Van Der Graaf Generator

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	68-71 Used - LP - CS 2 Beautiful 1972 UK Pink Label Original. Appears Unplayed. more
	Godbluff Used - LP - CAS 1109 Beautiful 1975 UK Blue Label Original, Custom Card Inner Sleeve. Appears Unplayed. more
	Godbluff Used - LP - CAS 1109 Beautiful 1975 UK Mad Hatter Label Pressing With Custom Inner Sleeve. more
	Godbluff Used - LP - 6369 965 Beautiful 1975 New Zealand Pressing Housed In A Laminated Cover. more
	Godbluff Used - LP - RJ-7091 1976 Japanese First Pressing With Obi And Two Sided Insert. LP Appears New, Unplayed. “Following The Release Of Pawn Hearts, Bandleader Peter Hammill Took Time Out To Develop A Solo Career, Choosing To Focus His Energy On Darkly Introspective Works That Seemed To Be Intended To Examine The Personal Consequences Of His Life. When It Came Time For Reuniting The Members Of Van Der Graaf, This Change In Direction Had Its Effect On The Band's Post-1975 Music. While The Musical Structures Continued To Be Complex And Dense, There Seemed To Be Far Less Accent On The Demonstration Of Musical Skill Than Had Formerly Been The Case. Indeed, The Album Opened With Daring Quietness, With David Jackson's Flute Echoing Across The Stereo Space, Joined By Hammill's Voice As He Whispered The Opening Lines. There Was Sturm Und Drang To Come, But The Music Had Been Opened Up And The Lyrics Had Developed More Focus, Often Abandoning Metaphor In Favor Of Statement. Godbluff Was A Bravura Comeback -- Only Four Cuts, But All Were Classics.” Steven McDonald, AMG. more
	H To He Who Am The Only One Used - LP - DS 50097 1970 White Label Promo Housed In A Gatefold Jacket With Embossed Promo Stamp In Top Right Corner. Small Bottom Center Seam Split. “The Foreboding Crawl Of The Hammond Organ Is What Made Van Der Graaf Generator One Of The Darkest And Most Engrossing Of All The Early Progressive Bands. On H To He Who Am The Only One, The Brooding Tones Of Synthesizer And Oscillator Along With Peter Hammil's Distinct And Overly Ominous Voice Make It One Of This British Band's Best Efforts. Kicking Off With The Prog Classic "Killer," An Eight Minute Synthesized Feast Of Menacing Tones And Threatening Lyrics, The Album Slowly Becomes Shadowed With Van Der Graaf's Sinister Instrumental Moodiness. With Superb Percussion Work Via Guy Evans, Who Utilizes The Tympani Drum To Its Full Extent, Tracks Like "The Emperor In His War-Room" And "Lost" Are Embraced With A Blackened Texture That Never Fades. The Effective Use Of Saxophone (Both Alto And Tenor) And Baritone From David Jackson Gives The Somberness Some Life Without Taking Away Any Of The Instrumental Petulance. H To He Is Carpeted With A Science Fiction Theme, Bolstered By The Bleak But Extremely Compelling Use Of Heavy Tones And The Absence Of Rhythms And Flighty Pulsations. This Album, Which Represents Van Der Graaf In Their Most Illustrious Stage, Is A Pristine Example Of How Dark Progressive Rock Should Sound.” Mike DeGagne, AMG. more
	H To He Who Am The Only One Used - LP - 6269 907 Beautiful German Laminated Gatefold (Original UK Pink Charisma Pressings Of Which Sell In The $300 Range). “The Foreboding Crawl Of The Hammond Organ Is What Made Van Der Graaf Generator One Of The Darkest And Most Engrossing Of All The Early Progressive Bands. On H To He Who Am The Only One, The Brooding Tones Of Synthesizer And Oscillator Along With Peter Hammil's Distinct And Overly Ominous Voice Make It One Of This British Band's Best Efforts. Kicking Off With The Prog Classic "Killer," An Eight Minute Synthesized Feast Of Menacing Tones And Threatening Lyrics, The Album Slowly Becomes Shadowed With Van Der Graaf's Sinister Instrumental Moodiness. With Superb Percussion Work Via Guy Evans, Who Utilizes The Tympani Drum To Its Full Extent, Tracks Like "The Emperor In His War-Room" And "Lost" Are Embraced With A Blackened Texture That Never Fades. The Effective Use Of Saxophone (Both Alto And Tenor) And Baritone From David Jackson Gives The Somberness Some Life Without Taking Away Any Of The Instrumental Petulance. H To He Is Carpeted With A Science Fiction Theme, Bolstered By The Bleak But Extremely Compelling Use Of Heavy Tones And The Absence Of Rhythms And Flighty Pulsations. This Album, Which Represents Van Der Graaf In Their Most Illustrious Stage, Is A Pristine Example Of How Dark Progressive Rock Should Sound.” Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide. more
	H To He Who Am The Only One Used - LP - CAS 1027 Beautiful UK Mad Hatter Label Gatefold 2nd Issue (Original UK Pink Charisma Pressings Of Which Sell In The $300 Range). “The Foreboding Crawl Of The Hammond Organ Is What Made Van Der Graaf Generator One Of The Darkest And Most Engrossing Of All The Early Progressive Bands. On H To He Who Am The Only One, The Brooding Tones Of Synthesizer And Oscillator Along With Peter Hammil's Distinct And Overly Ominous Voice Make It One Of This British Band's Best Efforts. Kicking Off With The Prog Classic "Killer," An Eight Minute Synthesized Feast Of Menacing Tones And Threatening Lyrics, The Album Slowly Becomes Shadowed With Van Der Graaf's Sinister Instrumental Moodiness. With Superb Percussion Work Via Guy Evans, Who Utilizes The Tympani Drum To Its Full Extent, Tracks Like "The Emperor In His War-Room" And "Lost" Are Embraced With A Blackened Texture That Never Fades. The Effective Use Of Saxophone (Both Alto And Tenor) And Baritone From David Jackson Gives The Somberness Some Life Without Taking Away Any Of The Instrumental Petulance. H To He Is Carpeted With A Science Fiction Theme, Bolstered By The Bleak But Extremely Compelling Use Of Heavy Tones And The Absence Of Rhythms And Flighty Pulsations. This Album, Which Represents Van Der Graaf In Their Most Illustrious Stage, Is A Pristine Example Of How Dark Progressive Rock Should Sound.” Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide. more
	H To He Who Am The Only One Used - LP - DS 50097 Beautiful 1970 Original Housed In A Gatefold Jacket. Signed In Pen On The Front Cover By Peter Hammill. Appears Unplayed. Small Cut Out Hole. “The Foreboding Crawl Of The Hammond Organ Is What Made Van Der Graaf Generator One Of The Darkest And Most Engrossing Of All The Early Progressive Bands. On H To He Who Am The Only One, The Brooding Tones Of Synthesizer And Oscillator Along With Peter Hammil's Distinct And Overly Ominous Voice Make It One Of This British Band's Best Efforts. Kicking Off With The Prog Classic "Killer," An Eight Minute Synthesized Feast Of Menacing Tones And Threatening Lyrics, The Album Slowly Becomes Shadowed With Van Der Graaf's Sinister Instrumental Moodiness. With Superb Percussion Work Via Guy Evans, Who Utilizes The Tympani Drum To Its Full Extent, Tracks Like "The Emperor In His War-Room" And "Lost" Are Embraced With A Blackened Texture That Never Fades. The Effective Use Of Saxophone (Both Alto And Tenor) And Baritone From David Jackson Gives The Somberness Some Life Without Taking Away Any Of The Instrumental Petulance. H To He Is Carpeted With A Science Fiction Theme, Bolstered By The Bleak But Extremely Compelling Use Of Heavy Tones And The Absence Of Rhythms And Flighty Pulsations. This Album, Which Represents Van Der Graaf In Their Most Illustrious Stage, Is A Pristine Example Of How Dark Progressive Rock Should Sound.” Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide. more
	H To He Who Am The Only One New - LP - DS 50097 Sealed 1970 White Label Promo Housed In A Gatefold Jacket. Embossed Promo Stamp On Cover. “The Foreboding Crawl Of The Hammond Organ Is What Made Van Der Graaf Generator One Of The Darkest And Most Engrossing Of All The Early Progressive Bands. On H To He Who Am The Only One, The Brooding Tones Of Synthesizer And Oscillator Along With Peter Hammil's Distinct And Overly Ominous Voice Make It One Of This British Band's Best Efforts. Kicking Off With The Prog Classic "Killer," An Eight Minute Synthesized Feast Of Menacing Tones And Threatening Lyrics, The Album Slowly Becomes Shadowed With Van Der Graaf's Sinister Instrumental Moodiness. With Superb Percussion Work Via Guy Evans, Who Utilizes The Tympani Drum To Its Full Extent, Tracks Like "The Emperor In His War-Room" And "Lost" Are Embraced With A Blackened Texture That Never Fades. The Effective Use Of Saxophone (Both Alto And Tenor) And Baritone From David Jackson Gives The Somberness Some Life Without Taking Away Any Of The Instrumental Petulance. H To He Is Carpeted With A Science Fiction Theme, Bolstered By The Bleak But Extremely Compelling Use Of Heavy Tones And The Absence Of Rhythms And Flighty Pulsations. This Album, Which Represents Van Der Graaf In Their Most Illustrious Stage, Is A Pristine Example Of How Dark Progressive Rock Should Sound.” Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide. more
	Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other Used - LP - CAS 1007 Beautiful UK Mad Hatter Label 2nd Issue Gatefold. The Inner Gatefold Is Autograophed In Pen By Peter Hammill (See Scan). Appears Unplayed. more
	N.Y. 78 New - LP - RR 5578 Sealed Live Album Recorded In New York, 1978. more
	Pawn Hearts Used - LP - CAS 1051 Mint UK 2nd Label In Gatefold Cover. more
	Pawn Hearts Used - LP - CAS 1051 Juicy 1971 Pink Charisma Label Original. more
	Pawn Hearts New - LP - CAS 1051 Sealed 1971 Original. Cut Out Hole. more
	Pawn Hearts Used - LP - CAS 1051 1971 US Pink Charisma label original; Monarch pressing. NM- vinyl. Lower VG+ jacket with double hole punch and corner rubs, tiny crease marks. "Van der Graaf Generator's fourth album, Pawn Hearts was also their second most popular; at one time this record was a major King Crimson cult item due to the presence of Robert Fripp on guitar, but Pawn Hearts has more to offer than that. The opening track, "Lemmings," calls to mind early Gentle Giant, with its eerie vocal passages (including harmonies) set up against extended sax, keyboard, and guitar-driven instrumental passages, and also with its weird keyboard and percussion interlude, though this band is also much more contemporary in their focus than Gentle Giant. Peter Hammill vocalizes in a more traditional way on "Man-Erg," against shimmering organ swells and Guy Evans' very expressive drumming, before the song goes off on a tangent by way of David Jackson's saxes and some really weird time signatures -- plus some very pretty acoustic and electric guitar work by Hammill himself and Fripp. The monumental "Plague of Lighthouse Keepers," taking up an entire side of the LP, shows the same kind of innovation that characterized Crimson's first two albums, but without the discipline and restraint needed to make the music manageable. The punning titles of the individual sections of this piece (which may have been done for the same reason that Crimson gave those little subtitles to its early extended tracks, to protect the full royalties for the composer) only add to the confusion. As for the piece itself, it features enough virtuoso posturing by everyone (especially drummer Guy Evans) to fill an Emerson, Lake & Palmer album of the same era, with a little more subtlety and some time wasted between the interludes. The 23-minute conceptual work could easily have been trimmed to, say, 18 or 19 minutes without any major sacrifices, which doesn't mean that what's here is bad, just not as concise as it might've been. But the almost operatic intensity of the singing and the overall performance also carries you past the stretches that don't absolutely need to be here. The band was trying for something midway between King Crimson and Genesis, and came out closer to the former, at least instrumentally. Hammill's vocals are impassioned and involving, almost like an acting performance, similar to Peter Gabriel's singing with Genesis, but the lack of any obviously cohesive ideas in the lyrics makes this more obscure and obtuse than any Genesis release." All Music Guide - Bruce Eder. more
	Repeat Performance New Import - BC 3 Sealed 1980 UK Compilation. more
	Still Life New - LP - SRM-1-1096 Sealed 1976 With Saw Cut Top Left Corner and Ding/Rub. "VDGG's Second Step On The Mid-'70s Comeback Trail Saw Peter Hammill Attempting To Meld The Introspective And The Cosmic Throughout, Though This Did Not Stop Him From Taking A Dead Run At A Grandiose Concept Or Two -- The Consequences Of Immortality On The Title Track, And The Grand Fate Of Humanity On The Epic "Childlike Faith In Childhood's End." The Theme Of Humane Cooperation Informs The Opening "Pilgrims," While "La Rossa" Is An Epic Tale Of Desire Fulfilled (A Story That Would Be Concluded On Hammill's Solo Album, Over). The True Highlight, However, Is The Beautiful, Pensive "My Room (Waiting For Wonderland)," With Its Echoes Of Imagination And Loss. Hammill Did Not Achieve Such A Level Of Painful Beauty Again Until "This Side Of The Looking Glass" On Over. " AMG - Stephen McDonald. more
	Still Life Used - LP - CAS 1116 1976 UK Original. Appears Glossy, Unplayed. Light Bottom Left Corner Wrinkle. “VDGG's Second Step On The Mid-'70s Comeback Trail Saw Peter Hammill Attempting To Meld The Introspective And The Cosmic Throughout, Though This Did Not Stop Him From Taking A Dead Run At A Grandiose Concept Or Two -- The Consequences Of Immortality On The Title Track, And The Grand Fate Of Humanity On The Epic "Childlike Faith In Childhood's End." The Theme Of Humane Cooperation Informs The Opening "Pilgrims," While "La Rossa" Is An Epic Tale Of Desire Fulfilled (A Story That Would Be Concluded On Hammill's Solo Album, Over). The True Highlight, However, Is The Beautiful, Pensive "My Room (Waiting For Wonderland)," With Its Echoes Of Imagination And Loss. Hammill Did Not Achieve Such A Level Of Painful Beauty Again Until "This Side Of The Looking Glass" On Over.” Steven McDonald, AMG. more
	The Aerosol Grey Machine Used - LP - 6430 083 German Pressing, Shrinkwrap Intact. 2nd Issue? more
	The Aerosol Grey Machine Used - LP - 6430 083 1974 German Stereo Pressing. Appears Unplayed. more
	The Aerosol Grey Machine New - LP - SR 61238 Sealed 2012 Stereo Reissue. Seems Identical To The 2009 Reissue. Tiny Ding At Top Of Jacket Mouth Edge. more
	The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other Used - LP - CPLP 4515 Near Mint 1969 Original, VVSRW, Tiny COH. more
	The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome Used - LP - CAS 1131 Stunning 1977 UK Original With Insert Still In Shrink. Rare Misprint Copy With 'Van Der Graff' Printed On Side B Label. “Somehow This Combination Made Sense: A Revised Band (With Nic Potter Returning On Bass And The Addition Of Graham Smith, Formerly Of String Driven Thing, On Violin) With A Shortened Name, And An Album That Was Named Twice, With Different Cover Art For Each Name. What Also Made Sense Was The Focus On Shorter Songs And A Change Of Musical Attitude. While Hammill Could Never Entirely Shake Off His Approach To Songwriting, He Was Able To Modify It Somewhat. Working With The New Band, He Was Able To Generate Considerably More Energy Than On World Record. "Lizard Play" And "Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running)" Are Wonderfully Gymnastic Songwriting Exercises, Yet Remain Engaging By Dint Of Their Forcefulness. Written And Performed At The Top Of Hammill's Game, This Album Is A Delight.” – Steven McDonald, AMG. more
	Vital: Van Der Graaf Live Used - LP - SFX-10067~8 1978 Japanese 2LP Gatefold With Obi. Both LPs Appear Glossy, Unplayed. more