Maida Vale (album)

Maida Vale: The BBC Radio One Sessions is a compilation album by Van der Graaf Generator, containing eight songs from four different recording sessions at Maida Vale Studios for BBC Radio 1 in 1971, 1975 and 1976, three of which were Peel Sessions. It was released in June 1994 on Band of Joy Records.

Maida Vale: The BBC Radio One Sessions
Live album by
Van der Graaf Generator
ReleasedJune 1994
Recorded1971, 1975 and 1976
GenreProgressive rock
Length71:09
LabelBand of Joy Records
ProducerJohn Muir (tracks 1 and 2) and Tony Wilson (rest)
Van der Graaf Generator chronology
Time Vaults
(1982)		 Maida Vale: The BBC Radio One Sessions
(1994)		 Present
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

All tracks were re-released on the 2015 2CD BBC compilation After the Flood, together with all the other BBC sessions, which survived in good audio quality.

The versions of "When She Comes" and "Masks" found here were also released as bonus tracks on the 2005 Charisma reissue of World Record.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Hammill, except where noted.

  1. "Darkness" - 7:17 (Sounds of the Seventies, 10 June 1971)
  2. "Man-Erg" - 11:00 (same)
  3. "Scorched Earth" - 9:40 (John Peel Show, 3 July 1975) (Hammill, David Jackson)
  4. "Sleepwalkers" - 8:58 (same)
  5. "Still Life" - 7:20 (John Peel Show, 1 April 1976)
  6. "La Rossa" - 10:00 (same)
  7. "When She Comes" - 8:08 (John Peel Show, 11 Nov 1976)
  8. "Masks" - 7:22 (same)

Personnel
Van der Graaf Generator

References
  1. Prato, Greg. "Van der Graaf Generator - Maida Vale: The Radio One Sessions album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. The instruments played are taken from the album notes by Peter Hammill in the booklet of Maida Vale, cd (1994), Band of Joy Records.
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