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01 - The World Goes On.mp3 (Size: 172.93 MB) (Files: 18)
01 - The World Goes On.mp3
01 - The World Goes On.sfv
02 - May Day.mp3
03 - Ra.mp3
04 - Rock N' Roll Star.mp3
05 - Polk Street Rag.mp3
06 - Believe In Me.mp3
07 - Suicide.mp3
08 - Rock N' Roll Star (Early Mix).mp3
09 - Polk Street Rag (First Mix).mp3
10 - Ra (First Mix).mp3
11 - Rock N' Roll Star (Recorded at Marquee Studios).mp3
12 - Suicide (First Mix).mp3
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Artist....: Barclay James Harvest
Title.....: Octoberon
Rel. Date.: 1976
Type/Genre: prog rock
Size......: 172mb
Format....: mp3
Bitrate...: 320
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Tracks:
1. The World Goes On (6:27)
2. May Day (7:57)
3. Ra (7:18)
4. Rock'N'Roll Star (5:17)
5. Polk Street Rag (5:37)
6. Believe In Me (4:21)
7. Suicide? (7:56)
Total Time: 44:53
Bonus tracks on
8. Rock 'N' Roll Star (alternative mix)
9. Polk Street Rag (alternative mix)
10. Ra (first Mix)
11. Rock 'N' Roll Star (Top Of The Pops recording)
12. Suicide? (alternative mix)
BJH reverted to their more powerful and indeed progressive style with this album, with side one (of the LP) consisting of just 3 longer tracks.
“May day” includes a complex choral pastiche of various traditional British anthems, while “The world goes on” is more orthodox BJH, complete with full orchestration. Woolly Wolstenholme’s “Ra” is a not unlike his “Beyond the grave” from “Time Honoured Ghosts” but builds from a quiet start to a thunderous ending.
The second side of album includes the highly commercial “Rock’n’roll” star, although interestingly the single release of this track was taken from the “Live tapes” album. The live version is indeed superior, but the album track is nonetheless an excellent piece of up tempo pop rock.
The final standout track is “Suicide”, a chillingly real description of someone committing the act by jumping from a tall building. The track is complete with ironic observations such as the guy who wants to move his car out of the way, and the club charging a life subscription for the brief use of their premises. The music has a suitably maudlin sound, building menacingly to the final act. The track closes with the whole event played out in real time through sound effects. This must have seemed like a good idea at the time!
