Harvest
Parent company	EMI
Founded	1969
Founder	Malcolm Jones, Norman Smith
Status	Defunct
Country of origin	England

Harvest Records was a record label created by EMI in 1969 to promote progressive rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Decca's Deram labels, initially under the direction of Malcolm Jones and Norman Smith. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Norman Smith is a name shared by the following individuals Football players Norman Smith (footballer (1897&ndash1978 English defender during England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Events Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Philips Records is a Record label that was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips. Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its Record label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI (with Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Deram Records was a Record label set up by Decca Records. It was active from 1966 until 1979 Norman Smith is a name shared by the following individuals Football players Norman Smith (footballer (1897&ndash1978 English defender during ^[1] Harvest was distributed in North America by EMI's US arm, Capitol Records. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as With a launch release by The Edgar Broughton Band, it was home to such classic artists as Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Kevin Ayers and Little River Band; Harvest also promoted more experimental styles of music. The Edgar Broughton Band, founded in 1968 in Warwick, England, is an English Progressive rock group. Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968 Pink Floyd are The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England, and were among the most popular British bands to not find any success Kevin Ayers (born 16 August 1944 in Herne Bay, Kent) is an English Songwriter and major influential force in the English Little River Band is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1975 and named after a road sign for the Victorian township of Little

Harvest Records' focus changed slightly as the 1970s drew to a close, beginning with the signing of post-punk groups Wire, The Saints and The Banned. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Wire are an English rock band formed in London in October 1976 (and intermittently active to the present by Colin Newman (vocals guitar The Saints are an Australian Rock band, formed in Brisbane in 1974 The Banned were a English Punk / New Wave outfit in the late 1970s New Wave artists Thomas Dolby and Duran Duran released their debut albums on the label in North America. Thomas Dolby (born Thomas Morgan Robertson, on 14 October 1958) is an English Musician, producer and inventor Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two Iron Maiden's first three albums were also released in the US by Harvest Records. For other uses see Iron maiden. Pink Floyd switched to EMI after the release of The Final Cut in 1983. The Final Cut is a rock Album by Pink Floyd recorded at various studios in the UK from July to December 1982

Harvest Records no longer operates as a separate label, however the brand is sometimes reactivated when an artist fits into the label's culture. Since 1984, the Harvest imprint has very rarely been used for new releases. ^[1] Since 2001, a number of reissues, compilations and re-releases by acts from the label's early 1970s heyday have appeared.

For a list of Harvest releases, see the Harvest Records Discography. Harvest Records was a subsidiary of EMI which was prominent between 1969 and 1984 in the UK.

• 1970 - "Picnic - A Breath of Fresh Air" (double-album sampler)

Harvest Records Artists

The Albion Band	Kevin Ayers	Ayshea	Bakerloo	The Banned
Barclay James Harvest	Syd Barrett	Battered Ornaments	Be-Bop Deluxe	La Belle Epoque
The Beyond	Richard Brautigan	The Edgar Broughton Band	Pete Brown & Piblokto	Buddy and the Juniors
Kate Bush	Michael Chapman	Clifton Chenier	Climax Blues Band	Shirley & Dolly Collins
Dark Star	Deep Purple	Thomas Dolby	Duran Duran	East of Eden
Electric Light Orchestra	Eloy	The Flying Circus	Focus	Forest
Formerly Fat Harry	The Fourth Way	The Grease Band	The Greatest Show on Earth	Roy Harper
Iron Maiden	Kayak	King Harry	Little River Band	Love
Machiavel	Maneige	Mark-Almond	Marshall Hain	The Monks
The Move	Nine Days Wonder	Panama Limited Jug Band	Pink Floyd	The Pretty Things
Professor Longhair	Pyx Lax (Greek Band)	Quatermass	The Saints	Soft Machine
Scorpions	Alan Sorrenti	Chris Spedding	Spontaneous Combustion	Strapps
Tanned Leather	Tea & Symphony	Third Ear Band	Tom Robinson Band	Ike & Tina Turner
The Undertones	Wire	Wizzard	Roy Wood

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