Die Ersten Tage

Sometimes reissues just happen because they’re labors of love — which is the case with the short-lived Austrian jazz-prog band Paternoster, whose 1972 self-titled album was declared by Egon to be one of his personal favorites. But aside from simply giving that LP a basic reissue treatment, Now-Again dug even deeper to find the soundtrack cues to the 1971 film Die Ersten Tage that served as Paternoster‘s precursor, making for a staggeringly detailed and historically deep companion to an album most people barely know exists. Think a more sinister take on pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd and you’ve got a good start as to why this is such a find.