The Tokyo Tapes


The Tokyo Tapes is a live and studio album by English guitarist Steve Hackett, released in April 1998 by Camino Records. It documents two concerts performed by a supergroup line-up of Hackett, John Wetton, Chester Thompson, Ian McDonald and Julian Colbeck, in Tokyo, Japan in December 1996. The album includes two studio tracks recorded by Hackett. In 2001, a DVD of the concerts was released, with the same title.

Background

The DVD contains 18 minutes of bonus rehearsal footage and band biographies.
Both the CD and the DVD were promoted with the tagline: "What would it sound like if occasional members of GENESIS, KING CRIMSON, ASIA, YES, ZAPPA & WEATHER REPORT all got together to form a unique team just for one night?"
A Triple-LP package pressed on white vinyl was released for Record Store Day on June 18, 2022

Track listing

Original artists for live songs are listed in brackets.
Disc 1
  1. "Watcher of the Skies" – 8:59
  2. "Riding the Colossus" – 3:32
  3. "Firth of Fifth" – 9:32
  4. "Battlelines" – 6:43
  5. "Camino Royale" – 9:06
  6. "The Court of the Crimson King" – 7:39
  7. "Horizons" – 1:53
  8. "Walking Away from Rainbows" – 3:47
  9. "Heat of the Moment" – 4:06
Disc 2
  1. "...In That Quiet Earth'" – 4:02
  2. "Vampyre With a Healthy Appetite" – 7:23
  3. "I Talk to the Wind" – 5:37
  4. "Shadow of the Hierophant" – 7:14
  5. "Los Endos" – 6:54
  6. "Black Light" – 2:30
  7. "The Steppes" – 6:48
  8. "I Know What I Like" – 5:51
  9. "Firewall" – 4:41
  10. "The Dealer" – 4:23
  11. "Los Endos" 8:52

RSD 2022 Track listing

Original artists for live songs are listed in brackets.
LP 1, Side 1
  1. "Watcher of the Skies" – 8:59
  2. "Riding the Colossus" – 3:32
  3. "Firth of Fifth" – 9:32
LP 1, Side 2
  1. "Battlelines" – 6:43
  2. "Camino Royale" – 9:06
  3. "The Court of the Crimson King" – 7:39
LP 2, Side 3
  1. "Horizons" – 1:53
  2. "Walking Away from Rainbows" – 3:47
  3. "Heat of the Moment" – 4:06
  4. "...In That Quiet Earth'" – 4:02
  5. "Vampyre With a Healthy Appetite" – 7:23
LP 2, Side 4
  1. "I Talk to the Wind" – 5:37
  2. "Shadow of the Hierophant" – 7:14
  3. "Los Endos" – 6:54
LP 3, Side 5
  1. "Black Light" – 2:30
  2. "The Steppes" – 6:48
  3. "I Know What I Like" – 5:51
LP 3, Side 6
  1. "Firewall" – 4:41
  2. "The Dealer" – 4:23
  3. "All Along The Watchtower" 8:52

Credits (live tracks)

Credits (studio tracks)

  • Steve Hackett – guitar, percussion
  • Aron Friedman – keyboards, programming

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