Van der Graaf Generator - 2021 - The Charisma Years 1970-1978 - Box Set 17CDs

Tracklist:

CD 1 - THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS WAVE TO EACH OTHER (70:59)

1. Darkness (11/11) (7:27)

2. Refugees (6:22)

3. White Hammer (8:15)

4. Whatever Would Robert Have Said? (6:17)

5. Out of My Book (4:07)

6. After the Flood (11:28)

- Bonus tracks:

7. Refugees (single version) (A-side of single) (5:20)

8. Boat of Millions of Years (B-side of single) (3:53)

9. Darkness (11/11) (BBC Radio One "Top Gear" session) (6:52)

10. After the Flood (BBC Radio One "Top Gear" session) (10:58)

CD 2 - H TO HE, WHO AM THE ONLY ONE (82:15)

1. Killer (8:07)

2. House with No Door (6:03)

3. The Emperor in His War-Room (9:04)

4. Lost (11:13)

5. Pioneers over C. (12:05)

- Bonus tracks:

6. Killer (first version) (8:20)

7. The Emperor in His War Room (first version) (8:17)

8. Killer (BBC Radio One "Top Gear" session) (7:34)

9. Lost (BBC Radio One "Top Gear" session) (11:32)

CD 3 - PAWN HEARTS (69:48)

1. Lemmings (including Cog) (11:39)

2. Man-Erg (10:21)

3. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (23:04)

- Bonus tracks:

4. Man Erg (BBC Radio One "Sounds of the 70s" session) (11:12)

5. Theme One (BBC Radio One "Sounds of the 70s" session) (2:59)

6. Vision (BBC Radio One "Sounds of the 70s" session) (3:15)

7. Darkness (11/11) (BBC Radio One "Sounds of the 70s" session) (7:18)

CD 4 - THE PAWN HEARTS SESSIONS + Bonus Tracks (74:38)

- Bonus tracks:

1. Theme One (A-side of single) (2:57)

2. W (B-side of single) (4:27)

The Pawn Hearts Sessions:

3. Squid / Octopus (new stereo mix by Stephen W Tayler) (15:25)

4. W (first version) (5:02)

5. Angle of Incidents (4:47)

6. Ponker's Theme (1:27)

7. Diminutions (6:00)

8. Theme One (original mix) (3:14)

- Bonus tracks:

9. Man Erg (BBC Radio One John Peel Concert) (11:15)

10. W (BBC Radio One John Peel Concert) (5:50)

11. Killer (BBC Radio One John Peel Concert) (7:56)

12. Refugees (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (6:18)

CD 5 - GODBLUFF (56:11)

1. The Undercover Man (7:00)

2. Scorched Earth (10:10)

3. Arrow (8:15)

4. The Sleepwalkers (10:26)

- Bonus tracks:

5. Scorched Earth (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (9:43)

6. The Sleepwalkers (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (10:37)

CD 6 - LIVE AT RIMINI 9th August 1975 (70:42)

1. A Louse Is Not a Home (12:49)

2. (In the) Black Room / The Tower (11:47)

3. Forsaken Gardens (7:58)

4. Lemmings (including Cog) (16:42)

5. Scorched Earth (10:14)

6. Man-Erg (11:12)

CD 7 - STILL LIFE (72:35)

1. Pilgrims (7:07)

2. Still Life (7:20)

3. La Rossa (9:47)

4. My Room (Waiting for Wonderland) (8:09)

5. Childlike Faith in Childhood's End (12:20)

- Bonus tracks:

6. Gog (live) (10:32)

7. Still Life (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (7:21)

8. La Rossa (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (9:59)

CD 8 - WORLD RECORD (72:17)

1. When She Comes (7:58)

2. A Place to Survive (10:00)

3. Masks (6:55)

4. Meurglys III, The Songwriter's Guild (20:47)

5. Wondering (6:33)

- Bonus tracks:

6. When She Comes (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (8:11)

7. Masks (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (7:26)

8. Part One (approx. 35% of) Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild) (single B-side) (4:27)

CD 9 - LIVE AT MAISON DE LA MUTUALITE Paris 6th December 1976 (Part 1) (68:51)

1. Arrow (11:32)

2. When She Comes (8:59)

3. Masks (7:49)

4. Still Life (10:06)

5. Lemmings (including Cog) (16:27)

6. Childlike Faith in Childhood's End (13:58)

CD 10 - LIVE AT MAISON DE LA MUTUALITE Paris 6th December 1976 (Part 2) (68:35)

1. Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild) (23:15)

2. Gog (10:28)

3. The Sleepwalkers (13:56)

4. Killer (9:05)

5. Man-Erg (11:51)

CD 11 - THE QUIET ZONE / THE PLEASURE DOME (73:37)

1. Lizard Play (4:29)

2. The Habit of the Broken Heart (4:40)

3. The Siren Song (6:04)

4. Last Frame (6:13)

5. The Wave (3:14)

6. Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (Running) (5:20)

7. The Sphinx in the Face (5:58)

8. Chemical World (6:10)

9. The Sphinx Returns (1:12)

- Bonus tracks:

10. Door (3:25)

11. Ship of Fools (B-side of single) (3:47)

12. The Wave (demo version) (3:14)

13. Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (4:48)

14. The Sphinx in the Face (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (5:35)

15. (Fragments of) A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalkers' End (BBC Radio One John Peel session) (9:28)

CD 12 - VITAL (Part 1) (44:58)

1. Ship of Fools (6:43)

2. Still Life (9:42)

3. Last Frame (9:02)

4. Mirror Images (5:50)

5. Medley (13:41) :

- a) Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

- b) Sleepwalkers

CD 13 - VITAL (Part 2) (44:36)

1. Pioneers over C (17:00)

2. Sci-Finance (6:16)

3. Door (6:00)

4. Urban / Killer / Urban (8:20)

5. Nadir's Big Chance (7:00)

CD 14 - H TO ME, WHO AM THE ONLY ONE (New Stereo Mix) (51:27)

1. Killer (8:22)

2. House with No Door (6:36)

3. The Emperor in His War Room (8:16)

4. Lost (11:24)

5. Pioneers over C (12:48)

- Bonus track:

6. Boat of Boat of Millions of Years (new stereo mix) (4:01)

CD 15 - PAWN HEARTS (New Stereo Mix) (53:18)

1. Lemmings (including Cog) (11:41)

2. Man Erg (10:24)

3. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (23:24)

- Bonus tracks:

4. Theme One (new stereo mix) (3:13)

5. W (new stereo mix) (4:36)

CD 16 - GODBLUFF (New Stereo Mix) (37:50)

1. The Undercover Man (7:35)

2. Scorched Earth (9:43)

3. Arrow (9:58)

4. The Sleepwalkers (10:34)

CD 17 - STILL LIFE (New Stereo Mix) (45:09)

1. Pilgrims (7:10)

2. Still Life (7:28)

3. La Rossa (9:51)

4. My Room (Waiting for Wonderland) (8:14)

5. Childlike Faith in Childhood's End (12:26)

Total Time 1057:46 (17 CD's)