Description
THE VERVE “ VOYAGER I ” can reasonably be described as a “pseudo-pirate” album
In the sense that it was an official band-backed recording designed to look like an unofficial bootleg release (and was given the catalog number Jolly Roger 2).
Created to introduce the band to the American market through Virgin’s then newly launched American indie label, Vernon Yard Recordings.
The music featured was recorded in concert in London and New York during 1992 and released ahead of their debut album, A Storm In Heaven, the following year.
As a live band,
The Verve (as they were known then, before they were forced to change their name due to legal action from the American jazz label of the same name) were already a significant force.
Simon Jones’ bass and Pete Salisbury’s pocket drums provide a substantial foundation for Nick McCabe’s virtuoso guitar work.
Which skillfully combines feedback, delay and reverb to sound like several instruments at once.
While singer Richard Ashcroft sets the pace, swooping, raging, and delivering convincing improvisations.
The versions of two of their UK number one indie singles, ‘She’s A Superstar’ and ‘Gravity Grave’, are more robust than their studio counterparts.
La dinámica entre los cambios es más intensa.
While the three cuts that were later included on their debut album – ‘Slide Away’, ‘One Way To Go’ and ‘Already There’ – provide a psychedelic experience.
Breathlessness that few of his peers could match.
The sixth track, “South Pacific”, is the only song that remained unreleased in studio form for over 20 years (until 2015’s ‘A Storm In Heaven’).
It is aptly described by Brian Horgea on allmusic.com as “like an ocean crashing around your ears.”
Limited to 1,000 copies in its original form (although legend has it that several hundred were damaged during shipping, making it even rarer).
This exclusive Record Store Day reissue has been mastered from the original analog sources.
The plates cut by Geoff Pesche in Abbey Road Studios
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