Steve Hackett Premonitions Boxset In Detail

Posted By: Mike October 4, 2015

This is one box set not to be scoffed at. Premonitions is a jam packed bonanza of material from Steve Hackett presented in a completely new way. Steven Wilson takes charge of several brand new surround mixes for Steve’s early albums with Charisma records from the original master tapes. There are some new pseudo surround mixes in places where the master tapes couldn’t be located.  Talked about previously, the release was pushed  back a little and is now coming out on the 16th October in conjunction with Universal/Virgin records.

Hackett says:

“I’m pleased that Steven Wilson has done several new mixes in both surround and stereo… The box set will also contain a number of live shows from the era. I’ve enjoyed being involved with this comprehensive trip down memory lane. There’s also a substantial booklet containing a lot of background info along with many wonderful Armando Gallo shots, and Roger Dean has painted a beautiful picture for the cover. For me it’s a proud souvenir that highlights those years. I’ll play plenty of this early work at shows in the autumn which will include some numbers not played live for many moons, like ‘Icarus Ascending’ and ‘Star of Sirius’ plus all time faves such as ‘Every Day’ and ‘Spectral Mornings’.

‘Premonitions’ comes in a Super Deluxe box set featuring a total of 135 songs on 10 CDs and 4 DVDs (5.1 mixes), plus an extensive booklet; included in this version are 67 previously unreleased recordings between old and new tracks, live and remixes. Hackett’s two most successful albums from the Charisma era, Please Don’t Touch and Spectral Mornings, will also be re-released separately in a deluxe expanded version with 5.1 mixes by Steven Wilson in 2016.   Both records were previously reissued in 2005 as expanded single disc sets.

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Tracklisting

(Tracks underlined are previously unreleased)

CD ONE:

  1. Ace of Wands
  2. Hands of the Priestess
  3. A Tower Struck Down
  4. Hands of the Priestess Part Two
  5. The Hermit
  6. Star of Sirius
  7. The Lovers

Taken from the album “Voyage of the Acolyte”

  1. Shadow of the Hierophant (Extended version)
  2. Narnia
  3. Carry on Up the Vicarage
  4. Racing in A
  5. Kim
  6. How Can I?

Taken from the album “Please Don’t Touch”

  1. Seven of Cups (previously unreleased) Recorded during sessions for “Please Don’t Touch”

CD TWO:

  1. Hoping Love Will Last
  2. Land of a Thousand Autumns
  3. Please Don’t Touch
  4. The Voice of Necam
  5. Icarus Ascending

Taken from the album “Please Don’t Touch”

  1. Every Day
  2. The Virgin and the Gypsy
  3. The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
  4. Clocks – The Angel of Mons
  5. Ballad of the Decomposing Man
  6. Lost Time in Cordoba
  7. Tigermoth
  8. Spectral Mornings

Taken from the album “Spectral Mornings”

  1. The Steppes
  2. Time to Get Out
  3. Slogans
  4. Leaving
  5. Two Vamps as Guests

Taken from the album “Defector”

CD THREE:

  1. Jacuzzi
  2. Hammer in the Sand
  3. The Toast
  4. The Show
  5. Sentimental Institution

Taken from the album “Defector”

  1. Hercules Unchained (B-side of single)
  2. Hope I Don’t Wake
  3. Picture Postcard
  4. Can’t Let Go
  5. The Air Conditioned Nightmare
  6. Funny Feeling
  7. A Cradle of Swans
  8. Overnight Sleeper
  9. Turn Back Time

Taken from the album “Cured”

  1. Tales of the Riverbank (B-side of single)
  2. Second Chance

CD FOUR:

  1. Camino Royale
  2. Cell 151
  3. Always Somewhere Else
  4. Walking Through Walls
  5. Give it Away
  6. Weightless
  7. Group Therapy
  8. India Rubber Man
  9. Hackett to Pieces

Taken from the album “Highly Strung”

  1. Guitar Boogie
  2. Time Lapse at Milton Keynes
  3. Walking Through Walls (12” single version) Released as single 1983
  4. Cell 151
  5. Walking Through Walls
  6. Hackett to Pieces
  7. Please Don’t Touch

BBC Radio One Friday Rock show session – 4th March 1983

CD FIVE: Live at The New Theatre, Oxford on 1st July 1979

  1. Please Don’t Touch
  2. Tigermoth
  3. Every Day
  4. Narnia
  5. The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
  6. Ace of Wands
  7. Carry On Up the Vicarage
  8. Acoustic Medley

Recorded at the New Theatre, Oxford on 1st July 1979

Mixed by Ben Wiseman & Mark Powell at Blitz Productions, London in April 2015

CD SIX: Live at The New Theatre, Oxford on 1st July 1979

  1. The Optigan
  2. Spectral Mornings
  3. Star of Sirius
  4. Shadow of the Hierophant
  5. Clocks
  6. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
  7. Racing in A

Recorded at the New Theatre, Oxford on 1st July 1979

Mixed by Ben Wiseman & Mark Powell at Blitz Productions, London in April 2015

CD SEVEN: Live at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 11th November 1979

  1. Please Don’t Touch
  2. Tigermoth
  3. Every Day
  4. Ace of Wands
  5. Sentimental Institution
  6. The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
  7. Spectral Mornings
  8. Clocks
  9. Acoustic Medley
    • Etude in A Minor
    • Horizons
    • Kim

Recorded at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 11th November 1979

CD EIGHT: Live at The Reading Festival, 28th August 1981

  1. The Air Conditioned Nightmare
  2. Every Day
  3. Ace of Wands
  4. Funny Feeling
  5. The Steppes
  6. Over Night Sleeper
  7. Slogans
  8. A Tower Struck Down
  9. Spectral Mornings
  10. The Show
  11. Clocks

Recorded at the Reading Festival, 28th August 1981 

CD NINE:

 “PLEASE DON’T TOUCH” – New Stereo Mix by Steven Wilson 

  1. Narnia
  2. Carry on Up the Vicarage
  3. Racing in A
  4. Kim
  5. How Can I?
  6. Hoping Love Will Last
  7. Please Don’t Touch
  8. The Voice of Necam
  9. Icarus Ascending 

CD TEN:

“SPECTRAL MORNINGS” – New Stereo Mix by Steven Wilson

  1. Every Day
  2. The Virgin and the Gypsy
  3. Clocks – The Angel of Mons
  4. Ballad of the Decomposing Man
  5. Lost Time in Cordoba
  6. Tigermoth
  7. Spectral Mornings

DISC ELEVEN – DVD

“PLEASE DON’T TOUCH” – New 5.1 Surround Sound Mix by Steven Wilson

  1. Narnia
  2. Carry on Up the Vicarage
  3. Racing in A
  4. Kim
  5. How Can I?
  6. Hoping Love Will Last
  7. Land of a Thousand Autumns
  8. Please Don’t Touch
  9. The Voice of Necam
  10. Icarus Ascending

DISC TWELVE – DVD

 “SPECTRAL MORNINGS” – New 5.1 Surround Sound Mix by Steven Wilson

  1. Every Day
  2. The Virgin and the Gypsy
  3. The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
  4. Clocks – The Angel of Mons
  5. Ballad of the Decomposing Man
  6. Lost Time in Cordoba
  7. Tigermoth
  8. Spectral Mornings

DISC THIRTEEN – DVD

“VOYAGE OF THE ACOLYTE” – New pseudo 5.1 Surround Up-Mix from the original stereo master tapes

  1. Ace of Wands
  2. Hands of the Priestess
  3. A Tower Struck Down
  4. Hands of the Priestess Part Two
  5. The Hermit
  6. Star of Sirius

Taken from the album “Voyage of the Acolyte”

  1. Shadow of the Hierophant (Extended version)

DISC FOURTEEN – DVD

“DEFECTOR” – New pseudo 5.1 Surround Up-Mix from the original stereo master tapes

  1. The Steppes
  2. Time to Get Out
  3. Slogans
  4. Leaving
  5. Two Vamps as Guests
  6. Jacuzzi
  7. Hammer in the Sand
  8. The Toast
  9. The Show
  10. Sentimental Institution

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