Harvest Moon hits store shelves again 31 years after its initial release on clear vinyl.

Harvest Moon hits store shelves again  , 31 years after its initial release, three sides and an etching on clear vinyl.

One of Neil Young's most beloved albums. First time ever on vinyl in North America. In celebration of the The 25th Anniversary Edition of Neil Young's Harvest Moon album is newly remastered and presented for the first time on vinyl in North America. Neil Young's 1992 "Harvest Moon" is the follow up to his most commercially successful album "Harvest" - 20 years later.

When faced in 1993 with the question of returning to Harvest, its players and sound and perhaps even its themes, Neil told Rolling Stone: “People had been asking me to do it for twenty years, and I never could figure out what it was in the first place. I discovered what the hell I was doing, but only because the songs made me do it. It just happened again, whatever it was that happened back then.”

We’re further now from Harvest Moon than we were from Harvest back then, and the it remains illusive, indefinable, a return and a reflection, an elegy and ode and something entirely new, a coincidence of folks and vibes. Ultimately: collection of songs that we are still enthralled and delighted by after so many years, and which we’re excited to present to you in this new pressing. (Neil Young)

Harvest Time is described as “a never been seen before fan piece including footage from Northern California, London, and Nashville, during its creation.” It takes you on a journey from his Broken Arrow Ranch to a performance with the London Symphony Orchestra.

The film takes the viewer on an "intimate journey to Neil's Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California for the 'Harvest Barn' sessions, to London for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra.

 

“This is a big album for me,” Neil Young said of 1972’s Harvest in a statement. “50 years ago, I was 24, maybe 23, and this album made a big difference in my life. I played with some great friends and it’s really cool that this album has lasted so long. I had a great time and now, when I listen to it, I think I was really just lucky to be there.”

Created between January and September 1971, this docu-film takes us on an intimate journey to Young’s farm in Northern California for the ‘Harvest Barn’ sessions, to London for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra and to Nashville where the then 20 something Neil Young worked on various tracks of this signature album.

The feature is a fan piece that has never been seen before. Performance and rehearsal content is intertwined into creative storytelling and includes most of the tracks from album Harvest (released in 1972) including “Heart of Gold”, “A Man Needs A Maid”, “Alabama” and “Old Man”.

The song's story was inspired by the life of Young's then-girlfriend, actress Carrie Snodgress, who said that while she and Young were tripping on acid, Young kept asking her to describe details about her mother Carolyn, who was a severe alcoholic that would regularly feign suicide in order to test the love of her children.

Carolyn Snodgress would burst into tears every time she visited the studio to hear "Harvest." She died a few years after the song was recorded.

Carrie Snodgress was inspiration for both this song and "A Man Needs A Maid." When McDonough asked Young point-blank if the song was indeed about Snodgress, Young, ever shifty about discussing the content of his music, muttered, "She's in there." (Songfacts)

In 1972, Neil Young released his fourth and what became his highest-charting album: Harvest. Acoustic – except for two tracks – out of necessity, because of a back injury that required surgery, it took him an entire year to finish, recorded piecemeal in between tours, hospital stays, surgery recuperations and a high-profile romance that would lead to his first child.

The reason I wrote Harvest is because I see it as a simple message.

If you do good things to Earth and try to keep the planet clean and taken care of, she will take care of you and your grandchildren in return.

It’s a positive way to look at Climate Change. Do what you can. Try not to support Factory farms. Try always getting clean food. Organic is clean. Local usually is clean. Remember the animals piled on top of one another in the factory sheds where they live their sad lives to make the hotdogs you get in the big stores. Don’t support that.

Learn what you are eating. Remember Climate Change started years ago with Factory farms’ destructive practices. Try to remember Family farms with green fields and cows grazing peacefully.

Strive for clean food. Learn the source. Think about the cost to Earth as well as the cost to your wallet. It’s not easy or convenient to do but it’s good for your grandchildren’s future.

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