The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971-1986

Peter Hammill first came to prominence as the founder member and voice of the legendary progressive rock group Van der Graaf Generator. Alongside his work with Van der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill has enjoyed a long career as an innovative and ground-breaking solo artist. Beginning with his first solo album 'Fool's Mate' in 1971, Peter recorded a series of acclaimed albums for both Charisma Records and Virgin Records covering a wide range of moods, but all undeniably and uniquely original and ground-breaking. Peter Hammill's work has been hailed by musicians such as John Lydon and David Bowie who expressed their admiration for his albums and his song writing. This super deluxe box set comprises all 13 albums released by Charisma and Virgin, all newly remastered from the original master tapes, along with new 5.1 and stereo mixes of 'The Future Now' and 'pH7' by Stephen W Tayler, rare BBC sessions and live recordings and a Blu-ray video disc of rare previously unreleased European television performances.

Disc 1
1: Imperial Zeppelin
2: Candle
3: Happy
4: Solitude
5: Vision
6: Re-awakening
7: Sunshine
8: Child
9: Summer Song in the Autumn
10: Viking
11: The Birds
12: I Once Wrote Some Poems
13: Re-awakening
14: Summer Song in the Autumn
15: The Birds
16: Sunshine
17: Happy

Disc 2
1: German Overalls
2: Slender Threads
3: Rock and Role
4: In the End
5: What's It Worth
6: Easy to Slip Away
7: Dropping the Torch
8: (In The) Black Room/The Tower
9: Rain 3am
10: Time for a Change
11: German Overalls
12: Easy to Slip Away
13: In the End

Disc 3
1: Modern (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 9th July 1973)
2: Wilhelmina (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 9th July 1973)
3: The Lie (Bernini's Saint Theresa) [BBC Radio John Peel Session, 9th July 1973]
4: Forsaken Gardens (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 9th July 1973)
5: Red Shift (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 9th July 1973)
6: Rubicon (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 9th July 1973)
7: A Louse Is Not a Home (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 9th July 1973)

Disc 4
1: Rubicon
2: Red Shift
3: Solitude (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 18th February 1974)
4: Time for a Change (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 18th February 1974)
5: The Birds (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 18th February 1974)
6: Out of My Book (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 18th February 1974)
7: Slender Threads (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 18th February 1974)
8: German Overalls (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 18th February 1974)

Disc 5
1: Ferret and Featherbird (Live at Montreal University Sports Centre, 21st April 1974)
2: (No More) the Sub Mariner (Live at Montreal University Sports Centre, 21st April 1974)
3: Tapeworm (Live at Montreal University Sports Centre, 21st April 1974)
4: Again (Live at Montreal University Sports Centre, 21st April 1974)
5: Faint Heart and the Sermon (Live at Montreal University Sports Centre, 21st April 1974)
6: The Comet, the Course, the Tail (Live at Montreal University Sports Centre, 21st April 1974)
7: Gog (Live at Montreal University Sports Centre, 21st April 1974)
8: Magog (In Bromine Chambers) [live at Montreal University Sports Centre, 21st April 1974]
9: The Emperor in His War Room
10: Faint Heart and the Sermon
11: (No More) the Sub Mariner

Disc 6
1: Nadir's Big Chance (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
2: The Institure of Mental Health, Burning (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
3: Open Your Eyes (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
4: Nobody's Business (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
5: Been Alone So Long (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
6: Pompeii (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
7: Shingle Song (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
8: Airport (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
9: People You Were Going To (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
10: Birthday Special (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)
11: Two Or Three Sprectres (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 3rd September 1974)

Disc 7
1: Crying Wolf
2: Autumn
3: Time Heals
4: Alice (Letting Go)
5: This Side of the Looking Glass
6: Betrayed
7: (On Tuesday's She Used to Do) Yoga
8: Lost and Found
9: Afterwards
10: Autumn
11: Betrayed

Disc 8
1: Pushing Thirty (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
2: The Second Hand (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
3: Trappings (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
4: The Mousetrap (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
5: Energy Vampires (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
6: If I Could (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
7: The Future Now (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
8: Still in the Dark (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
9: Mediaeval (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
10: A Motor-bike in Africa (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
11: The Cut (BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977)
12: Palinurus (Castaway) [BBC Radio One John Peel Session, 21st April 1977]

Disc 9
1: House With No Door (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
2: Time Heals (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
3: This Side of the Looking Glass (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
4: My Room (Waiting for Wonderland) [live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978]
5: Easy to Slip Away (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
6: Still Life (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
7: Lizard Play (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
8: Time for a Change (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
9: Been Alone in So Long (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
10: Modern (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
11: If I Could (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
12: Last Frame (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)

Disc 10
1: The Comet, the Course, the Tail (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
2: The Lie (Bernini's Saint Theresa) [live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978]
3: The Mousetrap (Caught In) [live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978]
4: In the End (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
5: Medley: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers/The Sleepwalkers (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)
6: Man-erg (Live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA, 16th February 1978)

Disc 11
1: My Favourite
2: Careering
3: Porton Down
4: Mirror Images
5: Hanicap and Equality
6: Not for Keith
7: The Old School Tie
8: Time for a Change
9: Imperial Walls
10: Mr X (Gets Tense)
11: Faculty X
12: Mediaeval/Time for a Change
13: Mr X (Gets Tense)
14: Faculty X
15: The Polaroid (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 24th September 1979)

Disc 12
1: Golden Promises
2: Losing Faith in Words
3: Jargon King
4: Fogwalking
5: The Spirit
6: In Slow Time
7: The Wipe
8: Flight: Flying Blind/The White Cave Fandango/Control/Cockpit/Silk Worm Wings/Nothing Is Nothing/A Black Box

Disc 13
1: Breakthrough
2: My Experience
3: Ophelia
4: Empress' Clothes
5: Glue
6: Hesitation
7: Sitting Targets
8: Stranger Still
9: Sign
10: What I Did
11: Central Hotel

Disc 14
1: Just Good Friends
2: My Favourite
3: Been Alone So Long
4: Ophelia
5: Again
6: If I Could
7: Vision
8: Don't Tell Me
9: The Birds
10: (This Side Of) the Looking Glass
11: Just Good Friends (Instrumental)

Disc 15
1: Too Many of My Yesterdays
2: Faith
3: Empire of Delight
4: Silver
5: Beside the One You Love
6: Other Old Cliches
7: Confidence
8: Sleep Now

Disc 17
1: Pushing Thirty (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
2: The Second Hand (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
3: Trappings (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
4: The Mousetrap (Caught In) [Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix]
5: Energy Vampires (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
6: If I Could (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
7: The Future Now (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
8: Still in the Dark (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
9: Mediaeval (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
10: A Motor-bike in Africa (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
11: The Cut (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
12: Palinurus (Castaway) [Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix]

Disc 18
1: My Favourite (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
2: Careering (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
3: Porton Down (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
4: Mirror Images (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
5: Handicap and Equality (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
6: Not for Keith (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
7: The Old School Tie (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
8: Time for a Change (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
9: Imperial Walls (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)
10: Mr X (Mr X Gets Tense) [Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix]
11: Faculty X (Stephen W Tayler Stereo Remix)

Disc 19
1: Pushing Thirty
2: The Second Hand
3: Trappings
4: The Mousetrap
5: Energy Vampires
6: If I Could
7: The Future Now
8: Still in the Dark
9: Mediaeval
10: A Motor-bike in Afrika
11: The Cut
12: Palinurus (Castaway)
13: My Favourite
14: Careering
15: Porton Down
16: Mirror Images
17: Handicap and Equality
18: Not for Keith
19: The Old School Tie
20: Time for a Change
21: Imperial Walls
22: Mr X (Gets Tense)
23: Faculty X

Disc 20
1: In the End (The Video Vaults)
2: German Overalls (The Video Vaults)
3: The Lie (Rock En Stock, 1973)
4: Forsaken Gardens (Rock En Stock, 1973)
5: A Louse Is Not a Home (Rock En Stock, 1973)
6: Energy Vampires (Swiss Television, 1974)
7: My Room (Swiss Television, 1974)
8: Tintagel By the Sea (French TV, Chorus, 1979)
9: 'Playaway' (BBC TV, 15th December 1979)

Number of Discs: 20

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