DM> NP: Barclay James Harvest _Alone We Fly_ 
 KN> What's this one like? 
D>Not bad.  My recollection of the band from the early 70's (never
D>heard much) was "highly bland".  This is a collection from '74 into
D>the '80's and I like it okay.  Surprisingly I like the live stuff
D>best, probably because it has the most mellotron and is also the oldest.
I've owned most of their albums through the late 70's at one time or another, 
and I wouldn't call them bland, at least not all the time.  They alternated 
between intense, proggy numbers and weak straight-ahead numbers, and were 
very uneven.  Wildly uneven.  The _Live_ album, and the _Live Tapes_ album, 
were the only really consistent things they ever did, and are both brilliant 
prog albums a la Camel, Genesis, Moody Blues, and other "classic" English 
prog bands.
They had some great studio albums, but none without flaws.  They kinda bit 
the big one by the 80's, though they remained wildly popular at least in 
Germany until late in the 80's...last I heard.
Stuart
D>>>Are they made from REAL Girl Scouts?
That is sick and disgusting, and I've copied it to my tagline file, so don't 
be surprised if you see it again someday.
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