Van Der Graaf Cats Eye promo clip; Better soundtrack

VAN DER GRAAF, CAT’S EYE promo clip Here’s another treasure I have , This time it’s coming from a 16mm film which I have for a very long time. I found it 30 years ago in new Zealand. I brought it to a professional studio to digitalize the clip. Big thanks to Jim Christopulos to encourage me!! STEVEN HARGRAVES edited the soundtrack . Herman Permentier. Mr Peter Hammill’s reaction; Once again I’ve got no memory of doing this at all - so much for my brain cells@! And, once again, great work and I’m quite happy for you to put this out there ’Jim Christopulos “, co-author of the VdGG book“.:STOP THE PRESSES!!!!!! Yet *another* astonishing, hitherto unseen video from Van der Graaf’s golden 70s era has surfaced (well, unseen since 1977...) and the person we have to thank for it yet again is Herman Permentier. Herman was the man responsible for making the Refugees ’70 video available to everyone, and now he’s put a lot of time, travel, and $$ into taking an old 16mm film he acquired years ago and having it digitized, so that we can all enjoy it. This guy is a hero to VdGG fans, if you ever see him out at a Hammill/VdGG gig, please offer to buy him a beer / pop / coffee / whatever... It’s Van der Graaf from 1977, the five piece lineup (after Hugh and Jaxon split) featuring Peter Hammill (guitar, vox), Guy Evans (drums), Nic Potter (returning member on bass), Graham Smith (violin), and Chas Dickie (cello). They’re miming to Cat’s Eye, a single in France and one of the tunes off of the great Quiet Zone album. In an article on VdGG from Mojo magazine in ’02, bassist Nic Potter (.) was quoted as saying that he remembered doing a TV show with Peter larking about in a “plastic mac.“ While writing The Book (with Phil Smart), I asked Peter and Guy if they remembered anything about this. They didn’t (and probably still don’t even after seeing the vid!). But I talked to Nic about it, I asked him what a “plastic mac“ was. He said it was like a see-through rain coat and he did still have vague recollections of the TV appearance from decades ago. Honestly, I thought he might have been mis-remembering a TV show that never actually happened, etc. But, this video unearthed by Herman proves that Nic was right! Coincidentally, I’ve been listening a lot to VdG’s swan song, the double live ’78 album Vital (featuring this exact lineup) quite a bit lately and have reaffirmed my thoughts on what a KILLER, take-no-prisoners lineup this was (and what a brilliant, like-no-other-band-on-the-planet group VdG were). Thanks again Herman! Awesome, awesome stuff!!