Steve Hackett

1-23-08 Steve Hackett

LP BAY OF KINGS MUSIC INT JPN JMI-28004

1984 12 TRKS insert

CD CURED CHARISMA UK CDSCD 4021

1984 8 TRKS ('89 issue)

LP CURED EPIC US ARE 37632

1981 8 TRKS

LP DEFECTOR CHARISMA US CL-1-3103

1980 10 TRKS

CD DEFECTOR TOSHIBA JPN VJCP-68776

1980 15 TRKS ('05 issue) (5 x bonus tracks) kami sleeve

CD HIGHLY STRUNG CHARISMA UK HACKCD 1

1985 9 TRKS ('89 issue)

LP HIGHLY STRUNG CHARISMA UK HACK 1

1983 9 TRKS insert

LP PLEASE DON'T TOUCH! CHARISMA UK CDS 4012

1978 10 TRKS 2nd

LP SPECTRAL MORNINGS CHARISMA UK CDS 4017

1979 8 TRKS 3rd

LP TILL WE HAVE FACES CHRYSALIS US FV 41571

1984 9 TRKS

LP VOYAGE OF THE ACOLYTE CHARISMA UK CAS 1111

1975 8 TRKS debut solo album

CD VOYAGE OF THE ACOLYTE TOSHIBA JPN VJCP-68773

1975 10 TRKS ('06 issue) kami sleeve (2 x bonus tracks)

CD WATCHER OF THE SKIES GUARDIAN US 21943

1996 11 TRKS New ’96 versions of Genesis songs, some with guest vocalists.

So in addition to re-evaluating Peter Gabriel for the new year, I have decided to look into the works of Steve Hackett, too. When the LP’s all hit the $1 bin, I got whatever I could find, and after the CD’s got re-mastered, I could sometimes find original editions for under $5. My favorite is “Voyage of the Acolyte” (and always has been), so I got a kami (paper) sleeve CD of it in Japan summer ‘07; I found the kami sleeve of “Defector” in San Francisco in winter ’07.

I tend to like the instrumental stuff better than the material with vocals. After all, Mr. Hackett is best known as a guitarist. I’d buy his other CD’s if I found them inexpensively. I’m looking for U.K. Charisma label LP versions of “Defector” and “Till We Have Faces”. I have some S.H. singles and videos, too.

So, do you like any of these LP’s? Any S.H. titles not on my list that I should be on the lookout for?