Van Der Graaf Generator - Vital (1978) {2013, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered} Repost

Posted By: popsakov
Date: Sept. 6, 2025

Van Der Graaf Generator - Vital (1978) {2013, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 562 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 208 Mb
Full Scans ~ 337 Mb | 00:45:09 + 00:41:09 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Progressive Rock | Virgin / Charisma / Universal Music #TYCP-80016/7

Vital: Van der Graaf Live is the first live album by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was recorded 16 January 1978 at the Marquee Club in London and was released in July, one month after the band's 1978 break-up. The album (on vinyl and, later, on CD) was credited under the abbreviated name Van der Graaf, like the previous year's The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (1977), and featured the same line-up plus newcomer cellist/keyboardist Charles Dickie, who had officially joined the band in August 1977, and original saxophonist and flautist David Jackson, who re-joined the band for this recording. The album is noted for its sometimes radical reworking of the older material. Although Van der Graaf Generator were seldom less than intense on stage, the 1977 and 1978 tours were remarkable for their ferocity. The absence of Hugh Banton, whose organ work was a hallmark of the group's sound before his departure in 1976, as well as frontman Peter Hammill's increased duties as a rhythm guitarist, account for much of this.

Originally released as a double LP, this eight-song live album makes a perfect 75-minute CD. The lineup (uncredited) was Peter Hammill on vocals, guitars, and keyboards; Nic Potter on bass; Dave Jackson on saxes and keyboards; Guy Evans on drums; and Graham Smith on violin, keyboards, and vocals. The recording quality is surprisingly good, with a close, intimate sound, which is the only way one could properly capture this band live and not have the results come out like a bunch of noise. As a title, "Vital" also accurately describes the disc, for the group presents the raw, up-close, in-your-face approach that made Van Der Graaf Generator favorites of the punk bands despite the group's prog rock origins – between Hammill's loud, raspy vocals and his crunchy overamplified guitar, "Still Life," "Door," and "Pioneers Over C" all sound almost like punk band performances, and the medley of "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers/The Sleepwalkers" isn't much different despite the presence of a violin in there.

~ Bruce Eder, All Music
Discogs

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Track List CD1:

01. Ship Of Fools [6:45]
02. Still Life [9:45]
03. Last Frame [9:06]
04. Mirror Images [5:52]
05. Medley: A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalkers [13:44]

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 2. February 2014, 20:06

Van Der Graaf / Vital SHM-CD 1

Used drive : PLEXTOR BD-R PX-B950SA Adapter: 6 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo


TOC of the extracted CD

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5 | 31:25.59 | 13:43.16 | 141434 | 203174


Range status and errors

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Peak level 97.1 %
Extraction speed 6.9 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6EFD7443
Copy CRC 6EFD7443
Copy OK

No errors occurred


AccurateRip summary

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Track List CD2:

01. Pioneers Over C [17:09]
02. Sci-Finance [6:14]
03. Door [5:30]
04. Urban / Killer / Urban [8:19]
05. Nadir's Big Chance [4:00]

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 2. February 2014, 19:34

Van Der Graaf / Vital SHM-CD 2

Used drive : PLEXTOR BD-R PX-B950SA Adapter: 6 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo


TOC of the extracted CD

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4 | 28:51.11 | 8:18.48 | 129836 | 167233
5 | 37:09.59 | 3:59.12 | 167234 | 185170


Range status and errors

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Filename C:\Users\Meijin\Desktop\ALLexxess\Van Der Graaf\1978 Vital (2 Mini LP SHM-CD Virgin Japan 2013)\CD2\Van Der Graaf - Vital SHM-CD 2.wav

Peak level 99.9 %
Extraction speed 6.7 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC E4D3B657
Copy CRC E4D3B657
Copy OK

No errors occurred


AccurateRip summary

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