Repeat Performance (album)

Repeat Performance were a series of budget compilation albums issued by Charisma Records in 1980. The first of the series was a various artists compilation, subsequent albums showcased an artist on the label. BG004, claimed to be a compilation of Genesis,[1] was unissued.

Various artists edit

Repeat Performance
 
Compilation album by
Various Artists
ReleasedSeptember 1980
GenreHard rock
LabelCharisma Records - BG001
Side 1
  1. Van der Graaf Generator - "Theme One"
  2. Lindisfarne - "Lady Eleanor"
  3. Rare Bird - "Sympathy"
  4. Clifford T. Ward - "Gaye"
  5. String Driven Thing - "It's a Game"
  6. Capability Brown - "Liar"
  7. The Nice - "America"
Side 2
  1. Genesis - "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"
  2. Gary Shearston - "I Get a Kick Out of You"
  3. Chris White - "Spanish Wine"
  4. Peter Gabriel - "Solsbury Hill"
  5. Link Wray - "It's All Over Now"
  6. Steve Hackett - "Every Day"
  7. Bill Lovelady - "Reggae for It Now"

Hawkwind edit

Repeat Performance
 
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 1980
Recorded1976 – 1979
GenreHard rock
LabelCharisma Records - BG002
Hawkwind chronology
Masters of the Universe
(1977)
Repeat Performance
(1980)
Angels of Death (Hawkwind album)
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [2]


Repeat Performance is the third compilation album of the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1980 covering their contract period with Charisma Records from 1976 through to 1979. It succeeds the two previous United Artists Records compilation albums Roadhawks and Masters of the Universe which covered the periods 1970 to 1975.

The album draws from Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (1976), Quark, Strangeness and Charm (1977), 25 Years On (1978) and PXR5 (1979). Also included is the single only release "Back on the Streets", subsequently included on the CD remaster of Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, and the single edits of "25 Years" and "Psi Power".

Side 1
  1. "Kerb Crawler" (Robert Calvert, Dave Brock) 3:45 – from Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
  2. "Back on the Streets" (Calvert, Paul Rudolph) 2:58 – single A-side
  3. "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" (Calvert, Brock) 3:06 – from Quark, Strangeness and Charm
  4. "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert, Brock) 8:02 – from Quark, Strangeness and Charm
  5. "Steppenwolf" (Calvert, Brock) 9:46 – from Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
Side 2
  1. "25 Years" (Brock) 3:29 – from 25 Years On
  2. "Psi Power" (Calvert, Brock) 4:23 – from 25 Years On
  3. "The Only Ones" (Calvert, Brock) 4:23 – from 25 Years On
  4. "High Rise" (Calvert, Simon House) 4:40 – from PXR5
  5. "Uncle Sam's on Mars" (Calvert, Brock, House, Simon King) 5:42 – from PXR5

Van der Graaf Generator edit

Repeat Performance
 
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 1980
Recorded1969 - 1972
GenreProgressive rock
LabelCharisma Records - BG003
Van der Graaf Generator chronology
68–71
(1972)
Repeat Performance
(1980)
Time Vaults
(1982)

Repeat Performance is the second compilation album of the English progressive rock group Van der Graaf Generator, released in 1980, covering their first incarnation under contract with Charisma Records from 1969 through to 1972.[3]

It draws from the albums The Aerosol Grey Machine (1969), The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (1970) and H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) and Pawn Hearts (1971). Also included are the single only B-sides "Boat of Millions of Years" and "W", and a single version of "Refugees". This single version was a different recording than that on The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other, and was released on a 7" and a 10" single in 2 different mixes. The one featured here is the rare 10" mix, which was released on CD so far only on the compilation I Prophesy Disaster (1993).

All tracks written by Peter Hammill
Side 1
  1. "Afterwards" – from The Aerosol Grey Machine
  2. "Refugees" – 10" single version
  3. "Boat of Millions of Years" – b-side to "Refugees" single (1970)
  4. "W" – b-side to "Theme One" single (1972)
  5. "White Hammer" – from The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
Side 2
  1. "Necromancer" – from The Aerosol Grey Machine
  2. "The Emperor In His War Room" – from H to He, Who Am the Only One
    • "The Emperor"
    • "The Room"
  3. "Man-Erg" – from Pawn Hearts

The cassette issue in the UK contains an otherwise unreleased bonus track titled


     4. "The Clot Thickens" which is a section of "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" on Pawn Hearts, but goes on here a few seconds longer.[4]

Lindisfarne edit

Repeat Performance
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 1981
Recorded1970 – 1973
GenreHard rock
LabelCharisma Records - BG005
Lindisfarne chronology
Finest Hour
(1975)
Repeat Performance
(1981)
The Best Of Lindisfarne
(1986)

Repeat Performance is the second compilation album of the English folk rock group Lindisfarne, released in 1981 covering their contract period with Charisma Records from 1970 through to 1973.

It draws from the albums Nicely Out of Tune (1970), Fog on the Tyne (1971), Dingly Dell (1972) and Roll On, Ruby (1973), as well as non-album single B-sides

Side 1
  1. "Clear White Light Part Two" (Alan Hull) – Nicely Out of Tune
  2. "Knackers Yard Blues" (Rod Clements) – B-side of "Clear White Light Part Two"
  3. "Lady Eleanor" (Hull) – Nicely Out of Tune
  4. "Nothing but the marvellous is beautiful" (Hull) – B-side to "Lady Eleanor"
  5. "Meet me on the corner" (Clements) – Fog on the Tyne
  6. "Scotch Mist" (trad. arr. Lindisfarne) – B-side of "Meet Me on the Corner"
  7. "No time to lose" (Hull) 1973 – B-side of "Meet Me on the Corner"
Side 2
  1. "All fall down" (Hull) – Dingly Dell
  2. "We can swing together" [Live] (Hull) – Nicely Out of Tune
  3. "Court in the act" (Hull) – Dingly Dell
  4. "Don't ask me" (Clements) – Dingly Dell
  5. "Taking care of business" (Hull) – Roll On, Ruby
  6. "North Country Boy" (Tom Duffy) – Roll On, Ruby
  7. "Fog on the Tyne" (Hull) – Fog on the Tyne
  8. "Mandolin King" (Hull) – Dingly Dell

References edit

  1. ^ "The Famous Charisma Label". Charismalabel.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ "Van Der Graaf Generator – Repeat Performance". Retrieved 30 December 2021 – via www.discogs.com.
  4. ^ "Van Der Graaf Generator – Repeat Performance (1980, Cassette)". Retrieved 30 December 2021 – via www.discogs.com.