VdGG to release BBC recordings

By Martin Kielty
( Prog )
published

2-disc set includes all live sessions with the corporation from 1968 to 1977

Van der Graaf Generator release their entire catalogue of BBC live sessions in a double-disc set on March 23.

After The Flood contains performances from 1968 to 1977, with most of them featuring the classic four-piece lineup of Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton, David Jackson and Guy Evans.

It’s released via UMC and available for pre-order now.

VdGG recently confirmed details of a live album featuring the current lineup of Hammill, Banton and Evans. They’re featured in the current edition of Prog, on sale now and also covering Steven Wilson, Beardfish, Luna Rossa, Pain Of Salvation, Periphery and more.

Disc One

  1. People You Were Going To

  2. Afterwards

  3. Necromancer

  4. Darkness

  5. After The Flood

  6. ManErg

  7. Theme One

  8. Vision

  9. Darkness

  10. ManErg

  11. W

  12. Killer

Disc Two

  1. Refugees

  2. Scorched Earth

  3. Sleepwalkers

  4. Still Life

  5. La Rossa

  6. When She Comes

  7. Masks

  8. Cat’s Eye / Yellow Fever

  9. The Sphinx In The Face

  10. Fragments Of A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalkers

Martin Kielty
Freelance Online News Contributor

Not only is one-time online news editor Martin an established rock journalist and drummer, but he’s also penned several books on music history, including SAHB Story: The Tale of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a band he once managed, and the best-selling Apollo Memories about the history of the legendary and infamous Glasgow Apollo. Martin has written for Classic Rock and Prog and at one time had written more articles for Louder than anyone else (we think he's second now). He’s appeared on TV and when not delving intro all things music, can be found travelling along the UK’s vast canal network.