MINTY 1970 ORIG VAN der GRAAF GENERATOR WAVE DARK PROG Psych Hammill GEM
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141
$ 141
Sold For
May 5, 2024
Sold Date
Apr 28, 2024
Start Date
12
Number Of Bids
USA
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- ORIGINAL German PHILIPS FIRST PRESS
- CONTAINS THE FAMOUS (DOUBLE SIDED) POSTER
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- " The Least We Can Do Is WAVE To Each Other "
- Van der Graaf Generator
- VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR
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- "Made In Germany" - (dark blue & silver) PHILIPS Records - 6369 901
- TOP COPY
- RARE and sought after...1970 Original first pressing vinyl...
- This is the much harder to find German Philips issue with completely SUPERIOR GATEFOLD cover art to the USA issue....
- This is the pressing every serious PROG PSYCH fan desires for reason of the custom double sided POSTER
Highly acclaimed dark progressive prog adventure from 1970 ...the remarkable 2nd LP by Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator...
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"Darkness (11/11)" opens with subtle mysterious sounds, where the song elements slowly appear, creating a typical and great Van der Graaf Generator composition, having anxious melody and aggressive wailing vocals of Peter dictating a long poem, and strong presence of bass guitar, keyboards and reeds. The elements brewed in their first "Aerosol Grey Machine" have matured to the sound dominating their heyday career starting with this record. "Refugees" is possible the most appreciated song here, being a ballad for hippies with chamber orchestrations and power and style resembling beyond "The Whiter Shade of Pale". This is many fans favourite song of this band! "White Hammer" starts solemnly with the church organs, turning to more sinister sounds and theme, being about the medieval inquisition. The final moments of the long song start to chart the iconoclastic zones of terror dominating more further their upcoming two studio albums. "Whatever Would Robert Have Said?" is a more calmer melodic song driven by organ / winds / acoustic guitar, having complex passage and calm floating middle part. It was also filmed to the German Beat Club television show. "Out Of My Book" is an acoustic ballad for acoustic guitar and flute. The album is finished by over eleven minutes long "After The Flood", which again starts in a pretty way, and then moves to more disturbing dark areas. This track has most adventurous solutions in it, and lots of rhythm / theme changes. It's great, less coherent arrangements, flowing with avant garde elements and appreciated by many fans of the storied band. If you dig this song, go straight to their "Pawn Hearts" album next.
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Track by track:
Darkness: The title of the song is perfectly chosen - It says all about the band and their (new) image and they really started to discover it here. This song is magical, dark and colourful at the same time. An furious start all the way!
Refugees: If there is one representative ballad for symphonic prog, that would be it. The song is about leaving home and go to another place to live there (a personal written piece by Peter Hammill). One of the most moving songs in prog!
White Hammer: An epic with an scary, harsh ending part, interestening lyrics and dark atmosphere throughout the song.
Whatever Would Robert Have Said?: A piece with relaxed intro but a wild, proggy middle-part, great guitar-work in the ending part. Variation in a nice way.
Out Of My Book: The second ballad on the album, with once more personal lyrics by Peter Hammill. The instrumental work is simple, but very effective, especially the acoustic guitar is very good, also the organ. Peter Hammill's voice is very sentimental and shining too. Nice piece!
After The Flood: The closing track and fascinating epic. The song is about over eleven minutes long and isn't as aggressive as "White Hammer", but very beautiful, the flute part after three and a half minutes reminds a bit on Jethro Tull. Check it out, imagine Ian Anderson on flute here! The song is getting faster after more than five minutes and the winds of David Jackson takes a big part in duality with Hugh Banton's volcanic organ playing.
CONDITION: - The cover: rated: "Excellent) / M- fabulous laminated gatefold, in glowing superiority over the drab USA, etc issue!! Near impossible to find this clean, mind you not likely to be found easily !
- The vinyl: Rated: near M- appearance is clean, audio is enjoyable rich and dyamic! Both German Philips labels are very clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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