{"product_id":"singing-a-song-in-the-morning-light-the-legendary-demo-tapes-1967-1970","title":"Singing A Song In The Morning Light: The Legendary Demo Tapes 1967-1970","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst-ever release of legendary late 60s demos from one of the finest British songwriters of all time. Includes early versions of classic Lindisfarne songs \u003cem\u003e‘Lady Eleanor’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e‘Winter Song’\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e‘Clear White Light – Part 2’\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLindisfarne\u003c\/strong\u003e were the hottest new band around in 1972, with a couple of huge hit singles and three albums reaching the Top Five that year – including chart-topping second LP \u003cem\u003e‘Fog On The Tyne’\u003c\/em\u003e, a sales phenomenon that stayed in the listings for more than 12 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany of their finest songs had been written by band member \u003cstrong\u003eAlan Hull\u003c\/strong\u003e while he was working as a trainee psychiatric nurse from late 1966 to early 1969. After ending the decade as a solo act in regional folk clubs, he’d linked up with local band Brethren to form Lindisfarne in mid-1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLindisfarne\u003c\/strong\u003e consolidated their success with constant touring, but \u003cstrong\u003eAlan\u003c\/strong\u003e struggled to write on the road, and he would regularly dip into his late 60s cache of songs that had been recorded for publishing purposes at Impulse Sound, a Wallsend studio owned by \u003cstrong\u003eHull’s\u003c\/strong\u003e manager and enabler \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThose late 60s demos would become legendary amongst fans and pop media alike, but very few tracks have ever surfaced – until now. A remarkable 4CD, 90-track anthology, the painstakingly-assembled \u003cem\u003eSinging A Song In The Morning Light\u003c\/em\u003e includes no less than 77 hitherto-unreleased tracks, with several dozen titles previously undocumented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt features revelatory early demos of \u003cem\u003e‘Lady Eleanor’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e‘Winter Song’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e‘Scarecrow Song’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e‘Clear White Light – Part 2’\u003c\/em\u003e and other Lindisfarne classics, the original, semi-mythical \u003cem\u003e‘Clear White Light – Part 1’\u003c\/em\u003e, recordings with backing from Brethren and psychedelic band Skip Bifferty as well as other collaborations alongside many solo performances.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50396909207883,"sku":"2169733","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Alan-Hull-front-cover-jpeg_068434b8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726486532","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/singing-a-song-in-the-morning-light-the-legendary-demo-tapes-1967-1970","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}