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Still sealed with slipcase. Limited 500 copies

Harvest Moon is another superb lost band from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal days. The band, who were from Wales, certainly had the talent though sadly not the breaks. The band’s history goes back to the mid-1970s when they were known as Stepping Stones. The name change to Harvest Moon came around the turn of the 1980s and cut a self-financed EP. That went down so well Harvest Moon were invited to take part in a Battle Of The Bands in Liverpool with such names as Gary Moore, Rick Wakeman, Graham Bonnet and Bruce Dickinson as judges. As they say, Harvest Moon aced it and Charisma records came calling and an album appeared to be imminent – only for Charisma to go bust which signalled the beginning of the end. The music is first class indeed. Mixes in various styles with quite a mystical feel overall as is evidenced in the lyrics. Plenty of hard stuff going on though they bring in the atmospheric mystical, atmospherics which is helped by the keys and synths. There’s also plenty of punchy, tasteful riffs going on, excellent muscular solos as things vary from the heavier side to what you might call heavy folk with some progressive tinges thrown in for good measure. Who knows – had Charisma not gone under and Harvest Moon’s intended album had seen a release things could have been so much different for the band.

Track list:
1. Lion And Snake
2. Harvest Moon
3. Nothing You Can Do
4. Tales Of Wonder
5. Take A Dream
6. The Advocate
7. Child Of The Rainbow
8. The Warriors Dream
9. Beyond All Odds-live