Harvest Records is a British-American record label belonging to Capitol Music Group, originally created by EMI in 1969.

History

Harvest Records was created by EMI in 1969 to market progressive rock music, and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Decca's Deram labels, and the independent Island label. Harvest was initially under the direction of Malcolm Jones,

The focus of the label changed slightly as the 1970s drew to a close with the release of 'Live at the ROXY wc2', produced by Mike Thorne, this was a compilation album of unknown punk bands, a huge success that allowed EMI to review their attitude towards punk. The label later released music by post-punk groups Wire, Australian proto punk garage rock band the Saints and the Banned. Rights to the Australian Harvest recordings, including those from the Saints and Little River Band, were ceded to Universal's EMI Recorded Music Australia imprint.

Sony Music controls the Pink Floyd catalog through Columbia Records since its full acquisition in 2024. From 2016 to 2024, the former members licensed the catalog for manufacture and distribution by Warner Music Group for the UK and European markets and by Sony Music Entertainment for North America and the rest of the world through their company named Pink Floyd Records.

Capitol Music Group announced its relaunch of the label on 25 February 2013, with former Warner Bros. Records and Dangerbird Records executive Piero Giramonti at the helm. Giramonti is tasked with running the label as an independent label, with the support of Capitol Music Group and Caroline Distribution for distribution, radio promotion and licensing. As of 2013, the Harvest roster consists of TV on the Radio, Arthur Beatrice, Babes, Death Grips, the Olms, Together Pangea, White Lies and Young & Sick.

On 15 January 2014, it was announced that Morrissey and Charlotte OC had signed to Harvest Records.

Discography

;1969

  • Deep Purple – The Book of Taliesyn
  • Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments – A Meal You Can Shake Hands with in the Dark
  • Panama Limited Jug Band – Panama Limited Jug Band
  • Shirley and Dolly Collins – Anthems in Eden
  • Michael Chapman – Rainmaker
  • Third Ear Band – Alchemy
  • Edgar Broughton Band – Wasa Wasa
  • The Battered Ornaments – Mantle-Piece
  • Deep Purple – Deep Purple
  • Forest – Forest
  • Tea & Symphony – An Asylum for the Musically Insane
  • Bakerloo – Bakerloo
  • Kevin Ayers – Joy of a Toy
  • Pink Floyd – Ummagumma

;1970

  • Various Artists – Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air (Sampler)
  • Michael Chapman – Fully Qualified Survivor
  • Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
  • Roy Harper – Flat Baroque and Berserk
  • Ron Geesin & Roger Waters - Music from The Body
  • Deep Purple – Concerto for Group and Orchestra
  • Pete Brown & Piblokto! – Things May Come and Things May Go but the Art School Dance Goes on Forever
  • Greatest Show on Earth – Horizons
  • Barclay James Harvest – Barclay James Harvest
  • Shirley and Dolly Collins – Love, Death and the Lady
  • Edgar Broughton Band – Sing Brother Sing
  • Third Ear Band – Third Ear Band
  • The Pretty Things – Parachute
  • Quatermass – Quatermass
  • Kevin Ayers and the Whole World – Shooting at the Moon
  • Deep Purple – Deep Purple in Rock
  • Panama Limited – Indian Summer
  • Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother
  • Syd Barrett – Barrett
  • Pete Brown & Piblokto! – Thousands on a Raft
  • The Greatest Show on Earth – The Going's Easy
  • Love – Out Here
  • Forest – Full Circle
  • Tea & Symphony – Jo Sago A Play on Music
  • Michael Chapman – Window
  • Dave Mason – Alone Together
  • Chris Spedding- Backwood Progression

;1971

  • Various Artists - The Harvest Bag (Special Budget Sampler)
  • Love – False Start
  • Barclay James Harvest – Once Again
  • Roy Harper – Stormcock
  • The Grease Band – The Grease Band
  • Edgar Broughton Band – Edgar Broughton Band
  • East of Eden – East of Eden
  • The Move - Message from the Country
  • Deep Purple – Fireball
  • Barclay James Harvest – Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories
  • Pink Floyd – Meddle
  • East of Eden – New Leaf
  • Electric Light Orchestra – The Electric Light Orchestra
  • Michael Chapman – Wrecked Again
  • Southern Comfort – Southern Comfort

;1972

  • Babe Ruth - First Base
  • Janus - Gravedigger
  • Kevin Ayers – Whatevershebringswesing
  • Pink Floyd – Obscured by Clouds
  • Sebastian – Den store flugt
  • Zee – Identity

;1985

  • Scorpions - World Wide Live (the world outside the US and Canada)
  • Nick Mason and Rick Fenn – Profiles (Europe only)

;1986

  • Pallas – The Wedge

;1988

  • Scorpions - Savage Amusement (the world outside the US and Canada)
  • Syd Barrett – Opel

;1989

  • Jeff Lynne – A Message from the Country 1968-1973
  • Kevin Ayers – Banana Productions: The Best Of

;1990s

  • 1990 – Be-Bop Deluxe – Raiding the Divine Archive
  • 1991 – The Beyond – Crawl
  • 1992 – Scorpions – Still Loving You (the world outside North America)
  • 1994 – Motorpsycho – Timothy's Monster (3-album box set)
  • 1999 – Various Artists – Harvest Festival (5-CD book)
  • 1999 – Dark Star – Twenty Twenty Sound

;2000s

  • 2001 – Syd Barrett – Wouldn't You Miss Me
  • 2005 – Patrick Duff – Luxury Problems
  • 2005 – Amorphous Androgynous – Alice in Ultraland
  • 2005 – The Move – Message from the Country
  • 2005 – Various Artists – Harvest Showdown Electric Light Orchestra/The Move/Roy Wood/Wizzard
  • 2006 – Various Artists – It Wasn't My Idea to Dance - A Harvest Sampler
  • 2006 – Pete Brown – Living Life Backwards – The Best of Pete Brown
  • 2007 – Various Artists – A Breath of Fresh Air – A Harvest Records Anthology / 1969 – 1974
  • 2008 – Kevin Ayers – Songs for Insane Times: Anthology 1969 – 1980

;2011

  • Be-Bop Deluxe – Futurist Manifesto (2011) 5-CD set, fifth disc comprises previously unreleased material

;2012

  • Remastered and expanded
  • Death Grips - No Love Deep Web

;2013

  • The Olms - "The Olms"
  • White Lies - Big TV
  • D. A. Wallach - "Glowing" (Music video directed by Wolf Haley)
  • Beady Eye - BE (North America)
  • Death Grips - Government Plates

;2014

  • Kasabian - 48:13
  • Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business
  • Syd Arthur - Sound Mirror (US & UK Release)
  • Babes - "Die" (single)
  • Babes - Untitled EP
  • Banks - Goddess
  • TV On The Radio - Seeds

;2015

  • Death Grips - The Powers That B
  • Best Coast - California Nights
  • Wynter Gordon - Five Needle (EP)
  • The Libertines - Anthems for Doomed Youth (US release)
  • The Greeting Committee - It's Not All That Bad

;2016

  • Harriet - "American Appetite"
  • Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
  • Banks - The Altar

;2017

  • Day Wave - The Days We Had

;2018

  • Death Grips - Year of the Snitch

;2019

  • Banks - III

;2021

  • Lauren Auder - 5 Songs For The Dysphoric (EP)

;2022

  • Grace Ives - Janky Star

References and notes

  • Official website (archived)
  • Harvest Label 1969 - 1980 (2007, )