The Early Light Tape is a 1960s garage rock tape given to multiple people in late 2024 with a total run time of 25:22. It contains four songs by a band called “Early Light”. Very little evidence of this band has been found.
History[]
On October 21st, 2024, YouTube user Jacob Ellzey receive a tape titled “early light”. Later that day, he uploaded one of the songs -“Would You Really Rather Be Free" - to his channel, saying in the video’s description: “I received this recording along with a few others from the same band reel tape. Unfortunately any context is long gone”. He also added that the band might be from the Bay Area of California, and that it's from the late 1960s. On January 3rd, 2025, Jacob Ellzey uploadED the full band reel tape.
Songs[]
| Song title | Run time | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Tomorrow Will Be Mine Today | 4:12 | Garage rock |
| It's All Over Now Baby Blue | 4:58 | Psychedelic rock |
| What You Want | 6:51 | ~Ballad rock |
| Would You Really Rather Be Free | 8:50 | Garage rock |
Early Light[]
Early Light (the supposed band behind the self-titled band reel) was formed some time in the 60s or 70s in the San Francisco Bay Area (California, USA). Some of the only evidence of this band's existence is the band reel tape and a comment on the video by user No-tube, saying: "Yes this seems to be an SF band, April 20, 1971 @ Fillmore West, Andrew Hallidie/Early Light/Ofeidian Dan (Ofoedian Den)".