1972–1979 (album)

1972–1979
Compilation album by Pentagram
Released	1993
Recorded	1972–1978
Genre	Heavy metal, doom metal
Label	Peace Records
Pentagram chronology
Day of Reckoning (1987) 1972–1979 (1993) Be Forewarned (1994)

1972–1979 is the first of many compilations featuring 1970s material of American doom metal band Pentagram. It was released by Peace Records in 1993. Pentagram frontman Bobby Liebling stated in a 2004 interview with Hellride Music that he gave permission for 500 copies to be issued, but had not received any royalties for this release.[1] Most of the material was later released by Relapse Records on the First Daze Here and First Daze Here Too compilations. The mix of "Smokescreen" included on the 1972-1979 LP is different from the version included on the Relapse compilations and was not released on any other compilation after 1993.

Track listing

1. "Hurricane"-2:05 (Bobby Liebling)
   • Recorded 1973 at Bias Studios
2. "Be Forewarned"-3:28 (Liebling)
   • Recorded 1972 at The Rothsceller
3. "Under My Thumb"-3:24 (The Rolling Stones)
   • Recorded 1974 at Track Studios
4. "Earth Flight"-2:54 (Liebling/Greg Mayne)
   • Recorded 1974 at National Sound Warehouse
5. "Wheel of Fortune"-4:04 (Liebling/Geof O'Keefe)
   • Recorded 1974 at National Sound Warehouse
6. "Walk in the Blue Light"-5:39 (Liebling)
   • Recorded 1973 at Bias Studios
7. "Smokescreen"-4:06 (Liebling/O'Keefe)
   • Recorded 1976 at Underground Sound
8. "Star Lady"-5:16 (Palmer/Liebling)
   • Recorded 1976 at Underground Sound
9. "Little Games"-3:04 (The Yardbirds)
   • Recorded 1976 at Underground Sound
10. "Much Too Young to Know"-4:40 (Liebling/O'Keefe)
    • Recorded 1976 at Underground Sound
11. "Livin' in a Ram's Head"-3:01 (Liebling)
    • Recorded 1978 at The Sound Box

Lineups

• Bobby Leibling – vocals
• Geof O'Keefe – drums on tracks 1–10
• Vince McAllister – guitar on tracks 1–10
• Greg Mayne – bass on tracks 1–10
• Randy Palmer – guitar on tracks 3–5
• Marty Iverson – guitar on tracks 6–10
• Richard Kueht – guitar on track 11
• Paul Trowbridge – guitar on track 11
• Marty Swaney – bass on track 11
• Joe Hasselvander – drums on track 11

References

1. Hellride Music interview with Bobby Liebling Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (2004) "Hellride Music: Oh, it's awesome, gatefold, heavyweight clear blue vinyl, excellent pressing. Now that we started talking about labels, I think it's a suitable time to discuss the Doom/Peace records issue of that Mars Hole guy that continuously releases Pentagram (and other material) without permission . Bobby: Not even I don't get royalties from this stuff, I don't even get information. This guy screwed me completely. I don't approve at all of what he's doing, and I would appreciate it when you do the article it would be a very, very important and fantastic thing - I'm not trying to tell you what to do - but if you could somewhere mention to NOT BUY ANYTHING from him. A lot of this stuff has crap sound quality and originally he had permission to do only 500 copies of one LP and that that was the PENTAGRAM-1972-1979 LP . I haven't received not one cent from any of the numerous Pentagram products he has released." "