Peter Hammill - "The Emperor In His War Room" - Peel Sessions (1974) video free download


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Duration: 06:45
Uploaded: 2008/05/06

You must pay the price of hate and that price is your soul...

Peter Hammill (audio only) plays the song "The Emperor In His War Room" from the now seemingly unavailable solo album "The Peel Sessions", recorded live and solo 19th August 1974 for the BBC Radio One John Peel radio sessions - first broadcast 3rd September 1974 - added as a bonus track to the recently remastered album "In Camera".

I compiled the video montage myself utilising footage mostly downloaded from YouTube, with some of my own added effects and filters.

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Comments are most welcome.

Comments

9 years ago

burgersoft777

I recall recording this version on what I suppose must have been 19-08-74. My BSFA tape lasted a few years but eventually snapped. So I was delighted to find this and the other two tracks recorded that day on the remastered in camera. Great version with all the power of the original despite being a solo recording.

10 years ago

myearsloveit

All my love TY for this Fave singer Saw him at the troubador in '76 his lyrics & emotion embodied my teen angst. Love Peter Forever! In '74, at 14, I probably would have killed to see n hear this.or crawled!

11 years ago

andxmenx

this is rare: poetry along music, both outstanding;

11 years ago

Rocky B

Yup this is the one the first Van Der Graaf Generator song i ever added to my collection. It is still my favorite song from them. After i finished a poem and am satisfied with it i end up listening to a gem like this and it makes me wanna stop writing. Hopefully one day i can write something as creative and dark as this.

12 years ago

gorkys6

Two senior officers of my local council (from the caring profession) recently fell upon their swords when they were found to have raided the bank accounts of disabled people for 7 years, totalling £500,000. This song, particularly the last two minutes or so, is an appropriate musical theme and sums up their value to wider humanity - NOUGHT

12 years ago

Juan Carlos Macuri Orellana

Perfection....tears comes from my brain.

12 years ago

gorkys6

Very Muammar Gaddafi. And I HOPE to listen to this again when Tony Blair pops his clogs

12 years ago

professoricon

@chocobo998: Please check out my other videos for more of the same.

12 years ago

chocobo998

Just one word can describe this song and this version; perfection

13 years ago

professoricon

Are you the man who's hands are rank with the smell of death ... ?

14 years ago

professoricon

Io preferisco questa alla versione album. Io preferisco PH sola, senza altri strumenti per diluire la canzone.

14 years ago

hammill88

che versione semplicemente stupenda: cosa riesce a fare solo con il piano!

14 years ago

MeurglysIV

my ears missed Mr. Fripp but still amazing...but not better than studio version imho,thanks for posting.

14 years ago

Antonio C

so intense..quintessential hammill! professoricon where in the hell did you find this footage?

15 years ago

professoricon

I absolutely agree. Please check out my other videos, which include "Faint Heart and the Sermon" plus "(No More) The Sub Mariner" from the same live sessions, which are also better than the studio versions, plus a few other live solo masterpieces.

15 years ago

thefatmonk

Brilliant! This is a great performance of my favourite van de graaf song. Thanks so much for posting this professoricon!

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