The Long Hello

The Long Hello is a studio instrumental album by David Jackson, Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and Nic Potter recorded in August 1973 and released in Italy in 1974 (and Britain and Europe in 1976). It was engineered by Hugh Banton, and it was mixed at Chalk Farm Studios, London.

David Jackson, Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and Nic Potter had all been members of Van der Graaf Generator, but that band had split up in August 1972 (reformed in 1975).

In 1981 Nic Potter and Guy Evans released a sort of follow-up to this album, The Long Hello Volume Two. There also is a Long Hello Volume Three (David Jackson and Guy Evans, 1982) and Long Hello Volume Four (David Jackson, Guy Evans, and Life of Riley, 1983). The album Gentlemen Prefer Blues (Jackson, Banton, Evans, 1985) is sometimes regarded as a sort of Long Hello Volume Five.

Track listing

1. "The Theme From (Plunge)" (D. Jackson) – 5:31
2. "The O Flat Session" (P. Messina) – 5:32
3. "Morris To Cape" Roth (D. Jackson) – 6:33
4. "Brain Seizure" (H. Banton) – 4:01
5. "Fairhazel Gardens" (D. Jackson and P. Messina) – 7:56
6. "Looking At You" (D. Jackson) – 6:16
7. "I've Lost My Cat" (D. Jackson) – 8:28

Personnel

• David Jackson - saxophones, flute, piano
• Hugh Banton - all instruments on "Brain Seizure", bass on "The O Flat Session"
• Guy Evans - drums
• Nic Potter - bass
• Ced Curtis - electric guitar, bass on "Fairhazel Gardens"
• Piero Messina - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano

References

External links

• "Long Hello, The - The Long Hello (LP, Ltd) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Long-Hello-The-Long-Hello/release/1345345. Retrieved 2009-09-03. 
• "THE LONG HELLO The Long Hello Vol. 1 music reviews and MP3". www.progarchives.com. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6019. Retrieved 2009-09-03. 
• "Nic Potter as Group Member/Guest/Producer, The Long Hello (LP & CD) at www.nicpotter.eu". www.nicpotter.eu. http://www.nicpotter.eu/Discography/NicPotterasGroupMemberGuestProducer/tabid/61/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2009-10-11.