The Union Chapel Concert
# The Union Chapel Concert

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The Union Chapel Concert is a live album by Guy Evans and Peter Hammill, recorded in the Union Chapel in London, 3 November 1996, and released as a double CD in March 1997. The album is noteworthy because it is the first time the four ex-members of Van der Graaf Generator, Hammill, Evans, Hugh Banton and David Jackson, played together in front of a paying audience since the band had broken up in 1978. The subtitle on the front of the album reads: "featuring a one song, one-off reformation of Van der Graaf Generator." David Jackson and Hugh Banton were unannounced guests and played a Soundbeam-medley and a Samuel Barber Adagio for strings on the church organ respectively. All songs that evening were played in varying line-ups. Only "Lemmings" was played by Hammill, Evans, Banton and Jackson.

## Track listing

* "Fireworks"
* "A Forest of Pronouns"
* "Anatol's Proposal"
* "After the Show"
* "Roger and Out"
* "Accidents"
* "Soundbeam Medley" (listed as "Four Kinds of Rice / Hello / Resolution" in the CD booklet but as "Soundbeam medley" on the back)
* "Women of Ireland"
* "Ship of Fools"
* "Hamburg Station"
* "Seven Wonders"
* "Barber's Adagio for Strings"
* "Red Shift"
* "Lemmings"
* "Traintime"

## Personnel

* Guy Evans - drums, percussion, MIDI pads & samples, blue drums
* Peter Hammill – guitar, keyboards
* Hugh Banton – organs
* Manny Elias – drums
* Stuart Gordon – violin
* David Jackson – saxophones, flutes, soundbeam
* Giles Perring (incorrectly spelled as 'Perrin' in the booklet of the CD) – guitar, blue drums
* Mat Fraser – blue drums
* Patou Soult – percussion, blue drums

Blue drums are the invention of Echo City, the group of which both Evans and Perring are members.

