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 HUGH ROBERT BANTON, KEITH IAN ELLIS, GUY RANDOLPH EVANS, 

PETER JOSEPH ANDREW HAMMILL, JEFF 

An eye-opening trip to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury during the summer of 1967 

inspired British-born drummer Chris Judge Smith to compose a list of possible names 

for the rock group he wished to form. Upon his return to Manchester University, 

he began performing with singer/songwriter Peter Hammill and keyboardist Nick Peame; 

employing one of the names from Judge Smith's list, the band dubbed itself Van der Graaf Generator 

(after a machine which creates static electricity), eventually earning 

an intense cult following as one of the era's preeminent art rock groups

"THE AEROSOL GREY MACHINE"

<originally published in 1969 BUT released for the first time in Italy only in 1974>

the date stamped on runout groove: 06 06 74

Produced by John Anthony and Van Der Graaf

1974     LP     VERTIGO RECORDS     VERTIGO 6360 510 A

MADE IN ITALY     ORIGINAL  PRESSING

on VERTIGO "SWIRL" LABEL

Unlaminated cover

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  VERTIGO -  SWIRL LABEL (Side A) - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: VERTIGO 6360 510 A  

Catalog on labels: (Side B only) 6360 510 L (6360 510.2)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 63 60 510   1   1   520   06 06 74   20

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 63 60 510   2   1   520   06 06 74   20

On label (Side B only):  'Made in Italy'

℗ 1974

(All titles written by P. Hammill except *Ellis/Evans/Banton)

Rights Society: S.I.A.E.

On Back Sleeve: Liner notes by John Anthony and Peter Hammill

Distribuzione Phonogram s.p.a.

Printed and made in Italy

Grafiche Dotti - Cernobbio 

 from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: AFTERWARDS - ORTHENTHIAN ST (Part I)

ORTHENTHIAN ST (Part II) - RUNNING BACK - INTO A GAME

Side B: AEROSOL GREY MACHINE - BLACK SMOKE YEN

AQUARIAN - NECROMANCER - OCTOPUS

  grading

RECORD  EX, sometimes NEAR MINT (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG(+) (please, see pictures and read above description)

Despite the early involvement of Judge Smith and Peame, the group found true success as a vehicle for Hammill, 

whose dark, existentialist lyrics made him the focus of considerable attention. 

After the release of the 1968 single "People You Were Going To," Judge Smith left Van der Graaf Generator, 

which by then consisted of Hammill, keyboardist Hugh Banton, bassist Keith Ellis and drummer Guy Evans. 

The group soon split, and in 1968 Hammill entered the studio, ostensibly to record a solo album; 

however, he ultimately called in his ex-bandmates for assistance, and when The Aerosol Grey Machine appeared, 

it did so under the Van der Graaf Generator name....(AllMusic)