''The Tokyo Tapes'' is a live and studio album by English guitarist

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 ...

, released in April 1998 by

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. It documents two concerts performed by a

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line-up of Hackett,

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, Ian McDonald and Julian Colbeck, in

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, Japan in December 1996. The album includes two studio tracks recorded by Hackett. In 2001, a same-titled DVD of the concerts was released.

Background

The DVD contains 18 minutes of bonus rehearsal footage and band biographies. Both the CD and the DVD were promoted with the

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all got together to form a unique team just for one night?"'' A Triple-LP package pressed on White Vinyl was released for Record Store Day on June 18, 2022

Track listing

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, Rutherford, Hackett,

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) – 8:59 enesis/small> # "Riding the Colossus" (Hackett) – 3:32 olo Steve Hackett/small> # "

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" (Banks, Collins, Hackett, Rutherford, Gabriel) – 9:32 enesis/small> # "Battlelines" ( Wetton, Marlette, Mitchell) – 6:43 olo John Wetton/small> # "Camino Royale" (Hackett,

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" ( McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:39 ing Crimson/small> # "Horizons" (Hackett) – 1:53 enesis/Solo Steve Hackett/small> # "Walking Away from Rainbows" (Hackett) – 3:47 olo Steve Hackett/small> # " Heat of the Moment" (Wetton,

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) – 4:06

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/small> Disc 2 # " ...In That Quiet Earth'" (Hackett, Rutherford, Banks, Collins) – 4:02 enesis/small> # "Vampyre With a Healthy Appetite" (Hackett) – 7:23 olo Steve Hackett/small> # "

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" (Banks, Collins, Rutherford, Hackett) – 6:54 enesis/small> # "Black Light" (Hackett) – 2:30 olo Steve Hackett/small> # "The Steppes" (Hackett) – 6:48 olo Steve Hackett/small> # "

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" (Hackett, Banks, Rutherford, Collins, Gabriel) – 5:51 enesis/small> # "Firewall" (Hackett) tudio Track– 4:41 # "The Dealer" (Hackett) tudio track– 4:23 # "Los Endos" (Hackett) Revisited' Studio Version8:52

RSD 2022 Track listing

Original artists for live songs are listed in brackets. LP 1, Side 1 # "

" (

, Rutherford, Hackett,

) – 8:59 enesis/small> # "Riding the Colossus" (Hackett) – 3:32 olo Steve Hackett/small> # "

" (Banks, Collins, Hackett, Rutherford, Gabriel) – 9:32 enesis/small> LP 1, Side 2 # "Battlelines" ( Wetton, Marlette, Mitchell) – 6:43 olo John Wetton/small> # "Camino Royale" (Hackett,

) – 9:06 olo Steve Hackett/small> # "

" ( McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:39 ing Crimson/small> LP 2, Side 3 # "Horizons" (Hackett) – 1:53 enesis/Solo Steve Hackett/small> # "Walking Away from Rainbows" (Hackett) – 3:47 olo Steve Hackett/small> # " Heat of the Moment" (Wetton,

) – 4:06

/small> # " ...In That Quiet Earth'" (Hackett, Rutherford, Banks, Collins) – 4:02 enesis/small> # "Vampyre With a Healthy Appetite" (Hackett) – 7:23 olo Steve Hackett/small> LP 2, Side 4 # "

" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 5:37 ing Crimson/small> # "Shadow of the

" (Hackett, Rutherford) – 7:14 olo Steve Hackett/small> # "

" (Banks, Collins, Rutherford, Hackett) – 6:54 enesis/small> LP 3, Side 5 # "Black Light" (Hackett) – 2:30 olo Steve Hackett/small> # "The Steppes" (Hackett) – 6:48 olo Steve Hackett/small> # "

" (Hackett, Banks, Rutherford, Collins, Gabriel) – 5:51 enesis/small> LP 3, Side 6 # "Firewall" (Hackett) tudio Track– 4:41 # "The Dealer" (Hackett) tudio track– 4:23 # "Los Endos" (Hackett) Revisited' Studio Version8:52

Credits (live tracks)

– guitar, harmonica, vocals * Ian McDonald –

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, saxophone, guitar, keyboards, vocals * Julian Colbeck – keyboards, vocals *

– bass, guitar, vocals *

– drums

Credits (studio tracks)

– guitar, percussion * Aron Friedman – keyboards, programming

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tokyo Tapes, The Steve Hackett albums 1999 live albums