There’s a Light can be pre-ordered on CD now at, and limited-edition bundles featuring a signed copy of the disc, as well as a Mark Stein T-shirt, bracelet and bandana, also can be purchased at the site.Ĭopyright © 2021, ABC Audio. There’s a Light also includes two classic covers tunes that reflect the album’s themes, renditions of The Temptations‘ “Ball of Confusion” and The Rascals‘ “People Got to Be Free,” and culminates with an emotional version of “America the Beautiful.” Stein says the song speaks of “unity and what I know our country and the world is capable of.” The album’s lead track, “We Are One,” has been released as an advance digital single, and a companion music video for the tune has premiered on YouTube. These songs are reflections of what the world is about now, and what we need to do to bring us together again.” “When I started the newest collection of songs during the early weeks of the pandemic, it dawned on me that I had created an album with a theme. “This is an album about hope, but at the same time, I had to sing about the dangers of division,” the 74-year-old musician notes. As the guitarist, and arguably the bands secret weapon, he wrote or co-wrote many of the bands songs, including Light My Fire, Love Me Two Times, Touch. and the world have been facing - including social unrest, racial disparity and political conflicts - to put together collection of songs offering such themes as hope, unity and redemption. Stein recorded the album during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was inspired by the health crisis and other issues the U.S.

Mark Stein, lead singer and keyboardist of the veteran psychedelic rock band Vanilla Fudge, will release his debut solo album, There’s a Light, on November 26.

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