vendredi 3 décembre 1976

Van der Graaf Generator
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+[Peter Hammill]

Palais Rameau, Lille, France

Van der Graaf Generator

 

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

Audio/flac, Dime/, (?)

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

Source: audience and radio
Lineage: cassettes (unknown generation) > HD (unknown capture method) > Wav
> CDr > eac > Goldwave (editing) > shn > wav > Goldwave (more editing)
> flac (level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

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)

Source: audience and radio
Lineage: cassettes (#95/100) > HD (unknown capture method) > Wav > CDr > eac
> Goldwave (editing) > shn > wav > Goldwave (more editing)
> flac (level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

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)

Source: audience, radio and TV
Lineage: cassettes (#95/100) > HD (unknown capture method) > Wav > CDr > eac >
Goldwave (editing) > shn > wav > Goldwave (more editing) >
flac (level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

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)

Source: audience and radio
Lineage: cassettes (#95/100) > HD (unknown capture method) > Wav > CDr > eac >
Goldwave (editing) > shn > wav > Goldwave (more editing) >
flac (level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

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)

Source: audience
Lineage: cassettes (#95/100) > HD (unknown capture method) > Wav > CDr > eac >
Goldwave (editing) > shn > wav > Goldwave (more editing) >
flac (level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

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)

Source: audience/radio
Lineage: cassettes (#95/100) > HD (unknown capture method) > Wav > CDr > eac >
Goldwave (editing) > shn > wav > Goldwave (more editing) >
flac (level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

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)

Source: audience/radio
Lineage: cassettes (#95/100) > HD (unknown capture method) > Wav > CDr > eac >
Goldwave (editing) > shn > wav > Goldwave (more editing) >
flac (level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

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)

Source: audience/television
Lineage: cassettes (#95/100) > HD (unknown capture method) > Wav > CDr > eac >
Goldwave (editing) > shn > wav > Goldwave (more editing) >
flac (level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

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

(1/1) Van der Graaf Generator, 1975-05-24, 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.
aud > reel-to-reel (mono, 1st gen) > wav > flac
NB: Speed problems in tracks 6 and 12.

(2/1) Van der Graaf Generator, 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) Van der Graaf Generator, 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) Van der Graaf Generator, 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) Van der Graaf Generator, 1976-11-28, Volkshaus, Zürich, 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) Van der Graaf Generator, 1976-12-06, Mutualité, Paris, France

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

FM>tape(in a trade )1st copy>wave(CDR-PhilipsCDR570)>EAC>flacf(8)
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

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(1/1) Peter Hammill, 1973-05-25, Hec, Jouy En Josas, France

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Peter Hammill

1973-05-25

HEC Jouy en Josas

ON TV