{"product_id":"the-charisma-virgin-recordings-1971-1986-18cd-blu-ray-boxset","title":"The Charisma \u0026 Virgin Recordings 1971-1986: 18CD + Blu Ray Boxset { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePeter Hammill first came to prominence as the founder member and voice of the legendary progressive rock group Van der Graaf Generator. Alongside his work with Van der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill has enjoyed a long career as an innovative and ground-breaking solo artist. Beginning with his first solo album “Fool’s Mate” in 1971, Peter recorded a series of acclaimed albums for both Charisma Records and Virgin Records covering a wide range of moods, but all undeniably and uniquely original and ground-breaking. Peter Hammill’s work has been hailed by musicians such as David Bowie and Jello Biafra who expressed their admiration for his albums and his songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis super deluxe box set comprises 13 albums released by Charisma and Virgin between 1971-1986.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEach album has been remastered from the original master tapes, along with new 5.1 and stereo remixes of “The Future Now” and “pH7” by Stephen W Tayler, rare BBC sessions and live recordings as well as a Blu-Ray video disc of previously unreleased European television performances. Coupled with the set comes a 12 inch, 76-page, hardbacked book containing rare images and new, extensive album commentary from Peter Hammill. A D2C offering which includes an exclusive postcard is also available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD One: “Fool’s Mate”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Imperial Zeppelin\u003cbr\u003e2. Candle\u003cbr\u003e3. Happy\u003cbr\u003e4. Solitude\u003cbr\u003e5. Vision\u003cbr\u003e6. Re-Awakening\u003cbr\u003e7. Sunshine\u003cbr\u003e8. Child\u003cbr\u003e9. Summer Song in the Autumn\u003cbr\u003e10. Viking\u003cbr\u003e11. The Birds\u003cbr\u003e12. I Once Wrote Some Poems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonus tracks: Demo session (Recorded in January 1971)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Re-Awakening (demo)\u003cbr\u003e14. Summer Song in the Autumn (demo)\u003cbr\u003e15. The Birds (demo)\u003cbr\u003e16. Sunshine (demo)\u003cbr\u003e17. Happy (demo)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Two: “Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. German Overalls\u003cbr\u003e2. Slender Threads\u003cbr\u003e3. Rock and Role\u003cbr\u003e4. In the End\u003cbr\u003e5. What it’s Worth\u003cbr\u003e6. Easy to Slip Away\u003cbr\u003e7. Dropping the Torch\u003cbr\u003e8. (In the) Black Room \/ The Tower\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonus tracks (Recorded in 1973)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Rain 3am\u003cbr\u003e10. Time for a Change\u003cbr\u003e11. German Overalls\u003cbr\u003e12. Easy to Slip Away\u003cbr\u003e13. In the End\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBBC Radio John Peel session – 9th July 1973\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Three: “The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Modern\u003cbr\u003e2. Wilhemina\u003cbr\u003e3. The Lie (Bernini’s Saint Theresa)\u003cbr\u003e4. Forsaken Gardens\u003cbr\u003e5. Red Shift\u003cbr\u003e6. Rubicon\u003cbr\u003e7. A Louse is Not a Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Four: Live Recordings 1974\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Rubicon\u003cbr\u003e2. Red Shift\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBBC Radio John Peel session – 18th February 1974\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Solitude\u003cbr\u003e4. Time for a Change\u003cbr\u003e5. The Birds\u003cbr\u003e6. Out of My Book\u003cbr\u003e7.    Slender Threads\u003cbr\u003e8.    German Overalls\u003cbr\u003eLive at Montreal University Sports Centre – 21st April 1974\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Five: “In Camera”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Ferret and Featherbird\u003cbr\u003e2. (No More) The Sub Mariner\u003cbr\u003e3. Tapeworm\u003cbr\u003e4. Again\u003cbr\u003e5. Faint Heart and the Sermon\u003cbr\u003e6. The Comet, The Course, The Tail\u003cbr\u003e7. Gog\u003cbr\u003e8. Magog (In Bromine Chambers)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonus tracks:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. The Emperor in His War Room\u003cbr\u003e10. Faint Heart and the Sermon\u003cbr\u003e11. (No More) The Sub Mariner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBBC Radio John Peel session – 3rd September 1974 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Six: “Nadir’s Big Chance”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Nadir’s Big Chance\u003cbr\u003e2. The Institute of Mental Health, Burning\u003cbr\u003e3. Open Your Eyes\u003cbr\u003e4. Nobody’s Business\u003cbr\u003e5. Been Alone So Long\u003cbr\u003e6. Pompeii\u003cbr\u003e7. Shingle Song\u003cbr\u003e8. Airport\u003cbr\u003e9. People You Were Going To\u003cbr\u003e10. Birthday Special\u003cbr\u003e11. Two or Three Spectres\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Seven: “Over”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Crying Wolf\u003cbr\u003e2. Autumn\u003cbr\u003e3. Time Heals\u003cbr\u003e4. Alice (Letting Go)\u003cbr\u003e5. This Side of the Looking Glass\u003cbr\u003e6. Betrayed\u003cbr\u003e7. (On Tuesday’s She Used to Do) Yoga\u003cbr\u003e8. Lost and Found\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonus tracks:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Afterwards\u003cbr\u003e10. Autumn\u003cbr\u003e11. Betrayed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBBC Radio One John Peel session – 21st April 1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Eight: “The Future Now”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Pushing Thirty\u003cbr\u003e2. The Second Hand    \u003cbr\u003e3. Trappings        \u003cbr\u003e4. The Mousetrap\u003cbr\u003e5. Energy Vampires    \u003cbr\u003e6. If I Could    \u003cbr\u003e7. The Future Now\u003cbr\u003e8. Still in the Dark\u003cbr\u003e9. Mediaeval    \u003cbr\u003e10. A Motor-Bike in Africa    \u003cbr\u003e11. The Cut\u003cbr\u003e12. Palinurus (Castaway)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Nine: The All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA - 16th February 1978\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. House With No Door\u003cbr\u003e2. Time Heals\u003cbr\u003e3. This Side of the Looking Glass\u003cbr\u003e4. My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)\u003cbr\u003e5. Easy to Slip Away\u003cbr\u003e6. Still Life\u003cbr\u003e7. Lizard Play\u003cbr\u003e8. Time for a Change\u003cbr\u003e9. Been Alone So Long\u003cbr\u003e10. Modern\u003cbr\u003e11. If I Could\u003cbr\u003e12. Last Frame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Ten: The All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA - 16th February 1978\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Comet, The Course, The Tail\u003cbr\u003e2. The Lie (Bernini’s Saint Theresa)\u003cbr\u003e3. The Mousetrap (Caught In)\u003cbr\u003e4. In the End\u003cbr\u003e5. Medley: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers \/ The Sleepwalkers\u003cbr\u003e6. Man-Erg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Eleven: “pH7”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. My Favourite\u003cbr\u003e2. Careering\u003cbr\u003e3. Porton Down\u003cbr\u003e4. Mirror Images\u003cbr\u003e5. Handicap and Equality\u003cbr\u003e6. Not for Keith\u003cbr\u003e7. The Old School Tie\u003cbr\u003e8. Time for a Change\u003cbr\u003e9. Imperial Walls\u003cbr\u003e10. Mr X (Gets Tense)\u003cbr\u003e11. Faculty X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonus tracks:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Mediaeval \/ Time for a Change\u003cbr\u003e13. Mr X (Gets Tense)\u003cbr\u003e14. Faculty X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBBC Radio John Peel session – 24th September 1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. The Polaroid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA-side of single – Released as Charisma CB 399 in August 1979\u003cbr\u003eCredited to Rikki Nadir\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Twelve: “A Black Box”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Golden Promises\u003cbr\u003e2. Losing Faith in Words\u003cbr\u003e3. Jargon King\u003cbr\u003e4. Fogwalking\u003cbr\u003e5. The Spirit\u003cbr\u003e6. In Slow Time\u003cbr\u003e7. The Wipe\u003cbr\u003e8. Flight\u003cbr\u003e9. Flying Bird\u003cbr\u003e10. The White Cave Fandango\u003cbr\u003e11. Control\u003cbr\u003e12. Cockpit\u003cbr\u003e13. Silk Worm Wings\u003cbr\u003e14. Nothing is Nothing\u003cbr\u003e15. A Black Box\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Thirteen: “Sitting Targets”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Breakthrough\u003cbr\u003e2. My Experience\u003cbr\u003e3. Ophelia\u003cbr\u003e4. Empress’s Clothes\u003cbr\u003e5. Glue\u003cbr\u003e6. Hesitation\u003cbr\u003e7. Sitting Targets\u003cbr\u003e8. Stranger Still\u003cbr\u003e9. Sign\u003cbr\u003e10. What I Did\u003cbr\u003e11. Central Hotel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Fourteen: “The Love Songs”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Just Good Friends\u003cbr\u003e2. My favourite\u003cbr\u003e3.Been Alone So Long\u003cbr\u003e4. Ophelia\u003cbr\u003e5. Again\u003cbr\u003e6. If I Could\u003cbr\u003e7. Vision\u003cbr\u003e8. Don’t Tell Me\u003cbr\u003e9. The Birds\u003cbr\u003e10. (This Side of) The Looking Glass\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonus track:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Just Good Friends (instrumental)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB-side of single – Released as Charisma CB 414 in May 1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Fifteen: “Skin”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Skin\u003cbr\u003e2. After the Show\u003cbr\u003e3. Painting By Numbers\u003cbr\u003e4. Shell\u003cbr\u003e5. All Said and Done\u003cbr\u003e6. A Perfect Date\u003cbr\u003e7. Four Pails\u003cbr\u003e8. Now Lover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonus track:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. You Hit Me Where I Live\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Sixteen: “And Close as This”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Too Many of My Yesterdays\u003cbr\u003e2. Faith\u003cbr\u003e3. Empire of Delight\u003cbr\u003e4. Silver\u003cbr\u003e5. Beside the One You Love\u003cbr\u003e6. Other Old Cliches\u003cbr\u003e7. Confidence\u003cbr\u003e8. Sleep Now\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Seventeen: “The Future Now” (Stephen W Tayler stereo remix)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Pushing Thirty\u003cbr\u003e2. The Second Hand    \u003cbr\u003e3. Trappings        \u003cbr\u003e4. The Mousetrap (Caught In)\u003cbr\u003e5. Energy Vampires    \u003cbr\u003e6. If I Could    \u003cbr\u003e7. The Future Now\u003cbr\u003e8. Still in the Dark\u003cbr\u003e9. Mediaeval    \u003cbr\u003e10. A Motor-Bike in Africa    \u003cbr\u003e11. The Cut\u003cbr\u003e12. Palinurus (Castaway)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Eighteen: “pH7” (Stephen W Tayler stereo remix)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. My Favourite\u003cbr\u003e2. Careering\u003cbr\u003e3. Porton Down\u003cbr\u003e4. Mirror Images\u003cbr\u003e5. Handicap and Equality\u003cbr\u003e6. Not for Keith\u003cbr\u003e7. The Old School Tie\u003cbr\u003e8. Time for a Change\u003cbr\u003e9. Imperial Walls\u003cbr\u003e10. Mr X (Gets Tense)\u003cbr\u003e11. Faculty X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisc Nineteen – Blu ray “The Future Now” (Stephen W Tayler High resolution 5.1 Surround Sound mix \/ new stereo remix)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Pushing Thirty\u003cbr\u003e2. The Second Hand    \u003cbr\u003e3. Trappings        \u003cbr\u003e4. The Mousetrap\u003cbr\u003e5. Energy Vampires    \u003cbr\u003e6. If I Could    \u003cbr\u003e7. The Future Now\u003cbr\u003e8. Still in the Dark\u003cbr\u003e9. Mediaeval    \u003cbr\u003e10. A Motor-Bike in Afrika    \u003cbr\u003e11. The Cut\u003cbr\u003e12. Palinurus (Castaway)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“pH7” (Stephen W Tayler High resolution 5.1 Surround Sound mix \/ new stereo remix)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. My Favourite\u003cbr\u003e2. Careering\u003cbr\u003e3. Porton Down\u003cbr\u003e4. Mirror Images\u003cbr\u003e5. Handicap and Equality\u003cbr\u003e6. Not for Keith\u003cbr\u003e7. The Old School Tie\u003cbr\u003e8. Time for a Change\u003cbr\u003e9. Imperial Walls\u003cbr\u003e10. Mr X (Gets Tense)\u003cbr\u003e11. 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