Maida Vale (album)

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)

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Maida Vale is a compilation album by Van der Graaf Generator, containing eight songs from four different recording sessions at Maida Vale Studios for BBC Radio 1 in 1971, 1975 and 1976, three of which were Peel Sessions. It was released in June 1994 on Band of Joy Records.

The versions of "When She Comes" and "Masks" found here were also released as bonus tracks on the 2005 Charisma reissue of World Record.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Hammill, except where noted.

1. "Darkness" - 7:17 (Sounds of the Seventies, 10 June 1971)
2. "Man-Erg" - 11:00 (same)
3. "Scorched Earth" - 9:40 (John Peel Show, 3 July 1975) (Hammill, David Jackson)
4. "Sleepwalkers" - 8:58 (same)
5. "Still Life" - 7:20 (John Peel Show, 1 April 1976)
6. "La Rossa" - 10:00 (same)
7. "When She Comes" - 8:08 (John Peel Show, 11 Nov 1976)
8. "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

External links

Page about Maida Vale at the progarchives.com