Steve Hackett: GTR album to be rereleased on 2CD

In the 80ies, when Genesis and its solo members dominated the American charts, Steve Hackett was part of that with his supergroup project GTR. Steve formed the band with Steve Howe (Yes) and they recorded one (self-titled) studio album, which was quite successful and contained the US-Top-20-hit When The Heart Rules The Mind in 1986. Besides Steve Hackett and Steve Howe, singer Mac Bacon, bassist Phil Spalding and drummer Johnathan Mover were part of the band.

Their only studio album GTR has now been remastered. Also, the artwork has been fully restored and to the surprise of many, it will be rereleased in late August on 2CD. Besides the known album tracks, the package will include three studio bonus tracks and a complete live-CD with 14 tracks. The live tracks were recorded in Los Angeles in 1986 and were subject to previous releases and well known among fans from the live album The King Biscuit Flower Hour. Nevertheless, this recording has not been available for some time now. It contains not only GTR tracks. With tracks like I Know What I Like, Roundabout or Spectral Mornings it also contains tracks from Hackett’s and Howe’s own repertoirs. The complete tracklist:

GTR – Remastered – Disc 1

When The Heart Rules The Mind

The Hunter

Here I Wait

Sketches In The Sun

Jekyll And Hyde

You Can Still Get Through

Reach Out (Never Say No)

Toe The Line

Hackett To Bits

Imagining

Bonus tracks:

The Hunter (Special GTR Mix)

When The Heart Rules The Mind (Single Version)

The Hunter (Single Version)

GTR- Live in Los Angeles in July 1986: Disc 2

Jekyll And Hyde

Here I Wait

Prizefighters

Imagining

Hackett To Bits

Spectral Mornings

I Know What I Like (Ín Your Wardrobe)

Sketches In The Sun

Pennants

Roundabout

The Hunter

You Can Still Get Through

Reach Out (Never Say No)

When The Heart Rules The Mind

GTR (2CD) will be available by the end of August at amazon-uk, amazon.com or directly via Steve Hackett’s webstore. Please note that the North American release date has been scheduled for mid-September.