GTR - GTR

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Review by Andreas Mattern

GTR's self-titled debut album is a showcase of virtuosic guitar work from two of rock's most accomplished guitarists, Steve Hackett and Steve Howe. Released in 1986, the album features intricate guitar melodies and solos that are complemented by the strong vocals of Max Bacon and the tight rhythm section of Phil Spalding and Jonathan Mover. The album's standout tracks include "When the Heart Rules the Mind," "The Hunter," and "Jekyll and Hyde."

The album's production is crisp and clear, allowing each musician's contributions to shine through. The guitar work is particularly impressive, with Hackett and Howe taking turns leading and supporting each other throughout the album. While some may find the album's sound a bit dated, the technical skill on display is undeniable.

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Tracks

TrackDurationPreview
Pennants (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)4:30
When The Heart Rules The Mind (Single Version) 4:27
Reach Out (Never Say No) = Esfuerzate (Nunca Digas No)4:07
Toe the Line4:30
Prizefighters5:16
Cell 151
Reach Out (Never Say No) [Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986]5:53
Give It Away
The Hunter (Special GTR Mix) - Taken From "The Hunter" promotional 12-inch EP4:56
Hackett to Bits (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)2:21
The Hunter = El Cazador4:55
Toe The Line = Mantente Al Margen4:29
You Can Still Get Through (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)6:54
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) [Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986]6:23
Hackett to Bits2:10
When The Heart Rules The Mind5:25
Sketches In The Sun2:31
When the Heart Rules the Mind (Single Version)4:27
Prizefighters (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)5:16
Jekyll And Hyde = Jekyll Y Hyde4:42
Imagining = Imaginando5:52
Reach Out (Never Say №)4:07
The Hunter (Single Version)4:0
Rock On
Camino Royale
Jekyll and Hyde4:45
The Hunter (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)6:44
The Hunter4:58
Jekyll and Hyde (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)5:47
Roundabout (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)8:38
Spectral Mornings3:57
When The Heart Rules The Mind (Single Version)
The Hunter (Special GTR Mix)4:56
Reach Out (Never Say No)4:5
Imagining5:59
When the Heart Rules the Mind5:28
Here I Wait = Espero Aqui4:54
Here I Wait4:57
Spectral Mornings (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)4:58
Sketches in the Sun2:31
Girl
Sketches in the Sun (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)2:44
Pennants4:30
When The Heart Rules The Mind = Cuando Manda El Corazon5:25
Jekyll And Hyde4:42
When the Heart Rules the Mind (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)6:5
Roundabout8:38
Toe The Line4:29
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)6:23
You Can Still Get Through3:56
Back Door Man
Weightless
The World Waits For You
You Can Still Get Through = Aun Puedes Lograrlo4:52
Jekyl And Hyde
Here I Wait (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)5:55
Sketches In The Sun = Diseños En El Sol2:31
Hackett To Bits = Un Poco De Hackett2:09
Hackett To Bits2:09
Imagining (Live at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 19 July 1986)7:12

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Catalog Numbers

  • 207 716
  • IECP-10247
  • 28AP 3168
  • VG 60043
  • 407 716
  • VPL1 7555
  • DRC12968
  • AL8-8400
  • 7838
  • AC8-8400, AC8 8400
  • 257 716, ARCD 8400
  • 104.8369
  • 258 980
  • AC8-8400
  • ARCD 8400
  • CYK 1185
  • 208 980
  • TLP 90002
  • 207-716
  • IECP-10063
  • 28KP 1338
  • ECLEC 22508, ECLEC22508
  • 132480
  • 207.716, LAE 685
  • I - 207-716
  • 207716
  • 32DP 414
  • SAPR-048, AL8-8400
  • 1837
  • ASTC 182
  • BB 10.159
  • R 6349
  • 13 248 0
  • TC-VG 60043

Labels

  • Arista
  • WHD Entertainment, Inc.
  • CBS/Sony
  • One Way Records
  • CD Media Records
  • Esoteric Recordings
  • Peacock
  • Billboard
  • Aquarius , A Private Collection

Listen online

  • lytte på nettet
  • online anhören
  • lyssna på nätet
  • ascolta in linea
  • escuchar en línea
  • ouvir online
  • kuunnella verkossa
  • écouter en ligne
  • online luisteren

Formats

  • Vinyl
  • LP
  • Album
  • CD
  • Reissue
  • K2HD Mastering
  • HQCD
  • Cardboard Sleeve
  • Cassette
  • Stereo
  • Remastered
  • Club Edition
  • Dolby System
  • Promo
  • Limited Edition
  • Unofficial Release
  • Dolby
  • CRC
  • DigiPak CD All Media
  • Deluxe Edition
  • Compilation

Companies

RoleCompany
Manufactured ByRCA S.P.A. ROME
Phonographic Copyright (p)Arista Records, Inc.
Distributed ByRCA/Ariola-Ariola/RCA
Record CompanyAriola Eurodisc GmbH
Copyright (c)Arista Records, Inc.
Recorded AtThe Town House
Pressed BySonopress
Mastered AtSterling Sound
Published ByBasedown Limited

Credits

RoleCredit
Art DirectionHoward Fritzson
BassPhil Spalding
Backing VocalsPhil Spalding
DesignIan Miller
DrumsJonathan Mover
PercussionJonathan Mover
EngineerAlan Douglas
GuitarSteve Hackett, Steve Howe
SynthesizerSteve Hackett, Steve Howe
ManagementBrian Lane
Photography ByMiki Slingsby
ProducerGeoffrey Downes
VocalsMax Bacon
Acoustic GuitarSteve Hackett (tracks: 10)
Artwork ByHoward Fritzson
Lead VocalsMax Bacon
Bass GuitarPhil Spalding
PerformerJonathan Mover, Max Bacon, Phil Spalding, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe
PhotographyMiki Slingsby
Written-ByDownes (tracks: A2), Jonathan Mover (tracks: B5), Bacon (tracks: A5), Spadling (tracks: B2), Hackett (tracks: A1, A3, A5 to B5), Howe (tracks: A1, A3 to B3, B5)
CoverMiki Slingsby

Notes

  • Reissue in Mini-LP replica sleeve.
  • ℗1986 Arista Records, Inc.
  • Manufactured by CBS/Sony Inc., Tokyo, Japan
  • Released with 4-pages Japanese/English text/lyrics insert, poster (about 50x75cm) & obi-strip.
  • Printed in Italy
  • Issued with a printed inner sleeve.
  • Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, England.
  • A GB record production.
  • Printed in Germany
  • ℗ & © 1986 Fragile Records Ltd.
  • Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, England
  • Released with a printed inner-sleeve
  • Came with hype sticker on cellophane
  • Released with an inner lyrics-sleeve
  • Issued in a custom Arista Records case with a red hinge piece. The hinge piece has a raised Arista logo in the bottom right corner.
  • sample promo label
  • On Back Inlay:
  • ℗ & © Arista Records, Inc.
  • Distributed in Europe by RCA/Ariola-Ariola/RCA
  • Printed in Germany.
  • On Disc:
  • ℗ & © Fragile Records Limited
  • Made in Japan.
  • Also in cassette 7108369
  • Printed in W. Germany
  • Released in a standard CD Jewel case.
  • (c)(p) 1986 Arista Records, Inc.
  • Disc manufactured in Japan for Arista Records, Inc./USA distribution.
  • Manufactured By CBS/SONY Honk Kong Ltd
  • All tracks translated into Spanish on the disc label
  • (C) 1986 Arista Records Inc (P) 1986 RCA/Ariola International
  • Editado y Distribuido por RCA Limited (Sucursal Argentina)
  • © ℗ 1986 Arista Records, Inc.
  • Foldout J-card with Photo/Credits/Lyrics.
  • Released with a printed inner-sleeve.
  • CRC is printed on both labels below '33 1/3 RPM' and on the lower right of the rear cover.
  • ℗ & © 1986 Arista Records, Inc.
  • All songs published by Basedown Limited (PRS)/W.B. Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Kid Glove Music (BMI)/Steve Hackett Ltd. except:
  • A2 published by Kid Gloves Music (BMI)
  • A4 published by Basedown Limited (PRS)/W.B. Music Corp. (ASCAP)
  • A5 published by Basedown Limited (PRS)/W.B. Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Kid Glove Music (BM)/Munnycroft (PRS)/Steve Hackett Ltd.
  • B4 published by Kid Gloves Music (BMI)/Steve Hackett Ltd.
  • Disc made and insert printed in USA
  • Reissue of the album originally released in 1986, newly re-mastered and presented here with the addition of a bonus 14-track CD of GTR live in Los Angeles in July 1986, as well as three bonus tracks taken from promotional 12-inch singles of ‘When the Heart Rules the Mind’ & ‘The Hunter’, two of which appear on CD for the first time.
  • This expanded deluxe edition of "GTR” also includes a booklet that restores the original album artwork and features a new essay.
  • New copies come shrink wrapped with a sticker on the front, stating:
  • "GTR
  • Deluxe 2 CD Edition
  • A newly remastered edition of the classic 1986 album
  • by GTR featuring STEVE HACKETT & STEVE HOWE with
  • Max Bacon, Phil Spalding & Jonahan Mover
  • With 3 rare single remixes and a bonus CD recorded Live
  • in Los Angeles in July 1986
  • Booklet contains new essay with exclusive interviwes
  • with Steve Hackett, Steve Howe and the members of GTR
  • ECLEC 22508"
  • Category on spine: ECLEC 22508
  • Category on back cover: ECLEC22508
  • lyrics inner sleeve
  • This version has manufacturing information on the back cover written in purple (instead of white) and has alternate labels to the other Canadian version.
  • Comes with a printed inner sleeve, including lyrics.
  • B5 writer credit is incorrectly credited to Spalding on the label but correct on the inner sleeve.
  • A GB Record Production.
  • Manufactured and distributed in Canada by RCA Inc.
  • Tracks A1, A5, B2, B3, B5 ©1985.
  • Tracks A2 to A4, B1, B4 ©1986.
  • All songs ©1985, 1986 Basedown LImited (PRS)/W.B. Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Kid Glove Music (BMI)/Steve Hackett Ltd. except A2 (©1986 Kid Glove Music (BMI), B4 ©1985 Kid Glove Music (BMI)/Steve Hackett Ltd., A5 ©1985 Basedown LImited (PRS)/W.B. Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Kid Glove Music (BMI)/Munnycroft (PRS)/Steve Hackett Ltd., A4 ©1986 Basedown LImited (PRS)/W.B. Music Corp. (ASCAP).
  • All rights on behalf of BAsedown LImited administered by W.B. Music Corp. (ASCAP).
  • MADE IN MEXICO
  • Packaged in a jewel case with transparent tray.
  • Booklet: 4 pages, contains lyrics of the songs and credits.
  • 1st pressing. Box style OBI (箱帯).
  • Reissued with the same catalogue number and a box style obi, but priced lower at ¥3,008 (¥2,920).
  • Comes with OBI sleeve and a printed inner sleeve, including lyrics.
  • 1st Press: w/OBI
  • 2nd Press: no OBI
  • Manufactured By Seoul Records Inc.
  • Unofficial Indonesian cassette release. Includes four tracks from Steve Hackett's solo album "Highly Strung".

Barcodes

  • Barcode: 4 582213 914962
  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Barcode: 4 007194 077166
  • Distribution Code (D): 652
  • Distribution Code (F): RC470
  • Label Code: LC3438
  • Barcode (Text): 4 007192 077168
  • Barcode (Scanned): 4007192077168
  • Label Code: LC 3484
  • Price Code (D): 620
  • Price Code (F): RC270
  • Other (Catalogue number on inner sleeve): 207 716-8
  • Pressing Plant ID (Label side B, embossed): [Bass clef]
  • Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA STEMRA BIEM
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): S 207 716 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): S 207 716 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): DM 207716 A-1/5-86
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): DM 207716 B-1/5-86 II
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  • Matrix / Runout (Both Sides Stamped ): Sterling
  • Barcode (Text): 0 7822-18400-4
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  • Barcode: 4 007192 577163
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): ARCD-8400 1A1 64
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): ARCD-8400 X 2A5 69 X
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): ARCD-8400 1A5 64
  • Rights Society: BIEM/JASRAC
  • Label Code (on disc): LC 0316
  • Label Code (on cover): LC 3484
  • Other (distribution code germany): 222
  • Other (distribution code france): RC650
  • Rights Society: GEMA STEMRA BIEM
  • Distribution Code (D): 630
  • Distribution Code (UK): XX
  • Matrix / Runout: CDMR 2139/M3-97 5781097
  • Barcode: 4007192589807
  • Matrix / Runout: SONOPRESS 257716 A
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  • Matrix / Runout (Sterling Both Sides Stamped ): AL-8-8400-SA AL-8-8400-SB
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  • Barcode: 7822-18400-19
  • Barcode (Printed): 0 7822-18400-2
  • Barcode (Scanned): 078221840026
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  • Barcode: 4007192089802
  • Barcode: 4582213 910803
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI L270
  • Mould SID Code: IFPI 4499
  • Matrix / Runout: IECP-10063 MT G01
  • Barcode (Text): 0 7822-184001-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched variant 1): (F-PY) AL-8-8400-SA GIA GI
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  • Rights Society: PRS
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  • Rights Society: BMI
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  • Barcode (Scanned): 0078221840026
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  • Other (On Disc Face): ARCD 8400
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  • Other (Distribution Code Germany): 217
  • Other (Distribution Code France): RC720
  • Barcode (Distribution Code UK): QK
  • Barcode (Text): 5 013929 460843 >
  • Barcode (Compact Text): 5013929460843
  • Mastering SID Code (CD 1 & 2): IFPI LV27
  • Mould SID Code (CD 1 & 2): IFPI 0146
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 1): 00095 53783 487 01 + 53783490
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  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runouts): AL8 8400 A1➁ CR
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  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A etched): LAE-685-A TI 11-7-86
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  • Rights Society: SGAE
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  • Barcode: T4988 009 51945 6
  • Matrix / Runout: 32DP-414 11 +++++
  • Other (Released): H•6•21
  • Other (Price): ¥3,200
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 9APH-04A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 9APH-04B
  • Matrix / Runout (on label): S 207 716A
  • Matrix / Runout (on label): S 207 716B
  • Matrix / Runout: DM 207716 A - 1/5-86 IV
  • Matrix / Runout: DM 207716 B - 1/5-86 II
  • Rights Society: GEMA

About GTR

Prog rock supergroup formed by Steve Howe (ex- Yes) and Steve Hackett (ex - Genesis). After a lacklustre tour, and unhappy with both management and financial situations, Hackett left to pursue his solo career again and the band soon folded. Only one studio album was released (and re-issued in different guises) along with their sole live album. A demo-stage second album was bootlegged, though never officially released.

Name Vars

  • 207 716

Members

  • Phil Spalding
  • Max Bacon
  • Steve Hackett
  • Steve Howe
  • Nigel Glockler
  • Jonathan Mover
  • Robert Berry
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Summary by Andreas Mattern

GTR's debut album is a must-listen for fans of guitar-driven rock music. While the band's lineup was short-lived, this album remains a testament to the talents of its members and a reminder of the golden age of guitar rock.

Comments

dmjthnd
dmjthnd
A fun album for someone wanting a sampling of some good 80's rock music. GTR has a good mix of radio frreindly rock tunes with some nice guitar solos to boot!