The Union Chapel Concert
The Union Chapel Concert | |
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Live album by Guy Evans and Peter Hammill | |
Released | March 1997 |
Recorded | 3 November 1996 |
Genre | Art rock |
Producer | Peter Hammill, Guy Evans |
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Union Chapel Concert is a live album by Guy Evans and Peter Hammill, recorded in the Union Chapel in London, 3 November 1996, and released as a double CD in March 1997. The album is noteworthy because it is the first time the four ex-members of Van der Graaf Generator, Hammill, Evans, Hugh Banton and David Jackson, played together in front of a paying audience since the band had broken up in 1978.[2] The subtitle on the front of the album reads: "featuring a one song, one-off reformation of Van der Graaf Generator." David Jackson and Hugh Banton were unannounced guests and played a Soundbeam-medley and a Samuel Barber Adagio for strings on the church organ respectively.[3] All songs that evening were played in varying line-ups. Only "Lemmings" was played by Hammill, Evans, Banton and Jackson.
Track listing
- "Fireworks"
- "A Forest of Pronouns"
- "Anatol's Proposal"
- "After the Show"
- "Roger and Out"
- "Accidents"
- "Soundbeam Medley" (listed as "Four Kinds of Rice / Hello / Resolution" in the CD booklet but as "Soundbeam medley" on the back)
- "Women of Ireland"
- "Ship of Fools"
- "Hamburg Station"
- "Seven Wonders"
- "Barber's Adagio for Strings"
- "Red Shift"
- "Lemmings"
- "Traintime"
Personnel
- Guy Evans - drums, percussion, MIDI pads & samples, blue drums
- Peter Hammill – guitar, keyboards
- Hugh Banton – organs
- Manny Elias – drums
- Stuart Gordon – violin
- David Jackson – saxophones, flutes, soundbeam
- Giles Perring (incorrectly spelled as 'Perrin' in the booklet of the CD) – guitar, blue drums
- Mat Fraser – blue drums
- Patou Soult – percussion, blue drums
Blue drums are the invention of Echo City, the group of which both Evans and Perring are members.[3]
Notes
- ^ McDonald, Steven. "The Union Chapel Concert – Peter Hammill : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ Christopulos, J., and Smart, P.: "Van der Graaf Generator – The Book", page 306. Phil and Jim publishers, 2005.
- ^ a b Album notes for the cd "The Union Chapel Concert" (1997). Fie!
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