Happy Birthday Pentagram!
Pentagram is 38 years old this month, having been formed in June 1972.
This year London’s birthday celebration consisted of a magical mystery tour from Needham Road to Thorpe Park, where staff and partners sampled the joys of Stealth, Colossus, and Nemesis, followed by lunch at Cliveden House. As with any birthday, of course there has to be a cake—ours was made by Kate Poulter decorated to match the print for the day, designed by Jeremy Kunze.
Meanwhile, in New York the office gathered for a fête in its favorite park, catered by Ilili. Pentagram’s own DJ Warm Red, aka designer Joe Marianek, curated 38 songs for the party, one each for the years 1972 to 2010, with bonus tracks thrown in for the pre-Pentagram years of Fletcher Forbes Gill (1962 to 1966) and Crosby Fletcher Forbes (1967-1971). Listen to the Pentagram 38 mix here or after the jump.
Pentagram 38 playlist by DJ Warm Red
Fletcher Forbes Gill (1962-1966)
1962 – The Exciters: Tell Him
1963 – Astrud & Joao Gilberto: The Girl from Ipanema
1964 – Pete Seeger: Turn! Turn! Turn!
1965 – Charles Mingus: Muskrat Ramble
1966 – The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Crosby Fletcher Forbes (1967-1971)
1967 – The Beatles: When I’m Sixty Four
1968 – Van Morrison: Sweet Thing
1969 – Nick Drake: The Thoughts of Mary Jane
1970 – Bob Dylan: The Man in Me
1971 – Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Pentagram (1972-Present)
1972 – Bill Withers: Use Me
1973 – Chicago: Saturday in the Park
1974 – Shuggie Otis: Bootie Cooler
1975 – Roxy Music: Love Is the Drug
1976 – The Modern Lovers: Old World
1977 – David Bowie: Sound and Vision
1978 – The Rolling Stones: Miss You
1979 – The Specials: Too Hot
1980 – John Lennon: Beautiful Boy
1981 – Blondie: Rapture
1982 – Don Henley: Sunset Grill
1983 – Talking Heads: Burning Down the House
1984 – Phil Collins: Easy Lover
1985 – The Smiths: How Soon Is Now?
1986 – Arthur Russell: Get Around to It
1987 – Bruce Hornsby: The Way It Is
1988 – George Harrison: Got My Mind Set on You
1989 – Madonna: Express Yourself
1990 – New Order: Round and Round
1991 – C+C Music Factory: Gonna Make You Sweat
1992 – U2: Mysterious Ways
1993 – Tag Team: Whoomp! (There It Is)
1994 – Warren G: Regulate
1995 – Seal: Kiss From a Rose
1996 – Beck: Jack-Ass
1997 – The Sea and Cake: Sporting Life
1998 – Neutral Milk Hotel: The King of Carrot Flowers
1999 – Air: Virgin Suicides Title Track
2000 – Belle & Sebastian: Nice Day for a Sulk
2001 – Daft Punk: Face to Face
2002 – Boards of Canada: Dawn Chorus
2003 – Ratatat: El Pico
2004 – Tortoise: It’s All Around You
2005 – Kanye West Feat. Lupe Fiasco: Kiss the Sky
2006 – Beck: Brazilica
2007 – Justice: DVNO
2008 – Josephine Foster: The Garden of Earthly Delights
2009 – Dirty Projectors: No Intention
2010 – Caribou: Odessa
PDF of the playlist here.