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The Tokyo Tapes

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Released
  
27 April 1998

Artist
  
Steve Hackett

Producer
  
Steve Hackett

Genre
  
Progressive rock

The Tokyo Tapes (1998)
  
Dark Town (1999)

Release date
  
27 April 1998

Label
  
Snapper Music

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Recorded
  
from two concerts at Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 16 & 17 December 1996.

Similar
  
Steve Hackett albums, Progressive rock albums

The Tokyo Tapes is ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's live 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) and rounded out by keyboardist Julian Colbeck (worked with Hackett and with Yes spin-off Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe). The album was compiled from two concerts at Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 16 & 17 December 1996. The album also contains two Steve Hackett studio tracks.

Contents

In 2001, a live DVD also called The Tokyo Tapes and culled from the same two performances was released. It contained all 17 live tracks plus 18 minutes of bonus rehearsal footage and band biographies.

Both the CD and the DVD were promoted with the tagline: "What would it sound like if occasional members of GENESIS, KING CRIMSON, ASIA, YES, ZAPPA & WEATHER REPORT all got together to form a unique team just for one night?"

Track listing

Original artists for live songs are listed in 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. "...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
  • Ian McDonald – flute, saxophone, guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Julian Colbeck – keyboards, vocals
  • John Wetton – bass, guitar, vocals
  • Chester Thompson – drums

    • Credits (studio tracks)

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

    • Songs

    1Watcher of the Skies8:58
    2Riding the Colossus3:32
    3Firth of Fifth9:32

    References

    The Tokyo Tapes Wikipedia
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