Audio CD review:
Barclay James Harvest - Berlin: A Concert for the People

Barclay James Harvest - Berlin: A Concert for the People

Band: Barclay James Harvest Title: Berlin: A Concert for the People Rating: Release Date: 1982-08-23 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Berlin - Barclay James Harvest, Horoyd, Les 2: Loving Is Easy 3: Mockingbird - Barclay James Harvest, Hoyroyd, Les 4: Sip of Wine - Barclay James Harvest, Hoyroyd, Les 5: Nova Lepidoptera 6: In Memory of the Martyrs 7: Life Is for Living - Barclay James Harvest, Holroyad 8: Child of the Universe 9: Hymn

A Great Album of an Historic Live Concert in Berlin The concert was pretty much flawless, unfortunatly the recording session was not. "A Concert for the People" is an amazing live album from a free 1980 open-air concert on the steps of the historic Reichstag, right next to the Berlin Wall. The Mobile One equipment malfunctioned and there were loud noises and buzzes throughout the recording. BJH, along with Martin Lawrence did a major overdub at Strawberry studios, which is why the album wasn't released until 1982. This concert featured some of the band's most popular early works, performed while at the peak of their musical ability. The live rendition of "Berlin" brought the house down, and still brings a shiver down my spine after all these years. The haunting "In Memory of the Martyrs" may have been better than the studio version, it has a passion that is awesome. As always, they finished up with "Hymn" and the resounding "Yeah's" from the crowd really crank it up. This is a must have CD for any Barclay James Harvest fan. As an interesting aside, the German pressing had two additional songs not on the American album; "Love on the Line" and "Rock-N-Roll Lady". Beatles Fan It is one of their best songs. This album is a very good one, I had it for 2 years now and I always listen to it, specialy thje song "Life is for Living". You can see a complete list of all Barclay James Harvest discography, or go back to the Barclay James Harvest tabs