This deluxe set celebrates the 50th anniversary of the very first VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR release and features the re-mastered album, an additional CD of rare & previously unreleased tracks including two previously unreleased demos from 1967, the complete BBC Radio Top Gear session from 1968 (including the “lost” previously unreleased version of ‘Octopus’) & the single tracks ‘People You Were Going To’ and ‘Firebrand’, a facsimile 180 gram vinyl LP of “The Aerosol Grey Machine” (cut at Abbey Road Studios) housed in the impossibly rare unreleased British gatefold sleeve design, a 7-inch single of the very rare withdrawn release ‘People You Were Going To’ b/w ‘Firebrand’, a lavish book with many previously unseen photos and cuttings and an essay by Sid Smith featuring an exclusive interview with Peter Hammill and a replica 1968 poster designed by Peter Hammill.
- 1 -
1. Afterwards
2. Orthenthian Street
3. Running Back
4. Into a Game
5. Aerosol Grey Machine
6. Black Smoke Yen
7. Aquarian
8. Necromancer
9. Octopus
- 2 -
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
- 3 -
1. Sunshine (1967 Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
2. Firebrand (1967 Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
3. People You Were Going To (Bbc Session - November 1968)