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Catalogue number
VPDVD65
Release date
22/02/2010
Format
DVD
Region: 0
Ratio: 16:9
Sound: Stereo
Classification: E
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Peter Hammill
In The Passionkirche, Berlin 1992
Disc 1
1. The Future Now 2. I Will Find You 3. Usher's Suite 4. Patient 5. Curtains 6. My Room 7. Something about)Ysabel's Dance 8. Traintime 9. Given Time 10. A Way Out 11. Modern

Peter Hammill is universally known as the founder and leader of British progressive Rock band Van Der Graaf Generator. Peter still fronts the band after Van Der Graaf Generator made a comeback in 2005. Peter Hammill however also has a thriving solo career dating back to the early seventies following the original split of Van Der Graaf Generator.

Whether playing with a band as he did in the early eighties with the K Group or playing solo Peter Hammill still retains a strong and loyal following with that following being particularly fervent in Europe. In 1991 Peter Hammill released the album Fall Of The House Of Usher based around the story of the same name by Edgar Alan Poe. The album has never been performed live in its entirety however during solo concerts in late 1991 and 1992 Peter Hammill performed an edited suite of songs from the album.,

One such concert took place at The Passionkirche in Berlin in April 1992. For many of Peter Hammill's long time fans this performance holds a special place and bootleg copies have traded between fans for many years.

This DVD filmed in April 1992 in Berlin sees the first official release of the concert on DVD although it was briefly available on VHS.

The jewel for many fans of course is the Usher Suite although here in a stark solo performance where Peter alternates between piano and occasionally guitar Peter Hammill performs a number of songs from his long solo career drawing on material from previous albums including The Future Now (The Future Now), Fireships (I Will Find You, Curtains), Patience (Patient) and Peter also re visits the Van Der Graaf Generator song My Room which originally featured on the Still Life album

The DVD contains a bonus feature with an exclusive interview filmed in April 2009 with Peter Hammill where he discusses his solo career The Fall of The House Of Usher album and the concert in Berlin.

Reviews
...This DVD is enhanced with an additional interview recorded last year where Hammill discusses his solo work and his 1991 Some Bizarre release, The Fall Of The House Of Usher. An indispensable release for aficionados.
Ian Abrahams - Record Collector
The word genius is used all to often these days and thus is true definition has been diminished. However, when used to describe Peter Hammill then genius means exactly what it should do i.e. a person of exceptional ability especially of a highly original kind. Thinking about it, the word doesn't actually do Hammill full justice as he is probably the most original songwriter this country has ever produced.
Melve Cant - Rock Society Aril/May 2010