Steve Hackett – Please Don't Touch!

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Label:	Charisma – CDS 4012
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Small Hatter Label
Country:	UK
Released:	Apr 14, 1978
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Art Rock, Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1	Narnia Vocals – Steve Hackett, Steve Walsh	4:08
A2	Carry On Up The Vicarage Vocals – Steve Hackett	3:11
A3	Racing In A Vocals – Steve Hackett, Steve Walsh	5:09
A4	Kim	2:14
A5	How Can I? Vocals – Richie Havens	4:38
B1	Hoping Love Will Last Soprano Vocals – Maria Bonvino Vocals – Randy Crawford	4:11
B2	Land Of A Thousand Autumns	1:49
B3	Please Don't Touch	3:39
B4	The Voice Of Necam Vocals – Steve Hackett	3:09
B5	Icarus Ascending Guest [Vocals] – Dale Newman, Dan Owen Vocals – Richie Havens, Steve Hackett	6:20

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Charisma Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Charisma Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Cherokee Studios
Recorded At – Kingsway Recorders
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At – De Lane Lea Music Centre
Marketed By – Charisma Records Ltd.
Marketed By – Phonogram Ltd.
Distributed By – Phonogram Ltd.
Manufactured By – Phonogram Ltd.
Printed By – Gothic Print Finishers Ltd.
Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
Published By – Copyright Control
Lacquer Cut At – The Music Centre, Wembley

Credits

Bass – Tom Fowler
Cello – Hugh Malloy
Composed By, Arranged By – Steve Hackett
Cover [Illustration], Illustration [Cover] – Kim Poor
Drums, Percussion – Chester Thompson, Phil Ehart
Equipment – Dale Newman, Dan Owen
Keyboards – Dave Lebolt*
Keyboards, Flute, Bass [Pedals] – John Hackett
Keyboards, Producer, Engineer – John Acock
Lacquer Cut By – Kev*
Percussion – James Bradley*, Richie Havens
Photography [Cover] – John Brown (5)
Photography [Inside Sleeve] – Armando Gallo
Synthesizer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Effects, Computer, Mellotron, Bells, Tape [Loops], Keyboards, Percussion, Producer – Steve Hackett
Violin – Graham Smith

Notes

Matte sleeve with printed inner sleeve

No track durations given

Runouts are stamped excepting for KEV - MUSIC CENTRE and KEV, that are etched.

Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Kingsway Studios, Record Plant & De Lane Lea Studios between November 1977 and February 1978.

Track A1: Based on the childrens book "The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis.
Track A2: A musical tribute to Agatha Christie.
Track B3: For maximum effect this track should be listened to as loudly as possible with as much treble and bass as your system can muster - not to be played to people with heart conditions or those in severely hallucinogenic states of mind.

℗ 1978 Charisma Records Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label A): †CDS 4012-A†
Matrix / Runout (Label B): †CDS 4012-B†
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 1): CDS 4012 A#5 MC 11 1 KEV- MUSIC CENTRE
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 1): CDS 4012 B#1 MC 12 2 KEV
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 2): CDS 4012 A#3 MC 13 1 KEV- MUSIC CENTRE
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 2): CDS 4012 B#1 MC 12 3 KEV
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 3): CDS 4012 A#3 MC 14 3 KEV- MUSIC CENTRE
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 3): CDS 4012 B#1 MC 11 6 KEV
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 4): CDS 4012 A//3 MC 12 1 KEV MUSIC CENTRE
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 4): CDS 4012 B//1 MC 14 1 KEV
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 5): CDS 4012 A#3 MC 13 2 KEV- MUSIC CENTRE
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 5): CDS 4012 B#1 MC 1 5 3 KEV
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 6): CDS 4012 A#5 MC 11 2 KEV- MUSIC CENTRE
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 6): CDS 4012 B#1 MC 13 6 KEV
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 7): CDS 4012 A//3 MC 14 1 KEV MUSIC CENTRE
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 7): CDS 4012 B//1 MC 11 1 KEV
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 8): CDS4012 A//3 MC 13 1 KEV MUSIC CENTRE
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 8): CDS 4012 B//1 MC 1 4 5 KEV

Other Versions (5 of 78)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Please Don't Touch! (LP, Album, Stereo)	Charisma	9124 024	Germany	1978
Recently Edited	Please Don't Touch! (LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo)	Charisma	9124 024	Scandinavia	1978
Recently Edited	Please Don't Touch! (LP, Album, Stereo)	Charisma	9124 024	Germany	1978
Recently Edited	Please Don't Touch! (LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing)	Chrysalis, Chrysalis	CHR 1176, CHR-1176	US	1978
	Please Don't Touch! (LP, Album)	Charisma	91 24 024	Spain	1978