This new box set documents a concert from March 1st, 2022. We get two CDs of audio, but this also includes both a DVD and Blu-Ray of the concert. Van Der Graaf Generator's music is often difficult to pin down, but it is decidedly progressive rock in nature. I have to admit that I'm not always sold on the vocals, but the music wins me over every time. The video is captured in a quality that you'd expect these days. All in all, this is quite a cool release. It should be noted that video discs contain the same track list as the audio ones, just all on one disc versus two.

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Killer keyboard work gets this underway. I dig the organ and piano both here. Eventually more of a full prog band arrangement takes over for the entrance of the vocals. This is fast paced, quirky and very effective. It has some great twists and turns and a lot of dynamic range. To some degree comparisons to Emerson Lake and Palmer are valid, but I can make out similarities to such diverse things as Italian prog and Gentle Giant.  This is quite the potent introduction.

This is much more of a rocking groove than some of the other music here. There are some twists and turns along the road, though. There is a slower, dropped back movement that gives way to a slow, somewhat bluesy build up. As this gets into more driving prog further down the road there is some killer organ work.