MOONCREST
An associate of Trojan Records, Mooncrest
was the successor to the Pegasus, Peg and B&C labels, the most successful
albums
on those marques - notably by Nazareth and Steeleye Span - being reissued
immediately on Mooncrest.
Biggest sellers on the new label were the
aforementioned Nazareth, who took its first single, 'Broken Down Angel' (MOON-1;
1973)
into the Top 10 and followed it up with four more hits. The Hotshots had
a Top 5 hit in 1973 with 'Snoopy vs. The
Red Baron' (MOON-5); but other than
that, singles successes proved elusive. As part of Trojan, the company was
sold
on several times during the late '70s and the '80s, and is today enjoying a new
lease of life as a constituent
of the Sanctuary group. For at least some time
in the '70s Mooncrest singles came in a plain navy-blue sleeve.
Unusually
for a British label, Mooncrest demos had the 'A' side on both sides.
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