Contains 2 CDs, an LP and a 45!

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Road Studios) housed in the impossibly rare unreleased British gatefold sleeve design, a 7-inch single of the very rare withdrawn release 'People You Were Going To' b/w 'Firebrand', a lavish book with many previously unseen photos and cuttings and an essay by Sid Smith featuring an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.

Track Listing

• Afterwards
• Orthentian Street (Parts 1 & 2)
• Running Back
• Into A Game
• Ferret And Featherbird
• Aerosol Grey Machine
• Black Smoke Yen
• Aquarian
• Giant Squid
• Octopus
• Necromancer

• Sunshine (1967 Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
• Firebrand (1967 Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
• People You Were Going To (BBC Session - November 1968)
• Afterwards (BBC Session - November 1968)
• Necromancer (BBC Session - November 1968)
• Octopus (BBC Session - November 1968)
• People You Were Going To (Single Version)
• Firebrand (Single Version)

• Afterwards
• Orthenthian Street
• Running Back
• Into A Game
• Aerosol Grey Machine
• Black Smoke Yen
• Aquarian
• Necromancer
• Octopus

• People You Were Going To
• Firebrand

Additional Details

Label: Esoteric

Genre: Progressive Rock

Run Time: 120 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/26/19

UPC: 5013929476141