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[Karnevil9]

Quiet Zone/Pleasure Dome & Vital are great albums..

[Karnevil9]

Probably my favourite VDGG lp with H To He.
Prefer them over Pawn Hearts

I know what you mean, 'H To He' is my fav VDGG album but i do like 'Pawn Hearts' a lot especially the USA/Canadian release with "Theme One" on.. Both those LP have Crimsons Robert Fripp on board, Hes also on Peter Hammills 'Foolsmate' album.. .. 'Pawn Hearts' was originally planned to be a Double album.

[Fretless]

Hammill's 'The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage' is also phenomenal ! Amost a VDGG album in places with the rest of the band appearing, plus Randy California as guest on one track.

Peter Hammill: The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage (Full Album)

An album that chilled me to the bone when I first heard it.

[Karnevil9]

All but a few of Peters solo albums have Van Der Graaf Generator members on board.

'Over' is the last Solo album before VDGG finish for the late 70's.. There was four Van Der member plus Peter Himself on 'Over', including the recently Acquired Graham Smith of String Driven Thing fame..

[Shamanic]

It's funny but with a lot of prog bands I almost always prefer their earlier albums.
Whether it be ELP, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis etc

[Karnevil9]

It's funny but with a lot of prog bands I almost always prefer their earlier albums.
Whether it be ELP, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis etc

I rest my case regarding prog

[Shamanic]

Mostly agree with you but there are exceptions such as Hatfield and the North and National Health from UK.
Also a lot of decent albums from all over the globe in the mid to late 70's like Finnforest s/t, Celeste -Principe Di Un Giorno, Eskaton-Four Visions, Crucis- Los Delerios Del Mariscal.
Loads more that I can't recall at the moment.

[Daniel Quinn]

It's evolution . You couldn't be playing watcher of the skies in 83,93 or 2003 deosnt mean what you were playing is inferior.

[Karnevil9]

Mostly agree with you but there are exceptions such as Hatfield and the North and National Health from UK.
Also a lot of decent albums from all over the globe in the mid to late 70's like Finnforest s/t, Celeste -Principe Di Un Giorno, Eskaton-Four Visions, Crucis- Los Delerios Del Mariscal.
Loads more that I can't recall at the moment.

But for example National Health & Hatfield & The North came out when prog was no longer on the radar

[Shamanic]

Maybe but they are still prog albums aren't they?
Record companies may have ditched prog bands as Dave Stewart found out but good prog music is still good prog music regardless of the year.