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Audience 8.2 - Vocals a little buried, all music pretty clear and detailed. -
Audience 8.3 - Sounds kind of distant, but because it is not echoey you can adjust and then place yourself in the seat of the taper. -
Audience 8.6 - Right down in there with the crowd, listening to the audience listening to the band. The band and their music sound terrific, the audio quality is actually pretty darn good, bright, not distorted, maybe not as full on the bottom end but the bass itself is very round but not thumping. Drums are crisp and well defined. This is actually a good recording! -
Soundboard 9.3 - Simply a MUST HAVE if you have any interest at all in Genesis. Includes some backstage interviews, giving an amazing perspective of this epic show. Enchanting! -
Audience 8.3 - This recording is balancing very finely on the borderline but thankfully falls onto the “acceptable” side. I would call it slightly above average maybe, as the tape shows some typical age limitations, but still manages to present the evening in a listenable quality. Must have been a small audience at this show, crowd response is weak, but the band still perform admirably. Guzman Theatre, Miami, FL. March 9th, 1974 Disc 1- Watcher Of The Skies
- Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
- The Cinema Show
- I Know What I Like
- Firth Of Fifth
- The Musical Box
- More Fool Me
- The Battle Of Epping Forest
- Supper's Ready
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Audience 8.7 - The tape is new to circulation and it’s a good one. The rating reflects only that there is a lack of dynamics in the bandwidth of the tape but the clarity is decent and it is a comfortable listen – not harsh, not muddy, not brittle…it’s a good tape and I am glad it was discovered. Genesis Free Trade Hall Manchester, UK February 24, 1973 1. Watcher of the Skies 2. Musical Box 3. Get 'em out by Friday 4. Suppers Ready 5. Return of the Giant Hogweed 6. The Knife (encore) -
Audience 8.7 - This tape is surprisingly clear, it is not super dynamic but it is nice and clear. It’s almost like a REALLY good AM radio broadcast. It has a narrow sound field, but it is comfortable there, and comfortable to your ears. Phil sounds like he’s singing right next to you, pretty cool. Genesis Dane County Coliseum Madison, WI. 1977-02-09 Disc 1 01. SQUONK 02. ONE FOR THE VINE 03. ROBBERY ASSUALT AND BATTERY 04. YOUR OWN SPECIAL WAY 05. FIRTH OF FIFTH 06. CARPET CRAWL 07. IN THAT QUIET EARTH 08. AFTERGLOW Disc 2 09. I KNOW WHAT I LIKE 10. 11th EARL OF MAR 11. SUPPERS READY 12. DANCE ON A VOLCANO-DRUM DUET - LOS ENDOS 13. LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY - MUSICAL BOX -
Audience 7.8 -
Audience 8.9 - Very nice and clear with the keyboards more up front this time. Bass sounds sweet too. A great recording! -
Audience 9.1 - A strong, very clear tape which has a deep bottom end, you can feel the kick and the bass! The band sound close, there’s no indication they are playing a large venue, it’s almost kind of an intimate sound. A superb taping job! Genesis Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA May 24, 1980 Disc 1 01 Deep In The Motherlode 02 Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 03 Squonk 04 One For The Vine 05 Story Of Albert 06 Behind The Lines 07 Duchess 08 Guide Vocal 09 Turn It On Again 10 Duke's Travels - Duke's End Disc 2 11 Say It's Alright Joe 12 The Lady Lies 13 Ripples 14 Band Introduction 15 Misunderstanding 16 In The Cage 17 Afterglow 18 Follow You, Follow Me 19 Dance On A Volcano 20 Drum Duet - Los Endos 21 I Know What I Like -
Rehearsal - Soundboard 9.3 -
Soundboard 9.5 - Superb clarity and attenuation, especially where the high end is concerned. Very lifelike, no sign of radio compression which suggests this tape to be pre-FM broadcast. Genesis Hammersmith Odeon London, UK June 10, 1976 Band: Tony Banks: keyboards (pianos, synths, organ, Mellotron,) 12-string guitar, backing vocals Phil Collins: lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion Steve Hackett: lead guitars Mike Rutherford: basses, guitars, vocals Bill Bruford: drums, percussion Setlist: Disc 1 01 Dance On A Volcano 6:45 02 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4:44 03 Fly On A Windshield 2:38 04 The Carpet Crawlers 6:43 05 The Cinema Show 12:30 06 Robbery, Assault And Battery 6:28 07 White Mountain 7:26 08 Firth Of Fifth 9:48 09 Entangled 6:43 10 Squonk 6:54 Runtime: 70:43 Disc 2 11 Supper's Ready Intro 1:25 12 Supper's Ready 24:37 13 I Know What I Like 7:05 14 Los Endos 6:51 15 It - Watcher Of The Skies 6:40 Runtime: 46:41 Total Runtime: 1:57:25 -
Soundboard 9.2 - Good show and I love how the drums sound in this mix. -
Audience 7.0 - Thin and distant -
Audience 8.1 - Yes this is ranked pretty low on the sound quality scale, but it’s not a disaster because this is actually a full point or more better than the previous version of this legendary gig. It’s not unlistenable, and the proof is that you can hear every word Gabriel says during his stories. Extensive work in repairing and remastering this from a 1st generation tape made all the difference. Rediscover the earliest known live Genesis recording because for historical purposes there is no more significant a recording than this. Genesis La Ferme Woluwe St Lambert, Belgium 7th March 1971 1. -Announcer's introduction and Peter's intro 2. -Happy the Man 3. -Cheese-and-onion crisp man story 4. -Stagnation 5. -intro 6. -The Light 7. -intro 8. -Twilight Alehouse 9. -story 10. -The Musical Box 11. -intro 12. -The Knife 13. -intro 14. -Going Out to Get You -
Soundboard 9.2 - Great if not a tad flat (as most soundboards can be) -
Audience 9.2 - Very punchy up front, clean, sweet levels and great mix. Wonderful! -
Audience 9.5 - Astounding clarity and dynamics! Good evening sir and welcome to the Forum. Looks like you’re seated here in row 3 center, please enjoy the show! Genesis The Forum Inglewood, CA August 9, 1982 Disc 1 01 Dance On A Volcano 02 Behind The Lines 03 Follow You Follow Me 04 Dodo - Lurker 05 Abacab 06 Paperlate * 07 No Reply At All * 08 Story Of Romeo And Juliet 09 Supper's Ready Disc 2 10 Misunderstanding 11 Man On The Corner 12 Who Dunnit? 13 In The Cage - Cinema Show - Colony Of Slippermen 14 Afterglow 15 Turn It On Again 16 Drum Duet 17 Los Endos 18 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway ** - Watcher Of The Skies ** * w/Phenix Horns ** w/Bill Bruford -
Audience 9.5 - Listening to this recording made me think for a second I was listening to classic Gabriel era sans Peter Gabriel (he’s backstage nursing cold) ha ha! What I mean is, the performance and setlist is reminiscent of an earlier time because the band seem to be playing the songs as if for the first time. It’s just great to hear – and the sound quality is top shelf. Genesis The Forum Inglewood, CA April 17, 1978 Disc 1 01 Eleventh Earl of Mar 02 In The Cage 03 Burning Rope 04 Ripples 05 Deep In The Motherlode 06 The Fountain Of Salmacis 07 Down And Out 08 One For The Vine 09 Squonk Disc 2 10 Say It's Alright Joe 11 The Lady Lies 12 The Story Of Romeo & Juliet 13 Cinema Show 14 Afterglow 15 Follow You, Follow Me 16 Dance On A Volcano 17 Drum Duet 18 Los Endos 19 I Know What I Like -
Audience 9.2 - Great dynamics and amazing atmosphere! This is certainly one for every kind of collector, even casually Genesis fans would love this. A special gig. Genesis The Roxy West Hollywood, CA May 25, 1980 Disc 1 01 Deep In The Motherlode 02 Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (Intro) 03 Carpet Crawlers 04 Squonk 05 One For The Vines 06 Story Of Albert 07 Behind The Lines 08 Duchess 09 Guide Vocal 10 Turn It On Again 11 Duke’s Travels 12 Say It’s Alright Joe Disc 2 13 The Lady Lies 14 Ripples 15 Misunderstanding 16 In The Cage 17 Colony Of Slipperman 18 Afterglow 19 Follow You, Follow Me 20 Dance On A Volcano 21 Drums Duet > Los Endos 22 I Know What I Like 23 The Knife -
Audience 8.6 - Solid, with some tape squeals here and there about halfway in that do go away. A good solid recording here. -
Audience 8.7 - Sound resides somewhere in the mid range and does not feature well defined high end but does have a warm, round bottom to it. The mix does not favor any one instrument, it’s rather even, and all in all the listening experience, while not exceptional in any way, is also not offensive. Genesis Congresshalle Hamburg, Germany October 15, 1981 Disc 1 1. Behind The lines 2. Duchess 3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4. Gutenabend Hamburg 5. Dodo/Lurker 6. Abacab 7. Carpet Crawlers 8. Story Of Sarah Jane 9. Me And Sarah Jane 10. Misunderstanding 11. Eine Alle Stucke 12. Firth Of Fifth 13. Story Of A Man On The Corner 14. Man On The Corner 15. Who Dunnit? Disc 2 1. Band Introductions 2. In The Cage - Cinema Show - Slippermen 3. Afterglow 4. Turn It On Again 5. Dance On A Volcano - Drum Duet - Los Endos 6. I Know What I Like -
Audience 9.5 - Wonderful in every way, as good as an audience recording can be from 1975. -
Audience 8.0 - Reasonably clear but there’s that lack of wideness that characterizes a recording captured with condenser mics on cheap decks. But it is not bad for a 1972 recording at all. All can be heard! -
Audience 9.2 - A lively, airy, and detailed (especially with percussion and vocals) recording. I don’t think they could have done much better than this because the taper position is right in the sweet spot. Genesis Will Rogers Auditorium Fort Worth, TX. 1976-05-07 Disc 1 1. -Dance On A Volcano 2. -The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3. -Fly On A Windshield 4. -The Carpet Crawlers 5. -The Cinema Show 6. -Robbery Assault & Battery 7. -White Mountain 8. -Firth Of Fifth Disc 2 1. -Entangled 2. -Squonk 3. -Supper's Ready 4. -I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 5. -Los Endos 6. -It -
Soundboard 9.7 - Does not suffer the sdbrd doldrums, it is loud and vibrant. Great! -
Audience 8.9 - One of the better Lamb recordings almost as good as Groningen but it’s a bit boomier maybe. Still, gotta love this one, it’s really like being there. -
2 Shows from Edinburgh: First show - Audience 8.0 (Clear, but a little thin) & Second show - Audience 7.8 -
Soundboard 9.4 - An expertly mixed affair, with a particularly lovely and warm vocal presence. Pretty thumping bass too! Artist: Genesis Date: 1977-06-24 Venue: Earls Court Arena Location: London Disc 1 01. -Squonk 02. -One For The Vine 03. -Robbery, Assault & Battery 04. -Inside & Out 05. -Firth Of Fifth 06.-The Carpet Crawlers 07. -...In That Quiet Earth 08. -Afterglow 09. -I Know What I Like Disc 2 01. -11th Earl Of Mar 02. -Suppers Ready 03. -Dance On A Volcano - Drum Duet 04. -Los Endos 05. -The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 06. -The Musical Box 07. -The Knife -
Audience 7.0 - Compressed sound, but it’s a killer show and the first time Gabriel wears the fox costume on stage. Historic. -
Audience 8.6 - This old tape has been extensively reworked to present a fan favorite in as good of quality as ever. It’s not a great tape recording but it’s actually kind of a charmer, this is due in part because this old theater was a favorite venue for many of the classic UK prog and Canterbury groups of the time. It’s a very appealing concert, you can kind of sense the band relishes it. Genesis 1974-01-20 Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, England Disc 1 01 -Watcher Of The Skies 10:39 02 -Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 10:28 03 -The Cinema Show 11:31 04 -I Know What I Like 6:04 05 -Tubetrain-SPLAT story 2:49 06 -Firth Of Fifth 10:14 07 -Harold The Barrel 4:53 Disc 2 08 -The Musical Box 11:03 09 -Horizons 2:31 10 -More Fool Me 3:30 11 -The Battle Of Epping Forest - S.R. Intro 14:29 12 -Supper's Ready 23:55 -
Soundboard 9.7 -
Soundboard 9.5 -
Audience 8.2 - A tiny bit of overload in the very lowest frequency (kick drum) but all the music is here and pretty clear too. Decent tape, nothing spectacular. -
Audience 8.4 - Good mix, everything clear and strong albeit somewhat one dimensional. -
Pro FM 9.6 - Sound quality is absolutely spot on but so is the band. They were well rested and rehearsed, and it clearly shows with stunning accuracy and a packed set list too. Get this! -
Audience 9.2 - This merits quite a bit of adoration for hardcore fans and collectors because it is a beloved show that fell through the cracks of time due to it being so incomprehensibly cut up. We don’t know why it was that way, and therefore an otherwise excellent tape was relegated to the proverbial dustbin…until today. The composite was done by an adoring fan with an ear, by taking bits here and there from other recordings only days apart from the Chicago date, was able to manage a very compelling final product. Worth exploring! Genesis Arie Crown Theater McCormick Place, Chicago, IL . 04-Feb-1975 Disc 1 101 Fly On A Windshield 102 Broadway Melody Of 1974 103 Cuckoo Cocoon 104 In The Cage 105 The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging 106 The Story Of Rael 2 107 Back In NYC 108 Hairless Heart 109 Counting Out Time 110 Carpet Crawlers 111 The Chamber Of 32 Doors 112 The Story Of Rael part 3 113 Lilywhite Lilith 114 The Waiting Room 115 Anyway Disc 2 201 Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist 202 Interlude - The Lamia 203 Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats 204 The Colony Of Slippermen 205 Ravine 206 The Light Dies Down On Broadway 207 Riding The Scree 208 In The Rapids 209 It 210 The Musical Box 211 Watcher Of The Skies -
Audience 9.7 - Wow! This is one badass recording! Great seats, great atmosphere, phenomenal sound, and great performance. This is the real deal, get it! Genesis Starlight Amphitheatre Burbank, CA May 01, 1976 01 Dance On A Volcano 02 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 03 Fly On A Windshield 04 Carpet Crawlers 05 The Cinema Show 06 Robbery, Assault and Battery 07 White Mountain 08 Firth Of Fifth 09 Entangled 10 Squonk 11 Supper’s Ready 12 I Know What I Like 12 Los Endos 13 It 14 Watcher Of The Skies -
Audience 9.0 - This is a wonderful recording in almost every way. The sound balance is impeccable. The only complaint is a little crispiness when hard cymbal crashing, otherwise CRANK it! -
Audience 7.2 - Better gear would have helped this taper – when the band is quieter it is very listenable the problem is the bandwidth collapses during volume and there is already a narrow sound field to this tape so…do the math. -
Audience 8.7 - A good and clear sounding tape here, some very minor crackle noise now and then but that is quibbling. This is a great tape, limited only by typical analog tape sonic limitation (where it kind of narrows the bandwidth of the entire frequency range, although it is clear, it lacks that hi-fi punch). -
Audience 7.4 - My oh my what a difference technology makes! I remember in the early days of my collecting music, and I mean on cassette tapes mind you, this show was one that I just would not even listen to out of curiosity. It was “file under abysmal” and that was it. Now, this new transfer from the master, and a prudent digital re-mastering has brought out actual music here! In fact, it’s not even that horrendous and you will actually listen to it. One brief moment really struck me, and it was the last fading seconds of the recording when you hear the enthusiastic shouts from the audience as the intense sounding Hammond organ notes fade out. This reminded me of just how powerful a Genesis show was in 1972, and we do not appreciate that because there are no analog recordings that can accurately reproduce that intense sound. We have to use a little imagination, but sometimes we do catch glimpses of it. -
Audience 9.3 - The second this begins you know it’s gonna be great, and it’s better than great. I’ve heard radio broadcasts that don’t sound as nice as this. I need atmosphere, I want to feel the space around me, the venue itself is a part of the event. Audience tapes of high quality can sometimes deliver more atmosphere than the best soundboard, and sometimes it’s necessary if you want to relive an event to have that atmosphere included in the recording. Genesis Boston Music Hall Boston, MA 24 February 1977 Disc 1 01 - Squonk (07:55) 02 - One For The Vine (11:32) 03 - Robbery, Assault & Battery (07:31) 04 - Your Own Special Way (07:26) 05 - Firth Of Fifth (09:16) 06 - The Carpet Crawlers (07:07) 07 - In That Quiet Earth (04:41) 08 - Afterglow (04:35) 09 - I Know What I Like (09:00) 10 - Eleventh Earl Of Mar (09:56) Disc 2 11 - Supper's Ready (25:28) 12 - Dance On A Volcano (04:20) 13 - Drum Duet (01:05) 14 - Los Endos (06:32) 15 - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (04:38) 16 - The Musical Box (03:37) Phil Collins - lead vocals, drums and percussion Tony Banks - keyboards, 12 strings & backing vocals Mike Rutherford - bass guitars, guitars & backing vocals Steve Hackett - lead guitars & effects Chester Thompson - drums and percussion -
Audience 7.6 - Obviously taken from a master tape, it’s a good recording that suffers from some kind of sonic limitation with the mic itself judging by the sort of squashed sound and slightly annoying quality to the timbre. Technically speaking the show is well captured and depending on one’s tolerance to the particular offending frequency, can be quite enjoyable (use an EQ to notch out the bad frequency). -
Audience 8.8 - Wonderful and dynamic, a great show!...Selling England. -
Audience 8.7 - Good strong and clean! Lovely! -
Soundboard 9.0 - Not a perfect board tape, there are some signs of age present but that does not really rise to the level of annoyance…it’s present but not to a huge degree. This is a good, solid recording that many will find enjoyment from. GENESIS April 9, 1978 Bloomington, Indiana, USA Assembly Hall Indiana University Sound Board DISC ONE 01) ..Eleventh Earl Of Mar 02) In The Cage 03) Burning Rope 04) Ripples 05) Deep In The Motherlode 06) The Fountain Of Salmacis DISC TWO 01) Down And Out 02) Squonk 03) Say It's Alright Joe 04) The Lady Lies 05) The Cinema Show --> excerpt: .....In The Quiet Earth 06) Afterglow 07) Follow You, Follow Me -
Audience 7.8 - Not terrible by any means, but lacks a clear distinctive sharpness even though it is a relatively clean tape (some tape hiss but not too bad). It may be that it was recorded far back from the stage, maybe in the middle somewhere, but it does have a cool atmosphere, and you do hear every instrument well, and at quieter moments the sound is not bad at all. I like this, I can get into it, even though there are better tapes of the Lamb shows.