Peter Hammill - Live in London (September 8th, 1974)

[@BMCA-k4m]

This is truly impressive. I find this 50 years to the day after the event. I was there in seat G5. The late Tony Stratton Smith, the owner and Managing Director of Charisma Records sat right in front of us in the next row, he arrived late and turned round and asked "Has he played Refugees yet ? He was accompanied by his Minder and Chauffeur Cracky, also now sadly passed. The show started with Peter Hammill doing a few numbers on acoustic guitar before moving onto piano. Don't remember a lot of detail though the opening number was Modern. For me at least a truly historic occasion. I was 16 in 1974 and had seen Van Der Graaf Generator in 1972 just before they broke up. After they reformed in 1975 I went on to see them and PH solo many times over the following years. Thanks for posting this, it's priceless.

[@sillythingsreally]

lovely story to read through!

[@APlagueofLighthouseTapers]

That's amazing. I'm glad you were able to discover this. I hope one day we can discover a recording of the guitar set of this show, like we have with the show before.

[@APlagueofLighthouseTapers]

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