Berlin: Concert For The People (Import) (CD)

The British group Barclay James Harvest purveyed pastoral chamber-prog with surging rock energy and a unique, mellotron-driven sound. Although they reflected all the aesthetics of a proper British band of the early 1970s, and were supported by major labels, they never quite found their audience in either their homeland or the U.S. By the mid '70s, however, their renown was growing in Europe, particularly Germany, and they were able to steadily tour and record according to their muse until well into the '90s. One of the founding members, drummer Mel Pritchard, died in 2004.

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• Release Date: August 16, 1982
• Label: Polydor Records (Germany)
• UPC: 042280002626
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106663299
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Cut live at the Reichstag in the German city, Berlin is very different from The Live Tapes, with a rather leaner, harder-rocking sound, and more of a dance-rock feel as well, and is also miked much closer for a more intimate sound. "Mockingbird," "Child of the Universe," and "Hymn" are all performed rather more tightly than earlier live renditions, and with more flamboyant electronic effects. "Sip of Wine" represents the group's harder, post-progressive-era sound, while "Nova Lepidoptera" is a pretty piece of space rock, and "Life Is for Living" is so upbeat with its disco-dance sound that it could almost pass for an ABBA cut. Except on the latter, where the keyboards rule, John Lees' and Colin Browne's guitars are the most prominent component of the group's sound, and it's easy to see why this album, covering so many bases so well, took British audiences by storm -- the Moody Blues in their post-psychedelic era have wanted to make a live record this tight and bracing for ages. And the CD is even better than the LP. ~ Bruce Eder

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