STEVE HACKETT - WUTHERING NIGHTS: LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM BLU-RAY

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RELEASE DATE: 26 January 2018

On 26th January 2018, Inside Out Music release Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham, the new live release from guitar legend Steve Hackett. Wuthering Nights was filmed at the Birmingham Symphony Hall during Hackett's recent, critically-acclaimed Genesis Revisited & Classic Hackett tour. Available as Special Edition 2DVD + 2CD Digipak, Blu-Ray, Digital album and Blu-Ray in stereo & surround sound, this is a must-have for any prog fan.

This tour marked the 40th anniversary of Wind & Wuthering, Hackett's last album with Genesis which reached number 7 in the UK album chart. To celebrate Steve and his band played 5 of the best-loved tracks from this iconic album: Eleventh Earl Of Mar, One For The Vine, Blood On The Rooftops, In That Quiet Earth and Afterglow.

Other fan favourites from Hackett's Genesis days were 'revisited': Dance On A Volcano, Inside & Out, Firth Of Fifth, The Musical Box and the classic Los Endos. This mesmerising show marks the first ever live performance by Hackett & his band of the tracks One for the Vine and Inside & Out, and also includes many of Hackett's solo fan-favourites as well as material from his latest studio album The Night Siren.

Steve recalls the Birmingham performance... "I'm excited about imminent release of 'Wuthering Nights'. It felt special to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Wind & Wuthering, the Genesis album I had the most songwriting involvement with and a favourite among many fans. Songs like One for the Vine, Eleventh Earl of Mar and Blood on the Rooftops come across powerfully on this release, which also features other Genesis and solo Hackett favourites along with songs from my latest album The Night Siren... Sit back and enjoy!"

The band are: Roger King (keyboards), Gary O'Toole (drums/percussion), Rob Townsend (saxes/flutes), Nick Beggs (bass, stick & twelve string) and Nad Sylvan on vocals plus special guests John Hackett and Amanda Lehmann.

The DVD / Blu-Ray also includes fascinating behind the scenes footage, most of which was filmed on the day in Birmingham. There are also three videos for tracks from The Night Siren: Behind the Smoke, Fifty Miles from the North Pole and West to East.

Special Edition 2CD + 2DVD Digipak - 88985473862

Blu-Ray- 88985473879

Digital Album - G010003778599D

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amazon uk has it positioned with no image but I can't provide a link because technically it doesn't exist(amazon explanation)...I tried to link it but I get the message that the page doesn't exist...the description(which is usually wrong anyway)said Audio CD and the release date was Jan 26 2018 and the price was 16.82 pounds...
 
Track listing is as follows (from Steve Hackett's website):

Concert Part 1:
1 Every Day
2. El Nino
3. The Steppes
4. In the Skeleton Gallery
5. Behind the Smoke
6. Serpentine Song
7. Rise Again
8. Shadow of the Hierophant

Concert Part 2:
1 Eleventh Earl of Mar*
2. One For the Vine *
3. Blood on the Rooftops *
4. In That Quiet Earth *
5. Afterglow *
6. Dance on a Volcano *
7. Inside and Out *
8. Firth of Fifth *
9. The Musical Box *
10. Los Endos *
(* Genesis track)

- Bonus -
Wuthering Nights, Live in Birmingham - Behind the Scenes Documentary 32:32
- Bonus -
Official videos
Behind the Smoke
Fifty Miles from the North Pole
West to East
 
Video Trailer:
[video=youtube;VPAW0xebzks]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPAW0xebzks&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Now that I know there will be a 2CD/Blu-Ray edition in North America, that's the one I will go for.

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Hope the MCH mix is up to par!!!!!

If the other Steve Hackett live Blu-Rays are any indication, this probably will not have an immersive (discrete) 5.1 mix.
However, I didn't have any issues with the sound mix on the 'Live in Liverpool' Blu-Ray, so if this Blu-Ray is like that one, that will be fine with me.

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If the other Steve Hackett live Blu-Rays are any indication, this probably will not have an immersive (discrete) 5.1 mix.
However, I didn't have any issues with the sound mix on the 'Live in Liverpool' Blu-Ray, so if this Blu-Ray is like that one, that will be fine with me.

:)

No discrete mix but how can I pass on this 16th DVD releases. I got them all or almost, glad to see that will have two rarely Wind and Wuthering tracks
 
hmmmm bluray only for North America....WHY????? Isn't he from England?????..

And while we're at it. Beggsy is a monster , but his "Mike Rutherford" is not as good as it should be, which kinda let me down....and he didn't do the gtr/bass+bass pedals Mike did, he let the keyboard do the bass pedal parts instead....verrrry sloppy Roscoe!!!!
 
Another amazing preview from this Blu-Ray, this time a new song:
[video=youtube;qYCfgBH8zz0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=234&v=qYCfgBH8zz0[/video]

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hmmmm bluray only for North America....WHY????? Isn't he from England?????..

And while we're at it. Beggsy is a monster , but his "Mike Rutherford" is not as good as it should be, which kinda let me down....and he didn't do the gtr/bass+bass pedals Mike did, he let the keyboard do the bass pedal parts instead....verrrry sloppy Roscoe!!!!

Yes, having seen Dave Pomeroy perform this Michael Rutherford role better, I would have to agree overall. Love Nick Beggs in almost every context, not so much this one. He did hit the Taurus pedals most of the time on the two nights we saw last year (photo below with moment where he used his bare hands!), but occasionally utility player Rob Townshend did with another set.

Just got done watching the wonderful Live in Liverpool (long show) in one sitting last week. Roine Stolt aced the original bass and guitar parts pretty much the way you'd want, however there were no bass pedals in front of him at all, so it was handled in turn by either Townsend or keyboardist Roger King (from keyboard controllers not pedals). It was said by Townshend in the Liverpool bonus features that he was handling additional keyboard duties, possibly alluding to this situation.


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Is someone notice that the surround mix in the second half of the show is inferior or less discrete than in the first half where you can hear much more guitar sound of Hackett in the rears... ????
 
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