Time Vaults
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| Demo album by Van der Graaf Generator | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Crowborough 1972, Ross-on-Wye 1972, Rockfield 1973/1974 and Norton Canon 1975 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 45:18 | |||
| Label | Sofa Sound (original cassette release SS3) | |||
| Van der Graaf Generator chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Time Vaults is an album by Van der Graaf Generator. It was originally released in 1982 on cassette only, almost four years after the break-up of Van der Graaf Generator in 1978. Later it was released as a vinyl LP, and in 1992 it was released on CD.
The album contains out-takes and rehearsal recordings from the period 1972-1975, when the band was on hiatus. The recordings "are not studio-quality recordings".[2] Among others, it contains the first rehearsals by the reformed Van der Graaf Generator from 1975, and some pieces originally intended for the next album in 1972.
"Coil Night" has Peter Hammill play bass guitar and David Jackson play the piano. A different version of "Black Room" appeared on Peter Hammill's solo album Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night. "Faint and Forsaken" is a combination of "Forsaken Gardens" and "Faint-Heart and the Sermon", different versions of which appeared on Peter Hammill's solo albums The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage and In Camera respectively.
Track listing
- "The Liquidator" (Hammill) – 5:24
- "Rift Valley" (Hammill, Jackson, Evans) – 4:40
- "Tarzan" (Hammill, Jackson, Evans, Banton) – 2:09
- "Coil Night" (Jackson) – 4:12
- "Time Vaults" (uncredited) – 3:33
- "Drift (I Hope It Won't)" (Banton) – 2:40
- "Roncevaux" (Hammill) – 6:55
- "It All Went Up" (on some pressings incorrectly called "It All Went Red") (Hammill) – 4:07
- "Faint and Forsaken" (Hammill) – 2:45
- "Black Room" (Hammill) – 8:52
Personnel
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, piano, bass
- David Jackson – saxophone, piano
- Hugh Banton – organ, bass
- Guy Evans – drums
References
- ↑ Prato, Greg (2011). "Time Vaults - Van der Graaf Generator | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ Album notes by Peter Hammill for "Time Vaults", cd (1992). Thunderbolt.