The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971 - 1986 18CD/2BluRay Boxset

Peter Hammill first came to prominence as the founder member and voice of the legendary progressive rock group Van der Graaf Generator. Alongside his work with Van der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill has enjoyed a long career as an innovative and groundbreaking solo artist. Beginning with his first solo album Fools Mate in 1971, Peter recorded a series of acclaimed albums for both Charisma Records and Virgin Records covering a wide range of moods, but all undeniably and uniquely original and groundbreaking.Peter Hammills work has been hailed by musicians such as John Lydon and David Bowie who expressed their admiration for his albums and his song writing.This super deluxe box set comprises all 13 albums released by Charisma and Virgin, all newly remastered from the original master tapes, along with new 5.1 and stereo mixes of The Future Now and pH7 by Stephen W Tayler, rare BBC sessions and live recordings and a Bluray video disc of rare previously unreleased European television performances.