Merlin Atmos

Merlin Atmos: Live Performances 2013 is a live album by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in February 2015.[1][2] The album was recorded during the band's European tour in June 2013 and includes a full onstage performance of the suite "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers", originally recorded for Pawn Hearts in 1971.[3]

Merlin Atmos: Live Performances 2013
Live album by
Van der Graaf Generator
Released2 February 2015
RecordedJune 2013
GenreProgressive rock
Length45:35 (vinyl)
70:59 (CD)
142:12 (Special edition)
LabelEsoteric Antenna
ProducerVan der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator chronology
ALT
(2012)		 Merlin Atmos: Live Performances 2013
(2015)		 Do Not Disturb
(2016)

In addition to the regular version of the album, a special edition containing an extra CD called "Bonus Atmos" and a vinyl version including just the two long suites ("Flight" and "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers") were also issued.

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Hammill except where noted.

Regular album
No.TitleWriter(s)Studio releaseLength
1."Flight" A Black Box (1980)*21:30
2."Lifetime" Trisector (2008)5:11
3."All That Before"Hammill, Hugh Banton, Guy EvansTrisector (2008)7:46
4."Bunsho"Hammill, Banton, EvansA Grounding in Numbers (2011)5:48
5."A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers"Hammill, Banton, Evans, David JacksonPawn Hearts (1971)24:05
6."Gog" In Camera (1974)*6:39

Bonus Atmos
No.TitleWriter(s)Studio releaseLength
1."Interference Patterns"Hammill, Banton, EvansTrisector (2008)4:28
2."Over the Hill"Hammill, Banton, EvansTrisector (2008)12:36
3."Your Time Starts Now"Hammill, Banton, EvansA Grounding in Numbers (2011)4:14
4."Scorched Earth"Hammill, JacksonGodbluff (1975)10:14
5."Meurglys III, The Songwriter's Guild" World Record (1976)15:24
6."Man-Erg" Pawn Hearts (1971)11:30
7."Childlike Faith in Childhood's End" Still Life (1976)12:37

(*) Peter Hammill solo album.

Vinyl
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Flight"
i. "Flying Blind"
ii. "The White Cane Fandango"
iii. "Controll"
iv. "Cockpit"
v. "Six Worm Wings"
vi. "Nothing is Nothing"
vii. "A Black Box"
Hammill21:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
i. "Eyewitness"
ii. "Pictures/Lighthouse"
iii. "Eyewitness"
iv. "SHM"
v. "Presence of the Night"
vi. "Kosmos Tours"
vii. "(Custard's) Last Stand"
viii. "The Clot Thickens"
ix. "Land's End (Sineline)"
x. "We Go Now"
Hammill, Banton, Evans, Jackson24:05

Personnel
Van der Graaf Generator
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References
  1. "Merlin Atmos". SofaSound. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. "Van Der Graaf Generator melden sich mit Live-Album zurück". Rolling Stone (in German). 2 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. "Van der Graaf Generator - Merlin Atmos: Live Performances 2013 (2015)". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 28 August 2015.


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