 A limited 50th Anniversary box set edition of Van Der Graaf Generator’s 1969 debut
Format: CD / Cat No: ECLEC42661 / Released: 26/04/2019
Track Listing: DISC ONE: CD - THE AEROSOL GREY MACHINE (REMASTERED): 1. AFTERWARDS / 2. ORTHENTIAN STREET (PARTS 1 & 2) / 3. RUNNING BACK / 4. INTO A GAME / 5. FERRET AND FEATHERBIRD / 6. AEROSOL GREY MACHINE / 7. BLACK SMOKE YEN / 8. AQUARIAN / 9. GIANT SQUID / 10. OCTOPUS / 11. NECROMANCER
DISC TWO: CD: 1. SUNSHINE (1967 DEMO) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) / 2. FIREBRAND (1967 DEMO)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) / 3. PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO (BBC SESSION – NOVEMBER 1968) / 4. AFTERWARDS (BBC SESSION – NOVEMBER 1968) / 5. NECROMANCER (BBC SESSION – NOVEMBER 1968) / 6. OCTOPUS (BBC SESSION – NOVEMBER 1968) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) / 7. PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO (SINGLE VERSION) / 8. FIREBRAND (SINGLE VERSION)
DISC THREE: LP - THE AEROSOL GREY MACHINE - 180G GATEFOLD LP (UNISSUED UK SLEEVE): SIDE ONE: 1. AFTERWARDS / 2. ORTHENTHIAN STREET / 3. RUNNING BACK / 4. INTO A GAME / SIDE TWO: 1. AEROSOL GREY MACHINE / 2. BLACK SMOKE YEN / 3. AQUARIAN / 4. NECROMANCER / 5. OCTOPUS
DISC FOUR: 7” - A - PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO / B - FIREBRAND
More information: A limited 50th Anniversary box set edition of Van Der Graaf Generator’s 1969 debut The Aerosol Grey Machine.
Contents:
- Re-mastered album on CD.
- An additional CD of rare and previously unreleased tracks featuring demos from 1967, a complete BBC Radio Top Gear session from 1968 (including the “lost” version of Octopus) and the single tracks People You Were Going To and Firebrand
- A facsimile 180g vinyl edition cut at Abbey Road Studios and housed in the unreleased British gatefold sleeve design.
- A 7" single of the withdrawn release People You Were Going To b/w Firebrand.
- A lavish book with many previously unseen photos and cuttings, plus an essay by Sid Smith featuring an exclusive interview with Peter Hammill.
- A replica 1968 poster designed by Peter Hammill.
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