

And in 1977 came out Live EP in which 'Medicine Man' is divided in two parts spread on both sides of the EP. On their Live album (1974) the band plays a 10-minute version of the song which in my opinion I agree with many listeners that this version rooted on pulsating bass is better. With the arrangement and wanted to record a new version, placed into this single. Lees really managed to capture the book's atmosphere. And Other Short Stories (1971) begins withĪn orchestrated John Lees song 'Medicine Man' inspired by the sixties suspense/fantasy novel Something Wicked This As poor as the album is, surely there would have been better songs to be released on single format.īut the B side song is much more interesting and would have deserved the A side status in itself - only that it's notįrom the album they had to promote at the time. The best feature in this song is the gritty electric Habit of pushing his voice from the throat in a way that sounds stuffy. Also other reviewers have pointed out his occasional Straight-forward rocker written and badly sung by John Lees. Of this single featuring one of the least interesting (at least for prog-oriented ears) BJH songs ever. Even the album cover is stupid, and the same picture is used on the cover To me and undoubtedly to everyone here, Barclay James Harvest's fourth studio album Baby James Harvest (1972) isĮasily the weakest one from their early era.
