Steve Hackett – Once Above a Time – This was the fourth Steve Hackett DVD, which was filmed in Budapest Hungary at the Petofi Csarnok on the 3rd April 2004.
This concert was planned to be filmed so unlike the Live in Toyko DVD it has some meaningful camera angles and compared to the Somewhere in South America DVD the footage is crystal clear.
Ben Fenner was permitted to mix the show in Dolby DTS as well as Dolby Digital which gives the DVD a better sound.
The DVD was released on the 22th November 2004.
On One DVD
Songs
- Valley Of The Kings
- Mechanical Bride
- Circus Of Becoming
- Frozen Statues
- Slogans
- Serpentine Song
- Ace Of Wands
- Hammer In The Sand
- Blood on the Rooftops
- Fly On A Windsheild
- Please Don’t Touch
- Firth Of Fifth
- If You Cant Find Heaven (later reworked and released as A Dark Night In Toy Town on Wilds Orchids)
- Darktown
- Brand New
- Air – Conditioned Nightmare
- Every Day
- Clocks
- Spectral Mornings
- Los Endos
Personnel
Steve Hackett – Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Roger King – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Terry Gregory – Bass Guitar, Bass Pedals, Backing Vocals
Gary O’toole – Acoustic and Electric Drums, Percussion and vocals on Blood On The Rooftops
Rob Townsend – Saxophone, Flute, Percussion, Vocals
Production
Camera’s were set up and filming commenced on the 3rd April 2004, Slight note: the director was sent footage of the show filmed by Steve’s manager from the mixing desk at the Cambridge Corn Exchange gig on 12th March 2004.
Notes
Extras: a mini documentary filmed in parts at Map studios but in the main in Budapest! filmed by Paul Clark
Further Notes
The clocks projection was actually Southampton Civic Centre clock faces photographed by the live sound engineer when Steve’s live show played at Southampton during March 2004.
