Van Der Graaf Generator have just announced a new live album and DVD recorded at the final UK date of the European tour the band undertook earlier this year – “Van Der Graaf Generator: The Bath Forum Concert” will be released as a double CD, Blu Ray & DVD Box Set (which makes it a four Disc box set). Release date is March 10th, 2023.
“In February 2022 Van der Graaf Generator embarked on a UK tour which had been rescheduled several times due to the Covid pandemic. The final show on these dates took place at The Forum in Bath on March 1st and the event was captured by a film and recording crew. ‘The Bath Forum Concert’ is the first live CD and film fully controlled by the band and it captures Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans at their finest performing vintage tracks such as ‘Masks’, ‘Childlike Faith In Childhoods End’, ‘La Rossa’, ‘Man Erg’ and ‘House With No Door’ along with newer pieces such as ‘Interference Patterns’, ‘Every Bloody Emperor’, Go’, ‘Alfa Berlina’ and ‘Room 1210’.
As anyone who was lucky enough to see Van Der Graaf on that tour will tell you, the band were on top form – Van Der Graaf Generator being on tour, now, is a kind of miracle, not just because they started their utterly unique thing so long ago, but because they’re doing it with as much if not more vigour and honesty than ever… – Live review: Van Der Graaf Generator – London Palladium, 24th February 2022 – It has to be asked: would this show be like this if we hadn’t all come through two years of existential dread? It’s hard to tell, with Van Der Graaf Generator. Existential dread – or perhaps existential obsession is more accurate… read on
This release features the entire concert, mixed by Stephen W Tayler, and includes two CDs and a region free High-Definition Blu Ray video with 5.1 Surround Sound and an NTSC / Region Free DVD of this stunning concert film.
Track Listing:
DISC ONE – CD
1 Interference Patterns
2 Every Bloody Emperor
3 A Louse is Not a Home
4 Masks
5 Childlike Faith in Childhoods End
6 Go
DISC TWO – CD
1 La Rossa
2 Alfa Berlina
3 Over the Hill
4 Room 1210
5 Man Erg
6 House With No Door
DISC THREE – BLU RAY
1 Interference Patterns
2 Every Bloody Emperor
3 A Louse is Not a Home
4 Masks
5 Childlike Faith in Childhoods End
6 Go
7 La Rossa
8 Alfa Berlina
9 Over the Hill
10 Room 1210
11 Man Erg
12 House With No Door
DISC FOUR
1 Interference Patterns
2 Every Bloody Emperor
3 A Louse is Not a Home
4 Masks
5 Childlike Faith in Childhoods End
6 Go
7 La Rossa
8 Alfa Berlina
9 Over the Hill
10 Room 1210
11 Man Erg
12 House With No Door
While you’re wainting, here’s some bootleg footage (not the footage from the official release of course) and a massive 15 hour ever growing Peter playlist….
THE ORGAN 