The Union Chapel Concert

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

 * 1) "Fireworks"
 * 2) "A Forest of Pronouns"
 * 3) "Anatol's Proposal"
 * 4) "After the Show"
 * 5) "Roger and Out"
 * 6) "Accidents"
 * 7) "Soundbeam Medley" (listed as "Four Kinds of Rice / Hello / Resolution" in the CD booklet but as "Soundbeam medley" on the back)
 * 8) "Women of Ireland"
 * 9) "Ship of Fools"
 * 10) "Hamburg Station"
 * 11) "Seven Wonders"
 * 12) "Barber's Adagio for Strings"
 * 13) "Red Shift"
 * 14) "Lemmings"
 * 15) "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.