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Van der Graaf Generator: Time Vaults

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Label: Sofa Sound Records
Released: 1982
Time:
 46:17
Category: Progressive Rock
Producer(s): Van der Graaf Generator
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk
Appears with: Peter Hammill, David Jackson
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] The Liquidator (Hammill) - 5:24
[2] Rift Valley (Hammill/Jackson/Evans) - 4:40
[3] Tarzan (Hammill/Jackson/Evans/Banton) - 2:09
[4] Coil Night (Jackson) - 4:12
[5] Time Vaults (uncredited) - 3:33
[6] Drift [I hope it won't] (Banton) - 2:40
[7] Roncevaux (Hammill) - 6:55
[8] It All Went Up  (Hammill) - 4:07 *
[9] Faint And Forsaken (Hammill) - 2:45
[10] Black Room (Hammill) - 8:52

* - On some pressings incorrectly called "It All Went Red"

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Peter Hammill - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Original Liner Notes, Editing, Mixing
David Jackson - Piano, Saxophone
Hugh Banton - Bass, Organ
Guy Evans - Drums

John Dent - Mastering
Andy Higgins - Sleeve Notes

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1982 MC Sofa Sound - SS 3
1985 LP Demi Monde - DM 003
1992 CD Thunderbolt - CDTB 106
2008 CD Plastic Head - PHRL014CD

Recorded in Crowborough 1972, Ross-on-Wye 1972, Rockfield 1973/1974 and Norton Canon 1975.

Time Vaults is an album by Van der Graaf Generator. It was originally released in 1982 on cassette only, almost four years after the break-up of Van der Graaf Generator in 1978. Later it was released as a vinyl LP, and in 1992 it was released on CD. It contains out-takes and rehearsal recordings from the period 1972-1975, when the band was on hiatus. The recordings "are not studio-quality recordings". Among others, it contains the first rehearsals by the reformed Van der Graaf Generator from 1975, and some pieces originally intended for the next album in 1972. One song has Peter Hammill play bass guitar, another has David Jackson play the piano.



Since bootleggers were fetching high prices for Van Der Graaf Generator rarities compilations from fans, VDGG leader Peter Hammill decided to compile ten of the best tracks and give them an official release. Since some of the tracks were never even completed, some present-day overdubbing was required, but according to Hammill in the liner notes, "all dubbing was completed in nine hours, in order to stay true to the spirit of the venture." And although the listener is warned that these are not studio quality recordings, the overall sound is consistently good. Besides, most of the people who would buy this album in the first place are the VDGG fanatics, who will be happy just to acquire this material. Most of the material is worthwhile and deserves to be heard, such as "The Liquidator," "Rift Valley," and "Coil Night" (why these strong compositions were never put on an album is a mystery). But a few tracks will test casual fans' patience, such as the overly long title song, which quotes musical phrases from the Christmas standard "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer."

Greg Prato - All Music Guide
 

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