Learn Steve Hackett - 1999 The Tokyo Tapes

The Tokyo Tapes is ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's alive album featuring a progressive rock supergroup line-up of John Wetton (from King Crimson, UK, Asia), Chester Thompson (from Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Genesis live), Ian McDonald (from King Crimson, Foreigner) together with rounded out yesteryear keyboardist Julian Colbeck (worked alongside Yes spin-off Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe). The album was compiled from 2 concerts at Koseinenkin Hall inwards Tokyo, Nihon on sixteen & 17 Dec 1996. The album likewise contains 2 Steve Hackett studio tracks.
In 2001, a alive DVD likewise called The Tokyo Tapes together with culled from the same 2 performances was released. It contained all 17 alive tracks addition xviii minutes of bonus rehearsal footage together with band biographies.
Both the CD together with the DVD were promoted alongside the tagline: "What would it audio similar if occasional members of GENESIS, KING CRIMSON, ASIA, YES, ZAPPA & WEATHER REPORT all got together to shape a unique squad simply for i night?"

Soon later completing operate on Watcher of the Skies, artist/steve-hackett-mn0000754587">Steve Hackett conceived of a serial of concerts involving many of the musicians from the artist/genesis-mn0000199995">Genesis project, to hold upwards recorded for a exceptional alive release. This two-disc laid upwards from a Dec 1996 surgical physical care for inwards Tokyo is the terminate result. The band personnel await similar potential candidates for a Prog Rockers: Where Are They Now? TV special, alongside artist/hackett-mn0000754587">Hackett joined yesteryear artist/john-wetton-mn0000231213">John Wetton (formerly of artist/asia-mn0000623254">Asia), artist/ian-mcdonald-mn0000769171">Ian McDonald (artist/king-crimson-mn0000076057">King Crimson), together with artist/chester-thompson-mn0000112157">Chester Thompson together with artist/julian-colbeck-mn0000309924">Julian Colbeck (touring alum of artist/genesis-mn0000199995">Genesis together with artist/yes-mn0000685647">Yes, respectively). The laid upwards listing includes many artist/genesis-mn0000199995">Genesis songs, every bit good every bit several taken from artist/hackett-mn0000754587">Hackett's solo archive. Most of the songs differ considerably from their studio versions, either through vastly altered arrangements or extended instrumental sections. artist/wetton-mn0000231213">Wetton does a fine task on Pb vocals, the i exception beingness his solo acoustic reworking of the artist/asia-mn0000623254">Asia mega-hit "Heat of the Moment"; the novel version alongside updated lyrics sounds embarrassingly frail. This is a tyke misstep, however. Tokyo Tapes is easily the definitive artist/steve-hackett-mn0000754587">Steve Hackett alive collection available to date, together with it's a welcome add-on to whatever fan's collection. 

Track listing

Original artists for alive songs are listed inwards brackets. Disc 1

1. "Watcher of the Skies" (Banks, Rutherford, Hackett, Gabriel, Collins) – 8:59 [Genesis]
2. "Riding the Colossus" (Hackett) – 3:32 [Solo Steve Hackett]
3. "Firth of Fifth" (Banks, Collins, Hackett, Rutherford, Gabriel) – 9:32 [Genesis]
4. "Battlelines" (Wetton, Marlette, Mitchell) – 6:43 [Solo John Wetton]
5. "Camino Royale" (Hackett, Magnus) – 9:06 [Solo Steve Hackett]
6. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:39 [King Crimson]
7. "Horizons" (Hackett) – 1:53 [Genesis/Solo Steve Hackett]
8. "Walking Away from Rainbows" (Hackett) – 3:47 [Solo Steve Hackett]
9. "Heat of the Moment" (Wetton, Downes) – 4:06 [Asia]

Disc 2

1. "arth%27" title="Learn Steve Hackett - 1999 The Tokyo Tapes">...In That Quiet Earth'" (Hackett, Rutherford, Banks, Collins) – 4:02 [Genesis]
2. "Vampyre With a Healthy Appetite" (Hackett) – 7:23 [Solo Steve Hackett]
3. "I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 5:37 [King Crimson]
4. "Shadow of the Hierophant" (Hackett, Rutherford) – 7:14 [Solo Steve Hacket]
5. "Los Endos" (Banks, Collins, Rutherford, Hackett) – 6:54 [Genesis]
6. "Black Light" (Hackett) – 2:30 [Solo Steve Hackett]
7. "The Steppes" (Hackett) – 6:48 [Solo Steve Hackett]
8. "I Know What I Like" (Hackett, Banks, Rutherford, Collins, Gabriel) – 5:51 [Genesis]
9. "Firewall" (Hackett) [Studio Track] – 4:41
10. "The Dealer" (Hackett) [Studio track] – 4:23
11. "Los Endos" (Hackett) ['Revisited' Studio Version] 8:52

Credits (live tracks)

• Steve Hackett – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• John Wetton – bass, guitar, vocals
• Chester Thompson – drums
• Ian McDonald – flute, saxophone, guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Julian Colbeck – keyboards, vocals

Credits (studio tracks)

• Steve Hackett – guitar, percussion
• Aron Friedman – keyboards, programming