The Union Chapel Concert is a live album by Guy Evans

Guy Evans

Guy Randolph Evans is an English progressive rock drummer, percussionist and composer, and a member of Van der Graaf Generator....

 and 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...

, recorded in the Union Chapel

Union Chapel, Islington

The Union Chapel is a Grade II* listed church and music venue in Islington, North London, England, located on Compton Terrace.An example of Victorian gothic architecture, it was designed by James Cubitt, and constructed between 1874 and 1877, with further additions 1877-90, providing an ambitious...

 in London, 3 November 1996, and released as a double CD in March 1997. The album is noteworthy because it is the first time the four ex-members of 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...

, Hammill, Evans, 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:...

 and 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...

, played together in front of a paying audience since the band had broken up in 1978. The subtitle on the front of the album reads: "featuring a one song, one-off reformation of Van der Graaf Generator." David Jackson and Hugh Banton were unannounced guests and played a Soundbeam

Soundbeam

Soundbeam is an interactive MIDI hardware and software system developed by The Soundbeam Project / EMS in which movement within a series of ultrasonic beams and is used to control multimedia Hardware / software.- System :...

-medley and a Samuel Barber

Samuel Barber

Samuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...

 Adagio for strings on the church organ respectively. All songs that evening were played in varying line-ups. Only "Lemmings" was played by Hammill, Evans, Banton and Jackson.

Track listing

1. "Fireworks"
2. "A Forest of Pronouns"
3. "Anatol's Proposal"
4. "After the Show"
5. "Roger and Out"
6. "Accidents"
7. "Soundbeam Medley"
8. "Women of Ireland"
9. "Ship of Fools"
10. "Hamburg Station"
11. "Seven Wonders"
12. "Barber's Adagio for Strings"
13. "Red Shift"
14. "Lemmings"
15. "Traintime"

Personnel

• Guy Evans: drums, percussion, MIDI pads & samples, blue drums
• Peter Hammill: guitar, keyboards
• 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:...
  
  : organs
• Manny Elias
  Manny Elias
  Manny Elias is an English drummer, notable for being the original drummer with Tears for Fears during the 1980s.Originally a member of the rock band Interview from Bath, Somerset. Elias began working with Tears For Fears in 1982 and drummed on the albums The Hurting and Songs From The Big Chair,...
  
  : drums
• Stuart Gordon: violin
• 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...
  
  : saxes, flutes, soundbeam
• Giles Perring (incorrectly spelled as 'Perrin' in the booklet of the CD): guitar, blue drums
• Mat Fraser: blue drums
• Patou Soult: percussion, blue drums

Blue drums are the invention of Echo City

Echo City

Echo City is a British sound sculpture and music project founded in London in 1983 by Van der Graaf Generator member Guy Evans, Giles Leaman, Giles Perring and David Sawyer....

and Guy and Giles are members of the group.