WISHBONE ASH - First Lights - April 1970 - May 1971 Studio Sessions - FRA Verne Press - LISTEN - VERY RARE

A beautifully released (in a laminated sleeve with nice photographs from the earliest period), superb vinyl edition from the Verne label of the band's first, 40-minute professional recording session, recorded for MCA in the spring of 1970, that is, a few months before the recording of the LP "Wishbone Ash", and found after many years on a so-called Apple label acetate! Five recordings later ended up in changed versions on the re-recorded debut, two are completely unknown, plus the one known from the LP "Pilgrimage" (the short, instrumental "Alone") - here in a charming, somewhat more expansive version with vocals. Additionally two recordings from the sessions for "Pilgrimage" (May 1971) are included: "Where Were You Tomorrow" (studio version!) and the over 6-minute, genuinely wonderfully played "Alone" with vocals! The sound quality is ideal, and the 52-minute black vinyl is perfectly pressed, and also sounds somewhat better and cleaner (without the slight hiss from the acetate) than the CD version ("First Light") and much better than the earlier version from 10 years ago! A MUST! Condition: NEW, sealed.