Vital

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A1	Ship Of Fools	6:43
A2	Still Life	9:42
A3	Last Frame	9:02
B1	Mirror Images	5:50
Medley	13:41
B2.1	A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
B2.1.a	Eyewitness
B2.1.b	The Clot Thickens
B2.2	The Sleepwalkers
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C1	Pioneers Over C Written-By – Jackson*	17:00
C2	Sci-Finance Written-By – Jackson*
D1	Door	6:00
Urban	8:20
D2.1	Urban Part 1
D2.2	Killer (Section) Written-By – Smith*, Banton*
D2.3	Urban Part 2
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D3	Nadir's Big Chance	3:40

Credits

• Bass – Nic Potter
• Cello, Electric Piano, Synthesizer – Charles Dickie*
• Drums, Producer – Guy Evans
• Engineer – Dave Anderson
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Mike Dunne
• Mastered By [Cut] – Allen Landau
• Photography By [Back Photo] – Rod Illingworth
• Photography By [Centre Photos] – Guy Evans, Peter Hammill, Ria Granneman
• Photography By [Front Photo] – Gordian Troeller
• Saxophone, Flute – David Jackson (tracks: B1 to D3)
• Violin – Graham Smith
• Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Producer [Existential], Lyrics By – Peter Hammill
• Written-By – Hammill*

Notes

Recorded live at the Marquee Club, London, January 16th 1978.
Mixed at Foel Studio, Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, Wales.
No overdubs have been employed in this recording.

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Printed in France JAT

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CVLD 101	Van Der Graaf*	Vital ‎(2xLP, Album)	Charisma	CVLD 101	UK	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
SFX-10067~8	Van Der Graaf*	Vital ‎(2xLP, Album)	Philips	SFX-10067~8	Japan	1978
TYCP-80016/7	Van Der Graaf Generator	Vital (Live) ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd, RE, SHM)	Charisma	TYCP-80016/7	Japan	2013

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