Friday, 4 June 2021

Van Der Graaf Generator: The Charisma Years 1970-1978 (20 Disc Boxset Coming August 2021)

A lavish deluxe 20-disc boxed set covering Van der Graaf Generator's entire recorded work for Charisma Records. Between the years 1970-1978 the band released 8 albums (two under the name Van der Graaf) for the legendary Charisma label. Each record was ground breaking and the influence of the band's unique music would be felt in the ensuing decades by artists of many different musical genres. The albums 'H to He Who Am the Only One', 'Pawn Hearts', 'Godbluff' and 'Still Life' have been stunningly remixed from the original multi-track tapes in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound by Stephen W Tayler. These feature on 4 additional CDs and two Blu ray discs. Also featured are two CDs of a recently discovered and previously unreleased entire concert recorded in Paris in December 1976 by French radio and all of the surviving BBC sessions recorded by the band, plus much much more 

HMV jumped the gun by putting up the now deleted details but go to the cached version to see the tracklist

Godbluff Live - Charleroi, Palais Des Expos(27/9/75)  
Tracklist: 
1 The Undercover Man
2 Arrow
3 Scorched Earth
4 Sleepwalkers
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Lighthouse Keepers Live 1971
5 Theme 
6 A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers/Eyewitness/Pictures Lighthouse/Eyewitness/S.H.M./Presence Of The Night/Kosmos Tours/Custard's Last Stand/The Clot Thickens/Lands End (Sineline)/We Go Now 

Drums, Percussion – Guy Evans 
Organ – Hugh Banton 
Saxophone, Flute – David Jackson 
Vocals, Piano – Peter Hammill

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