THE MASTERS

This is more like a warning than a review (by a VDGG fan): This cheap-looking collection of some studio recordings of mid-seventies or so (that seem to be made just for fun) is so poor that I wonder why it appears under the name of Van Der Graaf Generator. Most have appeared in "Time Vaults" which I haven't heard but probably it at least has some information about these recordings. When I bought this cheaply years ago, I was so embarrased after the first listening that I took it almost straight to a second-hand shop. Music is - what I remember of it - sorta jamming, relaxed, actually nothing but some little riff-based doodling that was never taken to a level of a song composition. Even the sound quality is terrible. So, be warned.