Steve Hackett - Premonitions [10 CD, 2015] [FLAC + 320]

Prog rock pioneer Steve Hackett has released 'Premonitions - The Charisma Recordings 1975-1983', a comprehensive reissue project that includes his first 6 albums on the Charisma label, together with a wealth of previously unavailable recordings as well as remixes by Steven Wilson. '

'Premonitions' comes in a Super Deluxe box set featuring a total of 135 songs on 10 CDs and 4 DVDs (5.1 mixes), plus an extensive booklet; included in this version are 67 previously unreleased recordings between old and new tracks, live and remixes.






2015 marks 40 years from the release of Steve Hackett's first solo record Voyage of the Acolyte; He was the first member of Genesis to release a solo album, before leaving the band in 1977. Hackett's musical career has been blooming over the past four decades, establishing him as a loved icon and pioneer of the genre. His current studio album Wolflight was released in March to critical acclaim, charting at 31; it's the first studio album of new material since Beyond the Shrouded Horizon in 2011 and explores past and contemporary cultures in a revolutionary journey.


CD1: Voyage of the Acolyte / Please Don’t Touch (I)

Taken from the Album ‘Voyage of the Acolyte’
01 Ace of Wands
02 Hands of the Priestess Part I
03 Tower Struck Down
04 Hands of the Priestess Part II
05 The Hermit
06 Star of Sirius
07 Lovers

Bonus Track
08 Shadow of the Heirophant (Extended Version)

Taken from the Album ‘Please Don’t Touch’
09 Narnia
10 Carry On Up the Vicarage
11 Racing in A
12 Kim
13 How Can I?

Bonus Track
14 Seven of Cups

CD2: Please Don’t Touch (II) / Spectral Mornings / Defector (I)

Taken from the Album ‘Please Don’t Touch’
01 Hoping Love Will Last
02 Land of a Thousand Autumns
03 Please Don’t Touch
04 Voice of Necam
05 Icarus Ascending

Taken from the Album ‘Spectral Mornings’
06 Every Day
07 Virgin and the Gypsy
08 Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
09 Clocks – The Angel of Mons
10 Ballad of the Decomposing Man
11 Lost Time in Cordoba
12 Tigermoth
13 Spectral Mornings

Taken from the Album ‘Defector’
14 Steppes
15 Time to Get Out
16 Slogans
17 Leaving
18 Two Vamps As Guests

CD3: Defector (II) / Cured

Taken from the Album ‘Defector’
01 Jacuzzi
02 Hammer in the Sand
03 Toast
04 Show
05 Sentimental Institution

Bonus Track
06 Hercules Unchained (B-Side of Single)

Taken from the Album ‘Cured’
07 Hope I Don’t Wake
08 Picture Postcard
09 Can’t Let Go
10 Air Conditioned Nightmare
11 Funny Feeling
12 Cradle of Swans
13 Overnight Sleeper
14 Turn Back Time

Bonus Tracks
15 Tales of the Riverbank
16 Second Chance

CD4: Highly Strung

Taken from the Album ‘Highly Strung’
01 Camino Royale
02 Cell 151
03 Always Somewhere Else
04 Walk Through Walls
05 Give It Away
06 Weightless
07 Group Therapy
08 India Rubber Man
09 Hackett To Pieces

Bonus Tracks
10 Guitar Boogie
11 Time Lapse At Milton Keynes
12 Walking Through Walls (12” Single Version / Released As Single 1983)
13 Cell 151 (BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show Session 1983)
14 Walking Through Walls (BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show Session 1983)
15 Hackett To Pieces (BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show Session 1983)
16 Please Don’t Touch (BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show Session 1983)

CD5: Live in Oxford (I)

01 Please Don’t Touch
02 Tigermoth
03 Every Day
04 Narnia
05 Red Flower Of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
06 Ace Of Wands
07 Carry On Up The Vicarage
08 Acoustic Medley: Etude In A Minor / Blood On The Rooftops / Horizons / Kim

CD6: Live in Oxford (II)

01 Optigan / Tower Struck Down
02 Spectral Mornings
03 Star Of Sirius
04 Shadow Of The Heirophant
05 Clocks – The Angels Of Mons
06 I Know What I Like
07 Racing In A

CD7: Live in London

01 Please Don’t Touch
02 Tigermoth
03 Every Day
04 Ace Of Wands
05 Sentimental Institution
06 Red Flower Of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
07 Spectral Mornings
08 Clocks – The Angels Of Mons
09 Acoustic Medley: Etude In A Minor / Blood On The Rooftops / Horizons / Kim

CD8: Live at the Reading Festival

01 Air Conditioned Nightmare
02 Every Day
03 Ace Of Wands
04 Funny Feeling
05 Steppes
06 Over Night Sleeper
07 Slogans
08 Tower Struck Down
09 Spectral Mornings
10 Show
11 Clocks – The Angels Of Mons

CD9: Please Don’t Touch (New Stereo Mix by Steven Wilson)

01 Narnia
02 Carry On Up The Vicarage
03 Racing In A
04 Kim
05 How Can I?
06 Hoping Love Will Last
07 Land Of A Thousand Autumns
08 Please Don’t Touch
09 Voice Of Necam
10 Icarus Ascending

CD10: Spectral Mornings (New Stereo Mix by Steven Wilson)

01 Every Day
02 The Virgin And The Gypsy
03 Red Flower Of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
04 Clocks – The Angel Of Mons
05 Ballad Of The Decomposing Man
06 Lost Time In Cordoba
07 Tigermoth
08 Spectral Mornings