The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971 – 1986

Album by Peter Hammill

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Imperial Zeppelin
    3:39
  2. 2.
    Candle
    4:16
  3. 3.
    Happy
    2:34
  4. 4.
    Solitude
    4:56
  5. 5.
    Vision
    3:13
  6. 6.
    Re-Awakening
    3:58
  7. 7.
    Sunshine
    3:57
  8. 8.
    Child
    4:23
  9. 9.
    Summer Song (In the Autumn)
    2:13
  10. 10.
    Viking
    4:42
  11. 11.
    The Birds
    3:35
  12. 12.
    I Once Wrote Some Poems
    2:50
  13. 13.
    Re-Awakening (early demo version)
    4:36
  14. 14.
    Summer Song (In the Autumn) (early demo version)
    2:49
  15. 15.
    The Birds (early demo version)
    3:22
  16. 16.
    Sunshine (early demo version)
    3:53
  17. 17.
    Happy (early demo version)
    2:50

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    German Overalls
    7:03
  2. 3.
    Slender Threads
    5:00
  3. 4.
    Rock and Role
    6:40
  4. 5.
    In the End
    7:24
  5. 6.
    What's It Worth
    3:59
  6. 7.
    Easy to Slip Away
    5:21
  7. 8.
    Dropping the Torch
    4:11
  8. 9.
    (In the) Black Room / The Tower
    11:00
  9. 10.
    Rain 3am
    4:47
  10. 11.
    Time for a Change (BBC radio John Peel session / 9th July 1973)
    3:15
  11. 12.
    German Overalls (BBC radio John Peel session / 9th July 1973)
    6:43
  12. 13.
    Easy to Slip Away (BBC radio John Peel session / 9th July 1973)
    4:17
  13. 14.
    In the End (BBC radio John Peel session / 9th July 1973)
    7:10

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Modern
    7:27
  2. 4.
    Wilhelmina
    5:17
  3. 5.
    The Lie (Bernini's Saint Theresa)
    5:41
  4. 6.
    Forsaken Gardens
    6:17
  5. 7.
    Red Shift
    8:10
  6. 8.
    Rubicon
    4:41
  7. 9.
    A Louse Is Not a Home
    12:12

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Rubicon (BBC radio John Peel session / 18th Feb 1974)
    5:09
  2. 5.
    Red Shift (BBC radio John Peel session / 18th Feb 1974)
    5:54
  3. 6.
    Solitude (live at Montreal University Sports Centre, Montreal, Canada / 21st April 1974)
    5:42
  4. 7.
    Time for a Change (live at Montreal University Sports Centre, Montreal, Canada / 21st April 1974)
    3:30
  5. 8.
    The Birds (live at Montreal University Sports Centre, Montreal, Canada / 21st April 1974)
    3:44
  6. 9.
    Out of My Book (live at Montreal University Sports Centre, Montreal, Canada / 21st April 1974)
    4:53
  7. 10.
    Slender Threads (live at Montreal University Sports Centre, Montreal, Canada / 21st April 1974)
    6:26
  8. 11.
    German Overalls (live at Montreal University Sports Centre, Montreal, Canada / 21st April 1974)
    6:58

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Ferret and Featherbird
    3:42
  2. 6.
    (No More) The Sub Mariner
    5:45
  3. 7.
    Tapeworm
    4:19
  4. 8.
    Again
    3:36
  5. 9.
    Faint Heart and the Sermon
    6:43
  6. 10.
    The Comet, the Course, the Tail
    6:01
  7. 11.
    Gog
    7:38
  8. 12.
    Magog (In Bromine Chambers)
    9:50
  9. 13.
    The Emperor in His War Room (BBC radio John Peel session / 3rd September 1974)
    6:41
  10. 14.
    Faint Heart and the Sermon (BBC radio John Peel session / 3rd September 1974)
    6:07
  11. 15.
    (No More) The Sub Mariner (BBC radio John Peel session / 3rd September 1974)
    6:14

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Nadir's Big Chance
    3:34
  2. 7.
    The Institute of Mental Health, Burning
    3:30
  3. 8.
    Open Your Eyes
    5:10
  4. 9.
    Nobody's Business
    4:07
  5. 10.
    Been Alone So Long
    4:09
  6. 11.
    Pompeii
    4:23
  7. 12.
    Shingle Song
    4:13
  8. 13.
    Airport
    3:04
  9. 14.
    People You Were Going To
    5:04
  10. 15.
    Birthday Special
    3:34
  11. 16.
    Two or Three Spectres
    6:20

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Crying Wolf
    5:12
  2. 8.
    Autumn
    4:16
  3. 9.
    Time Heals
    8:44
  4. 10.
    Alice (Letting Go)
    5:37
  5. 11.
    This Side of the Looking Glass
    6:59
  6. 12.
    Betrayed
    4:47
  7. 13.
    (On Tuesday's She Used to Do) Yoga
    3:57
  8. 14.
    Lost and Found
    7:20
  9. 15.
    Afterwards (BBC radio One John Peel session / 21st April 1977)
    5:25
  10. 16.
    Autumn (BBC radio One John Peel session / 21st April 1977)
    4:44
  11. 17.
    Betrayed (BBC radio One John Peel session / 21st April 1977)
    4:45

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Pushing Thirty
    4:20
  2. 9.
    The Second Hand
    3:27
  3. 10.
    Trappings
    3:29
  4. 11.
    The Mousetrap (Caught in)
    4:05
  5. 12.
    Energy Vampires
    2:55
  6. 13.
    If I Could
    4:38
  7. 14.
    The Future Now
    4:10
  8. 15.
    Still in the Dark
    3:39
  9. 16.
    Mediaeval
    3:06
  10. 17.
    A Motor-Bike in Afrika
    3:10
  11. 18.
    The Cut
    4:19
  12. 19.
    Palinurus (Castaway)
    3:46

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    House With No Door (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    6:18
  2. 10.
    Time Heals (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    7:32
  3. 11.
    This Side of the Looking Glass (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    4:16
  4. 12.
    My Room (Waiting for Wonderland) (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    6:51
  5. 13.
    Easy to Slip Away (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    6:15
  6. 14.
    Still Life (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    8:42
  7. 15.
    Lizard Play (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    4:25
  8. 16.
    Time for a Change (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    4:23
  9. 17.
    Been Alone So Long (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    3:11
  10. 18.
    Modern (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    6:33
  11. 19.
    If I Could (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    4:53
  12. 20.
    Last Frame (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    6:15

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    The Comet, the Course, the Tail (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    7:21
  2. 11.
    The Lie (Bernini’s Saint Theresa) (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    6:30
  3. 12.
    The Mousetrap (Caught in) (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    6:06
  4. 13.
    In the End (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    7:23
  5. 14.
    A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers / The Sleepwalkers (Medley / live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    10:31
  6. 15.
    Man-Erg (live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA / 16th February 1978)
    10:49

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    My Favourite
    2:51
  2. 12.
    Careering
    4:06
  3. 13.
    Porton Down
    3:41
  4. 14.
    Mirror Images
    3:50
  5. 15.
    Handicap and Equality
    3:56
  6. 16.
    Not for Keith
    2:26
  7. 17.
    The Old School Tie
    5:06
  8. 18.
    Time for a Change
    3:15
  9. 19.
    Imperial Walls
    4:16
  10. 20.
    Mr X (Gets Tense)
    6:05
  11. 21.
    Faculty X
    4:12
  12. 22.
    Mediaeval / Time for a Change (BBC radio John Peel session / 24th September 1979)
    5:18
  13. 23.
    Mr X (Gets Tense) (BBC radio John Peel session / 24th September 1979)
    4:20
  14. 24.
    Faculty X (BBC radio John Peel session / 24th September 1979)
    4:23
  15. 25.
    The Polaroid
    2:33

Disc 12

  1. 12.
    Golden Promises
    2:56
  2. 13.
    Losing Faith in Words
    3:40
  3. 14.
    Jargon King
    2:43
  4. 15.
    Fogwalking
    4:04
  5. 16.
    The Spirit
    2:38
  6. 17.
    In Slow Time
    3:26
  7. 18.
    The Wipe
    1:44
  8. 19.
    Flight (Medley)
    19:39

Disc 13

  1. 13.
    Breakthrough
    3:58
  2. 14.
    My Experience
    3:16
  3. 15.
    Ophelia
    3:11
  4. 16.
    Empress's Clothes
    4:05
  5. 17.
    Glue
    3:42
  6. 18.
    Hesitation
    4:08
  7. 19.
    Sitting Targets
    5:23
  8. 20.
    Stranger Still
    4:56
  9. 21.
    Sign
    3:48
  10. 22.
    What I Did
    3:41
  11. 23.
    Central Hotel
    4:42

Disc 14

  1. 14.
    Just Good Friends (Love Songs version)
    3:53
  2. 15.
    My Favourite (Love Songs version)
    3:00
  3. 16.
    Been Alone So Long (Love Songs version)
    5:01
  4. 17.
    Ophelia (Love Songs version)
    3:08
  5. 18.
    Again (Love Songs version)
    3:33
  6. 19.
    If I Could
    5:00
  7. 20.
    Vision (Love Songs version)
    3:15
  8. 21.
    Don't Tell Me (Love Songs version)
    4:39
  9. 22.
    The Birds (Love Songs version)
    3:40
  10. 23.
    (This Side of) The Looking Glass (Love Songs version)
    7:02
  11. 24.
    Just Good Friends (instrumental / Love Songs version)
    3:59

Disc 15

  1. 15.
    Skin
    4:15
  2. 16.
    After the Show
    4:17
  3. 17.
    Painting by Numbers
    3:59
  4. 18.
    Shell
    4:16
  5. 19.
    All Said and Done
    3:38
  6. 20.
    A Perfect Date
    4:13
  7. 21.
    Four Pails
    4:28
  8. 22.
    Now Lover
    9:52
  9. 23.
    You Hit Me Where I Live
    4:52

Disc 16

  1. 16.
    Too Many of My Yesterdays
    4:42
  2. 17.
    Faith
    4:24
  3. 18.
    Empire of Delight
    4:37
  4. 19.
    Silver
    5:28
  5. 20.
    Beside the One You Love
    5:08
  6. 21.
    Other Old Cliches
    4:01
  7. 22.
    Confidence
    6:32
  8. 23.
    Sleep Now
    4:43

Disc 17

  1. 17.
    Pushing Thirty (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    4:22
  2. 18.
    The Second Hand (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    3:30
  3. 19.
    Trappings (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    3:36
  4. 20.
    The Mousetrap (Caught in) (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    4:12
  5. 21.
    Energy Vampires (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    2:55
  6. 22.
    If I Could (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    4:45
  7. 23.
    The Future Now (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    4:19
  8. 24.
    Still in the Dark (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    3:41
  9. 25.
    Mediaeval (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    3:11
  10. 26.
    A Motor-Bike in Afrika (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    3:16
  11. 27.
    The Cut (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    4:23
  12. 28.
    Palinurus (Castaway) (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    3:51

Disc 18

  1. 18.
    My Favourite (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    2:56
  2. 19.
    Careering (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    4:08
  3. 20.
    Porton Down (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    3:42
  4. 21.
    Mirror Images (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    3:58
  5. 22.
    Handicap and Equality (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    4:04
  6. 23.
    Not for Keith (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    2:27
  7. 24.
    The Old School Tie (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    5:06
  8. 25.
    Time for a Change (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    3:18
  9. 26.
    Imperial Walls (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    4:15
  10. 27.
    Mr X (Gets Tense) (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    6:03
  11. 28.
    Faculty X (Stephen W. Tayler stereo remix)
    4:08

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