Lighthouse (Original Demo, March 1994)

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Release Date: 2001

Label: Burning Shed

Differing from all previously released versions and dating from March 1994, this free download is the first known demo of Lighthouse, and provides a fascinating insight into the genesis of the popular Returning Jesus track (the song was eventually issued with a vastly expanded arrangement and an altered lyric in 2001) .

Please note, due to the loss of the source tapes, the quality of this mp3 is not to the high standard of other No-Man download releases.

From the Steven Wilson Discography v.7 (2007):

'This is the original rough mix version of what have to become the centrepiece of 2001's album "Returning Jesus" and dates from 1994 when most of song was written. This track was revised many times over the next five years.
This version is generally less organic than the album version (with drum machine, more synths and fewer organs) and has a far more obviously Steve Reich/Minimalism influenced centre section slightly reminiscent of "Angel Gets Cought In The Beauty Trap" - the free-jazz experimental approach, the band-use for the final version emerged much later on in sessions of 1999 and 2000'.