From: denbok@fys.ruu.nl (Henk den Bok)
Subject: Re: Van der Graaf Generator / Peter Hammill
Organization: Physics Department, University of Utrecht,  The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 07:46:43 GMT

In <1992Jul22.220814.7701@ultb.isc.rit.edu> lad9452@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:

>I've been a huge fan of VDGG and pH for years, but I always sense I'm missing
>something from my collection.  There are so many releases- does anyone
>out there have a complete discography?

I wrote up a discography lately, so here it is. I combined information from
Ken Bibb (jester), dan(n) (NADIR), Dave White (The Master) [thanks, guys]
and myself. The label numbers are missing since it depends on the particular
release. Most CD's are available from Virgin, some from LINE records. Some from
both. 'Enter K', 'Patience', 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'Fireships'
are available from FIE. There seems to be some discrepancy between the release
dates of several albums as quoted by the mentioned contributors. The ones
listed here are taken directly from the (P) 19xx quote on the record/CD
sleeves/boxes. Suggestions are welcome.

Have fun and run (to the record shop, that is)

Henk.

-----------------------------------here goes --------------------------------
Peter Hammill discography & gadgets

  Media:
     LP = record, CD = compact disc, MC = music cassette,
     S = single, MS = maxi single, 2 = double

regular albums / official releases --------------------------------------------

1969 The Aerosol Grey Machine                    Van der Graaf Generator LP
1970 The least we can do is wave to each other   Van der Graaf Generator LP&CD
1970 H to He who Am the Only One                 Van der Graaf Generator LP&CD
1971 Pawn Hearts                                 Van der Graaf Generator LP&CD
1971 Fool's Mate                                 Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1973 Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night        Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1974 The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage       Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1974 In Camera                                   Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1975 Nadir's Big Chance                          Hammill / Rikki Nadir   LP&CD
1975 Godbluff                                    Van der Graaf Generator LP&CD
1976 Still Life                                  Van der Graaf Generator LP&CD
1976 World Record                                Van der Graaf Generator LP&CD
1977 Over                                        Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1977 The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome          Van der Graaf           LP&CD
1978 Vital                                       Van der Graaf           2LP&CD
1978 The Future Now                              Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1979 pH7                                         Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1980 A Black Box                                 Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1981 sitting targets                             Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1982 Enter K                                     Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1983 Patience                                    Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1983 Loops and Reels                             Peter Hammill           MC (!)
1985 The Margin                                  Hammill & K group live  2LP&CD
1985 Time Vaults                                 Van der Graaf Generator LP
1986 Skin                                        Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1986 And Close As This                           Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1988 The Spur of the Moment                      Hammill & Guy Evans     CD
1988 In a Foreign Town                           Peter Hammill           CD
1990 Out of Water                                Peter Hammill           CD
1990 Roomtemperaturelive                         Peter Hammill           2CD
1991 The Fall of the House of Usher              Peter Hammill & others  CD
1992 Fireships                                   Peter Hammill           CD

  Notes:
     'Vital' is also available on CD. The European pressing misses some songs,
     the Japanese release is a 2CD, featuring all songs.
     'Loops and Reels' has only been released on music cassette and was only
     available from Sofa Sound.
     My 'And Close As This' record is made of white vinyl (!); I think this
     was only the case with the first print. Unfortunately, the CD
     (LINE Music DACD 9.00254 O) is absolutely unplayable due to the
     excessive use of noise reduction. Maybe the Virgin release is better?
     'The Margin' is also available on a CD (not a 2CD). There are two
     releases, one in which there are two songs missing and one in which
     there is one song missing w.r.t. the original 2LP. It is a 'live'
     album with no audience.
     'Time Vaults' (Demi Monde '85) are studio recordings from the period
     1972-1975 (the time vault between Pawn Hearts and Godbluff) with every
     now and then poor sound quality, but some of this material is very
     interesting. You can hear elements of many later songs emerge here
     from the studio jam-sessions.

compilation albums ------------------------------------------------------------

1972 1968/1971                                   Van der Graaf Generator LP
1972 Greatest Hits                               Van der Graaf Generator LP
1978 Vision                                      Peter Hammill           LP
1985 The Love Songs                              Peter Hammill           LP&CD
1985 Gentlemen Prefer Blues                      VdGG minus Hammill      ?
1986 First Generation                            Van der Graaf Generator CD
1986 Second Generation                           Van der Graaf Generator CD
1980 Repeat Performance                          Van der Graaf Generator LP

  Notes:
     '1968/1971' (Charisma '72) is also released as 'Reflections' (Fontana '76)
     'The Love Songs' is not really a compilation album. It is a complilation
     of Hammill's love songs, remixed and remastered.
     'Repeat Performance' features, among others, 'The Boat of Millions
     of Years' and 'W'

singles -----------------------------------------------------------------------

1968 People you were going to/Firebrand          Van der Graaf Generator S
1970 Refugees/The Boat of Millions of Years      Van der Graaf Generator S
1971 Theme One/W                                 Van der Graaf Generator S
1979 The Polaroid/The Old School Tie             Hammill / Rikki Nadir   S
1986 Painting by numbers/You hit me where I live Peter Hammill           MS (!)

other albums ------------------------------------------------------------------

1976 The Long Hello vol. 1                       Jackson,Banton,Potter,Evans
1981 The Long Hello vol. 2                       Nic Potter,Guy Evans
1982 The Long Hello vol. 3                       David Jackson
1983 The Long Hello vol. 4                       Guy Evans
1984 Mountain Music                              Nic Potter

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