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The Anniversary Collection: March  To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Noel Harrison's first two albums (At the Blue Angel 1960 and At Unika 1960), www.thewindmillsofyourmind.com will unveil a rarely seen music video every month during 2010. March's video is the Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, which is taken from Noel's second studio album, Collage. This footage is taken from the October 17, 1967 edition of the American music show, Hollywood Palace. Also during March 2010, Noel has released a new album, which is available to download free. Keep reading on for more details.
More videos will be unveiled in the second week of every month this year, with highlights including more tracks from the albums Noel Harrison, Collage, Santa Monica Pier and The Great Electric Experiment is Over, as well as some songs which never made it onto records. Watch out for the next video in the middle of April. To watch the other videos already released this year go to the archive.
New Album: Out now!
 In a somewhat surprise move, Noel Harrison has released a new album, which was made available to download free from March 1, 2010. Noel recorded the album, 'From the Sublime to the Ridiclious', as part of the RPM Challenge, an internet event which challenges musicians from across the world to record an entire album from scratch during the month of February. He said: "My son Will talked me into it. He has done it for the last two years. “You can do it, Dad!”, he ordered. I’m glad I did now, though there were moments when I considered using senility as an excuse to quit." Following the rules of the RPM Challenge, the album has 10 tracks, although Noel has said he will produce a longer version with added musicians later in the year. To listen to the album go to Noel's page on the RPM Challenge website. To download the tracks, you will need the Real Player installed on your computer. Noel's son's, band, Highway Robbery, also recorded an album as part of the challenge, their tracks can be found here.
New Windmills video
A new video of Noel singing his biggest hit, The Windmills of Your Mind, has been included on the site.
The new, high quality, video of Noel's March 1969 Top of The Pops performance replaces the previous video, which was a little fuzzy around the edges.
For more details on the song, go to the Windmills of Your Mind page.
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He will play a series of gigs close to his home in Devon in the UK during February and March.
For more details go to the live dates page.
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Noel Harrison’s song, Life is a Dream, is included on a new compilation of obscure 1960s tracks from Los Angeles. Rhino released Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968 on September 22, 2009. The four CD set also includes the likes of the Doors, Sonny & Cher, the Beach Boys, Captain Beefheart, Love and Tim Buckley. Life is a Dream was originally used as the B-side for Noel's version of Leonard Cohen's song Suzanne.
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During a live interview with BBC Radio Devon on Monday May 11, 2009, Noel talked about everything from beekeeping and Steve McQueen to the new album he's working on and his life as a celebrity in the 1960s. He also performed his new song, The Wind Blows Up My Trousers, and was interviewed for a separate article on the BBC's website, which can be found here. To listen to the radio interview, click on the gadget, or if that's running a bit slowly, go here to download the complete audio file (scroll to the bottom right of the pop-up page and wait about 50 seconds before clicking "download"). News
 Noel Harrison performed a live session on the Devon radio station, Soundart Radio on March 18, 2009. During the show, which was hosted by Noel fan Merlin, Noel revealed he is working on a new album. He also played a new song which he only wrote a few months ago and sung the classic track, The Windmills of Your Mind. To listen to the 50 minute show, click on the gadget, or if that's running a bit slowly, go here to download the complete audio file (scroll to the bottom right of the pop-up page and wait about 50 seconds before clicking "download").
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Noel's last single was Another Virgin Spring, which came out in 1970, although several re-releases of The Windmills of Your Mind were put out in the 1980s.
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News A series of videos from Noel Harrison's live performance at East Budleigh, Devon in November 2008 have been put on the site. Tracks featured include The Windmills of Your Mind, Suzanne and Bob Dylan's Just Like a Woman. Watch The Windmills of Your Mind More videos can be found at the Live dates section of the site as well as the Collage, Mount Hanley Song, Live from Boulevard Music and Hold Back Time pages. News
The film which Noel was making when The Windmills of Your Mind received its Oscar has finally been released on DVD. Noel was working with Oliver Reed and Hayley Mills on Take a Girl Like You when the Oscar was announced. Because of filming commitments, he could not go to the ceremony so the song was instead performed by Jose Feliciano. Until now, the film has only been available on long-since deleted VHS tapes. It was released on DVD on Monday November 24, 2008 through the website moviemail-online. The advert for the film says: "Jonathan Miller adapts Kingsley Amis's 1960 novel about Jennifer Bunn, a pretty, 20-year-old schoolteacher who is determined to remain a virgin until her marriage - much to the frustration of Patrick (Oliver Reed), who falls for her and pursues her." The DVD costs £11.99. For more details on the film, go to the film page.
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Noel Harrison has annouced the first of his concert dates for 2010.
