- Maida Vale (album)
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Maida Vale Live album by Van der Graaf Generator Released June 1994 Recorded 1971, 1975 and 1976 Genre Progressive rock Length 71:09 Label Band of Joy Records Producer John Muir (tracks 1 and 2) and Tony Wilson (rest) Van der Graaf Generator chronology Time Vaults
(1982)Maida Vale
(1994)Present
(2005)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Maida Vale is an album by Van der Graaf Generator, recorded live-in-the-studio at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios. It contains eight songs from four different recordings from BBC sessions in 1971, 1975 and 1976. It was released in June 1994 on Band of Joy Records.
Contents
Track listing
- "Darkness" - 7:17 (Sounds of the Seventies, 10 June 1971)
- "Man-Erg" - 11:00 (same)
- "Scorched Earth" - 9:40 (John Peel Show, 3 July 1975)
- "Sleepwalkers" - 8:58 (same)
- "Still Life" - 7:20 (John Peel Show, 1 April 1976)
- "La Rossa" - 10:00 (same)
- "When She Comes" - 8:08 (John Peel Show, 11 Nov 1976)
- "Masks" - 7:22 (same)
Personnel
- Peter Hammill – vox, piano, guitar and moods[2]
- Hugh Banton - organ, bass pedals and design
- Guy Evans - drums and tiptoe
- David Jackson – saxes, flute and his own devices
References
- ^ Prato, Greg (2011 [last update]). "Maida Vale: The Radio One Sessions - Van der Graaf Generator | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/maida-vale-the-radio-one-sessions-r221361. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ The instruments played are taken from the album notes by Peter Hammill in the booklet of Maida Vale, cd (1994), Band of Joy Records.
External links
Page about Maida Vale at the progarchives.com
Van der Graaf Generator Peter Hammill · Hugh Banton · Guy Evans
Former members: David Jackson · Nic Potter · Keith Ellis · Chris Judge Smith · Graham Smith · Nick Pearne · Charles DickieStudio albums The Aerosol Grey Machine (1969) · The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (1970) · H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) · Pawn Hearts (1971) · Godbluff (1975) · Still Life (1976) · World Record (1976) · The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (1977) · Present (2005) · Trisector (2008) · A Grounding in Numbers (2011)Other albums Time Vaults (1982)Live albums Categories:- Van der Graaf Generator albums
- 1994 live albums
- Live progressive rock albums
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