(2020) Steve Hackett - Selling England by the Pound & Spectral Mornings Live at Hammersmith


Review:
Recorded last year to a sold-out crowd at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo which was the final night of the Genesis Revisited tour on November 29th, Steve Hackett brings everything to a standstill on this 2-CD live set from the InsideOut label. And after listening to the Hammersmith recordings, it is almost as if the flowers themselves are ready to bloomed. It was during that time frame he was promoting his 25th studio release At The Edge of Light. However this recording showcases Hackett at his best. Not only keeping the legacy of the original Genesis alive from 1971 to 1977 when he joined and departed, but to keep the flaming fires burn brighter than ever! The first and second act contains Spectral Mornings, At the Edge of Light and the entirety of Selling England by the Pound. ‘Under the Eye of the Sun’ gives Jonas a chance to have his Rickenbacker bass to create these galloping sounds as he follows Craig Blundell’s exercise while the vocals continue the search the trails inside the burning sphere’s hot plasma. Elsewhere, Rob Townsend’s sax fills the reverbing doom inside the Hammersmith as Steve gives him pointers to do these attack modes by eating its prey. ‘Déjà Vu’ was originally written during the sessions for the Selling England-era in 1973, but wasn’t finished. But for Steve who brought the song back in 1996 with the original Genesis Revisited project, but with the live version here, it has given the audience’s stamp…


Tracklist:
1. Intro (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (1:25)
2. Every Day (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (6:40)
3. Under the Eye of the Sun (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (5:39)
4. Fallen Walls and Pedestals (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (2:16)
5. Beasts in Our Time (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (6:27)
6. The Virgin and the Gypsy (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (4:42)
7. Tigermoth (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (3:15)
8. Spectral Mornings (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (6:26)
9. The Red Flower of Tai Chi Blooms Everywhere (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (2:17)
10. Clocks – The Angel of Mons (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (6:56)
11. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (7:29)
12. I Know What I Like (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (9:49)
13. Firth of Fifth (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (10:06)
14. More Fool Me (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (3:28)
15. The Battle of Epping Forest (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (11:44)
16. After the Ordeal (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (5:00)
17. The Cinema Show (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (11:02)
18. Aisle of Plenty (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (1:39)
19. Déjà Vu (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (6:25)
20. Dance on a Volcano (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (6:08)
21. Los Endos (Live at Hammersmith, 2019) (8:25)


Media Report:
Genre: prog-rock
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits