SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND & SPECTRAL MORNINGS: LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH

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Live, released in 2020

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1 (63:18)
1. Intro (1:25)
2. Every Day (6:40)
3. Under the Eye of the Sun (5:39)
4. Fallen Walls and Pedestals (2:16)
5. Beasts in Our Time (6:26)
6. The Virgin and the Gypsy (4:42)
7. Tigermoth (3:15)
8. Spectral Mornings (6:25)
9. The Red Flower of Tai Chi Blooms Everywhere (2:17)
10. Clocks - The Angel of Mons (6:56)
11. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (7:29)
12. I Know What I Like (9:48)

CD 2 (63:55)
13. Firth of Fifth (10:06)
14. More Fool Me (3:27)
15. The Battle of Epping Forest (11:44)
16. After the Ordeal (5:00)
17. The Cinema Show (11:02)
18. Aisle of Plenty (1:39)
19. D�ja Vu (6:25)
20. Dance on a Volcano (6:08)
21. Los Endos (8:24)

Total Time 127:13

DVD / Blu-ray (incl. Steven Wilson 5.1 surround sound mix) :
1. Intro (1:25)
2. Every Day (6:26)
3. Under the Eye of the Sun (5:27)
4. Fallen Walls and Pedestals (2:16)
5. Beasts in Our Time (6:12)
6. The Virgin and the Gypsy (4:29)
7. Tigermoth (3:15)
8. Spectral Mornings (6:11)
9. The Red Flower of Tai Chi Blooms Everywhere (2:17)
10. Clocks - The Angel of Mons (6:36)
11. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (7:39)
12. I Know What I Like (9:28)
13. Firth of Fifth (9:52)
14. More Fool Me (3:11)
15. The Battle of Epping Forest (11:34)
16. After the Ordeal (4:48)
17. The Cinema Show (10:23)
18. Aisle of Plenty (1:54)
19. D�ja Vu (6:08)
20. Dance on a Volcano (5:46)
21. Los Endos (7:50)

Total Time 123:07

Bonus material on Blu-ray :
22. "Behind the scenes" documentary (32:30)

Line-up / Musicians

- Steve Hackett / guitars
- Roger King / keyboards
- Jonas Reingold / bass
- Rob Townsend / saxophones, flutes
- Craig Blundell / drums, percussion
- Nad Sylvan / vocals

With:
- John Hackett / flute
- Amanda Lehmann / guitar, vocals

Releases information

In November 2019, at a sold-out show in London's Hammersmith Apollo, Steve Hackett performed the legendary Genesis album "Selling England by the Pound" in its entirety. Steve and his band also played tracks from "Spectral Mornings" (celebrating its 40th anniversary), "At the Edge of Light" and "A Trick of the Tail".

Formats:
- 2CD/DVD in Multibox (multi-CD jewel case)
- Limited 2CD/Blu-ray in Digipak
- Limited Deluxe 2CD/Blu-ray/DVD Artbook
- 2 double vinyls in gatefold sleeves & 2CD within a slipcase

Label: InsideOut Music

Release date: September 25, 2020

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STEVE HACKETT Selling England by the Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith ratings distribution

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Review by rdtprog
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Heavy, RPI, Symph, JR/F Canterbury Teams

Another year, another Steve Hackett release, another version of Genesis music... This time Craig Brundell is on the drums and not the long time musician of Hackett Gary O'Toole. The Flower kings connection is still there but with Jonas Reingold on bass. So we have two competent players to fill the spot and completer the usual line-up. The first set is the solo material of Hackett with songs from ''Spectral Morning'' and ''At The Edge of Light''.

I was keeping a lot of focus on Robin Townsend playing on flute and sax because the sound of his instruments was placed beautifully in the back of the room by Steven Wilson with another great 5.1 surround mix. Nad Sylvan make his appearance at the end of the first set when the band played the complete SEBP album with a Jazz version of ''I Know What I like''. Then the unfinished song ''D�ja Vu'' is played, not a bad song, but not great either.

If you have already many Hackett live releases, this one is not a necessary addition to your collection unless you have a home theater system where you can hear for the first time a good surround mix of a concert from Hackett. 3 stars for the cd and 4 stars for the DVD. (3.5)

Review by fuxi
PROG REVIEWER

How many live recordings of 'Firth of Fifth' (on CD and/or blu-ray) do you need, really? And of 'Clocks', 'Every Day' and 'Los Endos', to name just three numbers that have become Steve Hackett live regulars? Just like you, I had my doubts about this release, but if you compare it to the many Hackett live albums that came before it, there's one significant difference: in Craig Blundell, Steve found a young and energetic drummer who adds a lot of pizzazz to every song he appears in. I'd even go so far as to say Blundell almost totally TRANSFORMS those tunes, so that you hear them anew. Perhaps SELLING ENGLAND never sounded so good on stage. The sense of newness is reinforced by the contributions of saxophonist Rob Townsend, who plays a far more prominent role than in earlier concerts, sometimes adding delightful new improvisations, sometimes playing a melody that was originally taken up by Tony Banks's keyboards, and sometimes just clowning around. (By the end of the show, Townsend's clowning actually started to grate, at least when I was watching the blu-ray.) I also have nothing but respect for Nad Sylvan, who performs the old Genesis vocals with great subtlety, even accomplishing the near-impossible: equalling Peter Gabriel in the ultra-theatrical 'The Battle of Epping Forest'. (It's probably better to keep schtum about Hackett's own lead vocal on one or two pieces from SPECTRAL MORNINGS.) Add some glorious singing by Amanda Lehmann, a lot of sophisticated playing on bass and twelve-string by Jonas Reingold, AND a superb lightshow, and you've got a release that should delight any Steve Hackett acolyte.

P.S. I'd never heard of 'D�ja Vu', which seems to have been discarded from the original SELLING ENGLAND album, but it turned out to be a delight, with Hackett's lead guitar simply soaring.

Latest members reviews

5 stars My favourite Hackett Genesis tribute. Steve Hackett got excellent band here. The new drum/bass -section does perfect job. Actually every element of this Selling England & Spectral Mornings come so close to perfection (sound mixing included), that no matter how good earlier live blu-rays of Genesis ... (read more)

Report this review (#2456733) | Posted by Muumi | Saturday, October 17, 2020 | Review Permanlink

4 stars I think I'm going to give a look only to the double CD set, because it's really there where the musical scope of this fantastic live performance is better appreciated. First a word of warning: "Spectral Mornings", third and possibly best solo studio album by Mr. Hackett, is not played entirely her ... (read more)

Report this review (#2451492) | Posted by Heart of the Matter | Sunday, September 27, 2020 | Review Permanlink

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