Light Of Darkness - Light Of Darkness (Reissue) (1971/1992) CD Rip

Three Scotsmen (Mike Reoch, Byron Grant, John Latimer) and German drummer Manfred Bebert - that's the composition of this little-known band based in Germany. Mike and Byron come from the tiny, but ancient Celtic town of Brechin. Even now its population does not exceed eight thousand people. The boys have been playing together in school since the school days as part of several bands, and one day they threw them to Hamburg, where they managed to get a good experience, opening several "Rolling Stones" concerts. Communication with the luminaries has led to independent creativity. A number of performances on the German club scene, acquaintance with another compatriot, John Latimer, who was in a foreign country, who had more solid musical experience and, at last, a meeting with local drummer Manfred Bebert - is a brief account of the way to forming his own team. The unity of the offspring of the druids and the beer lover turned out to be very productive, and the share of luck necessary in such cases happened in the form of contact with Herbert Hildebrandt, a member of The Rattles, who had many acquaintances with local studio movers. The rest was, as they say, a matter of technique - recording several demos, sending them to Philips, signing a contract and the appearance of a longplay. The record was sold well, too, but for some reason, despite the commercial prospects, the "Philips" let things go on their own, without providing the group with the necessary support and without even organizing a single article in music publications. The band simply disappeared, dissolved, there was no continuation of the musical career of any of the participants and an interesting musical project disappeared, like many others ...