vendredi 3 décembre 1976

Peter Hammill
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Van der Graaf Generator

Palais Rameau, Lille, France

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Discographie / Discography

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Allées O Venues

Enregistrements

(1/1) Peter Hammill, 1974-05-25, HEC Paris, Jouy-en-Josas, France

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Peter Hammill

1973-05-25

HEC Jouy en Josas

(1/1) Peter Hammill, 1975-05-24, (25?), Grenoble, France

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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR

GRENOBLE, France
Palais des Sports
24 may 1975

01 The undercover man (7:50) >
02 Scorched earth (11:43)
03 Forsaken gardens (7:54)
04 (In the) Black room (11:28)
05 Lemmings (6:05)
06 La Rossa (8:36)
07 Arrow (10:47)
08 Urban (7:08)
09 Darkness (11-11) (7:17)
10 A louse is not a home (12:59)
11 Faint-heart and the sermon (9:02)
12 The sleepwalkers (9:57)

Total : 1h51

Peter Hammill (voc, g, k)
Hugh Banton (b, k)
David Jackson (sax, fl)
Guy Evans (dr)

Recorded by The French Gentleman.
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NB: Speed problems in tracks 6 and 12.

(2/1) Peter Hammill, 1975-08-09, L Altro Mondo, Rimini, Italy

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Van der Graaf Generator
Rimini, L'Altro Mondo
9 August 1975 (early show = afternoon show)


lineage: Revox B77 (open reel) at 7.5ips, 2 Sennheiser microphones (sorry: no model specs)

digitizing: Revox --> dat --> Edirol UA3D --> G4 (Peak 4.13)

mastering: Peak 4.13 (normalization/track separation) --> Roxio Jam (index marking/finalizing) --> xAct 1.58 (level 8)


setlist:
101 - The Undercover Man
102 - Scorched Earth
103 - Man-Erg
104 - Lemmings
105 - La Rossa
201 - Arrow
202 - A Louse Is Not A Home
203 - Faint-Heart And The Sermon
204 - The Sleepwalkers


The story of this tape is quite interesting, as it comes from a whole batch of open reels all taped within a less than 2 weeks long span at the same venue, L'Altro Mondo in Rimini, Italy, a kind of giant hangar, very innovative at the time, where hundreds of people were stuffed dancing (and doing other things). Amongst the recordings there were a few Italian artists (most prominently Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Fabrizio De Andrè) and some foreigners (Van der Graaf Generator, obviously, but also Suzi Quatro, Demis Roussous and more). That said, the two performances Van der Graaf Generator put on that same day (afternoon and evening shows were common in those days) were astounding.
The band had reformed only a few months before but was in fantastic shape. Listening to the energy coming out of that stage is indeed amazing even nowadays.
The setlist mixed a few "old" classics with the recently recorded material from Godbluff, but also added numbers from Peter Hammill solo side of the discography.
Since the evening show = late show surfaced years ago as a bootleg double cd (Wordly Men And Strangers, Reel Tapes Records), a copy of it ended up in Peter Hammill's own hands. Tracks from that show have since appeared in a few official releases (The Box 4cd set and various remastered editions of VdGG albums).

I've seen a tracklist for this same show that was quite different: but I can guarantee this is the real deal, as it is sourced directly from the original reels (as stated above).
Also, Rimini's tapes from this batch have often been defined as mixing desk sourced. They are not. The original taper did set up his Revox close to the mixing desk but then, rather than plugging into the board itself, ran his microphone wires all the way to the stage, bundled with the electricity wires for the lighting rig. From what he told me (a long long time ago, I must say), I seem to remember they were actually fixed to the lighting rigs with gaffa tape.
And that's the reason for what has elsewhere being described as "PA hum": the damned noise present in all of these recordings is not, unfortunately a simple hum, but keeps increasing (and decreasing) in volume and frequency, the more (or less) the lights were turned on (or off) to illuminate the stage...
That's basically the reason why no amount of "automatic" denoising or equalizing will go anywhere near getting rid of the nuisance.
Still, the dynamic of this recording - with quiet nearly solo passages which suddenly give space to loud and vibrant band ensambles - is absolutely superb! For your own sake: listen to this as loud as you can...

As always, I hope you'll enjoy it.


Intruder
(aka porcellinus)

NB: the pictures accompanying this release (supposedly shot in Rimini) all come from the great VdGG/PH website at http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk. I hope Phil doesn't mind that I bundled them here...

(86/1) Peter Hammill, 1976-08-28, Reading Festival, Reading, England

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Van der Graaf Generator
Reading
Reading Festival
28 Aug 1976


01 La Rossa (cancelled)
02 Masks
03 Childlike Faith In Childhood's End
04 Still Life
05 The Sleepwalkers
06 Killer

(179/1) Peter Hammill, 1976-11-22, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England

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Van Der Graff Generator

Manchester
Free Trade Hall
22 November 1976
Audience Recording
Source: Unknown

Lineup:

Peter Hammill
David Jackson
Guy Evans
Hugh Banton

Setlist:

01) when she comes
02) masks
03) arrow
04) still life
05) lemmings
06) childlike faithe in childhood's end

01) meurglys III
02) gog
03) the slee3pwalkers
04) killer

(188/1) Peter Hammill, 1976-11-28, Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland

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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR
Zürich
Volkshaus
28 November 1976

Hugh Banton
Guy Evans
Peter Hammill
David Jackson

CD1 (46:21)
1 When She Comes
2 A Place To Survive
3 Lemmings
4 Still Life

CD2 (56:53)
1 Meurglys III, The Songwriter's Guild
2 The Sleepwalkers
3 Childlike Faith In Childhood's End

some notes:

PH was a bit angry about the photographers in front of the stage.
In Still Life, he changed the lyrics to:
"....breathing, eating, photographing, defecating......which no longer has any meaning."
and before "Meurglys III", PH warned the photographers not to use flashlights: "....I must advise everybody who comes near the stage with a photograph and a flashlight, that the photograph and the flashlight will be together in one piece......"


transfered from original mastertape!
(same source as the 4 GB-concerts I seeded some time ago)
cassette recording with a sony recorder and stero microphone
cassette -> cd (with Philips Audio CD recorder) -> Flac

quality: A--/B++


DO NOT SELL, DO NOT ENCODE TO MP3!!!


nadir_53 (upload Nr. 160)

At this pont, I'd like to thank to glasnostrd19 and jamiel for their fantastic upgrades of my earlier uploads.

remaster notes:
this was posted by nadir53 on Feb. 9, 2009 at torrent #235617. he said I was welcome to share this remaster of it, so I shall.
I have balanced the levels out, mostly in the disc 2 tracks, and spliced in applause sections where there were tape flips between songs, to make this a continuous, smooth (and seamless) recording.
the disc one was pretty even before, but the levels in disc 2 were very different, so now they are all proportionate throughout the show. I also reduced or removed several loud knocks of the mikes, mostly between songs and especially just before Murglys III started. It can be burned to disc as before, or kept as 1 seamless recording. This was a nice recording before, thankfully not clipped or distorted so the result is of a quality I feel good about sharing for this time. apparently nadir53 felt good about the results of the remasters I did of 2 of the 75 U.K. shows made by this source and he may like this even better because this may have come out better than the previous 2 did. thanks to both nadir53 and the taper of this show for making this possible.
and of course thanks to Peter Hammill and the VDGG who can express reality more "Graaf-ically' than anyone else I know.
the info and poster included in nadir53's post is also included here.
the result of my remastering is like this:

CD1 (46:48)
1: when she comes 9:56
2: a place to survive 9:50
3: lemmings 15:52
4: still life 11:09

CD2 (57:02)
5: Murglys III, the songwriter's guild 26:27
6: the sleepwalkers 14:40
7: childlike faith in childhood's end 15:54

just as nadir53 asks, so do I...
do not sell this recording.
Share freely, losslessly and gaplessly.

(206/1) Peter Hammill, 1976-12-06, Mutualite, Paris, France

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Van der Graaf Generator - Paris.La Mutualite
06.Dez.1976 FM broadcast

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Two very nice songs from the Paris show in exc.FM quality,listen to MP 3 samples.Very rare and very great .
upped by booomboom at DaD 17.12.2007

Hugh Banton - organ
Guy Evans - drums
Peter Hammill - voice & acc. guitar
David Jackson - saxes

01.When She Come 09:08
02.Still Life 09:57

(9/1) Peter Hammill, 1979-05-14, Théâtre de l Empire, Paris, France

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Commentaires

Photos Daniel Mercurin

(2/1) Peter Hammill, 1980-01-28, Le Bataclan, Paris, France

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Commentaires

Photos Daniel Mercurin

(3/1) Peter Hammill, 1980-11-29, Le Palace, Paris, France

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Commentaires

Photos Daniel Mercurin

(14/1) Peter Hammill, 1981-10-07, Le Palace, Paris, France

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Commentaires

Photos Daniel Mercurin

(96/1) Peter Hammill, 1984-05-26, Musique Action, Nancy, France

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Peter Hammill

Vandoeuvre Les Nancy 'Festival Action'
1984-05-26

Lettre de Peter Hammill

(260/1) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL : PILGRIMAGE : Fragments Out Of Time

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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL
PILGRIMAGE
1970-1986
_______________________________________
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL
PILGRIMAGE
Volumes 1-2 (1970-1975)

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Volume 1 (1970-1972)
1. Whatever Would Robert Have Said? (April 5, 1970 Bremen Beat Club)
2. W (Sept 23, 1971 VdGG live session)
3. Killer (Sept 23, 1971 VdGG live session)
4. White Hammer (May 21, 1972 Brescia, Italy)
5. Darkness 11/11 (May 21, 1972 Brescia Italy)
6. After The Flood (May 7, 1972 Cinema Mascotte Basel)
7. Lost (May 21, 1972 Brescia, Italy)
8. Octopus Part I (May 21, 1972 Brescia, Italy)
9. Theme One (May 21, 1972 Brescia, Italy)
10. Octopus Part II (May 21, 1972 Brescia, Italy)
11. Refugees (Feb 14, 1972 Florence)
Info:
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time' except:
'Darkness' and 'After The Flood' from 'In Still Life'
'Refugees' - bonus track

Volume 2 (1972-1975)
1. German Overalls (Nov 6, 1973 John Peel session)
2. I Once Wrote Some Poems (Dec 29, 1973 Delemont, Switzerland)
3. The Emperor In His War-Room (1974 PH Session)
4. Tapeworm (Dec 11, 1973 Padova, Italy)
5. Slender Threads (Dec 14,1973 Teato Alcoine, Geneva)
6. What It's Worth (Nov 10, 1972 Marquee Club London)
7. Wilhelmina (Feb 19, 1974 Neptune Theatre, Liverpool)
8. Rubicon (Sept 7, 1974 Wigmore Hall, London)
9. (No More) The Submariner (Sept 7, 1974 Wigmore Hall, London)
10. Autumn (Sept 7, 1974 Wigmore Hall, London)
11. Forsaken Gardens (Sept 7, 1974 Wigmore Hall, London)
12. Gog (Oct 10, 1975 Birmingham)
13. In The Black Room (Aug 30, 1975 New Victoria Theatre, London)
Info:
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time' except:
'Gog' bonus track
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL
PILGRIMAGE
Volumes 3-4 (1975-1976)

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Volume 3 (1975)
1. Arrow
2. Faintheart and the Sermon
3. Lemmings
4. La Rossa
5. A Louse Is Not A Home
6. Scorched Earth
7. Man-Erg
(all: Aug 30, 1975 New Victoria Theatre, London)
Info
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time'

Volume 4 (1976)
1. Betrayed (Mar 23, 1976 New Theatre, Oxford)
2. Meurgyls III, The Songwriters Guild (Mar 23, 1976 New Theatre, Oxford)
3. This Is Me Dreaming (Mar 23, 1976 New Theatre, Oxford)
4. Pilgrims (Apr 19, 1976 Roundhouse, London)
5. Childlike Faith In Childhood's End (Apr 19, 1976 Roundhouse, London)
6. Wondering (Dec 1983 PH poetry Amsterdam)
7. When She Comes (Oct 18, 1976 Beacon Theatre, NYC)
8. The Undercover Man (Oct 7, 1976 Quebec)
9. Masks (Oct 7, 1976 Quebec)
10. The Sleepwalkers (Dec 6, 1976 Reims)
Info
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time' except:
'The Sleepwalkers', this replaces the Quebec version (better sound)
'A Place To Survive' 'Quebec' dropped - lack of space
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL
PILGRIMAGE
Volumes 5-6 (1977-1978)

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Volume 5 (1977)
1. Pioneers Over C (Oct 16, 1977 Victoria Palace, London)
2. Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running) (Nov 3, 1977 Hull University)
3. The Sphinx In The Face (Nov 3, 1977 Hull University)
4. Chemical World (Nov 3, 1977 Hull University)
5. The Habit of the Broken Heart (Nov 3, 1977 Hull University)
6. Ship Of Fools (Oct 16, 1977 Victoria Palace, London)
7. The Siren Song (Oct 16, 1977 Victoria Palace, London)
8. Lizard Play (Nov 9, 1977 Castaways, Plymouth)
9. Crying Wolf (Nov 9, 1977 Castaways, Plymouth)
10. Lost and Found (Mar 9, 1977 Chateauneuf, Oslo)
Info
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time' except:
'Pioneers Over C' from 'In Still Life'

1978 - 1980 (Volume 6)
1. Solitude (Feb 2, 1978 (1) Troubadour, Los Angeles)
2. The Wave (Feb 2, 1978 (2) Troubadour, Los Angeles)
3. (On Tuesdays She Used To Do) Yoga (Feb 2, 1978 (2) Troubadour, Los Angeles)
4. Palinurus (Feb 3, 1978 (2) Troubadour, Los Angeles)
5. The Second Hand (Mar 13, 1979 Roxy, Los Angeles)
6. Modern (Feb 24, 1979 Bookies 870 Club, Detroit)
7. Mediaevil (1979 Sep 12, 1979 BBC Session)
8. Porton Down (Dec 22, 1979 BBC In Concert)
9. House With No Door (Feb 16, 1978 All Souls, Kansas City)
10. Easy To Slip Away (Feb 16, 1978 All Souls, Kansas City)
11. Been Alone So Long (Feb 16, 1978 All Souls, Kansas City)
12. Nadir's Big Chance (Feb 24, 1979 Bookies 870 Club, Detroit)
13. Afterwards (Feb 4, 1978 Troubadour, Los Angeles)
14. In The End (Feb 4, 1978 Troubadour, Los Angeles)
15. Energy Vampires (Mar 4, 1979 All Souls Kansas City)
16. Condor (Mar 4, 1979 All Souls Kansas City)
17. Faculty X (Mar 4, 1979 All Souls Kansas City)
18. Tintagel (1980 Play Away TV)
Info
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time' except:
'Energy Vampires', 'Condor', 'Faculty X' and 'Tintagel' from 'In Still Life'
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL
PILGRIMAGE
Volumes 7-8 (1981-1985)

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Volume 7 (1981-1983)
1. My Room (Aug 28, 1981 - All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City)
2. The Cut (Aug 28, 1981 - All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City)
3. This Side Of The Looking Glass (Aug 28, 1981 - All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City)
4. Sitting Targets (Aug 28, 1981 - All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City)
5. Mr. X/Faculty X (Aug 28, 1981 - All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City)
6. Not For Keith (Aug 24, 1981 (2) - Bottom Line, NYC)
7. A Ritual Mask (July 18, 1982 - WOMAD - Shepton Mallet, UK. with all-star cast)
8. Fogwalking (Apr 14, 1983 - Royal Court, Liverpool)
9. My Experience (Oct 15, 1982 - Athens)
10. Paradox Drive (Oct 15, 1982 - Athens)
11. The Spirit (3.54) (Oct 30, 1982 - De Oosterpoort, Groningen)
12. Modern (Nov 4, 1982 - Munchen)
13. Patient (Nov 4, 1982 - Munchen)
14. Film Noir (Nov 4, 1982 - Munchen)
15. The Great Experiment (Nov 4, 1982 - Munchen)
Info
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time' except:
'Sitting Targets', 'Fogwalking' from 'In Still Life'
'My Experience', 'Paradox Drive' - alternative tracks to replace officially released material
'Modern', 'Patient' - bonus tracks

Volume 8 (1983-1985)
1. Jeunesse Doree (Apr 26, 1983 - Markthalle, Hamburg)
2. Seven Wonders (May 8, 1983 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt)
3. Empress's Clothes (Mar 28, 1983 - Colston Hall, Bristol)
4. The Moebius Loop (Mar 28, 1983 - Colston Hall, Bristol)
5. Glue (Apr 12, 1983 - The Sugarhouse, Lancaster)
6. Accidents (Apr 12, 1983 - The Sugarhouse, Lancaster)
7. Now More Than Ever (May 5, 1983 - Music Halle, Wurzburg)
8. Traintime (May 5, 1983 Music Halle, Wurzburg)
9. Central Hotel (May 5, 1983 - Music Halle, Wurzburg)
10. Out Of My Book (July 27 1984 - Bloomsbury Theatre, London)
11. The Comet, The Course, The Tail (July 27 1984 - Bloomsbury Theatre, London)
12. Just Good Friends (Mar 14, 1985 - Mannheim)
13. Don't Tell Me (Mar 14, 1985 - Mannheim)
14. Time For A Change (Mar 19, 1985 - Vredenburg, Utrecht)
15. Patient (Mar 19, 1985 - Vredenburg, Utrecht)
16. Last Frame (Mar 19, 1985 - Vredenburg, Utrecht)
17. Mirror Images (Apr 24, 1985 - Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia)
18. Again (Apr 28, 1985 - Wolfgang's, San Francisco)
Info
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time'
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL
PILGRIMAGE
Volumes 9-10 (1985-1986)

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Volume 9 (1985-1986)
1. Four Pails (Nov 26, 1986 - Berlin)
2. Vision (Jul 14, 1986 (1) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
3. Now Lover (Jul 14, 1986 (1) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
4. The Mousetrap (Jul 14, 1986 (1) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
5. After The Show (Jul 14, 1986 (1) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
6. The Lie (Apr 24, 1985 - Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia)
7. Flight (Apr 24, 1985 - Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia)
8. Nadir's Little Chance (Jul 15, 1986 - Wolfgang's, San Francisco)
9. Confidence (Nov 29, 1986 - Karlsruhe Universitaat Horsaal)
10. Sign (Nov 29, 1986 - Karlsruhe Universitaat Horsaal)
11. Ophelia (Nov 29, 1986 - Karlsruhe Universitaat Horsaal)
12. Too Many Of My Yesterdays (Nov 20, 1986 - Arena, Vienna)
Info
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time' except:
'Too Many of My Yesterdays' from 'In Still Life'

Volume 10 (1986)
1. Silver (Nov 20, 1986 - Arena, Vienna)
2. All Said and Done (Jul 14, 1986 (2) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
3. Time Heals (Jul 14, 1986 (2) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
4. The Future Now (Jul 14, 1986 (2) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
5. Happy Hour (Jul 14, 1986 (2) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
6. Shell (Jul 14, 1986 (2) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
7. Labour Of Love (Jul 14, 1986 (1) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
8. Still Life (Jul 14, 1986 (2) - Roxy, Los Angeles)
9. The Birds (Nov 20, 1986 - Arena, Vienna)
10. Skin (Nov 7, 1986 - Bloomsbury Theatre, London)
11. Other Old Cliches (Nov 23, 1986 - Markthalle, Hamburg)
12. Losing Faith In Words (Nov 23, 1986 - Markthalle, Hamburg)
13. Stranger Still (Nov 23, 1986 - Markthalle, Hamburg)
14. Sleep Now (Nov 23, 1986 - Markthalle, Hamburg)
15. The Lady Sleeps (July 21, 1986 - Bottom Line, NYC)
Info
All tracks from 'Fragments Out Of Time' except:
'Labour Of Love' from 'In Still Life'
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL
PILGRIMAGE
Volumes 11-12 (1970-1976)

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Volume 11 (1970-1974)
1. Killer (Aug 2, 1970 - BBC In Concert)
2. Whatever Would Robert Have Said? (Aug 2, 1970 - BBC In Concert)
3. Squid 1/Squid 2/Octopus (Aug 2, 1970 - BBC In Concert)
4. An Epidemic Of Father Christmases (Dec 14, 1971 - BBC Session)
5. Aquarian (May 21, 1972 - Brescia)
6. Red Shift (Feb 18, 1974 - BBC John Peel Session)
7. Faint-heart and the Sermon (Aug 19, 1974 - BBC John Peel Session)
8. A Louse Is Not A Home (Sep 7, 1974 - Wigmore Hall, London)
9. (In The) Black Room (Sep 14, 1974 - Capital Radio)
Info
'Faint-heart and the Sermon' and 'A Louse Is Not A Home' from 'In Still Life'
others - bonus tracks

Volume 12 (1975-1976)
1. Forsaken Gardens (July 27, 1975 - Victoria Palace, London)
2. The Undercover Man (Aug 30, 1975 - Victoria Palace, London)
3. The Sleepwalkers (Aug 30, 1975 - Victoria Palace, London)
4. Pilgrims (Aug 30, 1975 - Victoria Palace, London)
5. Wondering (Sep 24, 1976 - Utrecht)
6. A Place To Survive (Sep 24, 1976 - Utrecht)
7. Arrow (Oct 18, 1976 - Beacon Theater, NYC)
8. Killer (Oct 18, 1976 - Beacon Theater, NYC)
9. Darkness (Dec 8, 1976 - Reims)
Info
'Forsaken Gardens' 'from 'In Still Life'
others - bonus tracks
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL
PILGRIMAGE
Volumes 13-14 (1968-1978)

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Volume 13 (1968-1977)
1. Octopus (Nov 18, 1968, BBC Session)
2. Theme One (Sep 23, 1971 BBC In Concert)
3. Dambusters March (Sep 23, 1971 BBC In Concert)
4. Boat Of A Million Years (Nov 18, 1973 Zoffingen)
5. Pompeii (Nov 27, 74 London)
6. Shingle Song (Nov 27, 1974 Commonwealth Institute, London)
7. My Room (Mar 9, 1977 Chateauneuf Oslo)
8. A Place To Survive (Nov 28, 1976 Volkshaus Zurich)
9. Meurglys III (Nov 28, 1976 Volkshaus Zurich)
10. Urban (7.53) (Mar 9, 1977 Chateauneuf Oslo)
Info
'Urban' from 'In Still Life'
All others - bonus tracks

Volume 14 (1977-1978)
1. Rock and Role (Mar 9, 1977 Chateauneuf Oslo)
2. Arrow (Mar 9, 1977 Chateauneuf Oslo)
3. Door (Nov 3, 1977 Hull)
4. The Habit of the Broken Heart (Feb 2, 1978 (2) Troubadour Los Angeles)
5. Betrayed (Feb 3, 1978 (2) Troubadour Los Angeles)
6. Mirror Images (Feb 4, 1978 Troubadour Los Angeles)
7. Out Of My Book (Feb 4, 1978 Troubadour Los Angeles)
8. Lizard Play (Feb 16, 1978 All Souls Kansas City)
9. Sci-Finance (June 4, 1978 Marquee London)
10. Nadir's Big Chance (June 4, 1978 Marquee London)
11. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers/The Sleepwalkers (June 9, 1978 Montreal)
12. Easy To Slip Away (June 9, 1978 Montreal)
13. Refugees (June 9, 1978 Montreal)
Info
All tracks from 'In Still Life' except:
'Sci-Finance' and 'Nadir' - bonus tracks
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR & PETER HAMMILL
PILGRIMAGE
Volumes 15-16 (1979-1986)

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Volume 15 (1979-1983)
1. Time Heals (Feb 24, 1979 Bookies 870 Club Detroit)
2. The Birds (Feb 24, 1979 Bookies 870 Club Detroit)
3. Last Frame (Feb 24, 1979 Bookies 870 Club Detroit)
4. Autumn (Mar 4, 1979 All Souls Kansas City)
5. Afterwards (Mar 4, 1979 All Souls Kansas City)
6. The Second Hand (Jan 28, 1980 Bataclan Paris)
7. Hesitation (Nov 22, 1980 Groningen)
8. The Spirit (Aug 24, 1981 (2) Bottom Line, NYC)
9. In Slow Time (BBC 1982)
10. Don't Tell Me (Sep 10, 1983 Spinea, Italy)
11. Happy Hour (May 5, 1983 Music Halle Wurzburg)
12. Losing Faith In Words (July 19, 1980 Turin Italy)
13. Man-Erg (July 19, 1980 Turin Italy)
14. If I Could (Feb 6, 1980 Amsterdam)
15. Mediaevil (Feb 6, 1980 Amsterdam)
Info
All tracks from 'In Still Life' except:
'Hesitation', 'In Slow Time', 'If I Could' and 'Mediaeveil' - bonus tracks
Original 'If I Could' removed - available on Margin+

Volume 16 (1983-1986)
1. The Jargon King (Sep 2, 1983 Arbon)
2. Ophelia (Sep 29, 1983 Kolinsburg Stockholm)
3. The Comet, The Course, The Tail (Sep 29, 1983 Kolinsburg Stockholm)
4. Modern (March 14, 1985 Mannheim)
5. The Mousetrap (March 14, 1985 Mannheim)
6. The Future Now (March 19, 1985 Vredenburg Utrecht)
7. This Book (DEc 12, 1984 London)
8. The Siren Song (Apr 8, 1984 Amsterdam)
9. Vision (July 27, 1984 London)
10. My Room (Apr 24, 1985 Philadelphia)
11. Been Alone So Long (July 14, 1986 (2) Los Angeles)
12. Porton Down (July 14, 1986 (2) Los Angeles)
13. Four Pails (July 14, 1986 (2) Los Angeles)
14. Stranger Still (Nov 20, 1986 Vienna)
15. After The Show (Nov 20, 1986 Vienna)
Info
All tracks from 'In Still Life' except:
'The Jargon King' and 'Hesitation' - bonus tracks
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Back in 1988 the Pawn Hearts Society put together two sets of tapes - "Fragments Out Of Time" and "In Still Life". Between them there are live recordings of over 130 songs, at least one version of almost every song that Hammill or Van der Graaf Generator ever played live between 1970 and 1986. In total, there were twelve tapes, roughly 18 hours of music. Only one song was duplicated on the eight Fragments tapes; In Still Life had alternate versions together with a few songs that were missed off Fragments due to lack of space.
(A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers was deliberatly left off the tapes as the only version that exists is the well known TV performance.)

The performances are arranged chronologically, as much as possible by grouping of period of performance. Songs that were rarely performed tend to show up in the period in which they first appeared on vinyl. As you would expect the sound quality varies, I would grade most of the tracks as B/B+ with some slightly better, and some - mainly the early Hammill solo performances - generally not quite as good: their main deficiency being some slight tape hiss.

I received a cd-r copy of these tapes (#95/100) a few years ago. I have removed tracks that have been officially released on The Box and Margin+ and slightly re-ordered the running order to maintain the period chronology once the tracks were on 80 minute discs instead of 90 minute tapes. Where space permitted I've added additional tracks from the appropriate period. Some of these are alternative versions but others are ones that were simply not included on the original tapes: these were identified in a review in the Pilgrims fanzine - having read the article I went out of my way to trade for copies of the shows where the missing songs were performed. I have not replaced any tracks with newer versions of the same show (e.g., the Basel 72 tracks are the ones I originally received rather than the calayx1 remaster).

There were some speed problems on the discs when I received them, which I attempted to correct through a combination of listening and comparing the running times listed on the tape artwork, although the latter couldn't always be relied upon. The first 12 volumes were torrented on STG in late 2003/early 2004 by someone who received an audio copy of the discs from me. This flushed out a few more speed problems which I have - hopefully -fixed. For this version I have made a few more corrections, using other versions of songs as a comparison.

In all there will be sixteen discs to this set - the first ten cover the Fragments tapes and the remaining six In Still Life; these come from the original shn files I circulated which I have now converted into flac.

Artwork, including the original tape inserts, will be a separate torrent. The tape artwork includes comments as well as the original track listing.

**January 2010 re-seed. Tape inserts and CD covers are now included.
All files are untouched as above and as I received them, however, TLH reports sector boundary error on track 13-04 (Boat Of A Milion Years) despite passing md5 checksum. For this reason I have left the file as is.**

Thanks go to all the tapers over the years, the pawn hearts society, the original seeder and anyone else involved in producing or upgrading this set.

(452/1) Peter Hammill, 2021-09-03, The Charisma Years 1970-1978

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Van Der Graaf Generator

The Charisma Years 1970-1978

Charisma – 352 345-4, UMC – 352 345-4, UMC – 0602435234540

3 sept. 2021

The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other + Bonus Tracks
CD1-1 Darkness (11/11) 7:28
CD1-2 Refugees 6:22
CD1-3 White Hammer 8:16
CD1-4 Whatever Would Robert Have Said? 6:08
CD1-5 Out Of My Book 4:06
CD1-6 After The Flood 11:32
Bonus Tracks
CD1-7 Refugees (Single Version) (A-Side Of Single) 5:20
CD1-8 Boat Of Millions Of Years (B-Side Of Single) 3:53
CD1-9 Darkness (11/11) (BBC Radio One "Top Gear" Session) 6:52
CD1-10 After The Flood (BBC Radio One "Top Gear" Session) 10:58
H To He, Who Am The Only One + Bonus Tracks
CD2-1 Killer 8:20
CD2-2 House With No Door 6:33
CD2-3 The Emperor In His War Room 8:17
CD2-4 Lost 11:13
CD2-5 Pioneers Over C 12:46
Bonus Tracks
CD2-6 Killer (First Version) 8:20
CD2-7 The Emperor In His War Room (First Version) 8:17
CD2-8 Killer (BBC Radio One "Top Gear" Session) 7:34
CD2-9 Lost (BBC Radio One "Top Gear" Session) 11:32
Pawn Hearts + Bonus Tracks
CD3-1 Lemmings (Including Cog) 11:40
CD3-2 Man Erg 10:23
A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers (23:10)
CD3-3a Eyewitness
CD3-3b Pictures / Lighthouse
CD3-3c Eyewitness
CD3-3d SHM
CD3-3e Presence Of The Night
CD3-3f Kosmos Tours
CD3-3g (Custard's) Last Stand
CD3-3h The Clot Thickens
CD3-3i Land's End (Sineline)
CD3-3j We Go Now
Bonus Tracks
CD3-4 Man Erg (BBC Radio One "Sounds Of The 70s" Session) 11:12
CD3-5 Theme One (BBC Radio One "Sounds Of The 70s" Session) 2:59
CD3-6 Vision (BBC Radio One "Sounds Of The 70s" Session) 3:15
CD3-7 Darkness (11/11) (BBC Radio One "Sounds Of The 70s" Session) 7:18
The Pawn Hearts Sessions + Bonus Tracks
Bonus Tracks
CD4-1 Theme One (A-Side Of Single) 2:57
CD4-2 W (B-Side Of Single) 4:27
The Pawn Hearts Sessions
CD4-3 Squid / Octopus (New Stereo Mix By Stephen W Tayler) 15:25
CD4-4 W (First Version) 5:02
CD4-5 Angle Of Incidents 4:47
CD4-6 Ponker's Theme 1:27
CD4-7 Diminutions 6:00
CD4-8 Theme One (Original Mix) 3:14
Bonus Tracks
CD4-9 Man Erg (BBC Radio One John Peel Concert) 11:15
CD4-10 W (BBC Radio One John Peel Concert) 5:50
CD4-11 Killer (BBC Radio One John Peel Concert) 7:56
CD4-12 Refugees (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 6:18
Godbluff + Bonus Tracks
CD5-1 The Undercover Man 7:33
CD5-2 Scorched Earth 9:42
CD5-3 Arrow 9:47
CD5-4 The Sleepwalkers 10:37
Bonus Tracks
CD5-5 Scorched Earth (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 9:43
CD5-6 The Sleepwalkers (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 10:37
Live In Rimini 9th August 1975
CD6-1 A Louse Is Not A Home 12:49
CD6-2 (In The) Black Room / The Tower 11:47
CD6-3 Forsaken Gardens 7:58
CD6-4 Lemmings (including Cog) 16:42
CD6-5 Scorched Earth 10:14
CD6-6 Man-Erg 11:12
Still Life + Bonus Tracks
CD7-1 Pilgrims 7:12
CD7-2 Still Life 7:26
CD7-3 La Rossa 9:52
CD7-4 My Room (Waiting For Wonderland) 8:08
CD7-5 Childlike Faith In Childhood's End 12:29
Bonus Tracks
CD7-6 Gog (Live) (Theatre Gwynedd, Bangor, Wales, 1975-05-10) 10:32
CD7-7 Still Life (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 7:21
CD7-8 La Rossa (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 9:59
World Record + Bonus Tracks
CD8-1 When She Comes 8:02
CD8-2 A Place To Survive 10:04
CD8-3 Masks 6:58
CD8-4 Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild) 20:49
CD8-5 Wondering 6:38
Bonus Tracks
CD8-6 When She Comes (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 8:11
CD8-7 Masks (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 7:26
CD8-8 Part One (Approx. 35% Of) Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild) (Single B-Side) 4:27
Live At Maison De La Mutualité Paris 6th December 1976
CD9-1 Arrow 11:32
CD9-2 When She Comes 8:59
CD9-3 Masks 7:49
CD9-4 Still Life 10:06
CD9-5 Lemmings (Including Cog) 16:27
CD9-6 Childlike Faith In Childhood's End 13:58
CD10-1 Meurglys III (The Songwriter’s Guild) 23:15
CD10-2 Gog 10:28
CD10-3 The Sleepwalkers 13:56
CD10-4 Killer 9:05
CD10-5 Man-Erg 11:51
The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome + Bonus Tracks
CD11-1 Lizard Play 4:31
CD11-2 The Habit Of The Broken Heart 4:38
CD11-3 The Siren Song 6:04
CD11-4 Last Frame 6:16
CD11-5 The Wave 3:15
CD11-6 Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (Running) 5:20
CD11-7 The Sphinx In The Face 5:57
CD11-8 Chemical World 6:11
CD11-9 The Sphinx Returns 1:22
Bonus Tracks
CD11-10 Door 3:25
CD11-11 Ship Of Fools (B-Side Of Single) 3:47
CD11-12 The Wave (Demo Version) 3:14
CD11-13 Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 4:48
CD11-14 The Sphinx In The Face (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 5:35
CD11-15 (Fragments Of) A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalkers' End (BBC Radio One John Peel Session) 9:28
Vital
CD12-1 Ship Of Fools 6:45
CD12-2 Still Life 9:42
CD12-3 Last Frame 9:02
CD12-4 Mirror Images 5:48
CD12-5 Medley: A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers / The Sleepwalkers 13:45
CD13-1 Pioneers Over C 17:07
CD13-2 Sci-Finance 6:12
CD13-3 Door 5:30
CD13-4 Urban / Killer / Urban 8:20
CD13-5 Nadir's Big Chance 4:03
H To He, Who Am The Only One (New Stereo Mix)
CD14-1 Killer 8:22
CD14-2 House With No Door 6:36
CD14-3 The Emperor In His War Room 8:16
CD14-4 Lost 11:24
CD14-5 Pioneers Over C 12:48
Bonus Track
CD14-6 Boat Of Millions Of Years (New Stereo Mix) 4:01
Pawn Hearts (New Stereo Mix)
CD15-1 Lemmings (Including Cog) 11:41
CD15-2 Man Erg 10:24
A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers (23:24)
CD15-3a Eyewitness
CD15-3b Pictures / Lighthouse
CD15-3c Eyewitness
CD15-3d SHM
CD15-3e Presence Of The Night
CD15-3f Kosmos Tours
CD15-3g (Custard's) Last Stand
CD15-3h The Clot Thickens
CD15-3i Land's End (Sineline)
CD15-3j We Go Now
Bonus Tracks
CD15-4 Theme One (New Stereo Mix) 3:13
CD15-5 W (New Stereo Mix) 4:36
Godbluff (New Stereo Mix)
CD16-1 The Undercover Man 7:35
CD16-2 Scorched Earth 9:43
CD16-3 Arrow 9:58
CD16-4 The Sleepwalkers 10:34
Still Life (New Stereo Mix)
CD17-1 Pilgrims 7:10
CD17-2 Still Life 7:28
CD17-3 La Rossa 9:51
CD17-4 My Room (Waiting For Wonderland) 8:14
CD17-5 Childlike Faith In Childhood's End 12:26
H To He, Who Am The Only One High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound Mix
BD1-1-1 Killer 8:20
BD1-1-2 House With No Door 6:39
BD1-1-3 The Emperor In His War Room 8:17
BD1-1-4 Lost 11:25
BD1-1-5 Pioneers Over C 12:44
Bonus Track
BD1-1-6 Boat Of Millions Of Years 4:01
H To He, Who Am The Only One New Stereo Mix
BD1-2-1 Killer 8:21
BD1-2-2 House With No Door 6:39
BD1-2-3 The Emperor In His War Room 8:17
BD1-2-4 Lost 11:25
BD1-2-5 Pioneers Over C 12:43
Bonus Track
BD1-2-6 Boat Of Millions Of Years 4:01
H To He, Who Am The Only One Original Stereo Mix
BD1-3-1 Killer 8:20
BD1-3-2 House With No Door 6:33
BD1-3-3 The Emperor In His War Room 8:16
BD1-3-4 Lost 11:14
BD1-3-5 Pioneers Over C 12:44
BD1-3-6 Boat Of Millions Of Years 4:01
Pawn Hearts High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound Mix
BD1-4-1 Lemmings (Including Cog) 11:38
BD1-4-2 Man Erg 10:25
A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers (23:22)
BD1-4-3a Eyewitness
BD1-4-3b Pictures / Lighthouse
BD1-4-3c Eyewitness
BD1-4-3d SHM
BD1-4-3e Presence Of The Night
BD1-4-3f Kosmos Tours
BD1-4-3g (Custard's) Last Stand
BD1-4-3h The Clot Thickens
BD1-4-3i Land's End (Sineline)
BD1-4-3j We Go Now
Pawn Hearts New Stereo Mix
BD1-5-1 Lemmings (Including Cog) 11:38
BD1-5-2 Man Erg 10:25
A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers (23:21)
BD1-5-3a Eyewitness
BD1-5-3b Pictures / Lighthouse
BD1-5-3c Eyewitness
BD1-5-3d SHM
BD1-5-3e Presence Of The Night
BD1-5-3f Kosmos Tours
BD1-5-3g (Custard's) Last Stand
BD1-5-3h The Clot Thickens
BD1-5-3i Land's End (Sineline)
BD1-5-3j We Go Now
Pawn Hearts Original Stereo Mix
BD1-6-1 Lemmings (Including Cog) 11:38
BD1-6-2 Man Erg 10:22
A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers (23:08)
BD1-6-3a Eyewitness
BD1-6-3b Pictures / Lighthouse
BD1-6-3c Eyewitness
BD1-6-3d SHM
BD1-6-3e Presence Of The Night
BD1-6-3f Kosmos Tours
BD1-6-3g (Custard's) Last Stand
BD1-6-3h The Clot Thickens
BD1-6-3i Land's End (Sineline)
BD1-6-3j We Go Now
Bonus Tracks
High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound Mix
BD1-7-1 The Boat Of Millions Of Years (Single B-Side) 4:03
BD1-7-2 Theme One (Single A-Side) 3:16
BD1-7-3 W (Single B-Side) 4:37
New Stereo Mix
BD1-8-1 Boat Of Millions Of Years 4:03
BD1-8-2 Theme One 3:16
BD1-8-3 W 4:36
Original Stereo Mix
BD1-9-1 Boat Of Millions Of Years 3:53
BD1-9-2 Theme One 2:55
BD1-9-3 W 4:27
Godbluff High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound Mix
BD2-1-1 The Undercover Man 7:34
BD2-1-2 Scorched Earth 9:43
BD2-1-3 Arrow 9:58
BD2-1-4 The Sleepwalkers 10:35
Godbluff New Stereo Mix
BD2-2-1 The Undercover Man 7:34
BD2-2-2 Scorched Earth 9:43
BD2-2-3 Arrow 9:46
BD2-2-4 The Sleepwalkers 10:34
Godbluff Original Stereo Mix
BD2-3-1 The Undercover Man 7:32
BD2-3-2 Scorched Earth 9:41
BD2-3-3 Arrow 9:52
BD2-3-4 The Sleepwalkers 10:35
Still Life High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound Mix
BD2-4-1 Pilgrims 7:08
BD2-4-2 Still Life 7:28
BD2-4-3 La Rossa 9:52
BD2-4-4 My Room (Waiting For Wonderland) 8:14
BD2-4-5 Childlike Faith In Childhood's End 12:27
Still Life New Stereo Mix
BD2-5-1 Pilgrims 7:09
BD2-5-2 Still Life 7:28
BD2-5-3 La Rossa 9:52
BD2-5-4 My Room (Waiting For Wonderland) 8:14
BD2-5-5 Childlike Faith In Childhood's End 12:27
Still Life Original Stereo Mix
BD2-6-1 Pilgrims 7:11
BD2-6-2 Still Life 7:27
BD2-6-3 La Rossa 9:52
BD2-6-4 My Room (Waiting For Wonderland) 8:07
BD2-6-5 Childlike Faith In Childhood's End 12:26
The Video Vaults
"Beat Club" - German TV 23rd June 1970
BD3-1-1 Darkness (11/11) 7:33
BD3-1-2 Whatever Would Robert Have Said? 6:03
“Pop Deux” Filmed At The Bataclan Theatre, Paris 18th March 1972
BD3-2-1 Lost 4:27
BD3-2-2 Killer 5:44
BD3-2-3 Octopus 4:33
“Pop Shop” Recorded 23rd March 1972
BD3-3-1 Theme One 4:10
BD3-3-2 A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers 24:02
“Live In Charleroi Palais Des Expos - 27th September 1975"
BD3-4-1 The Undercover Man 7:55
BD3-4-2 Arrow 9:00
BD3-4-3 Scorched Earth 10:13
BD3-4-4 The Sleepwalkers 10:54
Charisma Promotional Films
BD3-5-1 Wondering 6:35
BD3-6-1 Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (Running) 3:31
Live At The Kohfidisch Open Air Festival, Austria 17th June 1978
Van Der Graaf - Austrian TV Feature (16:16)
BD3-7-1 Intro/Interview Segment 1:28
BD3-7-2 Lizard Play 3:23
BD3-7-3 Interview Segment 1:54
BD3-7-4 The Sleepwalkers 1:46
BD3-7-5 Interview Segment 1:14
BD3-7-6 The Sleepwalkers 0:53
BD3-7-7 Interview Segment 1:17
BD3-7-8 Mirror Images 2:42
BD3-7-9 Interview Segment 1:12
BD3-7-10 Outro 0:22

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