Samhain - InitiumInitium is the 1984 debut album by American band Samhain, released on lead singer Glenn Danzig's independent record label Plan 9. In various interviews, Danzig stated that the album's title, which translates from Latin to English as "beginning", represents his new start after disbanding his prior band, Misfits, in 1983. Most of the final track, "Archangel", was actually recorded in March 1981, and was originally meant to either be a Misfits song

among the added bonus tracks are a version of the extremely obnoxious 'she said'

"What You Really Mean

but it's no less weird than their last two efforts

the majority of them associated with Frank Sinatra

As an artist in his own right Edgar has since achieved legendary cult status and has played with the great and the good including Paul Weller

Their lyrics

plus early singles

By now the Free Design are considered in the same league of The Beach Boys and The Carpenters

giving the songs he wanted to use for an album the time to gradually grow into their final forms

as West is to East

Remastered by Bob Ludwig

reciting my poems from napkins or from memory