The Pentangle

Artist: Pentangle
Label: Phantom Sound & Visi
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 766486990128
EAN: 0766486990128
ASIN: B000057OWC

Release Date: 2001-07-10

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Recent Purchases 24 November 2006
Great Recordings with Two (or more) Guitarists

Tracks:

Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
Bells
Hear My Call
Pentangling
Mirage
Way Behind The Sun
Bruton Town
Waltz
Koan (Alternate Version)
The Wheel (Alternate Version)
The Casbah (Alternate Version)
Bruton Town (Edit 1/5/3)
Hear My Call (Alternate Version)
Way Behind The Sun (Alternate Version)
Way Behind The Sun (Instrumental)

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Customer Reviews:

The Pentangle, one of the most audacious first albums!.......2007-02-16

This is one of the all-time most audacious first albums. It begins with a bowed bass, tasty guitar work, percussion and a female vocal that come together to announce, "You have not heard anything like us before. We can play and have a clear unique idea of exactly what we want to do. We sound like no one else. You will hear folk, rock, jazz and even a touch of samba all at the same time; but it will all be unmistakably The Pentangle! We will sound relaxed and natural, but we are her to kick some butt." Just like Jethro Tull or Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra, within 10 second one knew that unforgettable Pentangle sound. They could not be assimilated. They had to be accommodated. There was something new under the Sun.

Then the second track is (SHOCK!) an instrumental. As soon as one gets over that surprise, it moves into a long drum solo with a number of false endings. The guitars play with taking back the melody but each time hand it back to the drummer after 2 or 3 licks. And this is WHAT? Folk rock? British Folk Rock? What audacity! To top it off, they play so well and it is a very nice tune. Then the third track starts up and it so smooth with Jacqui's vocal not sounding a bit dated. There are no inappropriate Celtic affectations at all. It could be lounge jazz if it were no so clean and restrained. The fourth track has just enough of psychedelia to remind one that the year really is 1967. That's it for my play-by-play. If you want more, buy the CD and write your own.

I will only mention the milieu The Pentangle came out of with the Watersons, Sandy Denny, Jackson Frank, Roy Harper, Robin Williamson and so on. There was an embarrassment of talent traveling up and down the folk clubs of Britain at that time. Between Jansch and Renbourne, they knew everyone.

Consider the Incredible String Band's Wee Tam Big Huge or Fairport Convention's Liege & Lief. Each quite wonderful in its own way! Think of the tomfoolery of Steeleye Span's take on Celtic folk-rock--especially their daft yet deft instrumentals. Or, for that matter, consider Dolly Collins' arrangement's with David Munrow for her sister, Shirley. There was so much going on in the mid to late 60's to challenge those of us who enjoyed this music! BUT these wonderful albums were not first efforts by any means! Among first albums, The Pentangle stands alone in British folk rock and with Hendrix, Cream and The Doors in rock generally. I have a hard time thinking of any British folk rock group that burst on the scene with the sheer audacity of The Pantangle.

Bonus material better than the original.......2002-09-19

This is a rare case where the bonus material is better than the original album.

This is Pentangle's first album, and it is typical of first albums from the sixties. A group is quickly rushed into the studios, lays down some quick tracks and a short album is produced to see if it will sell.

The original album was very short at 33 minutes. There were 7 songs ranging from 2 to 4 minutes and 1 instrumental.

The music is stark and limited. Although the sound quality is generally good, there is no brightness or depth to the sound (compare this with Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow). Jacqui MacShay's voice is just flat throughout. As the group would mature on later albums, there would be more richness to the music and greater depth to the songs.

The bonus tracks are better in that they have more life and energy. There is more power and emotion in MacShay's vocals. The playing really opens up. The 7 tracks increase the total time to 53 minutes.

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