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We wanted the album to be released early 1974, so stuff from "Nadir's Big Chance" was out. We liked the idea of "A Louse is not a Home" being the closer though, so we swapped sides and also swapped tracks on the new side 2. So the track listing is now:

Side 1:
1) Red Shift 8:11
2) Rock and Role 6:41
3) Forsaken Gardens 6:15

Side 2:
1) (In the) Black Room / The Tower 10:56
2) A Louse is not a Home 12:13


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Well done. I like the cover but I would have started with Red Shift instead of Louse and add at least one song from Nadir.

Red Shift
Nobody's Business
Black Room

Forsaken
Rock and Role
Louse
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

As already mentioned before Jean and I created the lost Van der Graaf Generator album between "Pawn Hearts" and "Godbluff" by combining the five tracks from the Peter Hammill solo albums "Chameleon In the Shadow of the Night" and "The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage" on which all four band members play. We called the album "The Silent Corner In the Shadow of the Night". The track list for the vinyl would have been:

Side 1:
1) A Louse is not a Home
2) (In the) Black Room / The Tower

Side 2:
1) Red Shift
2) Rock and Role
3) Forsaken Gardens

We finally created a cover for it. Here it is:


The silent corner is of course the left one where there is no rustling of the leaves of the trees in the wind. What is your opinion on our lost VdGG album, both music and cover?

Did you send a copy to Peter Hammill yet?Wink
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As already mentioned before Jean and I created the lost Van der Graaf Generator album between "Pawn Hearts" and "Godbluff" by combining the five tracks from the Peter Hammill solo albums "Chameleon In the Shadow of the Night" and "The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage" on which all four band members play. We called the album "The Silent Corner In the Shadow of the Night". The track list for the vinyl would have been:

Side 1:
1) A Louse is not a Home 12:13
2) (In the) Black Room / The Tower 10:56

Side 2:
1) Red Shift 8:11
2) Rock and Role 6:41
3) Forsaken Gardens 6:15

We finally created a cover for it. Here it is:


The silent corner is of course the left one where there is no rustling of the leaves of the trees in the wind. We like how the stars somehow spotlight that silent corner. What is your opinion on our lost VdGG album, both music and cover?


Edited by BaldFriede - October 17 2019 at 17:33


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