PENTAGRAM - High Voltage - Live At Spotsylvania '78 PENTAGRAM

This is an extremely rare recording from Pentagram, captured when the band was a five-piece with two guitar players.

Live at Spotsylvania documents 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 delivered 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, as recalled by Bobby Liebling.

Recorded in 1978 in Spotsylvania at Martin Sweeney’s backyard, the audio has been carefully cleaned up by mastering engineer Nick Townsend, preserving the intensity of the performance while enhancing clarity.