Now that's interesting. Wonder what it will be and what the extent of his involvement will be. Every now and then I have a fleeting thought that it's a shame he's not more active, although of course if he wants to spend his days chanting in a monastery or gardening that's entirely his prerogative. I shall wait with keen interest to see what this is
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Does anyone have any suggestions as to where to buy this CD in the U.S.? So far I'm finding limited availability and higher prices than I want to pay. If not, it looks like I'm going to have to wait a while.
I recently discovered an amazing, employee owned small chain of shops called Bull Moose. Most of their stores are in Maine, and a couple in New Hampshire. Their physical stores are laden with new and used CDs, DVDs, Blu ray, vinyl, books and video games. It's an absolute paradise for me. And they have the most incredibly useful online store I've ever seen, that shows what's available in all of their stores. I stumbled across one in Brunswick and they were very friendly and helpful.
Anyway they have Steve's album for a couple of buck less than the store Christian linked too, and a non-blu ray version that will be around $15 but appears to be on order.
https://www.bullmoose.com/pid/36924422/steve-hackett-the-circus-the-nightwhale-cd-blu-ray
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Does anyone know where I can find Ray's Live CD "Time and distance" ? It seems out of print, CD 1 is almost all Genesis songs.
I found it on eBay
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I agree, as do a number of us here. While I understand their reasoning for stopping after CAS, this will always be for me one of the most unfortunate things about how their recording career ended.
If I could like this 10 times I would (I am obviously one of us here!). I try not to dwell on things too much but they were relatively young despite the long career they'd already had. The phrase that sticks in my mind the most was Ray's, when he was lamenting the whole thing and made the observation that "we were just starting to be a band", in relation to the group clicking and getting better in the course of the tour. Oh well.
I also suspect he'd have done very well with the older material, had the opportunity arisen on subsequent tours. Hmph 😡
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I love this song, it's one of my favorite Genesis tracks. I prefer the original, but this is very good too. As a retrospective, it's a cool concept to sync up the different videos of him singing it through the years.
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Although I know exactly what this is an auto-correction of, it's still amusing me. I now want to go listen to Ed Sheeran's popular hit Halfway Girl. Yes I like it for the same reasons as you.
😆😆 bloody unbelievable. I suppose I could have read it before posting.
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I tend not to bother with the Hackett tours but would be very interested in this.
Likewise. I'd go out of my way to attend, which isn't the case with Steve's shows now.
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I love this track. The way it starts suddenly, lurching out of the dark with the full band rocking. I like the change of pace too Galway through, as it descends into what's to follow. It has a gritty edge that Genesis could do very well but often shied away from. 14.
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There a Radiohead spinoff band on the go, with Thom Yorke and the guitarist. The band's name might be Smile or something? Getting very good reviews, checking them out is on my infinite to-do list.
Edit: i just remembered Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlain of the Smashing Pumpkins formed a supergroup called Zwan, which released one very good album before imploding in the standard fashion.
Edit 2: and Brett Anderson/Bernard Butler of Suede reunited for one album as a different band, The Tears.
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What could have worked might have been a 5-man or 4-man selection of shows in particular markets, which might draw many from other locales. If they did say London, Paris, Rome, New York, they might have been able to fill larger venues with fans of the older material.
Yes, that's along the lines I was thinking. It's all academic now of course, but fun to think about. I also understand why they made the choices they made.
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It's hard for me not to think about the marketing strategy and contrast the possible relative popularities of two reunion tours, a smaller "vintage" tour of 70-77 material with Steve and a "standard" tour of all eras with the usual 3 man touring crew (perhaps with less old stuff than normal) to sate the masses.
Also: it's an odd thread that appears (to me) to have myself as the author but someone else is the author of the first post.
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Very good write up here:
“Musically and emotionally overwhelming … he gives us some of the most flamboyant and dazzling guitar-playing of his career”: Steve Hackett’s The Circus And The NightwhaleIt’s taken him nearly 50 years to return to the concept album format, but his semi-fictional musical memoir proves it was a wise move to wait – it’s his best…www.loudersound.comI haven't heard it myself yet.
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PC describes how they instantly reverted to their old roles - TB & PG arguing, MR being the gentlemanly moderator, himself being lighthearted trying to defuse the atmosphere, SH off to one side being 'dark' and marginal.
Thanks for all the interesting info. The above paragraph stood out to me as a great example of how to describe band dynamics succinctly!
Fascinating to think what a 4-man + CT would have been like setlist wise.
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https://www.loudersound.com/ne…a-strange-band-no-regrets
This is a link to a Daily Telegraph interview which is paywalled, so some of the summary may be taken out of context.. But he's starting to sound like Don Felder, formerly of the Eagles. I don't recall him being this bitter about Genesis before. He makes them sound like the Conservative party. This about the reunion tour:
Genesis is a strange band. They ask you, and then when you say yes they say… surplus to requirements. It’s so competitive.
I noticed that too. I didn't know he had agreed to participate in one of the reunion tours and was given the cold shoulder after. Or maybe that's not what happened? Regardless I picked up on the same fairly direct hostility you did.
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10 are quite a lot points for a "rather weak" track.
I think it's quite good and I'd say 11 ...
Ok. I don't hate it I just don't find it very good. I strongly dislike Battle of Epping Forest and gave it 2. I love Feeding the Fire and gave it 15 🤷♂️
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And the full version with Collins singing was included in a Capital Radio interview with Nicky Horne.
Ooh, when was that?
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I just heard this pleasingly zippy bit of electropop and like it a lot, Down Bad by Tatyana, a London-based musician. Nice ascents in the chorus.
Also available, Hold My Hand which I'm also enjoying. The slight Goldfrapp feel appeals to me.
I gather her debut album It's Over is out next month.
Another recent discovery for me is Mitski, who I first heard late last year but who's been releasing music for about 12 years. This is a recent one, My Love Is Mine All Mine. I love its dreamy late-night feel. Anyone here familiar with her work?
I prefer the second of the Tatyana tracks, had a nice dark edge. Will check out her album I think. The term "harp pop" is new to me.
Not familiar with Mitski though I recognize the name. I like the track, it's very smooth and relaxing, but not vanilla at all.
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I think TheWestSide was saying MR carried his studio lead guitar parts through to the live renditions but DrJ pointed out this didn't apply at least to the tracks mentioned. Everything in the studio from 78 was definitely just the trio other than the phenix horns.
Ok that's what I thought. That's for clarifying.
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Not quite true. Daryl plays lead on Behind the Lines, It's Gonna Get Better, and a few others that I can't think of immediately.
Really? I never knew and find it very interesting. I thought everything on studio albums was just the band. Is it Daryl on Jesus He Knows Me too?