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Pentagram "High Voltage - Live At Spotsylvania '78" LP

Pentagram "High Voltage - Live At Spotsylvania '78" LP

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  • High Voltage captures a rare 1978 Pentagram lineup with two guitar players.
  • The live recording comes from an all-night backyard show in Spotsylvania, Virginia, with roughly 500 fans camped out around the set.
  • For fans of: Pentagram, early doom, Bobby Liebling, heavy 70s bootleg energy, Riding Easy archive LPs.

This set belongs to the short High Voltage era and includes rare songs in a raw outdoor recording cleaned up by Nick Townsend. The source copy notes Bobby Liebling on vocals, Martin Swaney on bass, Paul Trowbridge and Richard Kueht on lead guitars, and Joe Hasselvander on drums.

This is an extremely rare recording when the band was a 5 piece with 2 guitar players.

“Live at Spotsylvania” captures Pentagram performing an all-night backyard concert in Spotsylvania, Virginia, at bassist Martin Sweeney’s mother’s house, in front of roughly 500 fans camping out for the weekend. Recorded around 1978 during the band’s short “High Voltage” era, the show began at 1 a.m. on a foggy night and featured rare songs with a raw, powerful performance. The audio blends a low-level board mix with ambient mic recording for surprisingly strong sound quality. A memorable moment came when a firecracker went off perfectly on the beat during the heavy second half of “20 Buck Spin,” echoing through the trees. – Bobby Liebling

Recorded in 1978 in Spotsylvania at Martin Swaney’s backyard. The audio is a great recording for being outdoors and cleaned up by mastering guru Nick Townsend.

 

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