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Santa Monica 1974 Audience 8.7 - A tape that takes a song to balance out and adjust but once it gets going is quite good. Some signs of age, but it has held up reasonably well and makes a nice addition to any collection. Be aware there is a tape situation during Dancing With The Moonlit Knight where the sound phases back and forth across the speakers, sounding as if the show was in quadraphonic, and the tape machine struggled but it lasts only a couple of minutes. Not a complete show, we only have 47 minutes but it’s better to have this than nothing at all. Quebec City 1974 Audience 8.9 - A very clear and strong tape that does take a minute to settle in, with tapers carrying on occasionally but eventually chilling out…they don’t annoy too much thank goodness! The performance here is stellar, the audience very responsive. A memorable evening. Genesis Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica, CA. 3-22-74 Disc 1 1. -Watcher Of The Skies 2. -Intro to Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 3. -Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 4. -The Cinema Show 5. -I Know What I Like 6. -Firth Of Fifth Disc 2 Centre de Congres Quebec , Canada 4-18-74 1. -Watcher Of The Skies 2. -Britannia Story 3. -Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 4. -Romeo Story 5. -The Cinema Show 6. -Five Rivers Story 7. -Firth Of Fifth 8. -The Battle Of Epping Forest 9. -Henry & Cynthia Story 10. -The Musical Box -
Soundboard 9.8 - A soundboard that captures lightning in a bottle! So it’s near perfect in balance, and nicely widen open in dynamics while at the same time leaving intact some of the open stadium atmospherics (most notable in between songs or during announcements). Either way you slice it this is a truly great recording and performance that every collector would want in the collection. Genesis Ibirapuera Stadium Sao Paulo, Brazil May 21, 1977 Disc 1 101 Squonk 7:13 102 One For The Vine 11:17 103 Robbery, Assault & Battery 6:46 104 Inside And Out 7:51 105 Firth Of Fifth 9:19 106 Carpet Crawlers 6:33 107 ... In That Quiet Earth > 4:41 108 Afterglow 4:25 109 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 8:28 Disc 2 201 Eleventh Earl Of Mar 9:39 202 Supper's Ready 25:09 203 Dance On A Volcano > Drum Duet > 5:07 204 Los Endos 6:21 205 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway > The Musical Box (closing section) 7:55 -
Audience 8.3 - Decent recording that has some warmth to it. -
Audience 8.5 - A thin-ish recording, but it is pretty clear and thus can be appreciated. It’s a really fine performance too. Genesis Ambassador Theatre St. Louis, MO April 23, 1976 01 Dance On A Volcano 02 Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 03 Fly On A Windshield 04 Carpet Crawlers 05 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 13 Los Endos 14 It > Watcher Of The Skies -
Soundboard 8.8 -
Audience 8.9 - A strong tape here, with very open, spacious sound and pleasant high end. It could benefit from more bottom but it’s not what I would call “thin” sounding. GENESIS Johanneshov Isstadion Stockholm, Sweden June 4, 1977 Disc 1 01. -Squonk 02. -One For The Vine 03. -Robbery Assault And Battery 04. -Inside And Out 05. -Firth Of Fifth 06. -Carpet Crawlers 07. -In That Quiet Earth 08. -Afterglow Disc 2 09. -I Know What I Like 10. -Eleventh Earl Of Mar 11. -Supper's Ready 12. -Dance On A Volcano - Los Endos 13. -The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - The Musical Box (closing section) -
Audience 9.2 - Just wonderful audience capture that really does a fine job of getting the entire audio spectrum including solid punchy lows and well defined mids and highs. Very well done! -
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Audience 8.5 - A touch of tape saturation but pretty powerful sounding and the drums sound great! -
Audience 8.3 - Not a common tape, the sound holds up well throughout, so taper knew what he was doing. -
Audience 8.4 - Certainly a keeper here, a well recorded, and clean tape of the fledgling Genesis touring behind their first LP. Fascinating document! -
Soundboard 9.6 - Just fantastic! I have to believe this was recorded for possible future official release, it’s just that good. -
Soundboard 9.7 - A good, bright sounding board and not completely lifeless and flat. -
Soundboard 9.0 - A good one, although not as full bodied as you would expect but I’m being picky. -
Audience 8.8 - Previously available as a single track, Watcher Of The Skies was merely a taste of a tantalizing recording that has now been painstakingly restored from the original master cassette and it reveals much more than collectors could have imagined. A really good tape it is, with a nice intimate clarity (relative to the overall mix) of vocals, and a satisfying “thwack” of the drums…I found myself mesmerized by this show and especially a sparkling rendition of “Supper’s Ready”.Genesis Great Hall, York University York, England, UK February 21st, 1973 01 -Watcher of the Skies 02 -The Musical Box 03 -Get 'Em Out By Friday 04 -Supper's Ready 05 -The Return Of The Giant Hogweed 06 -The Knife
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Audience 9.0 - This band is certainly an acquired taste for many, but every ear can agree to the quality of this recording. Airy but right there in a very comfortable mid range with very detailed high end and a smooth, round bass. Terrific!