VDGG Sat. 05/11/05 Leverkusen

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   Unfortunately I missed VDGG last summer in Paris. So I was quite happy to see a  Broadcast of the VDGG concert, given saturday 05/11/05 during the 'Leverkusener Jazz Tage', in the German TV programm 'Rockpalast'. The concert Broadcast was a 60 minute programm with excerpts from the concert and two short snippets of an interview, that Peter Hammill gave after the show. Track List: -Darkness/ Sleepwalkers/ Every Bloody Emperor/ Man Erg/ Killer/ Lemmings.
Judging from the excerpts it seemed to be a fantastic concert, apparently with a majority of older tracks.The  interplay of the four was great, and  all of them never played better IMO. The only one who looked a little tired in the close-ups was David Jackson, but then playing Alto and Tenor sax together must be tiring anyway. Peter Hammill played guitar only on 'lemmings', amid the chosen tracks and on the others a Yamaha DX7,with an  e-piano sound. Hugh Banton played a Hammond B-3 and a Roland Keyboard, set to an organ setting. The overall sound was 'very classic', no newer keyboard textures and that's fine for me! My favourite tracks were 'Sleepwalkers' and 'Man Erg'. I hope only that VDGG does another European tour this year.

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Alucard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 10 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 3888	Topic: VDGG Sat. 05/11/05 Leverkusen Posted: January 17 2006 at 10:39
	Unfortunately I missed VDGG last summer in Paris. So I was quite happy to see a Broadcast of the VDGG concert, given saturday 05/11/05 during the 'Leverkusener Jazz Tage', in the German TV programm 'Rockpalast'. The concert Broadcast was a 60 minute programm with excerpts from the concert and two short snippets of an interview, that Peter Hammill gave after the show. Track List: -Darkness/ Sleepwalkers/ Every Bloody Emperor/ Man Erg/ Killer/ Lemmings. Judging from the excerpts it seemed to be a fantastic concert, apparently with a majority of older tracks.The interplay of the four was great, and all of them never played better IMO. The only one who looked a little tired in the close-ups was David Jackson, but then playing Alto and Tenor sax together must be tiring anyway. Peter Hammill played guitar only on 'lemmings', amid the chosen tracks and on the others a Yamaha DX7,with an e-piano sound. Hugh Banton played a Hammond B-3 and a Roland Keyboard, set to an organ setting. The overall sound was 'very classic', no newer keyboard textures and that's fine for me! My favourite tracks were 'Sleepwalkers' and 'Man Erg'. I hope only that VDGG does another European tour this year.
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sigod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779	Posted: January 18 2006 at 09:11
	Thanks for the review alucard.
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