PETER HAMMILL RE-RECORDS HIS ENIGMA-ERA ALBUMS

Prog pioneer cites Taylor Swift’s motivational influence behind the newly minted versions of In A Foreign Town and Out Of Water while rising to musical challenges.

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Van der Graaf Generator lynchpin Peter Hammill has taken inspiration from the unlikely figure of pop colossus Taylor Swift in his decision to re-record two of his Enigma Records released albums: 1988’s In A Foreign Town and Out Of Water, which followed two years later. Both have been unavailable to buy for some time and the new versions are set for release on November 24 via Esoteric. “Earlier last year, I was in the process of sorting out the copyrights that I still owned from Fie! Records,” says Hammill, “and it became clear that there was a dispute about the ownership of these two albums, because these were two albums that I made for Enigma in the States. It wasn’t clear whether that ownership had passed on to various other…

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