VDGG Hakkında Bilmeniz Gereken 10 İlginç Detay
#VDGG #prog #progrock #rock #peterhammill #VanderGraafGenerator
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Here's something you may have missed: #JudgeSmith, founding member of #VanDerGraafGenerator, wrote his Requiem Mass back in 1975, but it wasn't recorded until 2020, and it's about to be performed for the first time. Holy Sepulchre Church, London EC1 12 July 2025. #ProgressiveRock https://judgesmith1.bandcamp.com/album/requiem-mass
If there's a Van Der Graaf Generator Inc., I'd like to ask them why "World Record" didn't receive a new stereo mix in time for their 2021 "Charisma Years" comprehensive 20-disc box...
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/van-der-graaf-generator-world-record-2cd-blu-ray-remastered-box-set
ROUND III - Phase 1 - match 29/30
Which one is the best progressive rock album?
Gentle Giant, ‘Octopus’ (1972)
or Van Der Graaf Generator, ‘Still Life’ (1976)
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ROUND II - Phase 1 - match 14/47
Which one is the best progressive rock album?
* Alan Parson Project, "The Turn of a Friendly Card" (1980)
or
* Van Der Graaf Generator, ‘Still Life’ (1976)
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Guy from the planetarium was telling all the kids this was a #VanderGraafGenerator . I had to interveen! 
#wimshurstmachine
ROUND I - Phase 1 - match 57/75
Which one is the best progressive rock album?
* Van Der Graaf Generator, ‘Pawn Hearts’ (1971)
or
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 'Tarkus' (1971)
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ROUND I - Phase 1 - match 37/75
Which one is the best progressive rock album?
* Van Der Graaf Generator, ‘Still Life’ (1976)
or
* Jethro Tull, ‘Thick as a Brick’ (1972)
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May as well come back into Symphonic Monday as heavily as possible, drawing from 1970 in the prog years –
Van Der Graaf Generator, "White Hammer" (1970)
The organ is commanded by Hugh Banton, the saxophone gets life from David Jackson, and the cornet is buzzed by Gerry Salisbury.
Mrs. RIS says that Peter Hammill’s voice makes her want to punch things, so I listen to Van der Graaf Generator while she’s out. #VanderGraafGenerator #PeterHammill #nowPlaying
Fy hoff albym gan #VanDerGraafGenerator, ac un o fy ffefrynnau erioed, ar feinyl newydd sbon. Dw i ddim yn prynu lot o records sy gyda fi eisoes, ond do'n i ddim yn gallu gwrthsefyll hwn.
Mae’n swnio’n berffaith, mor braf cael copi dilychwin o'r diwedd.
https://theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2024/03/20/van-der-graaf-generator-still-life-remastered/
Mrs. RIS is out with friends. She says that Peter Hammill’s voice makes her want to punch things, so I listen to their albums when she’s not here. #nowPlaying #nowPlayinginSecret #peterhammill #VanderGraafGenerator
Monday means something symphonic, so let's have something old people heard on the radio by George Martin (aka the 5th Beatle), done in prog –
Van der Graaf Generator, "Theme One" (1971)
#SymphonicMonday #GeorgeMartin #VanDerGraafGenerator #ProgRock #ProgressiveRock
It is so good that John Peel replaced the orchestral version with VDGG's version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EZIYemo8xA
And here's the original orchestral version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B71ETM39j7s
One night, "Dead Finks Don't Talk" (Brian Eno) was on the radio. Next day, "Here Come the Warm Jets" was on my shelf.
A few years later, killing time in a secondhand record store (St Kevin's Arcade, Auckland), I saw that Robert Fripp played on this gatefold LP. So I bought it & entered the prog-rock rabbit warren.
VDGG's "Pawn Hearts" altered my brain.
"And I too, live inside me,
and very often don't know who I am"
#NowPlaying: #vanderGraafGenerator - The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome
1977 German pressing.
My favourite #vdGG album, the addition of the violin and its ethereal feel combined with its relatively accessible songwriting make this an excellent listen. I especially love the violin solo on The Siren Song, that might be my favourite track. The album came with a booklet of lyrics made with a typewriter by a previous owner, how cool is that!
#NowPlaying: #VanderGraafGenerator - Pawn Hearts
1971(?) Dutch pressing.
You rarely find #vdGG #vinyl releases priced lower than 20 (maybe even 25) here so it was incredible luck that I found one in absolute pristine condition for 15 quid! As for the album, I don't really quite understand side 2 (A Plague etc.) yet, but Man-Erg is really good, especially when the song breaks down with saxes sounding like seagulls come in. Proper chilling!
#NowPlaying: #VanderGraafGenerator - World Record
1976 NL pressing.
I venture into prog rock every now and then and I am particularly fond of #vdgg. This record has got some funkyness which I quite like. Unfortunate that the brilliant Meurglys III ends in a fade-out though... I got this for very cheap, normally a VdGG #vinyl would cost you €25, but this only cost me €9. I did have to make a Discogs page for it, though. Bonus: me posing with the record and making scans.
Congratulations to all Prog fans who recognise the lyrics,
"Yes I know it's
out of control, out of control
Greasy machinery slides on the rails …"
For everyone else, this track is barely under control for its 12 minutes or so of your time –
Van Der Graaf Generator, "Lemmings (including 'Cog')" (1971)
#JukeboxFridayNight #OutOfControl #VanDerGraafGenerator #VDGG
Although I first heard King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" when my tender ears were but 16 years old, this is the track that sent me down the Prog rabbithole –
Van der Graaf Generator, "Man-Erg" (1971)
Ten minutes of virtual insanity, and I only bought the bleeding gatefold LP because Robert Fripp was in the credits …
Maximum volume, if you want to sing along.
Van Der Graaf Generator - Man Erg (2005)
Blwyddyn fawr i fi: colli Dad, symud tŷ, ymdopi â gwefan wallgo, a gweld Van der Graaf pedair gwaith. Mwy neu lai yn y drefn yna, ond VdG oedd y peth oedd yn fy nghadw'n gall trwy'r cyfan. #VanDerGraafGenerator #ProgRock
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