Peter Hammill - This Side of the Looking Glass - Live 1981

After a second thought, i decided to upload this copy which is a major improvement in quality to the other one on YouTube.
I will also upload My Room from that show soon.
This performance was held in Munich, Germany in December 9th, 1981.

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[shakuhachi]

oh my. What a performance! One of the great things about Peter Hammill (who i am recently rediscovering) is that no matter how horrible you are feeling and how bad a breakup you may go through, it is never nearly as bad as his. But seriously, the guy is a brilliant songwriter and performer and this performance makes that very obvious. Are there more performances of him with orchestra besides this and "traintime"?

[litzlitz]

No, sorry.

These are the only two i know of...

[TOREMJ]

Hail to a Great British Artist, refuted by his own time and country. This performance demonstrates the artistic level of the progressive rock artists of the 70s, whose works were effectively and violently truncated by the press and record companies. Shame on you Britain!! The future will look back at you and judge you as a nation who pushed your best men into darkness while worshipping Samantha Fox. What a fall from near greatness into sheer misery.

[Cifrocco]

I just started discovering Peter Hammill in the past year, buying his music starting from the first albums (including Van Der Graaf Generator) and I am overwhelmed by the artistic genius. I have 7 albums so far and will collect them all, savouring each one.

[andreaprodan]

Tortured Artist Effect

but a great song,

and delight to see him wallow in pure 19th century Sturm un drang Angst!

[MsFrocky]

He's singing by the soul, his heart is singing. The greatest singer!

[Flower1three]

An amazing song from the greatest artist in the world.

[gstessevi]

incredible! awesome! I have every single PH and VDGG song, but I never heard of this absolute masterpiece played live ....

[DavidovVII]

WOOO0000oooooaaahhh!!! MY FAVOURITE SONG LIVE!!!! thanks fou upload!!!!

[chungafrescor]

ESTA es una verdadera canción de amor, a diferencia de las miles que se irradian permanentemente por la radio. Abrazos para Peter Hammill.

[TOREMJ]

@FlyingJunk It was ALL the critics. They started hailing punks who admitted they couldnt play a note and later playback pop queens whose boobs sang.

[FlyingJunk]

@TOREMJ What a load of bull! Britain has nothing to be ashamed of. It has given this miserable world the best culture possible. A few stupid critics don't count, they exist in any country. Charisma Records alone is a major cultural contribution. Samantha Fox has nothing to do with Peter Hammill. For every Samantha Britain can offer dozens of major talents. If you have a problem with the country, go and see your shrink.

[chungafrescor]

Genio.

[StsSunnyCharlie]

Love Hammill, Adore this song and this performance is blow away!!!!! I have been listening to PH since 1974/75.. seen VDGG in NYC their only NYC Performance OCT 76 and then again in NYC July 2009! Was luckyenuff to see him solo in 1978 at the other end then in 79 at the bottom line! yeha I am lucky!! thanks for sharing!