''Real Time: Royal Festival Hall, London, 06.05.05'' is a live album by

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, released in 2007 on Fie! Records (the label owned by the group's singer and principal songwriter

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). It contains the entire recording of the group's reunion concert at the

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on 6 May 2005. The album includes at least one song from every album released between 1970-1976, plus their 2005 reunion album ''Present''. Nothing is included from 1969's ''

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'' and ''

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'', released in 1977 after

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and David Jackson left the group. The album also contains "(In the) Black Room", a song performed live by Van der Graaf Generator in 1972 (a rehearsal recording was released on the collection '' Time Vaults''); following the band's August 1972 breakup, it was released on Peter Hammill's 1973 solo album ''

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'', with Banton, Evans and Jackson all performing on the track. The Japanese release of the album includes a bonus disc of three songs recorded live at the reunion tour that followed the Royal Festival Hall concert, plus one track of improvisation recorded while the group were soundchecking ("Gibberish").

Track listing

Disc One

(*) Peter Hammill solo album.

Disc Two

Bonus tracks on the Japanese edition (released on Strange Days Records)

Personnel

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– vocals, guitar, pianos * David Jackson – saxophones, flute *

– organ, bass pedals *

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– drums

References

External links

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