Spectral Mornings
| Spectral Mornings | ||||
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| Released | May 1979 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 1979 | |||
| Studio | Phonogram Studios, Hilversum, The Netherlands | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 39:03 | |||
| Label | Charisma (UK, Europe & Japan) Chrysalis (United States) | |||
| Producer | John Acock, Steve Hackett | |||
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Spectral Mornings is the third studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett, released in May 1979 on Charisma Records. It is his first to feature members of his touring band, which many Hackett fans consider as the "classic line-up". The musicians are his brother John Hackett, Nick Magnus, Dik Cadbury, John Shearer, and Pete Hicks.
In 2005, Spectral Mornings was remastered and re-released on Virgin Records. The new edition features updated liner notes and bonus tracks. A new 5.1 surround mix of the album by Steven Wilson is included in Hackett's 2015 compilation box set Premonitions: The Charisma Recordings 1975–1983. In 2015, Hackett appeared on a re-recorded version, "Spectral Mornings 2015", with new lyrics written by David Longdon of Big Big Train, and sung by Longdon and Christina Booth of Magenta. Proceeds from the track on release went to Parkinson's Society UK.