Peter Hammill - Been Alone So Long: The Naked Songs Tour, Bremen 1985 (2024)

Alongside his participation in the commercially very successful progressive art rock band Van Der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill began an extremely productive solo career that continues to this day, partly with the support of various VdGG musicians.

Hammill enjoyed experimenting with different styles and forms of musical expression that went far beyond the genre of rock music. After years of touring with his K-Group since the early 1980s, Hammill went on an extensive solo tour in 1985, covering 24 cities across Europe, with the motto of the tour: “The Naked Songs”.

Hammill alone on stage, with his instruments and his songs, he and the audience. Peter remembers: “I was, indeed, trying to strip things right down to their essence, to show and react with the material in its simplest state. The performances were, in a way, turning more into themselves rather than blasting out with bombast.” (“I tried to reduce things to their essence, to show and react with the material in its simplest state. In a way, the performances were more turning into themselves rather than blasting out with bombast.”)

In 2024, the historic recordings will released by Radio Bremen, lovingly restored and mastered, on CD with great liner notes by the artist in the booklet. Live recording from the Schauburg, Bremen from March 08, 1985.