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 (and Britain and Europe in 1976). All had been members of Van der Graaf Generator, but the band had split up in August 1972 (reformed in 1975).

Released1974

RecordedAugust 1973

StudioFoel Studios, Cefn Coch, Montgomeryshire, Wales

GenreProgressive rock

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The Long Hello
Studio album by David Jackson Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and Nic Potter
Released	1974
Recorded	August 1973
Studio	Foel Studios, Cefn Coch, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	44:17
Label	United Artists
Producer	Guy Evans
David Jackson Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and Nic Potter chronology
The Long Hello (1974) The Long Hello Volume Two (1981)

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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 (by Jackson and Evans, 1982) and Long Hello Volume Four (by Jackson, Evans and Life of Riley, 1983). The album Gentlemen Prefer Blues (by Jackson, Banton and Evans, 1985) 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.