Deluxe edition 2CD + DVD
Defector is Steve Hackett's highest charting album in the U.K. (No.9). Released in 1980, it featured the same band as Spectral Mornings.
The deluxe edition features a new remaster of the album along with a CD of Steve Hackett's set at the Reading Festival in 1980. There is also a DVD which features a pseudo 5.1 Surround Sound Up-mix derived from the original stereo masters.
"After the opening snake charmer-like flute notes of "The Steppes," drums boomed out from the next door church we used as an echo chamber, sounding more pagan than C of E in spirit. I was still in love with this killer band
that had versatility tattooed all over... Whilst Spectral Mornings was a hard act to follow, Defector pipped it in the charts by going Top Ten!" — Steve Hackett 2015
CD 1 | 1. The Steppes | 2. Time To Get Out | 3. Slogans | 4. Leaving | 5. Two Vamps As Guests | 6. Jacuzzi | 7. Hammer In The Sand | 8. The Toast | 9. The Show | 10. Sentimental Institution | 11. Hercules Unchained (B – side of single – released in June 1980) | 12. Sentimental Institution (recorded at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 11th November 1979) | CD 2 |
1. The Air Conditioned Nightmare | 2. Every Day | 3. Ace Of Wands | 4. Funny Feeling | 5. The Steppes | 6. Overnight Sleeper | 7. Slogans | 8. A Tower Struck Down | 9. Spectral Mornings | 10. The Show | 11. Clocks – The Angel Of Mons | DVD |
1. The Steppes | 2. Time To Get Out | 3. Slogans | 4. Leaving | 5. Two Vamps As Guests | 6. Jacuzzi | 7. Hammer In The Sand | 8. The Toast | 9. The Show | 10. Sentimental Institution |
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