Voyager 1 RSD 2025 Vinyl

Voyager 1 can reasonably be described as a pseudobootleg album, in that it was a bandendorsed, official recording designed to look like an unofficial, pirate release and given the catalogue number Jolly Roger 2 accordingly. Made to introduce the band to the American market via Virgins thennewly inaugurated US indie label Vernon Yard Recordings, the music it presented was recorded in concert in London and New York during 1992 and, and issued prior to their debut album, A Storm In Heaven, the following year.As a live band, Verve as they were thenknown, before they were forced to change their name by legal action from the US jazz imprint of the same name were already a significant force. Simon Jones bass and Pete Salisburys inthepocket drums provide a substantial foundation for Nick McCabes virtuoso guitar work, which deftly blends feedback, delay and reverb to sound like several instruments at once, while singer Richard Ashcroft rides the groove swooping, raging and providing adlibs in compelling manner.The versions of two of their UK indie number one singles, Shes A Superstar and Gravity Grave are more rugged than their studio counterparts, the dynamics between the changes more intense, while the three cuts that were later included on their debut album Slide Away, One Way To Go and Already There provide a breathless, psychedelic experience that few of their peers were ever able to match. The sixth track, 34South Pacific34, is the one song that remained unreleased in studio form for over 20 years until the A Storm In Heaven boxed set in 2015 and is aptly described by Brian Horgea on allmusic.com as, like an ocean crashing down around your ears.Limited to 1000 copies in its original form although legend has it that several hundred were damaged in transit, making it even more scarce, this reissue has been mastered from the original analogue sources and the lacquers cut by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road Studios.Please allow 57 business days for dispatch.