Vital

Tracklist

1-1	Ship Of Fools	6:44
1-2	Still Life	9:42
1-3	Last Frame	8:59
1-4	Mirror Images	5:48
1-5	Medley: A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalkers	13:43
2-1	Pioneers Over C	17:08
2-2	Sci-Finance	6:09
2-3	Door	5:29
2-4	Urban / Killer / Urban	8:14
2-5	Nadir's Big Chance	3:59

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Recorded At – Marquee Club
• Mixed At – Foel Studio

Credits

• Bass – Nic Potter
• Cello, Electric Piano, Synthesizer – Charles Dickie*
• Coordinator [Product Co-ordination], Research [Tape] – Mark Powell
• Engineer [Mixing At Foel] – Dave Anderson
• Engineer, Recorded By – Mike Dunne
• Mastered By [Original Mastering At CBS] – Allen Landau
• Photography By [Front Cover] – Gordian Troeller
• Producer – Guy Evans
• Reissue Producer, Compiled By – Mark Powell, Van Der Graaf Generator
• Saxophone, Flute – David Jackson
• Violin – Graham Smith
• Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Producer [Existential] – Peter Hammill
• Written-By – David Jackson (tracks: 2-1), Peter Hammill

Notes

Originally released as Charisma CVLD 101 in July 1978.

Recorded live at the Marquee Club, London, January 16th 1978.

Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988006835054
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): VJCP-68765 1
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): VJCP-68766 4
• Mastering SID Code (CD1 & CD2): IFPI L154
• Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 28R2
• Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 28S2
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (CD1 Cat.#): VJCP-68765
• Other (CD2 Cat.#): VJCP-68766

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CVLD 101	Van Der Graaf*	Vital ‎(2xLP, Album)	Charisma	CVLD 101	UK	1978
SFX-10067~8	Van Der Graaf*	Vital ‎(2xLP, Album)	Philips	SFX-10067~8	Japan	1978
0946 3 32981 2 5, CVLCDR 101	Van Der Graaf*	Vital ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Unofficial, Har)	Virgin , Charisma	0946 3 32981 2 5, CVLCDR 101	Russia	2005
0946 3 32981 2 5, CVLCDR 101	Van Der Graaf*	Vital ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin, Charisma	0946 3 32981 2 5, CVLCDR 101	UK	2005
CVLCD101, 0777 7 87545 2 7	Van Der Graaf*	Vital ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	CVLCD101, 0777 7 87545 2 7	Netherlands	1989

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