STEVE HACKETT

The guitarist’s starry 1996 show in Japan, remastered and expanded.

GRM

The Tokyo Tapes ESOTERIC Back in the mid-90s prog was still considered a four-letter word by the wider world, and Steve Hackett was yet to fully assume his mantle as official flame keeper for Genesis’ ‘golden era’. Still, he was doing okay, and in December 1996 he played Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, with a band comprising drum legend Chester Thompson, ex-King Crimson wind/keys/guitar player Ian McDonald, veteran keyboardist Julian Colbeck and, on vocals and bass, his old mucker John Wetton. That’s some serious prog pedigree, and the music captured on The Tokyo Tapes – originally released in 1997 – was to match. Over two nights the band mined a rich seam, playing Genesis Fifth, Los Endos, I Know What I Like Wardrobe). Hackett’s gentle classical guitar showcase Horizons nestled in…

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