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John Hackett (musician)
John Hackett (born 13 March 1955) is a British musician, the younger brother of guitarist Steve Hackett. Although his primary instrument is the flute, he also plays guitar, bass, bass pedals and keyboards. Early career Hackett had both classical and rock music backgrounds. His early career was mostly as part of his brother's band, appearing on many early albums and touring until 1983. By then, he had already made guest contributions to other albums, such as Anthony Phillips's debut solo album '' The Geese and the Ghost''. He has as played with ensembles such as The English Flute Quartet and the Westminster Camerata, and as a founder-member of the relaxation and ambient music group, Symbiosis. He has also maintained a strong output from session work with a variety of artists and projects. Solo work From 2004, John has been regularly releasing solo albums, taking in classical, folk, and rock stylings. In 2005, ''Checking Out of London'' was released, a rock album produced with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums, seven singles and one EP before he left to pursue a solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. Hackett released his first solo album, '' Voyage of the Acolyte'', while still a member of Genesis in 1975. After a series of further solo albums beginning in 1978, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with Steve Howe in 1986. The group released the self-titled album '' GTR'', which peaked at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind". When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded. Hackett then resumed his solo career. He has released albums and toured worldwide on a regul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esoteric Recordings
Esoteric Recordings is a UK independent record label specialising in 1970s progressive rock, folk, psychedelic, and jazz-rock reissues as part of Cherry Red Records. Its releases include both catalogue reissues and new works from artists who share a similar musical heritage. The label's founder is Mark Powell, who has been a freelance music consultant for Universal, Sony and EMI since 2000; he has also worked with Soft Machine, Caravan, Camel, Man, and Hawkwind, as well as producing label retrospectives covering Deram, Decca, Vertigo, Harvest and United Artists. His consultancy work led to the formation of an independent reissue label, titled Eclectic Discs, to license overlooked releases he considered worthwhile but weren't of sufficient commercial stature to interest major labels. Other releases are sourced from the artists themselves, while the label has also been involved in the release of DVD material from artists including Barclay James Harvest. Speaking in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metamorpheus
''Metamorpheus'' is Steve Hackett's 17th studio album. This classical album is the successor to ''A Midsummer Nights Dream''. ''Metamorpheus'' is an expression on Orpheus and his passage through the Underworld. The cover of the album was created by Kim Poor, the picture on the sleeves of the previous album ''To Watch The Storms'' also features the song "Rebecca". This album makes use of themes first used by Hackett in short pieces (only released as free MP3 downloads) for the soundtrack of the 2001 Showtime documentary ''Outwitting Hitler''. Track listing # "The Pool of Memory and the Pool of Forgetfulness" – 2:15 # "To Earth Like Rain" – 1:33 # "Song to Nature" – 3:02 # "One Real Flower" – 3:12 # "The Dancing Ground" – 3:02 # "That Vast Life" – 12:27 # "Eurydice Taken" – 1:48 # "Charon's Call" – 3:15 # "Cerberus at Peace" – 2:06 # "Under the World – Orpheus Looks Back" – 5:16 # "The Broken Lyre" – 3:17 # "Severance" – 3:05 # "Elegy" – 3:18 # "R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Watch The Storms
''To Watch the Storms'' is the 16th studio album by Steve Hackett. It was his first studio album in 4 years since '' Darktown'' in 1999. It was recorded with his then touring band including his brother John and producer and keyboardist Roger King. The album was released in three formats including a standard and special editions. Cover artwork was by Kim Poor. There was also a Japanese edition with an extra track not included on the UK releases and alternate cover art, also by Kim Poor. Track listing All songs written by Steve Hackett except where indicated. Standard Edition (CAMCD31) # "Strutton Ground" # "Circus of Becoming" # "The Devil Is an Englishman" (Thomas Dolby) # "Frozen Statues" (Steve Hackett, Roger King) # "Mechanical Bride" # "Wind, Sand and Stars" # "Brand New" (Steve Hackett, Roger King) # "This World" (Steve Hackett, Kim Poor) # "Rebecca" # "The Silk Road" (Steve Hackett, Roger King) # "Come Away" # "The Moon Under Water" # "Serpentine Song" Special Edition (CA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Archive Series
The Live Archive is a series of live recordings from Steve Hackett. There are six CD releases since 2001 and have become a popular collection for fans. 2001: ''Live Archive 70s 80s 90s'' Disc 1: 70s (Hammersmith Odeon, London 30/06/79) #"Intro" – 2:00 #"Please Don't Touch" – 5:46 #"Tigermoth" – 3:37 #"Every Day" – 7:29 #"Narnia" – 4:36 #"The Red Flower of Tai Chi" – 4:03 #"Ace of Wands" – 7:23 #"Carry On Up the Vicarage" – 3:33 #"Etude in A min" – 0:37 #"Blood on the Rooftops" – 0:18 #"Horizons" – 1:58 #"Kim" – 2:36 #"The Optigan" – 1:29 #"A Tower Struck Down" – 3:30 #"Spectral Mornings" – 6:57 Disc 2: 70s (Hammersmith Odeon, London 30/06/79) #"Introductions" – 1:07 #"Star of Sirius" – 10:16 #"Shadow of the Hierophant" – 9:35 #"Clocks" – 7:18 #"I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), I Know What I Like" – 8:50 #"Wardrobe Boogie" – 5:02 #"Racing in A" – 12:15 #"Racing in A Coda" – 2:07 Disc 3: 80s (Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome 13/09/81) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darktown (album)
''Darktown'' is the 14th studio album from British Musician Steve Hackett, released in 1999. It was reissued in 2013 with 3 bonus tracks. On some copies of this reissue, the title was misspelled as "Darktwon" on the sides of the CD case. ''Darktown'' is the last album to feature Julian Colbeck as a keyboardist, on the title track only. Colbeck had played with Hackett for much of the 1990s. ''Darktown'' shows the increasing role that Roger King would play as a part of Hackett's band, as a producer and keyboardist and later as a co-writer. Track listing All songs written by Steve Hackett, except indicated. #"Omega Metallicus" – 3:48 #"Darktown" – 4:59 #"Man Overboard" – 4:17 #"The Golden Age of Steam" – 4:09 #"Days of Long Ago" (Hackett, Diamond) – 3:23 #"Dreaming with Open Eyes" – 6:54 #"Twice Around the Sun" – 7:15 #"Rise Again" – 4:26 #"Jane Austen's Door" – 6:13 #"Darktown Riot" – 3:10 #"In Memoriam" – 7:59 1999 Japanese bonus tracks #"The Well At The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesis Revisited
''Genesis Revisited'', called ''Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited'' in the US, is the 12th studio album by Steve Hackett, paying tribute to his former band, Genesis. It mainly features songs originally released by Genesis during Hackett's tenure with the group (1971–77). The previously unreleased song "Déjà Vu" was started by Peter Gabriel in 1973 during the ''Selling England by the Pound'' sessions but not finished and Hackett completed the song for this album. There are also two new songs, "Valley of the Kings" and "Waiting Room Only"; the latter is named after and loosely inspired by "The Waiting Room", an instrumental from the 1974 Genesis album ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway''. The Japanese version of the album contains one extra song called "Riding the Colossus". Track listing Personnel *Steve Hackett – guitar (1–11), vocals (2, 8, 10), harmonica (9), percussion (11), backing vocals (1, 5), orchestration (1, 4, 5, 6, 8) *John Wetton – vocals (1, 5), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Lapse (album)
''Time Lapse'' is the first live album by guitarist Steve Hackett. The album is drawn from live performances at the Savoy Theatre in New York City (during the '' Cured'' tour) and at Central TV Studios in Nottingham. Chas Cronk of the Strawbs plays bass on the songs recorded in New York, as well as future Marillion drummer, Ian Mosley. Video of this performance was also made available in 1992 via ''Steve Hackett Live'', which has also been rereleased a number of times in full and abridged forms in the years since. Track listing All songs written by Steve Hackett, except where indicated. #"Camino Royale" (S. Hackett, Nick Magnus) – 7:33 #"Please Don't Touch" – 4:24 #"Every Day" – 6:59 #"In That Quiet Earth" ( Tony Banks, Phil Collins, S. Hackett, Mike Rutherford) – 3:50 #"Depth Charge" – 3:21 #"Jacuzzi" – 4:29 #"The Steppes" – 5:57 #"Ace of Wands" – 7:36 #"Hope I Don't Wake" – 4:13 #"The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere" – 2:44 #"Tigermoth" – 3:22 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momentum (Steve Hackett Album)
''Momentum'' is the ninth solo album by guitarist Steve Hackett. It is Hackett's second album consisting mainly of classical guitar pieces. Hackett's younger brother, John, plays the flute on the album. The album was re-released on Hackett's Camino Records label in 2001, with three bonus tracks. Track listing All songs written by Steve Hackett, except where indicated. #"Cavalcanti" – 6:13 #"The Sleeping Sea" – 3:27 #"Portrait of a Brazilian Lady" – 5:15 #"When the Bell Breaks" – 3:03 #"A Bed, A Chair and a Guitar" (Steve Hackett, traditional) – 2:44 #"Concert for Munich" – 4:55 #"Last Rites of Innocence" – 5:28 #"Troubled Spirit" – 2:30 #"Variation on a Theme by Chopin" – 4:55 #"Pierrot" – 2:53 #"Momentum" – 2:38 1994 bonus tracks #"Bourée" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 1:34 #"An Open Window" – 9:02 #"The Vigil" – 6:19 Personnel *Steve Hackett – guitars, keyboards * John Hackett – flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Kings
''Bay of Kings'' is the seventh studio album from English guitarist Steve Hackett, released in October 1983 on Lamborghini Records. His first album consisting entirely of instrumental classical guitar music, Hackett's former record company Charisma Records refused to release it over concerns about its commercial viability. Hackett left the label and released ''Bay of Kings'' through independent record company Lamborghini Records, started by Patric Mimran who owned the said car company at that time. It was later reissued by Hackett's own label, Camino Records. The album cover originally used a nude painting by his wife at the time, Kim Poor, but at her insistence it was replaced for the Camino reissue by a new painting of Hackett. (The original Japanese issue of the album replaced the nude cover with one that featured a drawing of a guitar.) Track listing #"Bay of Kings" – 4:57 #"The Journey" – 4:15 #"Kim" – 2:25 #"Marigold" – 3:37 #"St. Elmo's Fire" – 3:08 #"Petropoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cured (album)
''Cured'' is the fifth solo album from Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. The cover photo was taken by Kim Poor. In 2007, ''Cured'' was remastered and re-released on Virgin Records. The new edition features updated liner notes and three bonus tracks. Background Prior to recording ''Cured'', Hackett disbanded the group with which he recorded ''Spectral Mornings'' and '' Defector''. Only Hackett's brother, John, and keyboardist Nick Magnus remained from that band. That led him after the Defector tour to be exhausted, and recuperated in Brazil where he spent three months working on new songs. The album is much more pop-oriented than Hackett's previous work, although there are distinct elements of progressive rock. The album is largely a collaboration between Hackett and Magnus. All drum parts were provided by a drum machine due to a limited budget, programmed by Magnus, and Hackett performed all the vocals, making this the first album for him to do so. It was also the first al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defector (Steve Hackett Album)
''Defector'' is the fourth studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett, released in June 1980 on Charisma Records. After touring in support of his previous album, '' Spectral Mornings'' (1979), Hackett took his band into Wessex Sound Studios to record a follow-up. The album remains Hackett's highest charting album on the UK Albums Chart, reaching No. 9. "The Show" was released as a single. In 2005, ''Defector'' was remastered and re-released on Virgin Records. The new edition features updated liner notes and five bonus tracks. A surround mix was included in the ''Premonitions: The Charisma Recordings 1975–1983'' box set. Background By early 1980, Hackett had finished touring his previous album, '' Spectral Mornings'' (1979) which at the time of release, became his strongest selling album. Hackett wanted to capitalise on the commercial momentum he had achieved by rehearsing new material for a follow-up with his touring band prior to recording it in a studio. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
