Maida Vale (album)

Maida Vale
Live album by Van der Graaf Generator
Released	June 1994
Recorded	1971, 1975 and 1976
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	71:09
Label	Band of Joy Records
Producer	John Muir (tracks 1 and 2) and Tony Wilson (rest)
Van der Graaf Generator chronology
Time Vaults (1982) Maida Vale (1994) Present (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Maida Vale is an album by Van der Graaf Generator, recorded live-in-the-studio at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios. It contains eight songs from four different recordings from BBC sessions in 1971, 1975 and 1976. It was released in June 1994 on Band of Joy Records.

Track listing

1. "Darkness" - 7:17 (Sounds of the Seventies, 10 June 1971)
2. "Man-Erg" - 11:00 (same)
3. "Scorched Earth" - 9:40 (John Peel Show, 3 July 1975)
4. "Sleepwalkers" - 8:58 (same)
5. "Still Life" - 7:20 (John Peel Show, 1 April 1976)
6. "La Rossa" - 10:00 (same)
7. "When She Comes" - 8:08 (John Peel Show, 11 Nov 1976)
8. "Masks" - 7:22 (same)

Personnel

• Peter Hammill – vox, piano, guitar and moods^[2]
• Hugh Banton - organ, bass pedals and design
• Guy Evans - drums and tiptoe
• David Jackson – saxes, flute and his own devices

References

1. ^ Prato, Greg (2011 [last update]). "Maida Vale: The Radio One Sessions - Van der Graaf Generator | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/maida-vale-the-radio-one-sessions-r221361. Retrieved 3 July 2011. 
2. ^ The instruments played are taken from the album notes by Peter Hammill in the booklet of Maida Vale, cd (1994), Band of Joy Records.

External links

Page about Maida Vale at the progarchives.com