These 2 compilations of Pentagram’s earliest compositions were long overdue for a reissue.
Pentagram’s story is the stuff legends are made of. Or maybe more accurately, tragedies. The were one the great rock bands of the seventies or at least they could have been with a bit more luck and less self-destruction. In a sense they were America’s answer to Black Sabbath and the pioneers in a style that would later be known as doom. Although, if you listen to a lot of these early tracks you simply hear great hard rock in the vein of Uriah Heep or Blue Cheer. Collected on four discs you will find pretty much everything they ever recorded between’72 and ‘76, whether it be studio recordings or rehearsal sessions. Mind you, these thirty something tracks are no leftovers or half arsed failures, but an overview of a talented, yet starstruck band who wrote timeless tunes that would only get the recognition they deserved three decades later. For the most part the songs presented on these reissues are more or less the same as a decade ago, except for the originalversion of their first official single, when they were briefly called Macabre and which was in reality never actually released.
Tracklist First Daze Here:
Disc 1:
- Forever My Queen
- When the Screams Come
- Walk in the Blue Light
- Starlady
- Lazylady
- Review Your Choices
- Hurricane
- Livin' in a Ram's Head
- Earth Flight
- 20 Buck Spin
- Be Forewarned
- Last Days Here
Disc 2:
- Be Forewarned
- Lazy Lady
- Walk in the Blue Light
Tracklist First Daze Here too:
Disc 1:
- Wheel of Fortune
- When the Screams Come
- Under My Thumb (The Rolling Stones cover)
- Smokescreen
- Teaser
- Little Games (The Yardbirds cover)
- Much Too Young to Know
Disc 2:
- Virgin Death
- Yes I Do
- Ask No More
- Man 01:57
- Be Forewarned
- Catwalk
- Die in Your Sleep
- Frustration
- Target
- Everything's Turning to Night
- Take Me Away
- Nightmare Gown
- Cartwheel
- Cat & Mouse
- Show 'Em How
Label: Relapse
9/10
