Time Vaults is an 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...

. It was originally released in 1982 on cassette only. It contains out-takes and rehearsal recordings from the period 1972-1975, when the band was on hiatus. The recordings "are not studio-quality recordings". It was released almost four years after the break-up of Van der Graaf Generator in 1978. Later it was released as a vinyl LP, and in 1992 it was released on CD.

Among others, it contains the first rehearsals by the reformed Van der Graaf Generator from 1975, and some pieces originally intended for the next album in 1972. One song has Peter Hammill play bass guitar, another has David Jackson play the piano.

Track listing

1. "The Liquidator" (Hammill) – 5:24
2. "Rift Valley" (Hammill) – 4:40
3. "Tarzan" (Hammill) – 2:09
4. "Coil Night" (Hammill) – 4:12
5. "Time Vaults" (Hammill) – 3:33
6. "Drift (I hope it won't)" – 2:40
7. "Roncevaux" – 6:55
8. "It All Went Up" (on some pressings incorrectly called "It All Went Red") (Hammill) – 4:07
9. "Faint And Forsaken" (Hammill) – 2:45
10. "Blackroom" – 8:52

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, bass, piano
• 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...
  
   – piano, saxophone
• 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:...
  
   - bass, 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