Harvest Records

Harvest
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	1969
Founder	Malcolm Jones, Norman Smith
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Capitol Music Group
Genre	Progressive rock, New Wave
Country of origin	England
Official Website	http://www.harvestrecords.com/

Harvest Records is a label of Universal Music Group, originally created by EMI, active from 1969 to present.

History

The original Harvest logo

Harvest Records was created by EMI in 1969 to market progressive rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Decca's Deram labels, initially under the direction of Malcolm Jones and Norman Smith. They was distributed in North America by EMI's US arm, Capitol Records. They were the European licensee for the American label Blue Thumb Records from 1969 to 1971.

Focus changed slightly as the 1970s drew to a close, beginning with the signing of post-punk groups Wire, The Saints and The Banned. New Wave artists Thomas Dolby and Duran Duran released their debut albums on the label in North America. Iron Maiden's first three albums were also released in the US by the label. Pink Floyd switched to Capitol after the release of The Final Cut in 1983.

In the United States, Capitol initially treated Harvest as a separate label that they expected big sales from. After only a few issues, they had few sales to show for their effort and consequently only issued a few releases and numbered them within their standard Capitol LP series (mostly using Harvest for Pink Floyd releases). After this initial short-lived series, Capitol passed on most of the UK Harvest artists.

In 1975, a reissue sub-label was launched called Harvest Heritage. This new label largely compiled material that had been previously released on Harvest from 1969 onward. However, Harvest Heritage also reissued music from late 1960s EMI bands that had never recorded for the label, such as The Gods, Love Sculpture and Tomorrow. Heritage also occasionally released new music, such as Video Flashback, an album by German composer Eberhard Schoener, and Four Rock 'n' Roll Legends, a recording of a 1977 concert by rockabilly veterans Charlie Feathers, Buddy Knox, Jack Scott and Warren Smith.

Much of Harvest's European back catalogue (including Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Duran Duran, and Iron Maiden) was divested by Universal after its takeover of EMI, as part of the Parlophone Label Group. Warner Music Group would buy the catalogue in February 2013.

Capitol Records announced its relaunch of the label on 25 February 2013, with former Warner Bros. Records and Dangerbird Records executive Piero Giramonti at the helm. Giramonti is tasked with running the label as an independent label, with the support of Capitol Records and Caroline Distribution for distribution, radio promotion and licensing.

Discography

1969

• Deep Purple – The Book of Taliesyn
• Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments – A Meal You Can Shake Hands with in the Dark
• Panama Limited Jug Band – Panama Limited Jug Band
• Shirley and Dolly Collins – Anthems in Eden
• Michael Chapman – Rainmaker
• Third Ear Band – Alchemy
• Edgar Broughton Band – Wasa Wasa
• The Battered Ornaments – Mantle-Piece
• Deep Purple – Deep Purple
• Forest – Forest
• Tea & Symphony – An Asylum for the Musically Insane
• Bakerloo – Bakerloo
• Kevin Ayers – Joy of a Toy
• Pink Floyd – Ummagumma

1970

• Various Artists – Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air (Sampler)
• Michael Chapman – Fully Qualified Survivor
• Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
• Roy Harper – Flat Baroque and Berserk
• Deep Purple – Concerto for Group and Orchestra
• Pete Brown & Piblokto! – Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes On Forever
• Greatest Show on Earth – Horizons
• Barclay James Harvest – Barclay James Harvest
• Shirley and Dolly Collins – Love, Death and the Lady
• Edgar Broughton Band – Sing Brother Sing
• Third Ear Band – Third Ear Band
• Pretty Things – Parachute
• Quatermass – Quatermass
• Kevin Ayers and the Whole World – Shooting at the Moon
• Deep Purple – In Rock
• Panama Limited – Indian Summer
• Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother
• Syd Barrett – Barrett
• Pete Brown & Piblokto! – Thousands on a Raft
• The Greatest Show on Earth – The Going's Easy
• Love – Out Here
• Forest – Full Circle
• Tea & Symphony – Jo Sago A Play on Music
• Michael Chapman – Window
• Dave Mason – Alone Together
• Quatermass - Quatermass

1971

• Love – False Start
• Barclay James Harvest – Once Again
• Roy Harper – Stormcock
• The Grease Band – The Grease Band
• Edgar Broughton Band – Edgar Broughton Band
• East of Eden – East of Eden
• The Move - Message From the Country
• Deep Purple – Fireball
• Barclay James Harvest – Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories
• Pink Floyd – Meddle
• East of Eden – New Leaf
• Electric Light Orchestra – The Electric Light Orchestra
• Michael Chapman – Wrecked Again
• Southern Comfort – Southern Comfort

1972

• Babe Ruth - First Base
• Janus - Gravedigger
• Kevin Ayers – Whatevershebringswesing
• Spontaneous Combustion – Spontaneous Combustion
• Edgar Broughton Band – Inside Out
• Spontaneous Combustion – Triad
• Barclay James Harvest – Baby James Harvest

1973

• Kayak – See See the Sun
• Roy Wood – Boulders
• Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
• Electric Light Orchestra – ELO 2
• Kevin Ayers – Bananamour
• Roy Harper – Lifemask
• Mark-Almond – Rising
• Edgar Broughton Band – Oora
• Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother (Quadrophonic release)
• Barclay James Harvest – Once Again (Quadrophonic release)
• Pink Floyd – A Nice Pair (Double reissue of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets)
• Ariel – A Strange Fantastic Dream
• Sadistic Mika Band – Sadistic Mika Band
• Wizzard – Wizzard Brew

1974

• Babe Ruth – Amar Caballero
• Be-Bop Deluxe – Axe Victim
• Syd Barrett – Syd Barrett (Double reissue of The Madcap Laughs and Barrett)
• Roy Harper – Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion
• Sadistic Mika Band – Black Ship
• Triumvirat – Illusions on a Double Dimple
• Kayak – Kayak II
• Wizzard – See My Baby Jive (compilation)
• The Move – California Man (compilation)
• Electric Light Orchestra – Showdown (compilation)

1975

• Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
• Roy Harper – HQ
• Be-Bop Deluxe – Futurama
• Ariel – Rock 'n' Roll Scars
• Edgar Broughton Band – A Bunch of 45s (Harvest Heritage compilation)
• Quatermass – Quatermass (Harvest Heritage reissue)
• Climax Blues Band – 1969 – 1972 (Harvest Heritage compilation)
• Greatest Show on Earth – Greatest Show on Earth (Harvest Heritage compilation)
• The Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow/Parachute (Harvest Heritage double reissue)
• Kevin Ayers – Joy of a Toy/Shooting at the Moon - (Harvest Heritage double reissue)

1976

• Kevin Ayers – Odd Ditties (compilation)
• Third Ear Band – Experiences
• Shirley Collins – Amaranth
• Southern Comfort – Distilled
• Tomorrow – Tomorrow (reissue)
• The Gods – The Gods
• Ashley Hutchings – Son of Morris On
• Roy Wood – The Roy Wood Story (Double reissue)

1977

• The Albion Dance Band – The Prospect Before Us
• Pink Floyd – Animals
• Be-Bop Deluxe – Live! In the Air Age
• Barclay James Harvest – The Best of Barclay James Harvest
• Electric Light Orchestra – The Light Shines On
• Deep Purple – Shades of Deep Purple (Reissue)
• Pete Brown & Piblokto!/Battered Ornaments – My Last Band
• John Lees – A Major Fancy
• Babe Ruth – The Best of Babe Ruth
• Various Artists – Harvest Heritage 20 Greats (Sampler album)
• Roy Wood – Boulders (Reissue)
• The Pretty Things – Singles A's & B's
• Soft Machine – Triple Echo
• Wire – Pink Flag

1978

• The Albion Band – Rise Up Like the Sun
• David Gilmour – David Gilmour
• Richard Wright – Wet Dream
• Jack Scott/Charlie Feathers/Buddy Knox/Warren Smith – Four Rock 'n' Roll Legends Recorded in London
• Roy Harper – 1970 – 1975
• Deep Purple – The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's
• Be-Bop Deluxe – The Best of and the Rest of Be-Bop Deluxe (Double reissue)
• Can – Out of Reach
• Barclay James Harvest – The Best of Barclay James Harvest Volume 2
• Wire – Chairs Missing

1979

• Morrissey–Mullen – Cape Wrath
• Electric Light Orchestra – The Light Shines On Vol 2
• Various Artists – The Rare Stuff
• The Move – Shines On
• Eberhard Schoener – Video Flashback
• Pink Floyd – The Wall
• Scorpions – Lovedrive SHSP 4097
• Wire – 154

1980

• Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (US only)
• Roy Harper – The Unknown Soldier
• Dave Edmunds & Love Sculpture – Singles A's & B's
• Deep Purple – Deep Purple in Concert
• Scorpions – Animal Magnetism SHSP 4113

1981

• Be-Bop Deluxe – Singles A's & B's
• Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
• Iron Maiden – Killers (US only)
• Duran Duran – Duran Duran (US only)
• Pink Floyd – A Collection of Great Dance Songs
• Barclay James Harvest – The Best of Barclay James Harvest Volume 3

1982

• Scorpions – Blackout (the world outside the US and Canada)
• Duran Duran – Rio (US only)
• Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast (US only)
• Thomas Dolby - Blinded by Science
• Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless

• 1983 – Pink Floyd – The Final Cut
• 1984 – David Gilmour – About Face (re-released by EMI in 2006)
• 1984 – Scorpions - Love at First Sting
• 1984 – Pallas – The Sentinel
• 1984 – Roger Waters – The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
• 1984 – Zee – Identity
• 1985 – Scorpions - World Wide Live
• 1985 – Nick Mason and Rick Fenn – Profiles
• 1986 – Pallas – The Wedge
• 1988 – Scorpions - Savage Amusement
• 1988 – Syd Barrett – Opel
• 1989 – Jeff Lynne – A Message From The Country 1968-1973
• 1989 – Kevin Ayers – Banana Productions: The Best Of
• 1991 – The Beyond – Crawl
• 1994 – Motorpsycho – Timothy's Monster' (3-album box set)
• 1999 – Various Artists – Harvest Festival (5-CD Book)
• 1999 – Dark Star – Twenty Twenty Sound
• 2001 – Syd Barrett – Wouldn't You Miss Me
• 2005 – Patrick Duff – Luxury Problems
• 2005 – Amorphous Androgynous – Alice in Ultraland
• 2005 – The Move's Message From The Country
• 2005 – Various Artists – Harvest Showdown Electric Light Orchestra/The Move/Roy Wood/Wizzard
• 2006 – Various Artists – It Wasn't My Idea to Dance - A Harvest Sampler
• 2006 – Pete Brown – Living Life Backwards – The Best of Pete Brown
• 2007 – Various Artists – A Breath of Fresh Air – A Harvest Records Anthology / 1969 – 1974
• 2008 – Kevin Ayers – Songs for Insane Times: Anthology 1969 – 1980
• 2013 - The Olms - "The Olms"

External links

• Harvest Label 1969 - 1980 Harvest Records collectors guide ISBN 978-5-9622-0021-7
• HarvestRecords.com Harvest Records Official Website