FALLEN DREAMS AND ANGELS AND ALL THE LOOSE ENDS

This is a significantly revised version of the compilation originally released under the self-deprecating name of "The Rest of Pendragon". In that configuration, it brought together their debut release - the Fly High, Fall Far EP - with the subsequent EP/single releases of Red Shoes and Saved By You, providing a one-and-done summation of the band's non- album releases from the 1980s.

The Rest of Pendragon hasn't had an update since it originally came out in the early 1990s - when it was one of the first releases on Toff Records, the band's own label - and more recently, the Fly High, Fall Far tracks have found a new home as bonus material on the latest rerelease of The Jewel. Thus, rather than simply remaster and rerelease the compilation (selling the same four tracks to fans twice in rapid succession), the band have reconfigured the collection, removing the Fly High, Fall Far tracks but substantially expanding it by tacking on their two major EP releases of the 1990s, Fallen Dreams and Angels (clue's in the title!) and As Good as Gold.

None of this material qualifies as what I'd call top-tier Pendragon goodies, but they're all pretty pleasant, and taken together showcase a slightly poppier side of the band (especially in the 1980s material) than was captured on their studio albums. Keen fans will want this. Those not sold on their 1980s and 1990s album releases won't find this B-grade material convinces them.