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.
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Crowborough 1971, Ross-on-Wye 1972, Rockfield 1973/1974 and Norton Canon 1975 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 45:18 | |||
| Label | Sofa Sound (original cassette release SS3) | |||
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The album contains outtakes and rehearsals from the period 1972-1975, when the band was on hiatus. The recordings "are not studio-quality recordings", according to Peter Hammill.[2] It contains previously unreleased songs taken from rehearsals by the reformed band in 1975, plus a few live numbers from mid-1972, originally intended for a projected album in late 1972.
"Coil Night" features Peter Hammill on bass guitar and David Jackson on piano. The title track "Time Vaults" is a collage consisting of several unreleased pieces mixed with studio chatter. 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 the instrumental middle passages 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 edit
- "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 Red" (on some pressings incorrectly called "It All Went Up") (Hammill) – 4:07
- "Faint and Forsaken" (Hammill) – 2:45
- "Black Room" (Hammill) – 8:52
Personnel edit
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, piano, bass
- David Jackson – saxophone, piano
- Hugh Banton – organ, bass
- Guy Evans – drums
References edit
- ^ 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.