FIRST GENERATION (SCENES FROM 1969-1971)

This was my first introduction to Van Der Graaf Generator. After beeing fan of King Crimson, Zappa and Änglagård for a while, I went out to explore new bands. I had heard talk of Van Der Graaf, but never heard any of their music. As a poor student I could not afford buing a cd with them, as I didn't know if I'd like it or not.

Then this album showed up in the bargain-bin at my local cd-store. This, my fellow progers, was at niceprice at 1/4 of the cost of the other Van Der Graaf records. I bought it, and loved it. This record is a sort of best of from the 3 first albums, H to he, Wave to eachother and Pawn hearts. And if you ask me, it's among the best "best of"-albums ever. It includes the entire pawn hearts ecsept for lemmings, and imo some of the greatest songs from H to He and Wave. All in all, this is a great introduction to the music of VDGG, and is worth getting if you are curious on their music. It includes all aspects of the first VDGG period, and some of the best songs they ever made. As just a record I'll give this 3 stars, but as an introduction to VDGG for new listeners it deserves 5 stars, both for the selection of songs and the price. A plague... is worth the money alone.

Good, but non-essential to anyone who allready knows VDGG Essential to anyone new to prog or VDGG