The Live Archive is a series of live recordings from Steve Hackett. There are six CD releases since 2001 and have become a popular collection for fans.
2001: Live Archive 70s 80s 90s
Disc 1: 70s (Hammersmith Odeon, London 30/06/79)
"Intro" – 2:00
"Please Don't Touch" – 5:46
"Tigermoth" – 3:37
"Every Day" – 7:29
"Narnia" – 4:36
"The Red Flower of Tai Chi" – 4:03
"Ace of Wands" – 7:23
"Carry On Up the Vicarage" – 3:33
"Etude in A min" – 0:37
"Blood on the Rooftops" – 0:18
"Horizons" – 1:58
"Kim" – 2:36
"The Optigan" – 1:29
"A Tower Struck Down" – 3:30
"Spectral Mornings" – 6:57
Disc 2: 70s (Hammersmith Odeon, London 30/06/79)
"Introductions" – 1:07
"Star of Sirius" – 10:16
"Shadow of the Hierophant" – 9:35
"Clocks" – 7:18
"I Know What I Like" – 8:50
"Wardrobe Boogie" – 5:02
"Racing in A" – 12:15
"Racing in A Coda" – 2:07
Disc 3: 80s (Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome 13/09/81)
"The Air Conditioned Nightmare" – 5:00
"Jacuzzi" – 5:04
"Funny Feeling" – 5:07
"Ace of Wands" – 7:47
"Picture Postcard" – 5:18
"The Steppes" – 6:50
"Every Day" – 6:28
"Overnight Sleeper" – 4:28
"Hope I Don't Wake" – 4:25
"Slogans" – 5:18
"A Tower Struck Down" – 3:26
"Spectral Mornings" – 5:39
"The Show" – 3:52
"Clocks" – 6:08
Disc 4: 90s (The Grand Theatre, London 08/06/93)
"Medley: Myopia, Los Endos, Imagining, Ace of Wands, Hackett to Pieces" – 4:56
"Vampyre with a Healthy Appetite" – 6:13
"Sierra Quemada" – 4:20
"Take These Pearls" – 4:56
"In the Heart of the City" – 5:32
"Walking Away From Rainbows" – 3:38
"There Are Many Sides to the Night" – 5:20
"Kim" – 2:25
"Dark As the Grave" – 5:26
"Always Somewhere Else" – 6:17
"Lost in Your Eyes" – 5:02
"Spectral Mornings/Firth of Fifth/Clocks" – 8:13
"Cinema Paradiso" – 3:16
"...In That Quiet Earth" – 5:20
2001: Live Archive 70s : Newcastle
(City Hall, Newcastle 26/10/79) (exclusive to Camino Records for a limited time as Disc 5 of the Live Archive 70s 80s 90s)
"Please Don't Touch" – 7:53
"Tigermoth" – 3:41
"Every Day" – 7:26
"The Steppes" – 5:52
"Narnia" – 4:10
"Red Flower of Taichi Blooms Everywhere" – 3:02
"Sentimental Institution" – 2:38
"Star of Sirius" – 9:39
"Spectral Mornings" – 6:42
"Clocks" – 5:29
"Ace of Wands" – 5:05
"Hands of the Priestess" – 6:04
"Racing in A" – 7:51
The last three tracks were recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London 30/10/78.
2003: Live Archive NEARfest
Recorded at Patriots Theater, Trenton, New Jersey 30/06/02.
Disc 1
"The Floating Seventh" – 1:44
"Mechanical Bride" – 6:33
"Medley" – 5:11
"Serpentine Song" – 6:54
"Watcher of the Skies" – 5:18
"Hairless Heart" – 2:58
"Firth of Fifth" – 3:23
"Riding the Colossus" – 4:25
"Pollution B" – 2:24
"The Steppes" – 6:17
"Gnossienne no. 1" – 3:38
"Walking Away From Rainbows" – 3:53
"In Memoriam" – 7:19
"The Wall of Knives" – 0:47
"Vampyre with a Healthy Appetite" – 5:34
Disc 2
"Spectral Mornings" – 7:29
"Lucridus" – 0:54
"Darktown" – 5:12
"Camino Royale" – 8:30
"Every Day" – 7:09
"Horizons" – 2:02
"Los Endos" – 6:07
2004: Live Archive 03
Compiled from Hackett's 2003 To Watch The Storms European tour.
Disc 1
"Mechanical Bride" – 6:45
"Serpentine Song" – 6:40
"Watcher of the Skies" – 5:30
"Hairless Heart" – 2:42
"Darktown" – 4:47
"Camino Royale" – 7:52
"Pollution B" – 1:58
"The Steppes" – 5:42
"Acoustic Medley" – 4:00
"Kim" – 2:42
"Walking Away From Rainbows" – 4:10
Disc 2
"Slogans" – 4:03
"Every Day" – 6:37
"Please Don't Touch" – 4:25
"Firth of Fifth" – 3:07
"The Wall of Knives" – 0:31
"Vampyre with a Healthy Appetite" – 5:53
"Spectral Mornings" – 5:48
"Brand New" – 5:02
"Los Endos" – 6:47
"Clocks" – 4:29
"In That Quiet Earth" – 6:07
2004: Live Archive 04
Recorded at Petofi Csarnok, Budapest, Hungary 03/04/04.