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Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences. Here is a track from the 1976 album "Octoberon" called "Suicide" this is the Live version, from LIVE TAPES. BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST (1976)

After early success in the UK with their second album Once Again, the band broke into the mainstream European market with their 1977 set Gone to Earth. Woolly Wolstenholme – whose mellotron playing was a trademark of the band's sound in the 70s – left in 1979. Woolly pursued a short solo career fronting Maestoso before retiring from the music business to pursue farming. The remaining three members continued. At the height of their success they played a free concert in front of the Reichstag in Berlin (Germany), with an estimated attendance of 250,000 people (august, 1980). They were also the first Western rock band to play an open-air concert in pre-Glasnost East Germany, playing in Treptower Park,East Berlin on 14 July 1987 to a 170,000+ audience. The band continued as a threesome, with regular guest musicians supporting, until 1998. After that, the band was split into two groups. 1). Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd 2). John Lees Barclay James Harvest

B A R C L A Y...J A M E S..H A R V E S T

SUICIDE: I woke up to a feeling, it was cold by my side You had gone with the sunrise, leaving tears in my eyes I got up with a feeling of an emptiness inside To the noise of the sidewalk and the silence of my mind Well I walked out this morning, down a street with no name To a club called "The Loser", like a dog that's gone lame Took the club elevator to the floor with a view I took out life subscription - it's the only one they do

I stepped out on the guard rail, saw the crowds slowly part Heard a voice shouting "Don't jump, please for God's sake let me move my car!" Felt a hand on my shoulder, heard a voice cry "Just in time!" Felt the quick push, felt the air rush Felt the sidewalk, fell in line

Barclay James Harvest - "Octoberon" -76