Real Time is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by Van der Graaf Generator

Van der Graaf Generator

Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester. They were the first act signed to Charisma Records. The band achieved considerable success in Italy during the 1970s...

, released in 2007 on Fie! Records (the label owned by the group's singer and principal songwriter Peter Hammill

Peter Hammill

Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill is an English singer-songwriter, and a founding member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Most noted for his vocal abilities, his main instruments are guitar and piano...

). It contains the entire recording of the group's reunion concert at the Royal Festival Hall

Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected...

 in London

London

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, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 on 6 May 2005. The Japanese release of the album includes a bonus disc of three songs recorded live at the reunion tour that followed the RFH concert, plus one track of improvisation recorded while the group were soundchecking ("Gibberish").

Disc One

1. "The Undercover Man" (Hammill) - 8:29
2. "Scorched Earth" (Hammill, Jackson) - 10:05
3. "Refugees" (Hammill) - 6:01
4. "Every Bloody Emperor" (Hammill) - 7:36
5. "Lemmings" (Hammill) - 13:20
6. "(In the) Black Room" (Hammill) - 11:16
7. "Nutter Alert" (Hammill) - 6:05
8. "Darkness" _(Hammill) - 7:20

Disc Two

1. "Masks" (Hammill) - 6:47
2. "Childlike Faith in Childhood's End" (Hammill) - 12:34
3. "The Sleepwalkers" (Hammill) - 10:44
4. "Man-Erg" (Hammill) - 11:36
5. "Killer" (Banton, Hammill, Smith) - 9:55
6. "Wondering" (Banton, Hammill) - 7:01

Bonus tracks on the Japanese edition (released on Strange Days Records)

7. "Pilgrims" - 7:30 (recorded Paris, 12 July 2005)
8. "When She Comes" - 8:08 (recorded Amsterdam, 23 July 2005)
9. "Still Life" - 7:51 (recorded Taormina, 15 July 2005)
10. "Gibberish" - 13:37 (recorded Amsterdam soundcheck, 23 July 2005)

Personnel

• Peter Hammill
  Peter Hammill
  Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill is an English singer-songwriter, and a founding member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Most noted for his vocal abilities, his main instruments are guitar and piano...
  
   – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• David Jackson
  David Jackson (rock musician)
  David Nicholas George Jackson , nicknamed Jaxon, is a British progressive rock saxophonist, flautist, and composer. He is best known for his work with the band Van der Graaf Generator and his work in Music and Disability...
  
   – saxophone, flute
• Hugh Banton
  Hugh Banton
  Hugh Robert Banton is a British organist and organ builder, most widely known for his work with the group Van der Graaf Generator in the 1970s.-Career:...
  
   - organ
• Guy Evans
  Guy Evans
  Guy Randolph Evans is an English progressive rock drummer, percussionist and composer, and a member of Van der Graaf Generator....
  
  - drums, percussion