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Steve Hackett: There are many Sides to the Night

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Label: Camino Records
Released: 1994
Time:
 70:11
52Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Steve Hackett
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.hackettsongs.com
Appears with: Genesis, GTR, Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Chris Squire, Steve Howe
Purchase date: 2000.10.23
Price in €: 12,99





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[1] Horizons (Giuliani/Arr. Hackett) - 2.32
[2] Black Light (Vivaldi/Arr. Hackett) - 1.16
[3] Skye Boat Song (Hackett/Colbeck) - 2.03
[4] Time Lapse At Milton Keynes (A.Morricone) - 4.20
[5] Beja Flor (Hackett) - 2.47
[6] Kim (Hackett) - 3.07
[7] Second Chance (Hackett) - 4.29
[8] Oh, How I Love You (Hackett) - 6.19
[9] The Journey (Hackett) - 4.39
[10] Bacchus (Hackett) - 4.25
[11] Walking Away From Rainbows (Hackett) - 4.08
[12] Cavalcanti (Hackett) - 2.44
[13] Andante in C (Hackett) - 2.09
[14] Concerto in D (Largo) (Hackett) - 5.24
[15] A Blue Part Of Town (Hackett) - 3.50
[16] Ace Of Wands (Hackett) - 6.58
[17] Cinema Paradiso (Hackett) - 5.09
[18] End Of Day (Hackett) - 3.43  

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Steve Hackett - Guitar, Harmonica
Julian Colbeck - Keyboards

Lippa Pearce - Design
 

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1995 CD Kudos CD2



A rare acoustic performance at the Teatro Metropolitan in Palermo, Sicily. Hackett, accompanied only by keyboardist Julian Colbeck, presents material from his two highly acclaimed acoustic albums together with some Genesis favourites and a selection of previously unheard material. Includes pieces unavailable elsewhere such as such as Steve's interpretations of "Cinema Paradiso" and Vivaldi's "Concerto in D".

SteveHackett.com, Copyright © 1994



This is a unique recording of Steve Hackett's acoustic concert at the Teatro Metropolitan in Palermo, Sicily on 1st December 1994.

It was the penultimate show of our Italian tour and that year Steve had already played acoustic shows in Belgium, Austria, Germany, Holland, Romania, Estonia, Venezuela and Spain. But, of course, there are many who couldn't make any of those and I felt then that we should try (within the time constraints of the Compact Disk format) to recreate the concert experience on record.

Hackett, ever the innovator, first discarded all of the rock musician's "props" and took to the concert platform armed only with one fragile nylon strung guitar in 1983, long before the current fashion for "unplugged" performance. Here, accompanied solely by keyboardist Julian Colbeck, he demonstrates an empathy for classical idioms rarely found in contemporary musicians. The material will mostly be very familiar (including a few snippets from a particular well known band!), but the real delights here lie in the tracks not yet committed to record.


A rare acoustic performance from Palermo, Sicily Captured at the Teatro Metropolitan in Palermo, Sicily, Hackett, accompanied only by keyboardist Julian Colbeck, presents material from his two highly acclaimed acoustic albums together with some Genesis favourites and a selection of previously unheard material. Includes pieces unavailable elsewhere such as such as Steve's interpretations of "Cinema Paradiso" and Vivaldi's "Concerto in D". A pre-release internet poll among Hackett fans voted unanimously in favour of releasing a live concert as a single uninterrupted concert and this one should certainly keep those customers satisfied.

John Wood (Camino Records) john@camino.co.uk , September 15, 1999



Recorded at the end of Hackett's 1994 Italian tour, this is a live document of one of his classical guitar performances. Those who liked his releases Bay of Kings, Momentum, and A Midsummer Night's Dream will want to seek this out as well. Hackett is an accomplished classical guitarist, his work in the idiom going back to his days with progressive rock band Genesis. The song selection is all instrumental and pulls from various spots in his career, most liberally from the aforementioned Bay of Kings and Momentum. Most of the compositions are his own, but he also displays his sensitive touch on other tracks such as Vivaldi's "Concerto in D" and the love theme from the film Cinema Paradiso. The frenetic "Ace of Wands" (originally on Hackett's first solo release) is here, stripped down to only nylon-string guitar and keyboards, giving it an almost stately sound. As a change from the guitar-dominated set, the slow blues of "A Blue Part of Town" features Hackett on the harmonica -- an underutilized skill of his.

Rob Caldwell - All Music Guide



"There are Many Sides to the Night" is a fine recording of a first-rate concert. It's both a good Steve Hackett sampler and a must for any Hackett archivists.

Hackett and accompanist Julian Colbeck deliver faithful renditions of selections from Hackett's solo acoustic work, stretching back to Genesis.

I don't know if Hackett will ever tour in the U.S. again. He did a time or two in the 1980s and I recall that the acoustic segment he played at a concert I attended drew rousing applause. This may be the only opportunity we state-siders get to hear him "live."

Almost all of these tunes can be found on previous Hackett albums and two -- "Kim" and "Horizons" -- are making their third appearance on record. Hackett fans or neophytes will find little new on this CD -- a couple of selections at most, so far as I can tell.

The only serious reinterpretations come on "Ace of Wands," where Colbeck's piano takes the melodic lead in place of the electric guitar part found on Hackett's "Voyage of the Acolyte," and on "Kim," where Hackett plays the melody on guitar whereas the previous two versions feature a flute. What follows are the nittiest of nits:

I wish Hackett had included "When You Wish Upon a Star," from the album "Till We Have Faces," in his concert so we could have it on this CD.

I know that this is a live album and is intended to be a faithful reproduction of a Hackett solo show, but I think the extended applause segments between some of the pieces to drag a little. Hackett announces his "last" song of the night and, of course, after the selection, the applause swells and he comes out for the obligatory encore. And then another. I grew tired of this ritual years ago, but maybe that's just me.

 

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