Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited Tour: 2014 leg !!

Anybody pick up the new Royal Albert Hall 2 CD/1 DVD set? I found it at FYE for $17.99. Great price. Obviously some overlap with Live at Hammersmith (the new set has Giant Hogweed, Ripples and Fountain of Salmacis, all favorites of mine so I don't mind). A few guest singers again (Ray Wilson for one). Personally, I would be fine with the regular singers from Steve's band handling all the leads.

One thing I have to mention....the bass levels on the CDs are THROUGH THE ROOF. I actually had to turn the CD off (right in the middle of Suppers Ready, no less) because the rumble of the bass pedals was enough to break my ear drums. I don't know why they did this. It seems like a mistake. It's very regrettable, as I was very much looking forward to this set. At any rate, the DVD is fine sounding (though the camera angles change a little too often for my liking), so for $17.99 it's still a decent deal.

 

Amazon had a pre-order price of $14.38. Up to $16.99 there at the moment.

 

Hackett's coming back to Albany! I just saw this show last year but will gladly buy another ticket. I don't care if he plays the exact same set list, this show was spectacular and uplifting! Can't wait to see him again!

 

Glad I flew up to Detroit to see this last year (a conveniently timed parental visit) since the odds of him ever bringing this anywhere near Nashville are pretty small. Not sure why I'd need these live albums though, the band was almost absurdly faithful to the originals (and to Hackett's studio re-records). The live experience was great, though.

 

Can't believe he is going to play in Concord NH, practically in my back yard. I bought tickets to see him in Lynn Mass. a few months back figuring that would be the only Boston area show. Now I'm going to see him twice in one week!

 

I caught this show in south Florida

Really fabulous - they play deep Hackett / Gabriel Genesis cuts

Faithful and dynamic

 

dude it is so not anything like mick taylor doin a stones tribute...steves gonna be shreddin the firth of fifth solo 6 feet in front of me......."check please!"

 

You will not be disappointed


Really reinforced my view of his role in Genesis
The other musicians are first rate
Faithful but breathable renditions

 

http://voguetheatre.com/events/event/steve-hackett-genesis-extended-719/
Vancouver has been on sale for 3-4 weeks and they are still selling row 4.

Not sure I've seen a lick of paid advertising on this one so far, just the venue site. I really want this show to happen so I can actually any Genesis material performed in Western Canada for the first time in 20 years by one of the band members.

 

I paid $48 for one of the best seats in the house. A great deal at a great venue (non-Ticketmaster venue).

I hope Steve realizes he just played here a year ago and checks the previous setlist so he can insert as many different songs into the set as possible. Not that I'd ever complain about such a top notch show, but I'm hoping this time we get Carpet Crawlers and Giant Hogweed. Maybe by November he'll have added a few more songs to the repertoire. "Harold the Barrel" would be the absolute bomb.

 

If you are even questioning going to the Hackett show get the new Royal Albert Hall dvd and cd set and have a look

 

I got this set too. I ripped the audio from the Blu-ray disk and the bass was just too much! You say the CD's are also too heavy on the bass (I haven't listened to those yet). But the DVD's sound ok?

 

I played the DVD on a plain ol' TV with no special sound setup so I didn't noticed overwhelming bass, but for all I know it was there too.

A real shame that this set was ruined in this manner. Ridiculous bass. Dr. Dre levels of bass! Drive-by shooting levels of bass! This is "Supper's Ready", not "Nuthin But A G Thang"! If I wanted the trunk of my car to shake with vibrations I'd lock a call girl in there. It pains me to be critical of Steve Hackett product, but yowza....what were they thinking?

 

The bass only requires about a 3 dB cut to sound marvelous. On first listening I thought it would be more than that.

 

I turned my knob all the way down. It's particularly bad when the bass pedals are used. It's absolutely unbearable.

Maybe the fact that I even have a knob disqualifies my opinion.

 

I edited the EQ of Royal Albert Hall using the EQ filter in Audacity this evening. I reduced the bass using a curve that started flat at 100 hz and ramped down to -6 at 60 hz, then back up to -2 db at 0 hz.

Sounds pretty good but may have gone a little too far. I'll probably play with it some more to add a little of the punch back in - maybe the -3 suggested above.

Experiment with it. YMMV. if anyone else tries it, please report you results and settings here!

P.S. They are playing here in Seattle on Dec 10, Moore Theatre

 

I was planning to purchase the Royal Albert Hall set for the concert DVD, but after reading the comments on the bass heavy mix, perhaps I'm batter off starting with the Hammersmith DVD?

Does everyone agree the audio on the Hammersmith DVD is better than the Royal Albert Hall DVD?

I've also read there is an issue with the Hammersmith DVD freezing up at times during playback.

Any comments would be appreciated.

Hoping to see the show in Toronto, Dec 2.

 

Haven't yet watched the Hammersmith DVD (i bought Albert Hall first), but IMHO, the renditions on Albert Hall seem more refined. Which i guess would make sense since Albert is the more recent. My own vote is that if you like this music, buy them both. I've put together a mix with songs from both, and when two renditions are available, I just took the one I prefer. Also, try sequencing the songs in the order that they are on the original Genesis studio albums - Many of these live versions are better than studio.

 

I just got tickets to see Steve in Concord, NH on Nov. 16th at the Capital Center for the Arts. The seats were $55 and are in the middle of the floor on right side. I'm taking my 16 year old daughter who is a huge classic rock fan. Is there a set list that for the recent shows? I watched the Hammersmith 1 show and I was very impressed with the song selection and the quality of the music. I hope the show ends with Los Endos which would be fitting end for the show .

Bill

 

http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/steve-hackett-43d6b3a3.html

This is the setlist I saw last year….

Watcher of the Skies
Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
Fly on a Windshield
Broadway Melody of 1974
The Lamia
The Musical Box
Horizons
Blood on the Rooftops
Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers...
...In That Quiet Earth
Afterglow
The Fountain of Salmacis
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Dance on a Volcano
Supper's Ready
Firth of Fifth
Los Endos

Couldn’t ask for a more perfect show. I’m actually seeing Steve again next month (at the very same venue no less) so I’m curious as to how he plans on shaking up the setlist.

 

Thanks for posting that information . When will you be going next month?

Bill

 

A couple of his concerts are up on YouTube. Most of the singing is laughable, which is a shame.

 

I watched the Hammersmith 1 show and found the vocals to be fine. I wasn't expecting lead singer Nad Sylvan to sound as good as Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins. What were you expecting?

Bill

 

November 23rd.

I think Nad does a fine job. He's just right for the material.

 

I guess I was expecting fewer frilly shirts and bowler hats.