''Everyone Is Everybody Else'' is the fifth studio album by British Rock Band

Barclay James Harvest Barclay James Harvest are an English progressive rock band. They were founded in Oldham, in September 1966 by bassist/vocalist Les Holroyd (b. 1948), guitarist/vocalist John Lees (b. 1947), drummer/percussionist Mel Pritchard (1948–2004), a ...

released in June 1974. This was their first album for the

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label after they had parted company with

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. The album was produced by

Rodger Bain Rodger Bain (born 1945) is a British record producer, known for producing albums by heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Budgie and Judas Priest in the 1970s. He is mainly associated as the staff producer at Vertigo Records in the early to ...

, who had previously worked with

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in producing their first three albums. He also produced heavy rock bands

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and

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. There was said to be strained relations between Bain and the band, due to the preference of his musical style, with the band unhappy with the results of the song "Child of the Universe" in particular; Woolly Wolstenholme's only contribution was also left off the original album. The album was played extensively on

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, particularly the tracks "For No One" (whose lyrics contain the title of the album) and "Child of the Universe". The album was voted by Radio Caroline listeners at No. 13 on the Top 100 All Time Album Chart. The album led to a

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session with John Peel.BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 01/08/1974 Barclay James Harvest
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Track listing

Personnel

;Barclay James Harvest * John Lees – lead and acoustic guitars; lead vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 9), backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7-9) *

Les Holroyd Barclay James Harvest are an English progressive rock band. They were founded in Oldham, in September 1966 by bassist/vocalist Les Holroyd (b. 1948), guitarist/vocalist John Lees (b. 1947), drummer/percussionist Mel Pritchard (1948–2004), a ...

– bass, acoustic and rhythm guitars; lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7), backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7-9), "picked" guitar (tracks 7, 8) * Stewart "Woolly" Wolstenholme – keyboards; backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 9) *

Mel Pritchard Barclay James Harvest are an English progressive rock band. They were founded in Oldham, in September 1966 by bassist/vocalist Les Holroyd (b. 1948), guitarist/vocalist John Lees (b. 1947), drummer/percussionist Mel Pritchard (1948–2004), a ...

– drums, percussion; backing vocals (track 1) ;Additional personnel *Rodger Bain – producer *Rufus Cartwright – engineer *Ted Sharp – engineer, mixing engineer *Alex Agor – photography

References

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