VdGG announce reunion concert double CD
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Topic: VdGG announce reunion concert double CD
Posted By: Fassbinder
Subject: VdGG announce reunion concert double CD
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:14
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Some news about the long time expected CD:
The live recording of the VdGG Reunion concert at the Royal Festival Hall in 2005 is going to be released at the start of March.
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:15
| Yay! Now if only I had the money... |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:16
Hooray!  About time too. As expected, it seems they'll be on 2 discs. Having heard this concert in its full form (with no gaps or anything), I must say it'll be the live release of the year! Actually, it'll be the album of the year! -------------   
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:24
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Yes, it'll be a double CD. The concert lasted for some 2 hours and 14 minutes, i.e. 134 min., which makes each CD to be fulled by some 67 min. of music, 14 pieces.
And, undoubtedly, it'll be the release of the year.
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:25
| Great news. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:30
It was the release of the year bootleg-wise, in 2005!  I shall definitely be getting a copy, although it'll be on Hammill's Fie! label, which means it may not be as easy to get hold of. I'll be able to get a copy though, I'm sure. What are peoples' thoughts on Singularity, by the way? I rather like it. I need further listens, but the final track is wonderful and rather innovative. And of course, the threesome... will it work? How will the band play the classics without Jaxon? I have some thoughts on this, but I want yours! -------------
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:36
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Haven't bought Singularity yet... As for the new VdGG trio -- for some reasons, I think they won't play classic VdGG pieces at all.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:40
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They will play classic pieces. Hammill says in his Newsletter: We will certainly be playing new material as well as old and the prospects are most exciting, even if there's a degree of trepidation involved. Further shows and recording should follow later in the year.  -------------
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:44
Well, are Aerosol... pieces and "Gog" count as "classic"?
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:47
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To me, yes, but Gog/Magog (In Bromine Chambers) is a Hammill song. I love TAGM and think it's highly underrated as an album. Some of the best live VdGG tracks are their later versions of TAGM tracks when Jaxon was onboard. I just believe tracks that Jackson co-wrote will be avoided, due to the spat between Hammill and Jackson. I don't believe they're even on speaking terms, but of course, I have no idea, but if the rumours are true, then it's a sad state of affairs.  -------------
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:53
| Seriously, now, it's going to be quite exciting to hear their classics without Jackson. I won't hear them at the concerts, so, tell me how it was after that (in case you'll be at those concerts, of course). |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 02:55
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I don't know if I'm going to see them yet, I would like to, but it's all a matter of finding someone to go with. If I go, it'll be the Barbican show. Well I have to say I'm not as excited as you are at the prospect of no Jaxon, unless they do TAGM material. I can't imagine Killer without Jackson for starters.  -------------
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 03:00
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OK, "exciting", maybe, isn't a right word. "Interesting" rather.
However, I, like most other people, can hardly imagine them without Jackson, to be honest.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 03:06
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Indeed. I love TAGM as an album, but as soon as Jackson came in, they became even more amazing. Having said that, some of Hammill's solo albums without Jackson guesting, are wonderful. Do remember the Vital concert... that had no Banton and that worked (just about). I'm not sure if the VdG line-up did the classics normally though... Jackson only came in for that one concert after all. -------------
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Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 17:40
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Well, since when Mr Hammill and VDGG have been playing studio material note by note??
And may I quote the infamous Spinal Tap movie: I've got two hands, no problem (the keyboardist part)?
And I am of course going to obtain the double CD, but still my local online prog music store has not released Singularity! Mad as a Hatter I am!! ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:45
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What does the setlist looks like ------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: retuow
Date Posted: January 20 2007 at 14:37
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See http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/vdgg_rfh060505.htm - http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/vdgg_rfh060505.htm for all you wanted to know about the RFH gig. ------------- Human beings were created by water to carry it uphill. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 23:16
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Certainly an intersting track list...not exactly my favorite VDGG songs, but I'm sure they were done with perfection. And of course there are some favs in Killer, Man Erg, EBE, Wondering, etc... Can't wait til March. Certainly in the top three of my most anticipated albums of '07.  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 15:04
I thought I would repost this from the "new" thread into the original thread about this topic. |
bucka001 wrote:Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:47
What a set list!! Obviously they were never going to do 'Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers' but pretty much every other fave of mine was played.  2007 is shaping up to be a GREAT year for prog.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 16:22
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Ah, so it has a name finally! This is a must buy CD. Every single track is perfect. Infact, many of these tracks are my favourite, so I was very excited when I heard this in bootleg form in 2005. -------------
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 16:52
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The concert was fantastic. Had one asked me in advance with which song I would want the concert to end, I certainly would not have picked "Wondering"; it was never one of my favourites. But in this context it fitted perfectly, and of course the end of it was a special surprise, making the concert a full circle. And the version of "Killer" really is a killer version!
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |