The Long Hello

The Long Hello is a studio instrumental album by David Jackson, Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and Nic Potter recorded in August 1973 and released in Italy in 1974. All had been members of Van der Graaf Generator, but the band had split up in August 1972.
In 1981 Potter and Evans released a follow-up to this album, The Long Hello Volume Two. There also is a Long Hello Volume Three and Long Hello Volume Four. The album Gentlemen Prefer Blues is sometimes regarded as a sort of "Long Hello Volume Five."
Foel Studios, Cefn Coch, Montgomeryshire in Wales, engineered by Banton, and was mixed at the Chalk Farm Studio, Chalk Farm in London.

Track listing

"The Theme from " – 5:31
"The O Flat Session" – 5:32
"Morris to Cape Roth" – 6:33
"Brain Seizure" – 4:01
"Fairhazel Gardens" – 7:56
"Looking at You" – 6:16
"I've Lost My Cat" – 8:28

Personnel

David Jackson – saxophones, flute, piano
Hugh Banton – all instruments on "Brain Seizure", bass on "The O Flat Session"
Guy Evans – drums
Nic Potter – bass
Ced Curtis – electric guitar, bass on "Fairhazel Gardens"
Pietro Messina – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano