Van Der Graaf Generator - "Necromancer" - live version - 1968

[peoniesfleur]

This band OWNS. They are my favorite band period. I don't think that anyone is more talented that I have heard yet. I have heard all the prog bands.

[VaiPeppe]

troppo tosti.

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

Thanks for this version which is way better than the studio version. Can you load more BBC session Top Gear?? please, theres nothing on youtube.

[professoricon]

@LiteracyLabyrinth:

"The Box" includes from the Top Gear recording dated 18th November 1968: People You Were Going To / Afterwards / Necromancer.

Also from the Top Gear recording dated 27th January 1970:

Darkness 11/11

After The Flood

It Also includes a few songs from various Peel sessions (Refugees - 1971, Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever - 1977, The Sphinx In The Face - 1977), and from the Alan Black session of 1971 (Theme One).

You should try to get a copy - perhaps a Xmas/Birthday present.

[professoricon]

@LiteracyLabyrinth:

Watch my channel for more PH/VDGG.

I might try to upload "People You Were Going To" from The Box, but the other tracks are already well represented on YT.

I mostly try and upload songs not already on YT, or versions which are particularly interesting, or standout versions that are not easily available.

[professoricon]

Sono molto popolari in Italia - si prega di consultare i miei altri video di più dello stesso.

[davidetero]

perdonatemi,ma io li ho scoperti solo oggi...forti!

[bardyhop2]

かっこいいようぅ〜！(T□T) １０年振りくらいに聴いたけど、あかん！再びハミル様の日々確実­...！

[professoricon]

@bardyhop2:

詳細については、私の他の動画を確認してください

[funkberto]

The Keyboardist connect his electric organ to a Fuzzbox! grat trick for the psychedelic-progressive generation (along to process the voice or guitar by a Leslie speaker)

[IrelandMorrigan]

Супер! Отличная песня во всех отношениях!

[professoricon]

@IrelandMorrigan:

Есть еще, того же среди моих других видео - оставьте рейтинг

[PASJONAT51]

Great!

[usagisama100]

なんでｌいつも、ハミル先生の反乱はこんな調子なのか？

パンク！リアルパンク！！

[professoricon]

音楽は永遠に生き続ける

[emptyheadbrokenbones]

much better than the studio version

[glavicskaru]

fuckin' great :)

[Sirenengesang]

der Text kann wirklich nur einem jungen Menschen Hirn entkommen sein.

Hammill würde sich heute sicher für dieses Lied und seine arglose Unbedarftheit schämen ;-) I Think I must have been cracy.

Aber der Song gibt einen sehr guten Eindruck in die Aera, wo alles für möglich schien, selbst, daß dich ein Necromancer für das Gute kämpft (weiße Magie) und dich mit Macht zu Gott bringt...... :D

[professoricon]

Magie ist hier.

Bitte informieren Sie sich über meine anderen Videos und lassen Sie eine Bewertung.

[panhype]

Dude!

"I am the god of hellfire. And i bring you ..."

Now it's your turn to tell us which band inspired CJS & PH to form VdGG.

Finally: Why in the world should Hammill be ashamed of that song? He doesn't regret "Killer" either. They still even play it.

[professoricon]

PH and Arthur Brown are friends and have worked together.

[panhype]

Sure. The PH - Arthur Brown link is well known. But "worked together"? Ok, i don't know all of those details. About 10 years ago they both contributed to Chris Judge Smith's "Curly's Airships" project. Or did you mean that with "working together"?

[professoricon]

I saw Arthur Brown (with Kingdom Come) a few times in the early seventies - he was sensational - what a great voice.

[captainsoul1953]

I recorded this session on my reel to reel back in 68...i havent played it for at least 25 years...if i can locate it and the quality is ok i will try to post it

Jim

[hegelec]

Is that Hugh doing the vocal harmonies?

[professoricon]

Not known, but it could be Chris Judge Smith.

[AbsolutelyHuman]

I thought it was Jackson

[professoricon]

It could be, but if CJS was still there he would certainly have added some of the harmonies.

[hegelec]

Jackson wasn't with the band at this point; he didn't join until "The Least We Can Do ..."

If it is Judge Smith, his voice sounds different than it does on the Firebrand single. I mean, it's actually in tune!

[smallestsoupfactory]

thanks for posting, makes my heart happy, to hear the intention and passion of the young VDGG. It all started from these youngsters

[Matt63491]

This is actually not a video of the band performing "Necromancer".

This is just the song with footage from elsewhere.

Furthermore, as anyone who knows anything about the band knows, David Jackson (the sax/flute player) wasn't in the band at this point (he didn't join until after Aerosol Grey Machine).

[professoricon]

Many thanks for re-iterating two points that I had already made in the video information on the right of the video box.

[Matt63491]

Whoops!

Apologies, as I hadn't seen that before.

[akj11011]

Wonderful to find VdGG fans suitably courteous - like the members of the band, I believe. Well done!

[gilgalad88]

Someone should make the tab of this song, I can't get it anywhere.

[ilka7000]

To the poster: please stop spamming those videos. There are preciously few vdgg videos out there and you add nothing(!) to that. You just make it harder to find the real stuff.

[professoricon]

???

[squarepyramid99]

The posting is ok. The song is a classic. And you, mister, fall under the category of W*****R! (Don't worry, I mean winner). Or do I?

[JohnnyClash]

Nice job. Where is the b/w video of Peter at 1:24 from? It looks quite old - do you have a full clip of it?

[professoricon]

It's from 1981 - a download from YouTube - do a search for "peter hammill this side of the looking glass live" to see the full clip (in colour). It is quite excellent.

[professoricon]

I take that back - it is not excellent - it is brilliant. The posting from user 'litzlitz' is the better quality version. Check out my other videos also.