Steve Hackett recorded Genesis classics (again)
'Genesis Revisited II' is nearly 150 minutes of music, what Hackett himself calls "a project of Wagnerian proportions! For the most part I’ve followed the arrangements we had first time around. But each vocalist has added their own character." The vocalists include Steven Wilson, Mikael Akerfeldt, Simon Collins (Phil Collins' son), Conrad Keely, Francis Dunnery, Neal Morse, John Wetton, Nad Sylvan and Nik Kershaw. There are also two other guitarists apart from Hackett, namely Steve Rothery of Marillion and Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings and Transatlantic. In all, you’ll hear around 35 guests. "What I’m doing is celebrating music without prejudice, which was what Genesis stood for back then. We really had no limits, everything was possible. You could have short songs, long songs, loud bits, quiet moments, pantomime, humour, big band sounds, jazz, classical music…there was no barrier to what we were doing. This time around, I’ve tried to satisfy what everyone wants, including myself. Initially, I was thinking of just going for the best songs not featured on the first 'Revisited' album. But then people thought I should do those tracks where the guitar was emphasized. So, I’ve done both. I’ve also included four songs, which have Genesis connections, where the song was written originally for the band, or rehearsed by them. For instance, there’s ‘Please Don’t Touch’, which I wrote for Genesis but eventually ended up recording myself." Steve Hackett – a man who can celebrate his illustrious past by making it relevant to the present and the future. Now that’s progressive. This gargantuan vinyl import comes on four slabs of wax, and adds 2 CDs of the same music, making this the absolute most well-rounded version of this release available. (2012)
Disc 1
1. Horizons
2. The Musical Box
3. Can Utility And The Coastliners
4. Supper's Ready
Disc 2
1. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
2. Entangled
3. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
4. Fly On A Windshield
5. Broadway Melody Of 1974
6. Please Don't Touch
Disc 3
1. Eleventh Earl Of Mar
2. Blood On The Rooftops
3. Ripples
4. Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers…
5. …In That Quiet Earth
6. Afterglow
Disc 4
1. The Lamia
2. Camino Royale
3. Shadow Of The Hierophant
4. The Chamber Of 32 Doors
5. A Tower Struck Down
CD1
1. The Chamber Of 32 Doors
2. Horizons
3. Supper's Ready
4. The Lamia
5. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
6. Fly On A Windshield
7. Broadway Melody Of 1974
8. The Musical Box
9. Can Utility And The Coastliners
10. Please Don't Touch
CD2
1. Blood On The Rooftops
2. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
3. Entangled
4. Eleventh Earl Of Mar
5. Ripples
6. Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers…
7. …In That Quiet Earth
8. Afterglow
9. A Tower Struck Down
10. Camino Royale
11. Shadow Of The Hierophant
Line-up / Musicians
- Steve Hackett / guitars, vocals
- Roger King / keyboards
- Amanda Lehmann / guitar, vocals
- Jo Lehmann / backing vocals
- Christine Townsend / violin, viola
- Dave Kerzner / keyboards
- Dick Driver / double bass
- Francis Dunnery / guitar, vocals
- Gary O'Toole / drums, percussion, vocals
- John Hackett / flute
- John Wetton / bass, guitar, vocals
- Mikael Akerfeldt / vocals
- Nad Sylvan / vocals
- Nik Kershaw / vocals
- Phil Mulford / bass
- Rachel Ford / cello
- Roine Stolt / guitar
- Steve Rothery / guitar
- Nick Magnus / keyboards
- Neal Morse / keyboards, vocals
- Jeremy Stacey / drums
- Conrad Keely / vocals
- Nick Beggs / bass, Chapman stick
- Steven Wilson / guitar, vocals
- Rob Townsend / sax, flute and blown sundries
- Jakko Jakszyk / guitar, vocals
- Simon Collins / keyboard, vocals
- Lee Pomeroy / bass, Chapman stick
- Djabe
this looks pretty sweet and only $30 for a 4 LP + 2 CD set!