The Charisma and Virgin Recordings 1971 - 1986 - Super Deluxe 18-CD/2-Blu-ray Box Set - Sealed

PETER HAMMILL The Charisma and Virgin Recordings 1971 - 1986 (2025 UK/EU super deluxe 18-CD and 2-Blu-ray box set. Peter Hammill first came to prominence as the founder and voice of the legendary progressive rock group Van der GraafGenerator, and has since built a formidable solo career as one of Britain's most original and uncompromising songwriters. Hammill's body of work spans pastoral folk, raw experimentalism, and intimate, emotionally charged balladry - alwaysfiercely distinctive. This definitive super deluxe box set brings together all 13 of Hammill's albums released on Charisma and Virgin, newly remastered from the original master tapes. It also includes new stereo and 5.1 mixes of The Future Now and pH7 by Stephen W Tayler, alongside a wealth of rare BBC sessions, live recordings, and unreleased television performances presented on Blu-ray. Includes an illustrated book featuring rare photos and a new essay from Hammill. This set celebrates Hammill's extraordinary output between 1971-1986, a period that cemented his reputation as one of progressive music's most daring innovators. Lavishly housed together in a linen textured slipcase. Sealed with hype-sticker)

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Price Info
$187.59, £139.99  
Product Availability Last 2 copies in stock. Order now for shipping on Friday 17th October
Release Date 26th Sep 2025
Release Year 2025
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format CD Album Box Set
Record Label Virgin
Complete Stock List Go to Peter Hammill
Product Catalogue No 6518101
Music Genre 70s Rock, Progressive, Singer/Songwriter, 70s Artists
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
Tracklisting & More Information

CD1 - Fool's Mate (1971)
1. Imperial Zeppelin
2. Candle
3. Happy
4. Solitude
5. Vision
6. Re-Awakening
7. Sunshine
8. Child
9. Summer Song in Autumn
10. Viking
11. The Birds
12. I Once Wrote Some Poems
Bonus Tracks:
13. Re-Awakening (Demo)
14. Summer Song in Autumn (Demo)
15. The Birds (Demo)
16. Sunshine (Demo)
17. Happy (Demo)

CD2 - Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night (1973)
1. German Overalls
2. Slender Threads
3. Rock and Role
4. In the End
5. What It's Worth
6. Easy to Slip Away
7. Dropping the Torch
8. (In the) Black Room / The Tower
Bonus Live:
9. Rain 3am
10. Time for a Change
11. German Overalls
12. Easy to Slip Away
13. In the End

CD3 - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (1974)
1. Modern
2. Wilhemina
3. The Lie (Bernini's St. Theresa)
4. Forsaken Gardens
5. Red Shift
6. Rubicon
7. A Louse Is Not a Home

CD4 - BBC Sessions (1974)
1. Rubicon
2. Red Shift
3. Solitude
4. Time for a Change
5. The Birds
6. Out of My Book
7. Slender Threads
8. German Overalls

CD5 - In Camera (1974)
1. Ferret and Featherbird
2. (No More) The Sub Mariner
3. Tapeworm
4. Again
5. Faint Heart and the Sermon
6. The Comet, the Course, the Tail
7. Gog
8. Magog (In Bromine Chambers)
Bonus:
9. The Emperor in His War Room (Live)
10. Faint Heart and the Sermon (Live)
11. (No More) The Sub Mariner (Live)

CD6 - Nadir's Big Chance (1975)
1. Nadir's Big Chance
2. The Institute of Mental Health, Burning
3. Open Your Eyes
4. Nobody's Business
5. Been Alone So Long
6. Pompeii
7. Shingle Song
8. Airport
Bonus:
9. People You Were Going To
10. Birthday Special
11. Two or Three Spectres

CD7 - Over (1977)
1. Crying Wolf
2. Autumn
3. Time Heals
4. Alice (Letting Go)
5. This Side of the Looking Glass
6. Betrayed
7. (On Tuesdays She Used to Do) Yoga
8. Lost and Found
Bonus Live:
9. Afterwards
10. Autumn
11. Betrayed

CD8 - The Future Now (1978)
1. Pushing Thirty
2. The Second Hand
3. Trappings
4. The Mousetrap (Caught In)
5. Energy Vampires
6. If I Could
7. The Future Now
8. Still in the Dark
9. Mediaeval
10. A Motor-Bike in Africa
11. The Cut
12. Palinurus (Castaway)

CD9 - BBC Session (1978)
1. House With No Door
2. Time Heals
3. This Side of the Looking Glass
4. My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)
5. Easy to Slip Away
6. Still Life
7. Lizard Play
8. Time for a Change
9. Been Alone So Long
10. Modern
11. If I Could
12. Last Frame

CD10 - Live Recordings
1. The Comet, The Course, The Tail
2. The Lie (Bernini's St. Theresa)
3. The Mousetrap (Caught In)
4. In the End
5. Medley: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers / The Sleepwalkers
6. Man-Erg

CD11 - pH7 (1979)
1. My Favourite
2. Careering
3. Porton Down
4. Mirror Images
5. Handicap and Equality
6. Not for Keith
7. The Old School Tie
8. Time for a Change
9. Imperial Walls
10. Mr X (Gets Tense)
11. Faculty X
Bonus:
12. Mediaeval / Time for a Change
13. Mr X (Gets Tense)
14. Faculty X
15. The Polaroid

CD12 - A Black Box (1980)
1. Golden Promises
2. Losing Faith in Words
3. Jargon King
4. Fogwalking
5. The Spirit
6. In Slow Time
7. The Wipe
8. Flight
Bonus:
9. Flying Bird
10. The White Cave Fandango
11. Control
12. Cockpit
13. Silk Worm Wings
14. Nothing is Nothing
15. A Black Box (Alt.)

CD13 - Sitting Targets (1981)
1. Breakthrough
2. My Experience
3. Ophelia
4. Empress's Clothes
5. Glue
6. Hesitation
7. Sitting Targets
8. Stranger Still
9. Sign
10. What I Did
11. Central Hotel

CD14 - BBC Session / Live (1980s)
1. Just Good Friends
2. My Favourite
3. Been Alone So Long
4. Ophelia
5. Again
6. If I Could
7. Vision
8. Don't Tell Me
9. The Birds
10. (This Side of) The Looking Glass
11. Just Good Friends (Instrumental)

CD15 - Skin (1986)
1. Skin
2. After the Show
3. Painting by Numbers
4. Shell
5. All Said and Done
6. A Perfect Date
7. Four Pails
8. Now Lover
9. You Hit Me Where I Live

CD16 - Outtakes & Sessions
1. Too Many of My Yesterdays
2. Faith
3. Empire of Delight
4. Silver
5. Beside the One You Love
6. Other Old Clichés
7. Confidence
8. Sleep Now

CD17 - The Future Now / pH7 (New Mixes)
New stereo and 5.1 mixes by Stephen W Tayler.

CD18 - Rare & Live Archive Recordings
Spanning BBC sessions, European tours, and unreleased performances.

Blu-ray
· New 5.1 mixes of The Future Now and pH7
· Rare European television performances
· Archival footage and unseen material


Key Features
· 18CD + Blu-ray Super Deluxe Box Set
· Features all 13 Charisma and Virgin albums, newly remastered from original tapes
· Includes new stereo & 5.1 mixes of The Future Now and pH7 (mixed by Stephen W Tayler)
· Rare BBC sessions and live recordings spanning Hammill's career
· Blu-ray with unreleased European TV performances
· Lavish packaging with extensive booklet and archive material


CD ALBUM BOX SET  
Recording Artist Peter Hammill
Product Title The Charisma and Virgin Recordings 1971 - 1986 - Super Deluxe 18-CD/2-Blu-ray Box Set - Sealed
Product Information Peter Hammill The Charisma and Virgin Recordings 1971 - 1986 - Super Deluxe 18-CD/2-Blu-ray Box Set - Sealed UK CD Album Box Set.
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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