CD Peter Hammill - In The Passionkirche, Berlin 1992 (Importado) (CD+DVD)

Peter Hammill is universally known as the founder and leader of British progressive Rock band Van Der Graaf Generator. Peter still fronts the band after Van Der Graaf Generator made a comeback in 2005. Peter Hammill however also has a thriving solo career dating back to the early seventies following the original split of Van Der Graaf Generator.

Whether playing with a band as he did in the early eighties with the K Group or playing solo Peter Hammill still retains a strong and loyal following with that following being particularly fervent in Europe. In 1991 Peter Hammill released the album Fall Of The House Of Usher based around the story of the same name by Edgar Alan Poe. The album has never been performed live in its entirety however during solo concerts in late 1991 and 1992 Peter Hammill performed an edited suite of songs from the album.

One such concert took place at The Passionkirche in Berlin in April 1992. For many of Peter Hammill's long time fans this performance holds a special place and bootleg copies have traded between fans for many years.

This DVD filmed in April 1992 in Berlin sees the first official release of the concert on DVD although it was briefly available on VHS.

The jewel for many fans of course is the Usher Suite although here in a stark solo performance where Peter alternates between piano and occasionally guitar Peter Hammill performs a number of songs from his long solo career drawing on material from previous albums including The Future Now (The Future Now), Fireships (I Will Find You, Curtains), Patience (Patient) and Peter also re visits the Van Der Graaf Generator song My Room which originally featured on the Still Life álbum.

This CD is the companion release to the DVD of the same name and has also been reformatted by Peter Hammill to reflect the true running order of the actual concert.