Van Der Graaf Generator – World Record (1976) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2015]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 67:53 minutes | Scans included | 2,75 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,32 GB
Genre: Rock
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.
Tracklist:
01. When She Comes
02. A Place To Survive
03. Masks
04. Meurglys III (The Songwriters Guild)
05. Wondering
06. When She Comes
07. Masks
Note:
DSD flat transferred from U.K. original analogue master tapes.
Edited in DSD by Manabu Matsumura at Universal Music Studios, Tokyo, in 2015.
SACD ISO
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