The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage

Occupation

• Peter Hammill - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, piano, mellotron, harmonium
• Hugh Banton - Hammond organ with bass pedals, bass guitar, vocals
• Guy Evans - drums
• David Jackson - saxophone, flute
• Randy California - electric guitar on Red Shift

The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage ( February 1974 ) Peter Hammills third solo album. As on the previous album Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night Hammill took on some of the pieces alone in his private studio Sofasound; the rest was created with the help of his former Van der Graaf Generator colleagues, including the epic A Louse Is Not a Home, which he had originally written in 1972 for this band and has been adopted in their live repertoire after its reformation in 1974.

On the song Red Shift also played the guitarist Randy California of the American band Spirit.

Title list

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Red Shift appeared in a slightly different version as a single, but only in Italy.

The 2006 released CD remaster also includes three bonus tracks: a live version of The Lie of 1978 and 1974 recorded for the BBC versions of Rubicon and Red Shift.