Hammill, Peter - In the Passionkirche DVD (special)
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Very special price on this previously very rare item. This is now 50% off its usual price and worth every cent of the regular price to PH fans...
This is the first-ever DVD release of a title that came out legitimately on videotape in the early 1990s and cost a fortune; I remember staring at it at the record store ("record store?, what's that, grandpa?") and finally deciding I couldn't justify the $25.00 or $30.00 it cost for a PAL videotape that I couldn't watch anyway. Kids these days don't know how lucky they got it! (just kidding!)
"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 album. The DVD contains a bonus feature with an exclusive interview filmed in April 2009 with Peter Hammill where he discusses his solo career The Fall of The House Of Usher album and the concert in Berlin."
- Format TypeNTSC
- Region CodingAll Region
- LabelVoiceprint