V.D.G.G. Van Der Graaf Generator/UK 2007

The Cambridge performance on April 8, 2007, the first in about two years since the 2005 reunion tour, is recorded uncut using the original master in a superb audience recording with a wonderful, edgy, three-dimensional feel. As they are called “The Power Trio” on this tour (David Jackson has left the band), the set list is filled with aggressive songs, and the arrangements are wild, with the guitar at the forefront. The ensemble of Meurglys III is particularly excellent, and the three of them play with such dignity that it seems as if they have been doing this arrangement for a long time. It is also nice to hear the new songs Lifetime and All That Before, which were first performed on this tour. An ultra-performance with overwhelming heat from the new heavy and dark VDGG! Disc 1/ 1. Introduction 2. Lemmings 3. Lifetime 4. La Rossa 5. Undercover Man 6. Scorched Earth 7. Every Bloody Emperor Disc 2/ 1. All That Before 2. Meurglys III 3. The Sleepwalkers 4. Man-Erg5. Nutter Alert Peter Hammill – Guitar, Keyboards & Vocal Hugh Banton – Keyboards Guy Evans – Drums (Live at The Junction, Cambridge, UK 8th April 2007)