The Charisma Years 1970–1978
Compilation by Van der Graaf Generator
Released 3 September 2021
Tracklist
- CD 1: The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
- 1Darkness (11/11)7:28
- 2Refugees6:22
- 3White Hammer8:165.0 ★
- 4Whatever Would Robert Have Said?6:08
- 5Out of My Book4:06
- 6After the Flood11:31
- 7Refugees5:20
- 8The Boat of a Million Years3:53
- 9Darkness (11/11)6:524.0 ★
- 10After the Flood10:58
- CD 2: H to He, Who Am the Only One
- 1Killer8:205.0 ★
- 2House With No Door6:334.0 ★
- 3The Emperor in His War Room8:174.0 ★
- 4Lost11:13
- 5Pioneers Over C12:45
- 6Killer8:205.0 ★
- 7The Emperor in His War Room8:17
- 8Killer7:34
- 9Lost11:32
- CD 3: Pawn Hearts
- 1Lemmings (including Cog)11:40
- 2Man-Erg10:23
- 3A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers23:09
- 4Man-Erg11:12
- 5Theme One2:59
- 6Vision3:15
- 7Darkness7:18
- CD 4: Pawn Hearts Sessions
- 1Theme One2:56
- 2W4:27
- 3Squid / Octopus15:25
- 4Angle of Incidents4:47
- 5Ponker's Theme1:27
- 6Dimunitions6:00
- 7W5:02
- 8Theme One3:15
- 9Man-Erg11:15
- 10W5:50
- 11Killer7:56
- 12Refugees6:17
- CD 5: Godbluff
- 1The Undercover Man7:33
- 2Scorched Earth9:42
- 3Arrow9:47
- 4The Sleepwalkers10:36
- 5Scorched Earth9:43
- 6The Sleepwalkers10:03
- CD 6: Live in Rimini 9th August 1975
- 1A Louse Is Not a Home12:48
- 2(In the) Black Room / The Tower11:47
- 3Forsaken Gardens7:58
- 4Lemmings (including Cog)16:42
- 5Scorched Earth10:14
- 6Man-Erg11:11
- CD 7: Still Life
- 1Pilgrims7:12
- 2Still Life7:26
- 3La Rossa9:52
- 4My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)8:08
- 5Childlike Faith in Childhood's End12:27
- 6Gog10:32
- 7Still Life7:22
- 8La Rossa9:58
- CD 8: World Record
- 1When She Comes8:02
- 2A Place to Survive10:05
- 3Masks6:58
- 4Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)20:49
- 5Wondering6:37
- 6When She Comes8:11
- 7Masks7:26
- 8Part One (Approx. 35% of) Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)4:27
- CD 9: Live at Maison de La Mutualité, Paris, 6th December 1976
- 1Arrow11:32
- 2When She Comes8:59
- 3Masks7:49
- 4Still Life10:06
- 5Lemmings (including Cog)16:28
- 6Childlike Faith in Childhood’s End13:57
- CD 10: Live at Maison de La Mutualité, Paris, 6th December 1976
- 1Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)23:15
- 2Gog10:28
- 3The Sleepwalkers13:57
- 4Killer9:05
- 5Man-Erg11:50
- CD 11: The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome
- 1Lizard Play4:31
- 2The Habit of the Broken Heart4:38
- 3The Siren Song6:04
- 4Last Frame6:16
- 5The Wave3:15
- 6Cat’s Eye / Yellow Fever (Running)5:20
- 7The Sphinx in the Face5:57
- 8Chemical World6:11
- 9The Sphinx Returns1:20
- 10Door3:25
- 11Ship of Fools3:47
- 12The Wave3:14
- 13Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (Running)4:48
- 14The Sphinx in the Face5:35
- 15(Fragments of) A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalker’s End9:28
- CD 12: Vital
- 1Ship of Fools6:45
- 2Still Life9:42
- 3Last Frame9:02
- 4Mirror Images5:49
- 5Medley: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalkers13:45
- CD 13: Vital
- 1Pioneers Over C17:07
- 2Sci-Finance6:13
- 3Door5:30
- 4Urban / Killer / Urban8:20
- 5Nadir’s Big Chance4:03
- CD 14: H to He, Who Am the Only One
- 1Killer8:22
- 2House With No Door6:36
- 3The Emperor in His War Room8:16
- 4Lost11:24
- 5Pioneers Over C12:46
- 6The Boat of a Million Years4:00
- CD 15: Pawn Hearts
- 1Lemmings (including Cog)11:41
- 2Man-Erg10:24
- 3A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers23:23
- 4Theme One3:13
- 5W4:36
- CD 16: Godbluff
- 1The Undercover Man7:35
- 2Scorched Earth9:43
- 3Arrow9:59
- 4The Sleepwalkers10:34
- CD 17: Still Life
- 1Pilgrims7:10
- 2Still Life7:28
- 3La Rossa9:51
- 4My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)8:14
- 5Childlike Faith in Childhood's End12:26
- Blu-ray 18: Surround‐Mixes: H to He, Who Am the Only One/Pawn Hearts
- 1Killer (5.1 mix)8:20
- 2House With No Door (5.1 mix)6:39
- 3The Emperor in His War Room (5.1 mix)8:17
- 4Lost (5.1 mix)11:25
- 5Pioneers Over C (5.1 mix)12:44
- 6Lemmings (including Cog) (5.1 mix)11:38
- 7Man Erg (5.1 mix)10:25
- 8A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (5.1 mix)23:22
- Blu-ray 19: Surround Mixes: Godbluff/Still Life
- 1The Undercover Man (5.1 mix)7:34
- 2Scorched Earth (5.1 mix)9:43
- 3Arrow (5.1 mix)9:58
- 4The Sleepwalkers (5.1 mix)10:35
- 5Pilgrims (5.1 mix)7:08
- 6Still Life (5.1 mix)7:28
- 7La Rossa (5.1 mix)9:52
- 8My Room (Waiting for Wonderland) (5.1 mix)8:14
- 9Childlike Faith in Childhood’s End (5.1 mix)12:27
- Blu-ray 20: The Video Vaults
- 1Darkness (11/11)7:33
- 2Whatever Would Robert Have Said?6:03
- 3Lost4:27
- 4Killer5:44
- 5Octopus4:33
- 6Theme One4:10
- 7A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers24:02
- 8The Undercover Man7:55
- 9Arrow9:00
- 10Scorched Earth10:13
- 11The Sleepwalkers10:54
- 12Wondering6:35
- 13Cat’s Eye / Yellow Fever (Running)3:31
- 14Intro/Interview Segment1:28
- 15Lizard Play3:23
- 16Interview Segment1:54
- 17The Sleepwalkers1:46
- 18Interview Segment1:14
- 19The Sleepwalkers0:53
- 20Interview Segment1:17
- 21Mirror Images2:42
- 22Interview Segment1:12
- 23Outro0:22
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Release credits
- violin [6]
- membranophone [6], percussion [6]
- producer [2.1-2, 2.6, 1.1-3]
- bass guitar [6]
- guitar family [6], piano [6], vocal [6]
- electric guitar [3], guest [3]
Issues
T3x Blu-ray, 17x CD3 September 2021





