History

At the end of 1982, Paul Hardcastle

Paul Hardcastle

Paul Hardcastle is an English composer and musician, specialising in the synthesizer.-Discography:In the early 1980s, Hardcastle played the keyboards on several singles on the Oval record label by the dance music groups Direct Drive and First Light, before going solo.He achieved some acclaim for...

 and Derek Green

Derek Green

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 founded the band First Light. They released 4 singles and two albums. Although they worked only for a year together, their most known work was "Explain the Reasons".

After their 2nd and last album, Hardcastle and Green had a big conflict about the money, but they also had no more musical material for future releases. As a result, Green moved to other projects and Hardcastle pursued a solo career.

In 1989, Hardcastle resumed working on First Light. He wrote for and produced the project on his own. Kevin Henry

Kevin Henry

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was the featuring vocalist and together they released 4 singles.

Singles

• 1982: Don't Be Mistaken / A Horse With No Name
• 1982: 16 Minutes Of 1st Light
• 1983: 17 Minutes Of First Light
• 1983: 18 Minutes Of First Light: Explain The Reasons
• 1984: Wish You Were Here
• 1989: Loving You
• 1989: You Had It All
• 1990: So Easy
• 1990: Right Or Wrong