55 years, 9 months and 12 days ago Tuesday, February 11, 1969 London, United Kingdom Polydor Studios demo recording
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Peter Banks lists this date in his diary as: Recording - Polydor "Whilst I was there [at Speakeasy]," says John, "I built up a really good rapport with lost of record company people and bands and in early 1968, Yes, who used to rehearse there. They asked me to do their demo, so I went to Polydor Studio and did their demonstration disc, which I think was four or five songs, that everyone liked." -- John Anthony, quoted in Christopulos, J., & Smart, P. (2005). "Van der Graaf Generator, The Book: A History of the Band Van der Graaf Generator 1967 to 1978." Phil and Jim Publishers, pp. 30-1 In December 2009, Bonham's auction house in London offered the following items as lot #258. It may be that item #4 is from this date: Various reel-to-reel tape recordings,comprising: 1. 'Dear Father', Everydays', 'Sweetness', 'Something's Coming', approx time 23mins; 2. 'Time And A Word', approx time 5:30, box inscribed Time + A Word Backing Track Speak Chris Squire Re Edit; 3. 'Time And A Word', approx. time 4:10, a rough mix; 4. 'Everydays', 'Something's Coming', 'Dear Father', approx time 19 mins., box with Polydor recording label listing John Anthony as Producer and dated 14.2.69, mono, (with petty cash voucher for £5 for Anthony's work); 5. 'Beyond And Before', 'Sweetness', 'Looking Around', Survival', approx time 20 mins., with Recorded Sound Studios Ltd. label inscribed Polydor Records Paul Clay and dated 9-6-69; 6. a BASF box believed to contain a recording for Belgian TV 'Pop-Eye', 14th/15th October 1969 all but the last with CD copy [Link]
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