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
  • 1
    Darkness (11/11)
    7:28
  • 2
    Refugees
    6:22
  • 3
    White Hammer
    8:16
    5.0 ★
  • 4
    Whatever Would Robert Have Said?
    6:08
  • 5
    Out of My Book
    4:06
  • 6
    After the Flood
    11:31
  • 7
    Refugees
    5:20
  • 8
    The Boat of a Million Years
    3:53
  • 9
    Darkness (11/11)
    6:52
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    After the Flood
    10:58
  • CD 2: H to He, Who Am the Only One
  • 1
    Killer
    8:20
    5.0 ★
  • 2
    House With No Door
    6:33
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    The Emperor in His War Room
    8:17
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Lost
    11:13
  • 5
    Pioneers Over C
    12:45
  • 6
    Killer
    8:20
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    The Emperor in His War Room
    8:17
  • 8
    Killer
    7:34
  • 9
    Lost
    11:32
  • CD 3: Pawn Hearts
  • 1
    Lemmings (including Cog)
    11:40
  • 2
    Man-Erg
    10:23
  • 3
    A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
    23:09
  • 4
    Man-Erg
    11:12
  • 5
    Theme One
    2:59
  • 6
    Vision
    3:15
  • 7
    Darkness
    7:18
  • CD 4: Pawn Hearts Sessions
  • 1
    Theme One
    2:56
  • 2
    W
    4:27
  • 3
    Squid / Octopus
    15:25
  • 4
    Angle of Incidents
    4:47
  • 5
    Ponker's Theme
    1:27
  • 6
    Dimunitions
    6:00
  • 7
    W
    5:02
  • 8
    Theme One
    3:15
  • 9
    Man-Erg
    11:15
  • 10
    W
    5:50
  • 11
    Killer
    7:56
  • 12
    Refugees
    6:17
  • CD 5: Godbluff
  • 1
    The Undercover Man
    7:33
  • 2
    Scorched Earth
    9:42
  • 3
    Arrow
    9:47
  • 4
    The Sleepwalkers
    10:36
  • 5
    Scorched Earth
    9:43
  • 6
    The Sleepwalkers
    10:03
  • CD 6: Live in Rimini 9th August 1975
  • 1
    A Louse Is Not a Home
    12:48
  • 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
    11:11
  • CD 7: Still Life
  • 1
    Pilgrims
    7:12
  • 2
    Still Life
    7:26
  • 3
    La Rossa
    9:52
  • 4
    My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)
    8:08
  • 5
    Childlike Faith in Childhood's End
    12:27
  • 6
    Gog
    10:32
  • 7
    Still Life
    7:22
  • 8
    La Rossa
    9:58
  • CD 8: World Record
  • 1
    When She Comes
    8:02
  • 2
    A Place to Survive
    10:05
  • 3
    Masks
    6:58
  • 4
    Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)
    20:49
  • 5
    Wondering
    6:37
  • 6
    When She Comes
    8:11
  • 7
    Masks
    7:26
  • 8
    Part One (Approx. 35% of) Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)
    4:27
  • CD 9: Live at Maison de La Mutualité, Paris, 6th December 1976
  • 1
    Arrow
    11:32
  • 2
    When She Comes
    8:59
  • 3
    Masks
    7:49
  • 4
    Still Life
    10:06
  • 5
    Lemmings (including Cog)
    16:28
  • 6
    Childlike Faith in Childhood’s End
    13:57
  • CD 10: Live at Maison de La Mutualité, Paris, 6th December 1976
  • 1
    Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)
    23:15
  • 2
    Gog
    10:28
  • 3
    The Sleepwalkers
    13:57
  • 4
    Killer
    9:05
  • 5
    Man-Erg
    11:50
  • CD 11: The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome
  • 1
    Lizard Play
    4:31
  • 2
    The Habit of the Broken Heart
    4:38
  • 3
    The Siren Song
    6:04
  • 4
    Last Frame
    6:16
  • 5
    The Wave
    3:15
  • 6
    Cat’s Eye / Yellow Fever (Running)
    5:20
  • 7
    The Sphinx in the Face
    5:57
  • 8
    Chemical World
    6:11
  • 9
    The Sphinx Returns
    1:20
  • 10
    Door
    3:25
  • 11
    Ship of Fools
    3:47
  • 12
    The Wave
    3:14
  • 13
    Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (Running)
    4:48
  • 14
    The Sphinx in the Face
    5:35
  • 15
    (Fragments of) A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalker’s End
    9:28
  • CD 12: Vital
  • 1
    Ship of Fools
    6:45
  • 2
    Still Life
    9:42
  • 3
    Last Frame
    9:02
  • 4
    Mirror Images
    5:49
  • 5
    Medley: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalkers
    13:45
  • CD 13: Vital
  • 1
    Pioneers Over C
    17:07
  • 2
    Sci-Finance
    6:13
  • 3
    Door
    5:30
  • 4
    Urban / Killer / Urban
    8:20
  • 5
    Nadir’s Big Chance
    4:03
  • CD 14: H to He, Who Am the Only One
  • 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
    12:46
  • 6
    The Boat of a Million Years
    4:00
  • CD 15: Pawn Hearts
  • 1
    Lemmings (including Cog)
    11:41
  • 2
    Man-Erg
    10:24
  • 3
    A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
    23:23
  • 4
    Theme One
    3:13
  • 5
    W
    4:36
  • CD 16: Godbluff
  • 1
    The Undercover Man
    7:35
  • 2
    Scorched Earth
    9:43
  • 3
    Arrow
    9:59
  • 4
    The Sleepwalkers
    10:34
  • CD 17: Still Life
  • 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
  • Blu-ray 18: Surround‐Mixes: H to He, Who Am the Only One/Pawn Hearts
  • 1
    Killer (5.1 mix)
    8:20
  • 2
    House With No Door (5.1 mix)
    6:39
  • 3
    The Emperor in His War Room (5.1 mix)
    8:17
  • 4
    Lost (5.1 mix)
    11:25
  • 5
    Pioneers Over C (5.1 mix)
    12:44
  • 6
    Lemmings (including Cog) (5.1 mix)
    11:38
  • 7
    Man Erg (5.1 mix)
    10:25
  • 8
    A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (5.1 mix)
    23:22
  • Blu-ray 19: Surround Mixes: Godbluff/Still Life
  • 1
    The Undercover Man (5.1 mix)
    7:34
  • 2
    Scorched Earth (5.1 mix)
    9:43
  • 3
    Arrow (5.1 mix)
    9:58
  • 4
    The Sleepwalkers (5.1 mix)
    10:35
  • 5
    Pilgrims (5.1 mix)
    7:08
  • 6
    Still Life (5.1 mix)
    7:28
  • 7
    La Rossa (5.1 mix)
    9:52
  • 8
    My Room (Waiting for Wonderland) (5.1 mix)
    8:14
  • 9
    Childlike Faith in Childhood’s End (5.1 mix)
    12:27
  • Blu-ray 20: The Video Vaults
  • 1
    Darkness (11/11)
    7:33
  • 2
    Whatever Would Robert Have Said?
    6:03
  • 3
    Lost
    4:27
  • 4
    Killer
    5:44
  • 5
    Octopus
    4:33
  • 6
    Theme One
    4:10
  • 7
    A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
    24:02
  • 8
    The Undercover Man
    7:55
  • 9
    Arrow
    9:00
  • 10
    Scorched Earth
    10:13
  • 11
    The Sleepwalkers
    10:54
  • 12
    Wondering
    6:35
  • 13
    Cat’s Eye / Yellow Fever (Running)
    3:31
  • 14
    Intro/Interview Segment
    1:28
  • 15
    Lizard Play
    3:23
  • 16
    Interview Segment
    1:54
  • 17
    The Sleepwalkers
    1:46
  • 18
    Interview Segment
    1:14
  • 19
    The Sleepwalkers
    0:53
  • 20
    Interview Segment
    1:17
  • 21
    Mirror Images
    2:42
  • 22
    Interview Segment
    1:12
  • 23
    Outro
    0:22

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