Harvest Records

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Harvest Records was a record label 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. Harvest was distributed in North America by EMI's US arm, Capitol Records. It was home to such classic artists as Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Kevin Ayers and Little River Band; Harvest also promoted more experimental styles of music.

Harvest Records' focus changed slightly as the 1970s drew to a close, beginning with the signing of post-punk groups Wire, The Saints and The Banned. New Wave artists Thomas Dolby and Duran Duran released their debut albums on the label in North America. Iron Maiden's first three albums were also released in the US by Harvest Records. Pink Floyd switched to EMI after the release of The Final Cut in 1983.

Harvest Records no longer operates as a separate label, however the brand is sometimes reactivated when an artist fits into the label's culture. Since 1984, the Harvest imprint has very rarely been used for new releases. Since 2001, a number of reissues, compilations and re-releases by acts from the label's early 1970s heyday have appeared.

For a list of Harvest releases, see the Harvest Records Discography.

1970 - "Picnic - A Breath of Fresh Air" (double-album sampler)

[edit] Harvest Records Artists

The Albion Band	Kevin Ayers	Ayshea	Bakerloo	Barclay James Harvest
Syd Barrett	Battered Ornaments	Be-Bop Deluxe	Belle Epoque	The Beyond
Richard Brautigan	The Edgar Broughton Band	Pete Brown & Piblokto	Kate Bush	Michael Chapman
Climax Blues Band	Shirley & Dolly Collins	Dark Star	Deep Purple	Duran Duran
East of Eden	Electric Light Orchestra	Focus	Forest	Formerly Fat Harry
Fourth Way	The Grease Band	The Greatest Show On Earth	Roy Harper	Iron Maiden
Kayak (band)	Little River Band	Machiavel	Maneige	Mark-Almond
The Monks	The Move	Nine Days Wonder	Pink Floyd	The Pretty Things
Pyx Lax (Greek Band)	Quatermass	The Saints	Soft Machine	Scorpions
Alan Sorrenti	Chris Spedding	Spontaneous Combustion	Tea & Symphony	Third Ear Band
Tom Robinson Band	Wire	Wizzard	Roy Wood