Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch Me

Deluxe edition 2CD + DVD

Please Don't Touch was Steve Hackett's second solo album, his first following his departure from Genesis. The album saw Steve work with various guest musicians including drummer Chester Thompson (a member of Genesis for live concerts). Vocal duties were shared by Steve Walsh of the American band Kansas, Richie Havens and Randy Crawford.

This deluxe edition includes new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Steven Wilson and also features the original stereo mix remastered. A further three bonus tracks are also included.

"On Please Don't Touch I'd finally embarked on a permanent solo career. The strength of the ideas combined with the extraordinary people who had carried them out was a revelation to me. I wanted to be invisible on this record and just to be the catalyst. Each track functioned like an excerpt from a sampler album. Different teams met different styles and that pan-genre approach has stayed with me up to the present day... It's no coincidence that Steven Wilson offered to remix this stuff in 5.1 surround sound. He'd originally been inspired by Please Don't Touch when he was barely a teenager." — Steve Hackett