kerr@sprite.DEC (07/25/85)
I have been hunting Pentangle albums for a long while, and for some reason they are hard to locate in the Rhode Island area. Don't know why, just know that I cannot find any ( even used )... I feel that the time has come to take the matter into my own hands and order the albums, but I have a few questions: o Is Transatlantic the label for ALL Pentangle albums? I believe so, but you never can tell with imports. o What are the album numbers for the albums? ESPECIALLY: "Sweet Child" and "Basket of Light" ( numbers for all of their albums would be greatly appreciated ) o Can anyone suggest a good place to order them from? When I mention Pentangle at some of the local record shops, all I get is "Huh?". *********************************************************************** Second Question: Has anyone purchased the latest Pentangle album ( the one without John Renbourn )? Care to give a review? I'm really curious to hear what the group sounds like without him... Many Thanks ( in advance ) Jason Kerr DECnet : SPRITE::KERR "REAL" world : Digital Equipment Corp. 30 North Ave. Burlington, MA. 01803
tw@hpisla.UUCP (Tw Cook) (07/27/85)
># Written 7:58 am Jul 25, 1985 by kerr@sprite.DEC in net.music.folk ># Subject: Hunting the Pentangle > > o Is Transatlantic the label for ALL Pentangle albums? I believe > so, but you never can tell with imports. Actually, no - see below. > > o What are the album numbers for the albums? > ESPECIALLY: "Sweet Child" and "Basket of Light" > > ( numbers for all of their albums would be greatly appreciated ) Here're the numbers from my copies: Basket of Light - TRS 114 (Transatlantic) Cruel Sister - RS 6430 (Warner/Reprise) The Pentangle - RS 6314 (Warner/Reprise) Solomon's Seal - RS 2100 (Warner/Reprise) Sweet Child - 2RS 6334 (Warner/Reprise) > > o Can anyone suggest a good place to order them from? When I > mention Pentangle at some of the local record shops, all I > get is "Huh?". Try "Down Home Records" on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito, CA. I don't have the exact address handy, but you can probably get a phone number from directory assistance. They take plastic-money mail orders over the phone. They're also a great source for blues, old-timey, vintage country, vintage jazz, british isles, etc. Ask about their catalogs. If you're desperate, send me mail and I'll try to dig out the precise address and phone number. You might also be interested in some of the following: John Renbourn: The Black Balloon - KM 163 (Kicking Mule) The Hermit - TRA 336 (Transatlantic) The Lady and the Unicorn - RS 6407 (Warner/Reprise) Sir John Alot of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyght - RS 6344 (Warner/Reprise) The John Renbourn Group: The Enchanted Garden - KM 312 (Kicking Mule) A Maid in Bedlam - 79004 (Shanachie) -- Tw Cook {hplabs, hp-pcd, hpfcla}!hpisla!tw or twc@hplabs.CSNET (303) 667-5000x3724 HP Instrument Systems Lab, Loveland, CO
bill@persci.UUCP (07/27/85)
> > I have been hunting Pentangle albums for a long while [...] > but I have a few questions: > [...] > Jason Kerr Please post replies or summaries. I would be interested in reading them. -- William Swan {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill
kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) (08/04/85)
> > I have been hunting Pentangle albums for a long while... > In response to a request for info on Pentangle records, I opened my forward dive tanks and submerged into KRRC-FM, Reed College's submarine of the airwaves (107.5 FM and stick your antenna out the window, for all you Portlandites). The station has six Pentangle records, and I have a seventh on tape. All are on Reprise Records, a Division of Warner Brothers Record Inc., 488 Madison Ave., New York, NY, or 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA. "The Pentangle" (no date) RS 6315 "Sweet Child" (live two record set) (1968) 2RS 6334 "Cruel Sister" (1970) RS 6430 "Reflection" (1971) RS 6463 "Solomon's Seal" (1972) RS 2100 "Basket of Light" (no date) RS 6372 "Pentangling" -- their "best of/greatest hits" album. I taped a friend's record, so no further info on this. If you like Pentangle you'll like John Renbourne. KRRC has three of his albums: "The Lady and The Unicorn" (1970) RS 6407 (Reprise Records) "Faro Annie" (1972) MS 2082 (Reprise Records) "A Maid in Bedlam" (1977) 79004 (Shanachie Records, 1375 Crosby Ave., Bronx, NY 10461 I can't say which albums are better -- I've only taped two of the above: "Pentangling" and "The Lady and The Unicorn". I enjoy both very much. I intend to tape the rest when I have the time. Which brings me to a good question: (Dave once again commits net.suicide) What do you folks think of pirates (unauthorized recording of music)? I regularly bring my tape deck to the radio station to tape records. I justify this form of robbery this way: 1) I go out and buy the records that I like (the tapes never sound quite as good as the records) 2) I would never have heard of most of the records I buy if the record companies hadn't sent them to us (free of charge, by the way) Still, I tape several times more records than I buy. I won't spend ten dollars on a record that I only like one or two songs on, and I won't buy an album from a musician that I haven't heard (I'm not rich enough to drop ten bucks on a chance). Yes, I could listen to "The Thistle&Shamrock" and other radio broadcasts, but I'm never home when they're broadcast. I figure that if one record is taped five times, and two of those tapes cause someone to buy a record from the record company, then the pirates have sold two records. The record companies, however, count that as a loss of three (or five) record sales. -- He still remembered hearing Andy Warhol say, "No, the best was when this guy bit off this guy's nose. That was the best sex." And William Burrough's answer: "I heard about that." -- "Wasn't that the best sex, Bill?" -- "Ah, yes, I imagine so." -- "The best." Dave Kehoe tektronix!reed!kehoe (503) 230-9454