundamental compilation, which will certainly be an excellent addition to the rather large discography of British rockers. I dare say this hefty box will be a good gift for collectors and fans of the band. The beautiful 60-page color booklet contains primarily the history of the band members, written down in their own words, which, in my opinion, is much more interesting than the standard set of official biographers. In addition to the full discography, a pleasant surprise was the chronology of all concert performances until 1997. The musical material is collected according to the principle of an anthology, and each disc is titled with lines from the lyrics. A total of 74 tracks are presented on five discs. These are the best compositions, a number of which have repeatedly appeared at the top of the world charts (paradoxically, none of the first five BJH records were featured in the charts). The penultimate page of the booklet modestly recalls a sad event in the history of the team - the sudden death of drummer Mel Pritchard (01/20/1948 - 01/28/2004).

Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. Early Morning
2. Pools of Blue (Abbey Road version) previously unreleased
3. Eden Unobtainable
4. Poor Wages
5. Brother Thrush
6. Taking Some Time On
7. The Sun Will Never Shine
8. The Iron Maiden
9. Dark Now My Sky
10. She Said, Song for Dying
11. Galadriel
12. Mockingbird
13. Too Much on Your Plate
14. The Poet
15. After the Day

Disc: 2
1. Medicine Man (single version)
2. Song with No Meaning
3. Ursula (The Swansea Song)
4. Child of Man
5. When the City Sleeps
6. Summer Soldier
7. One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out
8. Moonwater (2002 remix)
9. The Joker
10. Crazy City
11. Child of the Universe 12.
Negative Earth (Original Mix)
13. The Great 1974 Mining Disaster (Original Mix)
14. For No One (live)
15. Song For You
16. Sweet Jesus

Disc: 3
1. In My Life
2. Titles
3. Jonathan
4. Ra
5. Rock n' Roll Star
6. Suicide?
7. Hymn (Single edit)
8. Poor Man's Moody Blues
9. Hard Hearted Woman
10. Sea of Tranquility
11. Berlin
12. The Closed Shop
13. In Search of England
14. The Song (They Love to Sing)
15. Sperratus

Disc: 4
1. In Memory of the Martyrs
2. Life is for Living
3. Nova Lepidoptera (live)
4. Sip of Wine (live)
5. Fifties Child
6. Ring of Changes (single mix)
7. African
8. On the Wings of Love
9. Lady Macbeth
10. If Love is King
11. Cheap the Bullet
12. The Ballad of Denshaw Mill
13. Back in the Game 14. Children of the Disappeared

Disc: 5
1. Dark Now My Sky (live) Recorded at unknown location in March 1971 - Previously unreleased
2. Medicine Man
3. Ursula (The Swansea Song)
4. Someone There You Know
5. Moonwater (demo) Recorded at Strawberry studios, Stockport in April 1972 - Previously unreleased
6. The World Goes On (live) Recorded on the \223Octoberon\224 UK tour in October 1976 - Previously unreleased
7. Capricorn - single edit A-side of single \226 Released as Polydor POSP 140 in March 1980 - Previously unreleased on CD
8. Love on the Line - Live Recorded at the Reichstag, Berlin on 30th August 1980
9. For Your Love - Live Recorded at Wembley Arena, London on 13th October 1984 - Previously unreleased
10. Cheap the Bullet - Demo Recorded at Friarmere studios, Saddleworth in November 1987 - Previously unreleased

Line-up / Musicians
- John Lees / guitars, recorders, vocals
- Les Holroyd / bass, acoustic guitar, piano, vocals
- Mel Pritchard / drums, percussion
- Woolly Wolstenholme / Mellotrons, organ, piano, synthesizers, guitar, vocals (1967-1979)

Guest musicians:
- Kevin McAlea / keyboards
- Colin Browne / keyboards, guitar
- Bias Boshell / keyboards
- Jeff Leach / keyboards (1977)
- Sam Brown / backing vocals
- Jan Ince / backing vocals
- Helen Chapelle / backing vocals