Heart vocalist Ann Wilson released an EP, The Daybreaks, recorded with her pre-Heart band of the same name. The previously unheard four-song collection is out now on streaming platforms with a 10” vinyl available for pre-order here.
Ann Wilson and The Daybreaks were active in the late 1960s in the Seattle area before Ann founded Heart with her sister Nancy Wilson. The short-lived Daybreaks, however, did find time to make it into the studio where they “recorded a handful of songs and released a 7” single in 1969,” as per a press release.
Ann detailed The Daybreaks sessions in a message to fans posted on her website. Read her words below:
Before founding Heart, I did front the band “The Daybreaks.” In late 1968 the original Daybreaks agreed to work for two country songwriters who were looking for a group willing to record them for studio time in return. On January 9th, 1969 the band recorded two 45rpm recordings (2 records – 4 sides) at Kearney Bartons Studio. In 1969 Seattle’s own Topaz Records released a limited pressing as Ann Wilson & The Daybreaks.
These are my first recordings which only sold a handful of copies, but it was the start of my career. We recorded this in a tiny studio in downtown Seattle under the Monorail. It may as well have been Abbey Road because we’d never been in any recording studio before. The session came about because we were helping my friend Chris Blaine with a country band. That band only had a few songs, and there was a little time left in the day they’d booked, so we cut the three covers, and snuck in an original song of our own.
Stream The Daybreaks EP below:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-daybreaks-ep/1568244779
The Daybreaks Tracklist:
- Standing Watching You
- I’m Gonna’ Drink My Hurt Away
- Wonder How I Managed
- Through Eyes and Glass
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