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Harvest Records was created by EMI in 1969 to promote progressive rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Decca's Deram labels, initially under the direction of Malcolm Jones and Norman Smith. Other labels in the EMI group assigned their acts to the label, amongst these being Pink Floyd who became its biggest seller. The label was used throughout the 1970s (including punk and post-punk acts like Wire) and into the 1980s around the world. It is no longer a standalone label but used from time to time by members of the EMI group for appropriate acts. The label's first release was by the Edgar Broughton Band which was typical of the ground-breaking acts Harvest nurtured. It was probably the most successful of all the UK's progressive labels of it's day, helped in no small measure by the addition of former Columbia recording artists Pink Floyd to its roster. It continued until the early 80s, it's last number one album being The Final Cut by Pink Floyd. It now lies dormant except for a recent CD box set anthology which goes nowhere near far enough to doing it justice. Major Artists: Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Electric Light Orchestra, Marshall-Hain, Be Bop Deluxe. The familiar two-tone-green label stayed unchanged throughout the '60s and '70s, though a red-and-black one made a brief appearance for Reggae singles by the Group Matumbi in 1978. The white label was used for at least one promo-only single - the 'PSR' prefix was employed by EMI for such things. Manufactured And Distributed By. EMI Records.

                 
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF THE HARVEST HAR SERIES 1954-1965 CAN BE FOUND HERE
  

89	Beyond	Empire	HARVEST	HAR	5300
89	Beyond	Raging	HARVEST	HAR	5301

    
 
HARVEST PROMO RECORDS CAN YOU ADD TO THIS LISTING

70	Deep Purple	Concerto 1st Mov.	HARVEST	PSRS	325
71	Barclay James Harvest	Mocking Bird	HARVEST	SPSRS	333
72	Bombadil	Breathless	HARVEST	SPSR	347
72	Babe Ruth	Wells Fargo	HARVEST	SPSR	348
73	Kevin Ayers	Watney-Mann Gold Strike	HARVEST	SPSR	354
75	Babe Ruth	The Duchess Of Orleans	HARVEST	PSR	377
76	Climax Blues Band	Mole On The Dole	HARVEST	SPSR	388
75	The Mika Band	Style Is Changing / Okinawa (Strange Fish)	HARVEST	PSR	390
78	Roy Harper	Referendum	HARVEST	PSR	407
77	Roy Harper	One Of Those Days In England / Watford Gap	HARVEST	PSR	408
77	Be Bop Deluxe	Live! In The Air Age	HARVEST	PSR	412
78	Soft Machine	Soft Space	HARVEST	PSR	419
78	Marshall Hain	Dancing In The City	HARVEST	PSR	425
79	Wire	One 54	HARVEST	PSR	444

 

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Deep Purple

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84	Pallas	Eyes In The Night	HARVEST	PLS	1
84	Pallas	Shock Treatment	HARVEST	PLS	2
85	Pallas	Strangers	HARVEST	PLS	3
85	Pallas	Throwing Stones At The Wind	HARVEST	PLS	4

  

84	Dave Edmunds	I Hear You Knocking	EMI GOLDEN 45'S	G 45	4
84	Be Bop Deluxe	Ships In The Night	EMI GOLDEN 45'S	G 45	21
84	Electric Light Orchestra	10538 Overture	EMI GOLDEN 45'S	G 45	22