Live Archive Series

The Live Archive is a series of live recordings from Steve Hackett. There are six CD releases since 2001 and have become a popular collection for fans.

2001: Live Archive 70s 80s 90s
Disc 1: 70s (Hammersmith Odeon, London 30/06/79)


 * 1) "Intro" – 2:00
 * 2) "Please Don't Touch" – 5:46
 * 3) "Tigermoth" – 3:37
 * 4) "Every Day" – 7:29
 * 5) "Narnia" – 4:36
 * 6) "The Red Flower of Tai Chi" – 4:03
 * 7) "Ace of Wands" – 7:23
 * 8) "Carry On Up the Vicarage" – 3:33
 * 9) "Etude in A min" – 0:37
 * 10) "Blood on the Rooftops" – 0:18
 * 11) "Horizons" – 1:58
 * 12) "Kim" – 2:36
 * 13) "The Optigan" – 1:29
 * 14) "A Tower Struck Down" – 3:30
 * 15) "Spectral Mornings" – 6:57

Disc 2: 70s (Hammersmith Odeon, London 30/06/79)


 * 1) "Introductions" – 1:07
 * 2) "Star of Sirius" – 10:16
 * 3) "Shadow of the Hierophant" – 9:35
 * 4) "Clocks" – 7:18
 * 5) "I Know What I Like" – 8:50
 * 6) "Wardrobe Boogie" – 5:02
 * 7) "Racing in A" – 12:15
 * 8) "Racing in A Coda" – 2:07

Disc 3: 80s (Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome 13/09/81)


 * 1) "The Air Conditioned Nightmare" – 5:00
 * 2) "Jacuzzi" – 5:04
 * 3) "Funny Feeling" – 5:07
 * 4) "Ace of Wands" – 7:47
 * 5) "Picture Postcard" – 5:18
 * 6) "The Steppes" – 6:50
 * 7) "Every Day" – 6:28
 * 8) "Overnight Sleeper" – 4:28
 * 9) "Hope I Don't Wake" – 4:25
 * 10) "Slogans" – 5:18
 * 11) "A Tower Struck Down" – 3:26
 * 12) "Spectral Mornings" – 5:39
 * 13) "The Show" – 3:52
 * 14) "Clocks" – 6:08

Disc 4: 90s (The Grand Theatre, London 08/06/93)


 * 1) "Medley: Myopia, Los Endos, Imagining, Ace of Wands, Hackett to Pieces " – 4:56
 * 2) "Vampyre with a Healthy Appetite" – 6:13
 * 3) "Sierra Quemada" – 4:20
 * 4) "Take These Pearls" – 4:56
 * 5) "In the Heart of the City" – 5:32
 * 6) "Walking Away From Rainbows" – 3:38
 * 7) "There Are Many Sides to the Night" – 5:20
 * 8) "Kim" – 2:25
 * 9) "Dark As the Grave" – 5:26
 * 10) "Always Somewhere Else" – 6:17
 * 11) "Lost in Your Eyes" – 5:02
 * 12) "Spectral Mornings/Firth of Fifth/Clocks" – 8:13
 * 13) "Cinema Paradiso" – 3:16
 * 14) "...In That Quiet Earth" – 5:20

2001: Live Archive 70s : Newcastle
(City Hall, Newcastle 26/10/79) (exclusive to Camino Records for a limited time as Disc 5 of the Live Archive 70s 80s 90s)

The last three tracks were recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London 30/10/78.
 * 1) "Please Don't Touch" – 7:53
 * 2) "Tigermoth" – 3:41
 * 3) "Every Day" – 7:26
 * 4) "The Steppes" – 5:52
 * 5) "Narnia" – 4:10
 * 6) "Red Flower of Taichi Blooms Everywhere" – 3:02
 * 7) "Sentimental Institution" – 2:38
 * 8) "Star of Sirius" – 9:39
 * 9) "Spectral Mornings" – 6:42
 * 10) "Clocks" – 5:29
 * 11) "Ace of Wands" – 5:05
 * 12) "Hands of the Priestess" – 6:04
 * 13) "Racing in A" – 7:51

2003: Live Archive NEARfest
Recorded at Patriots Theater, Trenton, New Jersey 30/06/02.

Disc 1


 * 1) "The Floating Seventh" – 1:44
 * 2) "Mechanical Bride" – 6:33
 * 3) "Medley" – 5:11
 * 4) "Serpentine Song" – 6:54
 * 5) "Watcher of the Skies" – 5:18
 * 6) "Hairless Heart" – 2:58
 * 7) "Firth of Fifth" – 3:23
 * 8) "Riding the Colossus" – 4:25
 * 9) "Pollution B" – 2:24
 * 10) "The Steppes" – 6:17
 * 11) "Gnossienne no. 1" – 3:38
 * 12) "Walking Away From Rainbows" – 3:53
 * 13) "In Memoriam" – 7:19
 * 14) "The Wall of Knives" – 0:47
 * 15) "Vampyre with a Healthy Appetite" – 5:34

Disc 2


 * 1) "Spectral Mornings" – 7:29
 * 2) "Lucridus" – 0:54
 * 3) "Darktown" – 5:12
 * 4) "Camino Royale" – 8:30
 * 5) "Every Day" – 7:09
 * 6) "Horizons" – 2:02
 * 7) "Los Endos" – 6:07

2004: Live Archive 03
Compiled from Hackett's 2003 To Watch The Storms European tour.

Disc 1


 * 1) "Mechanical Bride" – 6:45
 * 2) "Serpentine Song" – 6:40
 * 3) "Watcher of the Skies" – 5:30
 * 4) "Hairless Heart" – 2:42
 * 5) "Darktown" – 4:47
 * 6) "Camino Royale" – 7:52
 * 7) "Pollution B" – 1:58
 * 8) "The Steppes" – 5:42
 * 9) "Acoustic Medley" – 4:00
 * 10) "Kim" – 2:42
 * 11) "Walking Away From Rainbows" – 4:10

Disc 2


 * 1) "Slogans" – 4:03
 * 2) "Every Day" – 6:37
 * 3) "Please Don't Touch" – 4:25
 * 4) "Firth of Fifth" – 3:07
 * 5) "The Wall of Knives" – 0:31
 * 6) "Vampyre with a Healthy Appetite" – 5:53
 * 7) "Spectral Mornings" – 5:48
 * 8) "Brand New" – 5:02
 * 9) "Los Endos" – 6:47
 * 10) "Clocks" – 4:29
 * 11) "In That Quiet Earth" – 6:07

2004: Live Archive 04
Recorded at Petofi Csarnok, Budapest, Hungary 03/04/04.

Disc 1


 * 1) "Intro" – 1:05
 * 2) "Valley of the Kings" – 5:37
 * 3) "Mechanical Bride" – 6:59
 * 4) "Circus of Becoming" – 3:09
 * 5) "Frozen Statues" – 3:48
 * 6) "Slogans" – 4:02
 * 7) "Serpentine Song" – 7:13
 * 8) "Ace of Wands" – 6:35
 * 9) "Hammer in the Sand" – 4:02
 * 10) "Blood on the Rooftops" – 5:55
 * 11) "Fly on a Windshield" – 3:04
 * 12) "Please Don't Touch" – 3:57
 * 13) "Firth of Fifth" – 4:03

Disc 2


 * 1) "If You Can't Find Heaven" – 3:27
 * 2) "Darktown" – 5:33
 * 3) "Brand New" – 5:49
 * 4) "Air-Conditioned Nightmare" – 4:08
 * 5) "Every Day" – 6:30
 * 6) "Clocks" – 5:46
 * 7) "Spectral Mornings" – 5:46
 * 8) "Los Endos" – 8:16

2005: Live Archive 05
Recorded during Steve's Acoustic Trio Tour in April 2005 to promote his recent studio outing Metamorpheus.

Disc 1


 * 1) "Intro" – 0:18
 * 2) "Japonica" – 5:12
 * 3) "Andante in C" – 4:11
 * 4) "Tribute to Segovia" – 3:51
 * 5) "Metamorpheus excerpts" – 1:49
 * 6) "Bay of Kings" – 5:49
 * 7) "Classical Jazz" – 3:43
 * 8) "Sapphires" – 1:34
 * 9) "Mexico City" – 1:48
 * 10) "Black Light" – 4:56
 * 11) "Skye Boat Song" – 1:07
 * 12) "Pease Blossom" – 3:43
 * 13) "Horizons" – 2:48

Disc 2


 * 1) "Intros" – 1:24
 * 2) "Jacuzzi" – 4:21
 * 3) "Bacchus" – 2:15
 * 4) "Firth of Fifth (excerpt)" – 2:33
 * 5) "Improv" – 3:02
 * 6) "The Red Flower of Tai Chi Blooms Everywhere" – 2:16
 * 7) "Hands of The Priestess" – 8:13
 * 8) "After The Ordeal" – 2:08
 * 9) "Hairless Heart" – 3:46
 * 10) "M3" – 2:49
 * 11) "Imagining" – 1:19
 * 12) "Second Chance" – 4:09
 * 13) "Jazz on a Summer's Night" – 3:29
 * 14) "Next Time Around" – 4:36
 * 15) "Kim" – 3:47
 * 16) "Avant Dernière Pensées" – 3:46
 * 17) "The Journey" – 4:05
 * 18) "Ace of Wands" – 4:29
 * 19) "Walking Away From Rainbows" – 4:13
 * 20) "Gnossiennes Nº. 1" – 4:46

2006: Live Archive 83
Recorded at Edinburgh's Queens Hall on 04/11/83.


 * 1) "Calmaria"
 * 2) "Hands of the Priestess"
 * 3) "Jacuzzi"
 * 4) "The Barren Land"
 * 5) "Tales of the Riverbank"
 * 6) "Second Chance"
 * 7) "Oriental Improvisation"
 * 8) "Petropolis"
 * 9) "Kim"
 * 10) "The Water Wheel"
 * 11) "Concert for Munich"
 * 12) "The Journey"
 * 13) "Ace of Wands"
 * 14) "A Cradle of Swans"
 * 15) "Jazz on a Summer's Night"
 * 16) "Horizons"
 * 17) "Time Lapse at Milton Keynes"
 * 18) "Bay of Kings"