LP VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR BBC Sessions 1975-1977 Verne VER 61 MINT/MINT
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LP VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR
BBC Sessions 1975-1977
Country of release: France, 2017
Original recorded: 1975-1977
Label: Verne
Catalogue number: VER 61
Barcode: -
Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Nein/No
Condition Record: MINT (Unplayed)
Condition Cover: MINT
Tracks Side 1:
1. La Rossa (9:57) (John Peel Show, January 1st 1976)
2. Sleepwalkers (10.00) (John Peel Show, July 3rd 1975)
3. When She Comes (8:09) (John Peel Show, November 11th 1976)
Tracks Side 2:
1. Masks (7:23) (John Peel Show, November 11th 1976)
2. Scorched Earth (9:41) (John Peel Show, July 3rd 1975)
3. Still Life (7:19) (John Peel Show, January 1st 1976)
4. Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running) (4:45) (John Peel Show, October 24th 1977)
Listen At YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sJUv_NMiZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0-HLlzgZ9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V-ckOxxyfI Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriter Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records. They did not experience much commercial success in the UK, but became popular in Italy during the 1970s. In 2005 the band reformed, and continue to perform as of 2013.
The band formed at Manchester University, but settled in London where they signed with Charisma. They went through a number of incarnations in their early years, including a brief split in 1969. When they reformed, they found minor commercial success with The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other, and after the follow-up album, H to He, Who Am the Only One, stabilised around a line-up of Hammill, organist Hugh Banton, saxophonist David Jackson, and drummer Guy Evans. The quartet subsequently achieved significant success in Italy with the release of Pawn Hearts in 1971.
After several exhausting tours of Italy, the band split in 1972. They reformed in 1975, releasing Godbluff and frequently touring Italy again, before a major line-up change and a slight rename to Van der Graaf. The band split in 1978. After many years apart, the band finally united at a gig at the Royal Festival Hall and a short tour in 2005. Since then, the band has continued as a trio of Hammill, Banton, and Evans, who record and tour regularly in between Hammill's concurrent solo career. Their most recent album, ALT, was released in June 2012.
The group's albums have tended to be both lyrically and musically darker in atmosphere than many of their prog-rock peers (a trait they shared with King Crimson, whose guitarist Robert Fripp guested on two of their albums), and guitar solos were the exception rather than the rule, preferring to use Banton's classically influenced organ, and, until his departure, Jackson's multiple saxophones. While Hammill is the primary songwriter for the band, and its members have contributed to his solo albums, he is keen to stress that the band collectively arranges all its material. Hammill's lyrics frequently covered themes of mortality, due to his love of science fiction writers such as Robert Heinlein and Philip K Dick, along with his self-confessed warped and obsessive nature. His voice has been a distinctive component of the band throughout its career. It has been described as "a male Nico" and would later on be cited as an influence by Goth bands in the 1980s. Though the group have generally been commercially unsuccessful outside of early 1970s Italy, they have inspired several musicians, including John Lydon and Julian Cope. (en.wikipedia.org)
Peter Hammill - Lead Vocals, Piano, Electric Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Hugh Banton - Organ, Piano, Bass Pedals (Track 1-6)
David Jackson - Saxophones (Track 1-6)
Guy Evans - Drums Nic Potter - Bass (Track 7) Graham Smith - Violin (Track 7) Charkles Dickie - Cello (Track 7)
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