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Face to Face (Barclay James Harvest album)

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Victims of Circumstance (1984)
  
Face to Face (1987)

Release date
  
30 January 1987

Artist
  
Barclay James Harvest

Label
  
Polydor Records

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Released
  
30 January 1987 (original version) 23 October 2006 (remastered CD)

Recorded
  
Friarmere Studios, Delph, Chipping Norton Studios, autumn 1986

Length
  
60:45 (original CD version) 76:47 (2006 remastered CD)

Producer
  
Barclay James Harvest & Gregg Jackman

Face to Face (1987)
  
Welcome to the Show (1990)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Pop rock, Folk rock

Barclay James Harvest albums
  
River of Dreams, Ring of Changes, Caught in the Light, Once Again, Barclay James Harvest a

Barclay james harvest prisoner of your love


Face to Face is the fourteenth studio album by British rock band Barclay James Harvest, released in 1987.

Contents

The working title for the album whilst recording was in progress was Elements, but there was a last-minute change to Face to Face.

Barclay James Harvest

  • Les Holroyd – bass, keyboards, guitars, vocals
  • John Lees – guitars, vocals
  • Mel Pritchard – drums, percussion
  • Guest musicians

    Additional keyboards were by Kevin McAlea, Bias Boshell and Paul Wickens. The string arrangement on "Guitar Blues" was written and performed by Andrew Jackman. Dick Morrissey played saxophone. Additional percussion came from Frank Ricotti. Finally, the backing vocalists on "African" were George Chandler, Richard Jon Smith, Jimmy Chambers, Lee Vanderbilt, Bill Fredericks and Jimmy Thomas.

    Production

  • Produced by Barclay James Harvest & Gregg Jackman except tracks "Prisoner of Your Love", "Turn the Key", "African", "Following Me", "All My Life" and "Kiev" produced by Pip Williams, Gregg Jackman and Barclay James Harvest
  • Engineered by Gregg Jackman and assisted by Richard Bland
  • Recorded at John Lees's own Friarmere Studios in Delph, with additional keyboard and percussion overdubs added at Chipping Norton Studios, autumn 1986
  • Mixed at Mayfair Studios and Advision Studios in London
  • Sleeve design by Green Ink under the art direction of Alwyn Clayden
  • Songs

    1Prisoner of Your Love4:36
    2He Said Love5:05
    3Alone in the Night5:07

    References

    Face to Face (Barclay James Harvest album) Wikipedia