A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight

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A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight

EP by Beck
Released	1994
Recorded	1993
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	22:46
Label	Fingerpaint
Producer(s)	???
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Beck chronology
Golden Feelings (1993)	A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight (1994)

A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight is an EP of early Beck recordings released on 10" vinyl by Fingerpaint Records in 1994, consisting mostly of audio experiments that he had made prior to Mellow Gold, but there are also a few acoustic blues songs, the most well-known of which, "Totally Confused," has been revisited by Beck on several occasions in concert. Coming after The Banjo Story and Golden Feelings, A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight is Beck's third and final unofficial indie release, all of which are extremely hard to locate.

The album has been pressed 4 times:

1994 - 3000 copies (included fingerpaintings made by Beck and his friends)

1995 - 2000 copies

1997 - 1000 copies

1998 - 1000 copies

All pressings have the album title misprinted on the spine as A Western Harvest Moon By Moonlight

"SEXY DEATH SODA" is scratched on the vinyl on the Bic Side, and "CHERRY CUPCAKE" is scratched on the Beek Side.

"Styrofoam Chicken (Quality Time)" is a neverending loop. It was put extra deep into the vinyl so when the needle gets to the end it jumps it back to the beginning of the track, which is actually about a second long. The needle has to be physically removed from the record for the song to end.