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Harvest Records
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Harvest Records was a record label, formed by EMI in 1969 to promote 'progressive' rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo label and Decca's Deram labels. Malcolm Jones and Norman Smith were in charge. The label was distributed in the US by EMI's US arm Capitol Records. It was home to such classic rock artists as Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Little River Band. Harvest Records's focus changed slightly as the 1970s drew to a close, beginning with the signing of the post-punk groups Wire, The Saints and The Banned. New Wave artists Thomas Dolby and Duran Duran (in the US and Canada) even released their debut albums on the label. Finally, British heavy metal band Iron Maiden's first three albums were released on the label in the US in conjunction with Capitol Records.
After Pink Floyd released The Final Cut in 1983, they moved over to EMI. The Harvest imprint was then only used on :
- 1989 Jeff Lynne 'A Message From The Country 1968-1973' (Featuring Idle Race, The Move and Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1989 Kevin Ayers best-of 'Banana Productions: The Best of'
- 1991 The Beyond's first album Crawl
- 1994 Norwegian band Motorpsycho's 3LP box 'Timothys monster'
- 1998 "Graceadelica EP" by ex-Levitation outfit Dark Star
- 1999 5-CD Book "Harvest Festival" Various Artists
- 1999 "I Am The Sun EP" Dark Star
- 1999 Twenty Twenty Sound Dark Star
- 1999 "About 3am" Dark Star
- 1999 "Graceadelica single" re-release Dark Star
- 2000 "I Am The Sun single" re-release Dark Star
- 2001 Syd Barrett best-of Wouldn't You Miss Me,
- 2001 Electric Light Orchestra's debut album 30th Anniversary Limited Edition (Remastered and enhanced - 2 CDs set)
- 2003 Electric Light Orchestra's "ELO 2" 30th Anniversary Limited Edition (Remastered and enhanced - 2 CDs set)
- 2005 singer Patrick Duff album 'Luxury Problems'
- 2005 FSOL collateral outfit Amorphous Androgynous' "Alice In Ultraworld"
- 2005 The Move's "Message From The Country" (Remastered and expanded edition of the 1971 album)
- 2005 Various Artists Electric Light Orchestra/The Move/Roy Wood/Wizzard "Harvest Showdown"
- 2006 Various Artists 'It Wasn't My Idea To Dance-A Harvest Sampler'
Harvest Records is no longer operating as a proper record company set up, however the Harvest label brand name gets reactivated infrequently by the EMI group when a band or singer fits into the label's heritage.