Pentagram - First Daze Here orig 2LP +7" rare heavy stoner proto-metal doom rock

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Pentagram  - First Daze Here  - double album with the ultra-rare bonus 7" record.  rare original black vinyl issue of this cool proto-metal album of rare early studio tracks - limited edition on Relapse Records.   in gatefold sleeve.  with color printed (not white) Pentagram inner sleeves.  hard-to-find and collectible.  own this artifact!

"This is an exceptional vintage style album. Concurrent with Sabbath (1970-1975), this band was way ahead of the curve.  They even beat Van Halen to the punch on some of these songs.  Every song is classic. Well-written well-composed, soulful, sorrowful, sardonic, sad, powerful, pissed, proud. Vocals like the Stooges, songs like Rainbow and Sabbath and Deep Purple.  All the highs and Low low low's of a seasoned doom band. Lyrics about love, vixens, depression, dying, psychedelia, the horned bad-guy below, and the man upstairs, too.   Purportedly, this band's deal with the devil got hung up in the contracts department.  It's so puzzling that they never made it big.   My favorite album release of a long time. Best songs are "Starlady" and "Last Dayz," but you will love every song. " -devonmaloy

"Every song is great on this, drawing from several noted influences but still totally original,the evil's so thick you can cut it with a knife. fave song is "hurricane",  this song has got about 8 ingenious ideas wrapped into a 2 minute ball of fury,  it reminds me of budgie meets sabbath,  if there ever was.  "20 buck spin"is another highlight, reminds of zeppelin, especially the long-jam part of it. "the screams come" wouldn't be out of place on sabs debut. just really great early metal songs.  a must own!!! " -AC

"Pentagram is one of those obscure bands that you will probably never hear about on a mainstream level. This band's re-issues, particularly the two compilations: "First Daze Here," and "First Daze Here Too," probably can't and won't be found at your local Best Buy or Tower Records. You'll probably have to go to your local independent record store like I did (Bionic Records in Fullerton) and purchase the album from a guy who is addicted to ganja and the 4 foot long bong hidden somewhere in his closet. But once you do purchase these early years comps, you'll be glad you did. You will feel like you stumbled onto an obscure band that you can introduce all of your geezar friends, uncles, older cousins, and even your father (and other balding, or grey-haired middle-aged men who grew up listening to early "heavy" bands like Steppenwolf, The Hendrix Experience, Mountain, Blue Cheer, the mighty Black Sabbath, UFO, Budgie, early Scorpions [Michael Schenker and Uli Jon Roth-era], and The Stooges) to, as well as some of your cohorts who are disciples of the aforementioned early heavy/stoner rock bands. And all of these people shall be quite impressed."

"The best way to sum up the sound of Pentagram is--think along the lines of the music of Ozzy-era Sabbath meets the vocal sound of Ian Gillian. Please don't incorporate the Ian Gillian-era Sabbath reference here as that was a completely different sounding era. The guitarist, Vincent McAllister sounds like a direct apprentice of Tony Iommi, riffs, vibrato, solos and all--and what are the odds, he played a Gibson SG during this period? I wouldn't be surprised if he was using a Laney amp with a Big Muff distortion either! Plus, the lyrics are humorous and very much directed towards men. Any band that pens the lines "Now listen here baby--I got a message for you, I need a woman who can cook, clean and screw," is top notch on my list. These cats were straight-up American classic hard rock and it's about frickin' time their early music has been put on recorded media to be heard by the masses. The art is pretty dark and cool as well. You know a band doesn't mess around when they use the Sigil of Baphomet as their band's official symbol (mind you, this pre-dates any other metal band such as Venom using this symbol). Get ready to rock out and impress some friends when you listen to this one! "  -DCole

"The original version of Pentagram was an amazing band. I grew up with these guys and shot the photographs that were used for this disc. The first version of Pentagram had it all - Geof's powerhouse drumming, Vincent's amazing lead playing (work that was every bit the equal of German Wonderboy Michael Scheneker.) Greg's solid keep-it-steady bass and Bobby's disturbing view of the world. Randy and Marty filled in as second guitars in two different phases of the band plus Randy wrote the amazing "Star Lady." They came so close to hitting it big - twice! This disc contains some great songs and hopefully more Pentagram jewels will see the light of day. In the meantime, Geof, Randy and Mike Matthews are proceeding with the Bedemon project and will record new material later this month. ( Bedemon is a side project of Pentagram formed by Randy that featured Geof on drums and guitars, Bobby on vocals and Mike on bass - that material was bootlegged and circulated for quite a while) ...Pentagram was formed by Geof and Bobby - for many years the world only knew of Pentagram as an eighties to ninties metal band. The first version of the band was incredibly talented - Awesome playing and songwriting. The mix have been cleaned up and the songs sound ten-thousand percent better than the bootlegged cassette to CD "releases." This is the real thing - the first "real" Pentagram disc from the original band. If you love early metal - this is a must have disc. " -BCDavidson

"Pentagram, the perpetually forgotten 70's American Metal band. Hailing from Alexandria VA, they toiled in obscurity for the better part of two decades before releasing an LP. Along the way, they released a handful of singles and recorded some demos as well. These tracks are culled from those various locations and given a good treatment to form what should be a mandatory disc for every Black Sabbath Fan. While comparisons to Black Sabbath are quite appropriate, I can almost imagine a straight line being drawn to this from the works of Blue Cheer (who these guys idolized) and other early stoner/psychedelic bands. Perhaps it's just my American patriotism or something. While this certainly is very heavy music, it's not in the same league as Sabbath, and as much as I like the guitar tone on here, it's really quite different from that of Tony Iommi. You might even call it a bit of an acquired taste. " -deadmaker7

"Not too many people about Pentagram's 70s roots but they were the best Maryland/DC band of the period. This lineup almost hit the big time twice (possible deals with Columbia and Casablanca were struck but never went anywhere)) but never recorded a full album. Until now the only way to hear these incredible songs was to know people who know the band. Most of these songs were released on the two 72-79" comps on Peace records but "last daze" (which recalls a Stones/Stooges ballad) is totally new. Other great moments: "walk in the blue light", "star lady" (which KISS wanted to record!), "earth flight", "hurricane" and others that sound like Sabbath meets Blue Cheer meets BOC." -LSalisbury

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CONDITION:  very good - nice shiny black vinyl.


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