At the time Hackett approached him he was taking a break from the muso’s life and worked a 9 to 5 job. As a solo artist he made acoustic music, folk and jazz. Hicks had played in many rock and progressive rock band at school. Pete Hicks: lead vocals and backing vocals John Hackett: flutes, concert flutes, Chinese bamboo flutes, bass pedals Steve Hackett: guitars, Roland guitar synthesizer, Cantonese koto, mouth organ, vocals Apart from his brother John, who also worked on Voyage Of The Acolyte and Please Don’t Touch, this was a whole new band: Steve wanted to record an album that had a live-feeling, too. He went into the studio with the same people who had played on his first short tour – and no additional musicians. Steve decided not to use big names on the new album and went for a compact line-up. This meant he had to put together a band with which he could play his material live, go on tour and also record his new album. The former Genesis guitarist did not have a live band to do so, though: Quite a number of musicians had worked on his first two albums, including members of his former band and a number of well-known singers, and they were not available for the length of a tour. Time to re-examine the record.Īt the end of the 1970s, Steve Hackett faced a luxury problem: His first two solo albums, Voyage Of The Acolyte and Please Don’t Touch sold surprisingly well, and there was much interest to see him play the music live. In 2019, Steve brings Spectral Mornings back to the stage to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album release. When asked about his personal favourites in interviews, the maestro himself always mentions this album. Many fans count it as one of the best and most relevant of all his albums. In 1979 Steve Hackett released his third solo record, Spectral Mornings.
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Steve Hackett: 40th anniversary of "Spectral Mornings" A look back on his third album with a 2CD/DVD deluxe edition