VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-Aerosol Grey Machine(LTD)

This deluxe set celebrates the 50th anniversary of the very first VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR release and features the re-mastered album, an additional CD of rare & previously unreleased tracks including two previously unreleased demos from 1967, the complete BBC Radio Top Gear session from 1968 (including the “lost” previously unreleased version of ‘Octopus’) & the single tracks ‘People You Were Going To’ and ‘Firebrand’, a facsimile 180 gram vinyl LP of “The Aerosol Grey Machine” (cut at Abbey Road Studios) housed in the impossibly rare unreleased British gatefold sleeve design, a 7-inch single of the very rare withdrawn release ‘People You Were Going To’ b/w ‘Firebrand’, a lavish book with many previously unseen photos and cuttings and an essay by Sid Smith featuring an exclusive interview with Peter Hammill and a replica 1968 poster designed by Peter Hammill.

• - 1 -
  • 1. Afterwards
  • 2. Orthenthian Street
  • 3. Running Back
  • 4. Into a Game
  • 5. Aerosol Grey Machine
  • 6. Black Smoke Yen
  • 7. Aquarian
  • 8. Necromancer
  • 9. Octopus
• - 2 -
  • 1. Afterwards
  • 2. Orthentian Street (Parts 1 & 2)
  • 3. Running Back
  • 4. Into a Game
  • 5. Ferret and Featherbird
  • 6. Aerosol Grey Machine
  • 7. Black Smoke Yen
  • 8. Aquarian
  • 9. Giant Squid
  • 10. Octopus
  • 11. Necromancer
• - 3 -
  • 1. Sunshine (1967 Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
  • 2. Firebrand (1967 Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
  • 3. People You Were Going To (Bbc Session - November 1968)
  • 4. Afterwards (Bbc Session - November 1968)
  • 5. Necromancer (Bbc Session - November 1968)
  • 6. Octopus (Bbc Session - November 1968)
  • 7. People You Were Going To (Single Version)
  • 8. Firebrand (Single Version)
• - 4 -
  • 1. People You Were Going To
  • 2. Firebrand