Once Again (Barclay James Harvest album)

Once Again
Studio album by
Released5 February 1971
Recorded9 October – 25 November 1970
StudioEMI Studios, London
GenreProgressive rock, art rock, symphonic rock
Length40:21 (LP)
61:02 (expanded CD)
LabelHarvest (UK)
Sire (USA)
ProducerNorman Smith
Barclay James Harvest chronology
Barclay James Harvest
(1970)
Once Again
(1971)
Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories
(1971)
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Once Again was the second album released by Barclay James Harvest, in early 1971. As was the case with their other early albums, it was recorded with a full orchestra.

On the track "Galadriel", Lees played John Lennon's Epiphone Casino guitar, an event later recounted in a song on the band's 1990 album Welcome To The Show titled "John Lennon's Guitar".

In an interview with Songfacts, Keith Domone (official biographer of Barclay James Harvest with his wife Monika) said John Lees wrote "Mocking Bird" back in 1968 while he was living with the parents of his future wife, Olwen. The song is based on a musical phrase from "Pools Of Blue", which he wrote around the same time.

In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition ‘’Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock’’, the album came #39 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".