Everyone knows bonus tracks are supposidly for the fans but in reality a selling point! I've always sniffed at bonus tracks as there's never really been to much worth bothering with.A reason i try to buy Japanese card sleeve editions as they are generally what you got on the original album, nothing else..
Enter the last Remaster of Van Der Graaf Generator 'H To He, Who Am The Only One' CD.A certain bonus track on there called ''Squid I/II/Octopuss'' changed everything in my life! Some may recognise the title originally from their debut album 'The Aerosol Grey Machine''..This recording was originally recorded at the begining of the 'Pawn Heart' sessions, it's absolutly mind boggling to say the least & probably the greatest thing i've heard from the band in a studio situation, it's 15 mins of raw driving power..(You have to really have good speakers that can recreate amazing bass depths to appreciate Van Der Graaf Generator from this era, especially these re-masters IMHO).. i play this particular track almost every week for a long time now..The sound quality is just staggering.
Anyway 'Pawn Hearts' as some may know was roumered to have originally been planned as a double album which would include some in studio recorded live favs, 'Squid I/II/Octopuss'' was one of their live favs & this is quite posible one of the proposed tracks for the 'Pwn Hearts' album.
Everyone must have these remasters anyway, it's like someone's taked a veil away from past issues.
http://www.amazon.com/He-Who-Am-Only-One/dp/B0009F9O6M