A new vinyl LP set of Steve Hackett’s work from his Charisma Record years is set to be released on May 27th. Featuring 8 LPS and a 12 inch EP comprising of 6 studio albums, a double live album from Oxford (1979) and an EP of previously unavailable on vinyl tracks.
Following on from the Premonitions box set aside from the vinyl collection, you can also pre order separate albums remastered with the surround sound mixes by Steven Wilson. The CD/DVD versions of Please Don’t Touch, Spectral Mornings and Defector feature 3 discs, the original mix, a new stereo mix by Steven Wilson and the Surround Mixes (Pseudo Surround for Defector) by Steven Wilson.
To pre-order The Charisma Years box set with a limited edition signed A3 poster go to:
https://thesoundofvinyl.com/*/*/The-Charisma-Years-1975-1983-Signed-A3- Poster/55GO0000000
Tracklisting: The Charisma Years (1975 – 1983)
LP1
Voyage Of The Acolyte
Ace Of Wands
Hands Of The Priestess – Pt. I
A Tower Struck Down
Hands Of The Priestess – Pt. II
The Hermit
Star Of Sirius
The Lovers
Shadow Of The Hierophant
LP2
Please Don’t Touch
Narnia
Carry On Up The Vicarage
Racing In A
Kim
How Can I?
Hoping Love Will Last
Land Of A Thousand Autumns
Please Don’t Touch
The Voice Of Necam
Icarus Ascending
LP3
Spectral Mornings
Every Day
The Virgin And The Gypsy
The Red Flower Of
Tachai Blooms Everywhere
Clocks – The Angel Of Mons
The Ballad Of
The Decomposing Man
Lost Time In Cordoba
Tigermoth
Spectral Mornings
LP4
Defector
The Steppes
Time To Get Out
Slogans
Leaving
Two Vamps As Guests
Jacuzzi
Hammer In The Sand
The Toast
The Show
Sentimental Institution
LP5
Cured
Hope I Don’t Wake
Picture Postcard
Can’t Let Go
The Air Conditioned Nightmare
Funny Feeling
A Cradle Of Swans
Overnight Sleeper
Turn Back Time
LP6
Highly Strung
Camino Royale
Cell 151
Always Somewhere Else
Walking Through Walls
Give It Away
Weightless
Group Therapy
India Rubber Man
Hackett To Piece
LP7 (2LP set)
Live At Oxford (1979)
Please Don’t Touch
Tigermoth
Every Day
Narnia
The Red Flower Of Tachai
Blooms Everywhere
Ace Of Wands
Carry On Up The Vicarage
Acoustic Medley:
Etude In A Minor / Blood On
The Rooftops / Horizons / Kim
The Optigan
Spectral Mornings
Star Of Sirius
Shadow Of The Hierophant
Clocks
Racing In A
LP8
Live At Reading (1981)
The Air Conditioned Nightmare
Every Day
Ace Of Wands
Funny Feeling
The Steppes
Overnight Sleeper
Slogans
A Tower Struck Down
Spectral Mornings
The Show
Clocks – The Angel Of Mons
12” EP
Live 1979
I Know What I Like
(In Your Wardrobe)
Ace Of Wands
Sentimental Institution
The Red Flower Of
Tachai Blooms Everywhere
“On ‘Please Don’t Touch’ I’d finally embarked on a permanent solo career” Steve recalls. – The strength of the ideas combined with the extraordinary people who had carried them out was a revelation to me. I wanted to be invisible on this record and just to be the catalyst. Each track functioned like an excerpt from a sampler album. Different teams met different styles and that pan-genre approach has stayed with me up to the present day… It’s no coincidence that Steven Wilson offered to remix this stuff in 5.1 surround sound. He’d originally been inspired by ‘Please Don’t Touch’ when he was barely a teenager.”
He then goes on sharing his memories about ‘Spectral Mornings’: “Suddenly there was a great touring band, wondrous players and singers all. I no longer stood alone. Substantial parts of ‘Spectral Mornings’ had been road-tested. Audiences were hungry for it in a way I couldn’t have imagined. Once more the combination of the classically trained and the self-taught together kindled a kind of blue flame around those songs.”
Finally, he remembers the ‘Defector’ days… “After the opening snake charmer-like flute notes of ‘The Steppes’, drums boomed out from the next door church we used as an echo chamber, sounding more pagan than C of E in spirit. I was still in love with this killer band that had versatility tattooed all over… Whilst ‘Spectral Mornings’ was a hard act to follow, ‘Defector’ pipped it in the charts by going Top Ten!”
Please Don’t Touch 2 CD/DVD Deluxe Edition
DISC ONE
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
11. Narnia (John Perry Vocal Version)
12. Seven Of Cups
13. Narnia (Alternative Version)
DISC TWO – 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. Land Of A Thousand Autumns
8. Please Don’t Touch
9. The Voice Of Necam
10. Icarus Ascending
DISC THREE – 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
Spectral Mornings 2CD/DVD Deluxe Edition
DISC ONE
1. Every Day
2. The Virgin And The Gypsy
3. The Red Flower Of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
4. Clocks – The Angel Of Mons
5. The Ballad Of The Decomposing Man
6. Lost Time In Cordoba
7. Tigermoth
8. Spectral Mornings
9. Every Day – Single Version
10. Clocks – The Angel Of Mons – Single Version
11. The Caretaker
DISC TWO – new stereo 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. The Ballad Of The Decomposing Man
6. Lost Time In Cordoba
7. Tigermoth
8. Spectral Mornings
DISC THREE – 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. The Ballad Of The Decomposing Man
6. Lost Time In Cordoba
7. Tigermoth
8. Spectral Mornings
DEFECTOR – Deluxe Edition
DISC ONE
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
11. Hercules Unchained (B-side of single – released in June 1980)
12. Sentimental Institution (recorded at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 11th November 1979)
DISC TWO – recorded 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. Overnight Sleeper
7. Slogans
8. A Tower Struck Down
9. Spectral Mornings
10. The Show
11. Clocks – The Angel Of Mons
DISC THREE – new pseudo 5.1 surround sound 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