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| Studio album by Barclay James Harvest | |||||
| Released | 1977 | ||||
| Recorded | March to June 1977 Strawberry Studios, Stockport |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 39:50 | ||||
| Label | Polydor Records | ||||
| Producer | Barclay James Harvest, David Rohl | ||||
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Gone To Earth is an album by the English rockgroup Barclay James Harvest released in 1977. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences Stockport ( is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground on the River Mersey at the influx of the rivers Goyt A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences It reached #30 in the UK-Charts but in Germany it peaked #10 and became their largest selling album. It stayed for 197 weeks in the German album charts. Hymn (often misinterpreted as christmas song but actually a song against the dangers of drug use and dedicated to musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Paul Kossoff and Janis Joplin) was a successful turntable hit at German radio stations in the late 1970s. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 in Hampstead, North West London, England –19 March 1976 was a rock Janis Lyn Joplin ( January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer songwriter and music arranger from Airplay (noun The broadcasting of an audio (eg a piece of music or audiovisual recording on the air over radio or television Poor Man's Moody Blues is a reference to the Moody Blues song Nights in White Satin because reviewers often described Barclay James Harvest as a "Poor Man's Moody Blues". The Moody Blues are an English psychedelic rock band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. " Nights in White Satin " is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, first featured on the album Days of Future Passed.
The original LP version of this album featured an inner album sleeve which could be reversed within an outer cover. On one side was the picture of the owl (as shown in the picture) on the other side was a picture of a setting sun. These could then be displayed "through" the template of the tree.
The title "Gone To Earth" is derived from the hunter's language when the fox is no longer obtainable
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Track listing
Side 1
- Hymn (John Lees) - 5:06
- Love is Like a Violin (Lees) - 4:03
- Friend of Mine (Les Holroyd) - 3:30
- Poor Man's Moody Blues (Lees) - 6:55
Side 2
- Hard Hearted Woman (Holroyd) - 4:27
- Sea of Tranquility (Woolly Wolstenholme) - 4:03
- Spirit on the Water (Holroyd) - 4:49
- Leper's Song (Lees) - 3:34
- Taking Me Higher (Holroyd) - 3:07
Personnel
- John Lees – vocals, guitars
- Les Holroyd – vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards
- Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme – vocals, mellotron, keyboards
- Mel Pritchard – drums, percussion