Deluxe 5cd boxed set featuring eleven previously unreleased recordings, three tracks previously unreleased outside of germany and one track previously unreleased on cd and 80 page book. the boxed set marks the first occasion that tracks from both the emi harvest and polydor eras have been compiled together and includes a lavishly illustrated 80 page book telling the barclay james harvest story in the words of john lees, woolly wolstenholme, les holroyd and mel pritchard. "all is safely gathered in" is an essential addition to the barclay james harvest catalogue. sit at the table and harvest the fruit. tracklisting:
cd 1: "with words and with pen i write..."
01. early morning 02:30
02. pools of blue (abbey road version) 04:55 - previously unreleased version
03. eden unobtainable 03:00
04. poor wages 03:02
05. brother thrush 02:29
06. taking some time on 05:31
07. the sun will never shine 05:09
08. the iron maiden 02:43
09. dark now my sky 11:57
10. she said 08:23
11. song for dying 05:03
12. galadriel 03:14
13. mockingbird 06:41
14. too much on your plate 05:30
15. the poet 04:18
16. after the day 05:18
total time: 79:43
cd 2: "round and round now we go..."
01. medicine man (single version) 04:28
02. song with no meaning 04:23
03. ursula (the swansea song) 02:51
04. child of man 03:18
05. when the city sleeps 04:10
06. summer soldier 10:28
07. one hundred thousand smiles out 06:06
08. moonwater (2002 remix) 07:20
09. the joker 03:29
10. crazy city 04:05
11. child of the universe 03:38
12. negative earth (original mix) 05:33
13. the great 1974 mining disaster (original mix) 04:46
14. for no one (live) 05:44
15. song for you 05:20
16. sweet jesus 03:30
total time: 79:09
cd 3: "miles away in endless flight..."
01. in my life 04:39
02. titles 03:49
03. jonathan 04:45
04. ra 07:18
05. rock n' roll star 05:17
06. suicide? 07:56
07. hymn (single edit) 04:23
08. poor man's moody blues 06:55
09. hard hearted woman 04:27
10. sea of tranquility 04:03
11. berlin 04:47
12. the closed shop 03:46
13. in search of england 04:12
14. the song (they love to sing) 06:03
15. sperratus 04:59
total time: 77:19
cd 4: "silver drifting on high..."
01. in memory of the martyrs 07:44
02. life is for living 03:31
03. nova lepidoptera (live) 06:01
04. sip of wine (live) 04:58
05. fifties child 04:18
06. ring of changes (single mix) 04:38
07. african 05:51
08. on the wings of love 05:56
09. lady macbeth 04:34
10. if love is king 06:02
11. cheap the bullet 04:30
12. the ballad of denshaw mill 09:00
13. back in the game 06:48
14. children of the disappeared 05:00
tracks 13 & 14 previously unreleased outside of germany, austria and switzerland
total time: 78:51
cd 5: "the wheat and the chaff..."
01. dark now my sky (live)
recorded at unknown location in march 1971 - previously unreleased
02. medicine man 05:21
03. ursula (the swansea song) 03:03
04. someone there you know 03:56
05. moonwater (demo)
recorded at strawberry studios, stockport in april 1972 - previously unreleased
06. the world goes on (live) 06:22
recorded on the "octoberon" uk tour in october 1976 - previously unreleased
07. capricorn - single edit 03:25
a-side of single - released as polydor posp 140 in march 1980 - previously unreleased on cd
08. love on the line - live 06:30
recorded at the reichstag, berlin on 30th august 1980
previously released in july 1982 as bonus track on limited edition german release
09. for your love - live
recorded at wembley arena, london on 13th october 1984 - previously unreleased
10. lady macbeth - demo 05:09
11. john lennon's guitar - demo 06:29
12. cheap the bullet - demo 05:33
recorded at friarmere studios, saddleworth in november 1987 - previously unreleased
13. three weeks to despair 06:00
taken from "river of dreams" - previously unreleased outside of germany, austria and switzerland
