Van Der Graaf Generator - World Record (1976) {2013, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered} Repost

Posted By: popsakov
Date: Sept. 3, 2025

Van Der Graaf Generator - World Record (1976) {2013, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 488 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 165 Mb
Full Scans ~ 209 Mb | 01:08:28 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Progressive Rock | Virgin / Charisma / Universal Music #TYCP-80014

World Record is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock group Van der Graaf Generator, originally released in 1976 on Charisma Records. Bonus tracks were added for the 2005 rerelease. It was the last album recorded by the classic line-up of the band until their 2005 reunion: Hugh Banton and David Jackson departed in December 1976 and January 1977 respectively. Banton's departure was a result of financial troubles and his then-recent marriage, but he stayed to finish touring commitments. Jackson continued with Peter Hammill and Guy Evans to rehearse with the new line-up in January 1977, which featured returning bassist Nic Potter and newcomer violinist Graham Smith (of Scottish folk-rock act String Driven Thing), but left shortly after the band started rehearsing, just before the next tour.

Released in the latter half of 1976 as a half-hearted attempt at some sort of commercial focus in the U.K. and U.S., World Record suffers from several ailments: there was much tension in the band at this point, particularly between leader Peter Hammill and keyboardist Hugh Banton. In the end, the band would split apart, with Banton and wind player David Jackson leaving, while Hammill and drummer Guy Evans recruited replacements. World Record is very much a divided record, sounding beautifully clean, but lacking in both performance and focus. Evans plays as well as ever, but without the creative spark of earlier records; Hammill, meanwhile, was responsible for the rambling, scattered "Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)," a lumbering piece named after one of his guitars. Of the cuts present, the best are the operatic "Masks," which mines one of Hammill's favorite themes, that of identity, and "Wondering," written in collaboration with Banton. "Wondering" is beautifully hymn-like until the very end, when it suddenly becomes querulous and uncertain, ending the album both with a note of hope and a desperate question.

~ Steven McDonald, All Music
Discogs

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Track List:

01. When She Comes [8:03]
02. A Place To Survive [10:06]
03. Masks [7:02]
04. Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild) [20:51]
05. Wondering [6:50]
06. When She Comes (BBC 'The John Peel Show') / Bonus Track [8:14]
07. Masks (BBC 'The John Peel Show') / Bonus Track [7:24]

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 3. February 2014, 20:18

Van Der Graaf Generator / World Record SHM-CD

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Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo


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