Updated: April 30, 1999
Copyright 1996,1997,1998,1999 David Dunnington (drd@delcam.com)
Updated: April 30, 1999
Copyright 1996,1997,1998,1999 David Dunnington (drd@delcam.com)
CONTENTS
What is a radio show?
My quest for good quality Genesis bootlegs has lead me into the world of "radio shows". Radio show transcripts consist of material prepared for broadcast on LP, CD or reel-to-reel tape. These radio masters, being of broadcast quality, have sound reproduction and mixing comparable with officially released material. In terms of sound quality, a live radio show transcript is the ultimate bootleg.
Not all live radio broadcasts yield radio show transcripts: shows for broadcast on local radio do not require distribution, so the recordings result in a single master source, eg. DAT or reel-to-reel tape. Obviously tracking down the original reels of a local radio broadcast is much more difficult than locating LPs or CDs distributed to the participating stations of a radio network, yet recordings are occasionally leaked from archive vaults in this way.
Initially, the legitimacy of dealing in radio show transcripts was a legal grey area: the media which reproduces the show is the property of the broadcasting company, but transcripts are not illegally manufactured. These days regulation is tighter, for example "Record Collector" can no longer accept adverts offering to sell radio shows.
Who manufactures radio shows?
The king of the radio show is King Biscuit, a transcription service owned by the US broadcasting company DIR. King Biscuit have put out various series of live shows, including "The King Biscuit Flower Hour" (55 minutes) and "Supergroups In Concert" (100 minutes) which are distributed to the various radio stations in the DIR network for broadcast. King Biscuit's first live show went out on 18th February 1973 and they have recorded Genesis on most of their major tours. Participating radio stations specify their preferred medium to receive King Biscuit shows when they subscribe to the network: reel-to-reel tape, LP or more recently CD.
Latterly King Biscuit have started to release some of their archive material commercially (though no Genesis shows); these official CDs should not be confused with discs distributed for broadcast, private ownership of which is not officially sanctioned. It is worth noting that occasionally unbroadcast tracks appear on their official releases, so for any given show there's always a chance additional material will be made available. Now that King Biscuit have issued several official releases from their archives, the non-appearance of a Genesis CD stands out as a significant omission. It is unlikely King Biscuit not have attempted to capitalize on their abundance of Genesis live material, so the inevitable conclusion is that Genesis have not consented to release. If so the band may well be reserving the right to exploit the shows themselves (as with the Lamb show on the "Gabriel Years" box set), indeed a steady trickle of isolated tracks have in the past contributed to official products.
Other companies exist which operate on the same basis, leasing their radio shows to US local and independent stations. Another noteworthy name among these is Westwood One whose most famous series are "In Concert" and "Superstar Concert" (80 minutes).
An honourable mention also goes to the BBC Transcription Service. The BBC have been manufacturing LPs (now CDs) since the 1950s which constitute self-contained programs for broadcast on foreign radio stations. Many of these discs contain speech programmes on a wide variety of topics, but some are music oriented and the most pertinent to our current concern is the "In Concert" series of live shows. The hour long "In Concert" slot ran on BBC Radio One since the late 1960s and has more recently been continued on Radio Two. Interestingly BBC "In Concert" LPs sometimes differ by one or two tracks from the British broadcasts. When bootleggers became wise to the fact that BBC "In Concert" LPs could fetch up to 150 pounds (sterling) they began to manufacture inferior copies which can be identified as having black labels rather than the authentic BBC green label.
Scope
In the sections which follow, I will concentrate on live material (many radio shows consist of interview and studio recordings) and will focus on band material: there are also numerous radio shows involving individual band members. Also excluded are sessions and demos partly because they are not live in the sense of being performed before an audience, but mainly because this body of material could easily fill an article of its own. TV broadcasts will be mentioned only incidentally when relevant to radio broadcasts as this subject too deserves separate treatment.
In order to provide context, I will give details of all Genesis live radio broadcasts (and I believe this to be a complete catalogue), describing radio show LPs, CDs and reels where they exist. Bootlegs will be mentioned mainly when they relate to one particular radio show or broadcast; I won't clutter the text by attempting a complete list of bootlegs for each show.
LIVE BROADCASTS AND RADIO SHOWS
Foxtrot tour
Selling England By The Pound tour
The Lamb tour
A Trick Of The Tail tour
Wind And Wuthering tour
And Then There Were Three tour
Duke tour
Abacab tour
Mama tour
Invisible Touch tour
We Can't Dance tour
Calling All Stations tour
1. The Roundhouse, London, 11th March 1970
Speculation about prehistory is an inexact science! Nevertheless I will try to piece together the jigsaw to present a plausible account of this mysterious recording.
Apparently Genesis' PA system was not capable of making soundboard recordings until 1973. However this gig at the Roundhouse was headlined by David Bowie and the likely presence of equipment with recording facilities implies the possibility that Genesis were recorded. Amazingly, there has been evidence that Genesis were actually captured on 8mm film at this concert! The film is said to be silent, though a separate soundtrack is also supposed to exist.
It is fair to point out however that considerable suspicion must attach to the date given for two reasons: firstly Ant Philips firmly believes Genesis were not professionally recorded live while he was with the band; secondly there is a questionmark over whether their set included Twilight Alehouse during this period.
The details of this recording must remain a mystery for now - a mystery I would love to solve!
1.1 "Earth News Radio" [1978 - LP]
There is a fascinating 5 minute and 45 second segment on a radio show LP called "Earth News Radio". It consists mainly of presenter Lou Erwin interviewing Peter Gabriel soon after the release of his second album (June 1978). The really interesting part occurs in the first minute. After a brief introduction, Lou Erwin announces that we are "about to hear a rare recording of Genesis recorded at the Roundhouse in London nearly ten years ago". Then there is a live snippet of Twilight Alehouse which plays for 20 seconds before the interview begins and there is talking over the music which continues for a further 20 seconds - Gabriel is saying how there were more people on stage than in the audience. During this first part Lou Erwin dates the recording as "circa 1967" - which must be a rather wild estimate! The remainder of the interview consists of questions and answers which present a cursory history of Gabriel's career up to his second album.
The all too brief excerpt from Twilight Alehouse is certainly professionally recorded and is different from other such recordings (the B-side version, the BBC session version, the version recorded for Belgian TV).
2. BBC Paris Studios, London, 2nd March 1972
This 30 minute broadcast, part of the BBC "In Concert" series, contained a concert performance of three songs before an audience in BBC's Paris Studio. Andy Dunkley introduced the hour long program which consisted of a set by a band called Max Merritt And The Meteors followed by Genesis' set. It was first broadcast on 11th March 1972 and the Genesis portion was repeated (minus Peter Gabriel's brief introduction to the first song) on 20th May 1989 during Alan Freeman's "Saturday/Sunday Rock Show".
Tracks:
It is entirely possible the BBC made a transcript LP to accompany the original broadcast but I have not actually found any concrete evidence of an original LP. There is an unconfirmed rumour of an LP to accompany the 1989 rebroadcast, said to couple this show with Genesis' Night Ride sessions unearthed on the "Saturday/Sunday Rock Show" for rebroadcast in 1990. It is utterly amazing that this excellent early recording has not so far appeared on any bootleg LP or CD.
3. Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, 17th January 1973
The next live set was recorded at the "Century Hall" (Jahrhunderthalle) in Frankfurt and broadcast by Frankfurt's AFN radio.
Tracks:
The German introduction to the performance translates to English as follows: "The last piece of music I'd like to introduce now is something that we might call 'Elektrolore'. It's folklore and everything mixed into it, and it's electronic; how else could it be called? Anyway, it's a very interesting group, which I've already met a couple of times before. So, this is Genesis!"
Some tape copies of this material are accompanied by a recording of Supper's Ready, but this originated from a French TV program - often referred to as ORTF - rather than the German radio broadcast. The ORTF version of Supper's Ready is easily identified as all known recordings start a minute into the song with "... six saintly shrouded men".
I do not know if AFN Frankfurt retained their master tape of this broadcast but I guess it is unlikely to see the light of day now. You can find it on the bootleg "Tango" [Chapter One CO 25112 - CD], though this version is a little muffled. (The remaining songs on "Tango" are the soundtrack of a live TV studio appearance in Brussels, January 1972).
4. De Montfort Hall, Leicester, 25th February 1973
The official LP "Live" was re-mixed from tapes originally recorded by King Biscuit. Charisma initially intended to release a double album, but instead cut the recording down to produce a single budget LP aiming to reach a wider audience. Nevertheless plans for the double album were sufficiently far advanced for Charisma to have commissioned test pressings from Philips in Holland [Philips 6830.140/1, 13.Apr.73 - 2LP]. A few of these were distributed by Phonogram Int. B.V and have survived but are virtually impossible to find. They contain the additional track Supper's Ready, complete with Peter Gabriel's introductory story, and some of the other song introductions are a little longer than on "Live". Besides the vinly test pressings there also exists a set of two acetates which must take the honour of "ultimate live Genesis rarity".
Tracks on the test pressing:
Record I:
Side 1
Side 2
Record II:
Side 1
Side 2
So well hidden were the surviving test pressings that they acquired lengendary status and many knowledgable fans doubted their existence. Luckily a good tape of one of the double LPs has been used to master "Some of You Are Going to Die" [Alternative Recording Company ARC 004 - CD] giving more fans a chance to hear the album in its original form.
The test pressings themselves are not "radio shows": they were not manufactured for the purpose of radio broadcast; the opportunity to describe them here is due to broadcasts of the original recording by King Biscuit and the BBC. Radio recordings of the show can be distinguished from the Philips LPs due to minor differences in sound production - King Biscuit's recording seems more "polished". On that basis I believe "Genuine Genesis Live" [GGL 2/73 - CD] to be derived from the King Biscuit broadcast. Also, the old bootleg "Carnegie Hall" [TAKRL 933 - LP] is undoubtedly the same material and probably originates from King Biscuit. The Leicester gig will have been one of King Biscuit's very first recordings; the show has not contributed to any of their more recent retrospective compilations and as far as I know the show has not survived on any medium distributed by King Biscuit.
Supper's Ready from this recording was aired by the BBC on the "Sounds of the 70s" show, hosted by Bob Harris and transmitted on Monday 23rd July 1973. The source was a "private tape" supplied, in all probability, by Charisma and as such is unlikely to have been retained in the BBC archives. A tape containing the BBC broadcast has long been circulating amongst tape traders, coupled with the "In Concert" broadcast (section 2) under the name "UK Tours 1971-1973".
None of the tapes or bootlegs derived from the King Biscuit broadcast include Hogweed, and according to the test pressing cue sheet this was the only track recorded at Manchester's Free Trade Hall (24th February 1973), therefore it is possible King Biscuit recorded the Leicester show and Charisma added Hogweed independently to complete the LP. All versions of this material sound heavily supplemented with studio overdubs.
5. Olympia Theatre, Paris, 7th May 1973
Part of a "Foxtrot" tour gig was broadcast by a French AM radio station on a show called "Musicorama Genesis" with a reporter describing what happened on stage between songs. There are no bootlegs from the broadcast and tapes are pretty hard to find. The date is uncertain: tapes of the show are labelled 7th May but some gig lists do not list this date and have Genesis playing the Olympia on 6th July; both dates may be genuine. Tapes I've heard are of poor standard and Knife is clipped just before it finishes.
Tracks:
6. Rainbow Theatre, London, 20th October 1973
It has long been supposed that this was a BBC recording, but in truth the BBC archives have no record of the show. The recording was made by Charisma and some of the material has been included in the Genesis Archives box set (missing are Watcher, Epping Forrest, Cinema Show).
Tracks:
The show received its debut broadcast on London's Capital Radio soon after that station's launch. Later there were several local US broadcasts presumably supplied by Charisma to promote the US leg of the "Selling England By The Pound" tour. Absent from these 60 minute US broadcasts were Cinema Show and Epping Forrest, so related bootlegs (such as "Watchers Of The Skies" [Great Dane Records GDR CD 9018 - CD]) are similarly incomplete. Two verified US broadcasts are WNEW New York (1986) and WXRT Chicago (1976). Apparently WXRT are in the habit of airing their version every few years.
Tapes of the show and other bootlegs include the extra tracks broadcast by Capital. One to look for is the classic two part bootleg LP "The Great Lost Live Album" [G48,G50 - 2LP], a very good recording which includes Epping Forrest but not Cinema Show: this is rumoured to have descended from the Charisma master rather than a broadcast. "Welcome to Epping Forrest" [RFCD8 - CD] is probably the definitive CD release: an expertly remastered version of "The Great Lost Live Album", though again minus Cinema Show. The best version of Cinema Show, though still a little hissy, is on "Live Supper" [Chapter One CO 25111 - CD].
7. Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, 18th December 1973 (early show)
Reputed to be among the finest Genesis performances are the six gigs they played at the Roxy Theatre, LA in late 1973. For each of the 17th, 18th and 19th December Genesis gave both matinee and evening performances. A broadcast which is often overlooked is of the early performance on the 18th. The show came courtesy of a small local Los Angeles AM radio station, KDAY - long since defunct.
Tracks broadcast by KDAY:
Existing tapes do not sound great partly because of the compressed nature of AM sound and partly because the show may have reached only a handful of tapers. Consequently it has not been deemed worthy of bootleg release.
Happily there are decent bootleg releases of the evening show on the 19th! "Skywatchers" [TMQ 72115 - 2LP] and "Fantasia" [Exposure EX-002-1GE - CD] both have reasonable balance and pretty good stereo sound. So far I have not found any evidence which would establish beyond doubt that these bootlegs originate from a broadcast. A plausible theory is that both the 18th and 19th were recorded proffessionally and the 18th was selected for broadcast. If correct this would require someone with access to the later recording to leak the show in order that it eventually fall into the hands of the bootleggers.
Tracks on the bootlegs:
8. Centre Sportif, University of Montreal, 21th April 1974
An entire "Selling England By The Pound" set was broadcast live on the air by Montreal radio station CHOM-FM (not to be confused with Toronto's local station CHUM-FM). Genesis were supported that night by Peter Hamill and his songs, introduced by Peter Gabriel, were also aired. To round things off, CHOM-FM also broadcast a 20 minute post-concert interview with Gabriel.
Tracks:
Apparently the live broadcast was sent by telephone from the hall to the radio station, so the original sound is slightly compressed. Nevertheless the broadcast spawned many bootlegs, the more recent CD versions having good sound - for example, "Live In Montreal" [Swingin' Pig Records TSP-CD 040-1/2 - 2CD]. No bootleg LP or CD has so far included the Supper's Ready story.
This particular show is a good one to own, not just because it is the only complete professional recording of this set but also because it is a finely honed performance. Genesis had been on the road with this material for seven months and had already delighted the Montreal crowd at an earlier visit in October 1973. Watch out especially for some great upbeat backing vocals from Phil - during Willow Farm for example.
9. Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 24th January 1975
This concert was professionally recorded by Genesis' sound engineer, John Burns, and Charisma hold the master. The Lamb section of the show is available on the Genesis Archives box set, though with much overdubbing particularly in the vocal department. Curiously the accompanying box set notes claim the final Lamb track to be missing from the original recording, along with the encores - though all have been aired on the radio and can be found on bootleg! I find it very hard to believe the excellent bootlegs originate from a separate professional recording of the same show.
The Shrine Auditorium show was broadcast in the US by King Biscuit; there was also a European airing of the same tracks in Holland and it is possible the bootlegs originated from the Dutch broadcast rather than King Biscuit's. Evidence of these broadcasts is scant with most tapes originating from the old bootleg "As Though Emerald City" [TAKRL 1945 - LP], but luckily this version is pretty good. Its CD equivalent, "Twilight Alehouse" [Flashback 10.89.0109-33 - CD], sounds equally good to me, though some aficionados have complained of minor speed fluctuations. The missing tracks from the box set are all present: It, The Musical Box and Watcher Of The Skies. Beware of the bootleg LP "Revelation Without A Cause" [Wizardo Wrmb 313 - LP] as it was recorded from the audience at the same gig.
The Waiting Room had an early official release under the title "Evil Jam" on the B-side to the single version of The Carpet Crawlers [Charisma CB251].
9.1 King Biscuit "Flower Hour" [1975 - 2 reels]
King Biscuit's 40 minutes (without the contemporaneous overdubs) were used to produce a quadraphonic recording which was sent out on reel-to-reel tape to local radio stations. Even by radio show standards, these reels are now incredibly rare. It is unusual for KB to have two recordings from a tour but they also have some of Wembley 1975 (section 10.5,10.6); on the various King Biscuit retrospective shows their Wembley recording is always used in preference.
Tracks:
10. Empire Pool, Wembley, London, 15th April 1975
One of the most bootlegged radio broadcasts in Genesis' history was recorded at the Empire Pool, Wembley. The proliferation of this show on bootleg is partly due to the large number of broadcasts it has received. Originally owned by the BBC, sections of the show have been broadcast world-wide. In total, just under 70 minutes of the concert have been aired.
Genesis played two nights at Wembley and the BBC were contracted to record both nights. Some sources quote the recording date as 14th, but comparison with an audience tape from 15th shows the broadcast is of the second night.
Tracks on the original BBC broadcast:
The first broadcast on BBC's "In Concert" program, 12th July 1975, was bootlegged by the classic "Awed Man Out" [TAKRL 1975 - LP], minus Watcher Of The Skies. Although an encore Watcher Of The Skies, whenever broadcast, is always the first track played. Curiously the final verse of In The Cage, present on the audience recording, is edited out of the broadcasts giving the impression Peter forgot the lyrics. Only the original broadcast contained Lilywhite Lilith, the story preceding Back In NYC and the complete performance of The Waiting Room. Subsequent versions of The Waiting Room were edited to approximately half the length of the original. Two additional tracks can be found amongst the rebroadcasts:
Among the many bootlegs, none compiled from the full set of broadcasts until recently: "The Light Goes Down on Empire" [Highland HL-271 - CD] has everything including Grand Parade and those parts exclusive to the original BBC broadcast. This Highland CD is without doubt the best bootleg of Wembley 1975: the source material is of excellent quality and the CD mastering very accomplished.
10.1 BBC "Pop Spectacular" [show 98, CN2302/SQ, 29th week 1975 - LP]
The BBC pressed a quadraphonic LP to accompany the original broadcast, hosted by Brian Matthew and named "POP SPECTACULAR featuring Genesis In Concert". As often happens with BBC LPs this transcript differs from the corresponding UK broadcast: In The Cage was added at the expense of Lilywhite Lilith and splicing out a couple of chunks of The Waiting Room.
Tracks:
"Pop Spectacular" ranks amongst the most rare of radio shows, much more so than the transcript LP of the rebroadcast described in the next section.
There was a Swedish broadcast consisting of the first 30 minutes (up to and including Counting Out Time) augmented with a couple of tracks from Knebworth 1978 (section 20); I guess this was probably aired around 1978 and that the 1975 material was taken from this LP - at any rate record surface noise is audible.
10.2 BBC "Vintage Concert" [Show #313, 41st week 1983 - LP]
A second BBC pressing of the Wembley 1975 material was issued in 1983, containing the same tracks as on the original pressing, but in stereo rather than quadraphonic and hosted by Andy Peebles.
Tracks:
Primarily this was intended for a short run of UK rebroadcasts of old "In Concert" material during a series called "Vintage Concert" - transmitted over BBC One's mono AM channel. The first airing of show 313 was probably that by the British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS Germany), 1.Jun.84 with other confirmed broadcast dates being BBC 2.Feb.86, BFBS 17.Mar.86, Japanese radio 21.Aug.96.
A related bootleg is "Another Gold Record" [ELK 01 - LP].
10.3 Westwood One "In Concert" [show #86-23, 17-24.Nov.86 - 2LP]
Westwood One's version of the second BBC issue of Wembley 1975 was in the form of a two part show subtitiled "BBC Concert Classics : Genesis". Sent out on a 2LP set, the first part (disc one) was 45 minutes of Wembley 1975, the second part (disc two) contained tracks from New York 1981 (section 25.8). Among the tracks claimed by the cue sheets of various different versions of this Westwood One show are The Chamber Of 32 Doors and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, but the real contribution is as follows.
Tracks from Wembley 1975:
Westwood One made a nice job of masterming their material, so corresponding bootlegs are well worth having; two good examples are "Live at the Wembley Arena" [Seagull CD 001 - CD] and "The Waiting Room" [Flashback 10.89.0108 - CD].
10.4 King Biscuit "The Genesis Event, Part 1" [30.Nov.86 - 2LP]
"The Genesis Event" is a four part extravaganza which contains excerpts from King Biscuit's various Genesis shows together with recordings of solo concerts by band members. Part 1 is a Genesis history lesson conveyed around interviews with Collins, Rutherford and Banks and live tracks from the King Biscuit archives. Part 2 is dedicated to solo careers drawing from King Biscuit's live recordings of Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Mike And The Mechanics and GTR (for Steve Hackett). Parts 3 and 4 present the debut airing of King Biscuit's recording of Genesis live in Los Angeles 1986 (section 29). As with all King Biscuit LP sets, each of the four shows was distributed on two LPs one of which is one-sided, making 8 LPs (12 sides) in total.
Two tracks from the Wembley gig contribute to the history element and were aired during Part 1.
Tracks:
10.5 King Biscuit "King Biscuit Flower Hour" [21.Aug.88 - CD]
Probably the first Genesis radio show to have been produced on CD. Half the show is dedicated to Genesis, the other half to live material by King Crimson (live from Pennsylvania State University, Pittsburgh 29.Jan.74).
Genesis tracks:
The recording can be found on bootleg "From Genesis To..." [Beach Marten BM032 - CD], where it is augmented with Peter Gabriel's solo material from the retrospective show (section 10.6). Evidence suggests King Biscuit have no more material - a Genesis Information bootleg list from 1980 lists a 30 minute tape of an early King Biscuit broadcast.
10.6 King Biscuit "Peter Gabriel Retrospective" [9-15.Oct.89 - CD]
Twenty minutes of the Wembley concert appear together with solo live material by Peter Gabriel to form a retrospective view of his career. The show is faithfully reproduced on the bootleg CD "Retrospective" [On Tour 20103 - CD].
Tracks:
10.7 Westwood One "BBC Classic Tracks" [show #91-31, 29.Jul.91 - CD]
Westwood One have also produced a series of transcription CDs entitled "BBC Classic Tracks". So far there have been three distinct Genesis shows (see also sections 10.8, 10.9) with identical music but sporting different commercials, mixing tracks taken from Knebworth 1978 (section 20.2) with two tracks from Wembley 1975.
Especially important is The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging which is unique to these sources. The songs have lengthy introductions by British DJ Richard Skinner, intended to put them into the context of the band's history.
Tracks:
10.8 Westwood One "BBC Classic Tracks" [show #92-34, 17.Aug.92 - CD]
Second issue of Westwood One show #91-31 (section 10.7).
10.9 Westwood One "BBC Classic Tracks" [show #93-14, 29.Mar.93 - CD]
Third issue of Westwood One show #91-31 (section 10.7).
10.10 Westwood One "In Concert" [show #93-18, 26.Apr.93 - 2CD]
CD reissue of Westwood One show #86-23 (section 10.3)
10.11 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [show #93-45, 1.Nov.93 - 3LP]
Later in 1993 Westwood One produced another version of the Wembley/New York combination as part of their Superstar Concert series. Although the LP versions of this series were put out on 3 LPs, whereas "In Concert" shows were on 2 LPs, the shows were roughly the same length; the tracks are the same as show #86-23 (section 10.3)
10.12 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [show #95-24, 5.Jun.95 - 2CD]
Another CD issue saw Westwood One again capitalizing on Wembley 1975 but this time augmented with material from Knebworth 1990 (section 37.1). CD one contains the Knebworth 1990 tracks while CD two contains a slightly different selection of Wembley tracks:
Tracks from Wembley 1975:
10.13 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [show #98-18, 27.Apr.98 - 2CD]
No one can accuse Westwood One of underusing their material! Here's another Genesis double bill, this time on a two CD set coupled with more material from Knebworth 1978 (section 20.7). Presenter JJ Jackson's amusing comments include mistakenly stating that Phil Collins replaced Chris Stewart on drums. Another quirk is a clumsy attempt to edit out the expletive in Back in NYC!
Tracks:
11. Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, 13th April 1976
Local Pittsburgh radio station WDVE broadcast this gig live on the air on Tuesday 13th April 1976, and repeated the show one week later. On at least one of these occasions the entire show was broadcast, though nearly all bootleg tapes are missing the It/Watcher encore.
Tracks broadcast by WDVE:
There is some confusion as to whether the venue was indeed Syria Mosque or the Stanley Theatre (unless these venues are somehow connected?). On one tape, the announcer mentions the Syria Mosque in the introduction, but finishes the program by saying it came live from the Stanley Theatre.
Surprisingly there were no early bootlegs containing the Pittsburgh material but recently "A Trick Of The Show" [Highland HL 010/11#G1 - 2CD] has appeared (minus the encore as usual). Trader's tapes vary greatly (no surprises there!), some are worse and some better than "A Trick Of The Show".
12. Music Hall, Cleveland, 15th April 1976
Genesis performed two nights at The Music Hall in Cleveland Ohio in April 1976. Their second show, minus Squonk and Entangled, was broadcast by Cleveland's local station WMMS who had an amazing track record for live broadcasts around this period.
Tracks broadcast by WMMS:
The tour schedule printed in the Rolling Stone (22nd April 1976) gives the venue for 15th April 1976 as The Ohio Theatre, Columbus; however it is obvious from some of Phil's comments that the show was rearranged to a second night at The Music Hall.
Squonk and Entangled have never been broadcast by WMMS so it may be that they have not retained this portion of their recording. Los Endos has a rather badly clipped ending, an idiosyncrasy shared by the It/Watcher encore - this is common to all broadcasts and therefore almost certainly a feature of the recording. At the point in Supper's Ready where eerie infant voices sing "we will rock you little snake", the PA plays totally unrelated rock music instead. In Richard MacPhail's time he used biro marks on the tape to be sure that the cassette was in the right place; whatever the mechanism used in 1976 it wasn't foolproof! These quirks aside, this was a splendid performance which I highly recommend.
Currently WMMS run a program every afternoon called "Buzzard Basement Tapes" in which they play a half hour's worth of their concert archives. Genesis is played occasionally during this program. A repeat of the entire show (but still minus Squonk and Entangled) was broadcast on 30th October 1998 at 9:00pm. Apparently this rebroadcast came completely out of the blue, with no prior warning. WMMS are in the process of changing ownership so it remains to be seen whether there will be further repeats.
Before the rebroadcast, bootlegs were limited to a 60 minute show made by the commercial transcription company "Rock Around The World" (described below). Highland released a double CD set of WMMS's (almost) complete recording within weeks of the rebroadcast: "Two Down Three Left Twelve Complete" [Highland HL 265/266 - 2CD], but its timing appears to be a coincidence. All tracks in common with the "Rock Around The World" show are from vinyl source, either from the transcript or one of its bootlegs; the remaining tracks are taken from a tape of one of the broadcasts. As a result Highland's bootleg is not as good as it could have been, tapes of the rebroadcast are better.
12.1 RATW "Genesis Through the Looking Glass" [show #107, 22-28.Aug.76 - LP]
"Rock Around The World", an independent transcription syndicate, had a contact at WMMS who supplied them with material from the Cleveland gig. Most RATW shows, were based around interviews and studio cuts but this one, hosted by John Brodey, was an exception. Along with the unreleased test pressing (section 4) the RATW LP is one of the most elusive Genesis live products.
An early bootleg LP made from a radio broadcast called "Two Down Three Left" [Dancin' Disc DD 1101 - LP] surfaced (though the sound quality on the bootleg is not great compared to the RATW LP) and is said to have been the subject of an FBI investigation! After this, bootleggers seem to have forgotten about the show until recently: a much better version of the RATW LP is now available called "Let The Dance Begin" [Alternative Record Company ARC/GNV 025 - LP], a curiously anachronistic LP release on multi-coloured vinyl. ARC's offering is also interesting for retaining some of John Brodey's introduction about the world's reaction to the first Genesis tour without Peter Gabriel.
Tracks:
12.2 RATW Radio "Rock Around the World" [show #120, 21-27.Nov.76 - LP]
Another "monster" rarity is this compilation from Rock Around The World which contains Cinema Show from the Cleveland concert plus songs from other artists.
13. Hammersmith Odeon, London, 11th June 1976
Later during the Trick Of The Tail tour Genesis were recorded live in London resulting in a broadcast by the "British Biscuit" - a short series run by DIR as a sister show to the King Biscuit Flower Hour. Popular belief proclaims this show as a BBC recording, but this myth is due to the confusing "British Biscuit" title and the opening announcement in a pronounced English accent: the BBC have never had access to this material.
13.1 King Biscuit "British Biscuit" [1976 - 2 reels]
DIR distributed this show on reel-to-reel tapes; they are difficult to find but are still occasionally made available to the manic (and rich!) collector.
Tracks:
A classic bootleg, "White Mountain" [Dansker Fanklubbe Grammofone Kollektiv G 9201 - LP], reproduces the show with rearranged tracks. Some recordings do not have Los Endos and it is possible that the track was missed off one of the broadcasts: for example it is absent from the otherwise excellent "Melody of 1976" [Highland HL 061#G8 - CD].
13.2 King Biscuit "The Genesis Event, Part 1" [30.Nov.86 - 2LP]
"The Genesis Event" is described in section 10.4. One track, aired during Part 1 of the four part show, is included from King Biscuit's 1976 recording.
Tracks:
13.3 King Biscuit "Flower Hour" [3-9.Apr.89 - CD]
Another compilation CD from King Biscuit of Genesis live material, described by presenter Bill Minkin as "The Best Of Genesis Live". King Biscuit use The Lamb again as the sole track from 1976 (the more cynically inclined might be forgiven for suggesting this was to save the bother of retrieving the master from archive!). The entire compilation is reproduced on "Illegal Alien" [Beech Marten 005 - CD], where it is augmented with additional tracks from Philadelphia Spectrum 1983 (section 27).
13.4 King Biscuit "The Genesis Chronicles" [9-15.Dec.91 - CD]
Essentially a reissue of the earlier "Flower Hour" compilation (section 13.3).
14. Apollo, Glasgow, 9th July 1976
During the late 70s and early 80s Phil made several appearances on Capital Radio (once with Mike) to give interviews and play demos and rare tracks. On one such occasion Phil was interviewed by Nicky Horne, sang live in the studio to backing tracks of Carpet Crawl and Pigeons, selected songs which had influenced him by other artists and played a couple of tracks from a tape he described as "Seconds Out" outtakes. The two live tracks played were from Glasgow 1976.
Tracks broadcast by Capital:
This one hour show was probably repeated: two broadcast dates I've seen quoted are 13th and 19th July 1979. The two tracks (without Watcher) broadcast by Capital appear as bonus tracks on "Second Nature" [Highland HL042/43#G6], the bulk of the bootleg being dedicated to an audience recording from Fox Theatre, Atlanta 13th March 1977. At the end Nicky Horne can be heard saying he'll be back tomorrow with "Six Of The Best": this refers to a Capital Radio program, not the famous 1982 reunion concert!
The whole of the It/Watcher track was played at an earlier two hour broadcast on 3rd November 1978, also featuring additional material, for example Phil singing over the backing track of Eleventh Earl Of Mar. Unconfirmed rumours state live versions of Dance On A Volcano and Entangled were also aired at some point. At later appearances on Capital various demos of Duke and Phil's Face Value material were debued.
It/Watcher is the same version as on the UK release of the "Three Sides Live" double LP and CD.
An early release of Glasgow 1976 show was in the form of a film imaginatively entitled "Genesis In Concert". According to the film credits some of the footage was shot at the Bingley Hall, Stafford (10th July 1976) but I don't yet know which tracks were taken from which venue.
Initially the film was coupled with Rick Wakeman's "White Rock" and shown at Cinemas throughout the UK, later to be used as a trailer for various other films (I recall seeing it together with Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same" and the film version of "The Incredible Hulk"!). Concert footage is mixed with black and white film clips of Keystone Cops style slapstick comedy (Cinema Show instrumental) and war images (Apocalypse In 9/8).
In 1986 the film was broadcast on US TV on a program called "Night Flight"; it is now officially available in Japan on both video and laserdisc. The soundtrack of the laserdisc is faithfully reproduced on a rare vinyl bootleg release sporting black and white sleeves; 150 copies pressed on crystal vinyl and about 50 copies on different couloured and multicoloured vinyl.
Tracks on the laserdisc:
15. Rainbow Theatre, London, 2nd January 1977
Soon after the recording of "Wind and Wuthering", parts of the album were performed on the first three days of 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre. An excerpt from the second Rainbow concert was made into a radio show by King Biscuit and distributed as a "British Biscuit" program.
Of the recordings circulating from this show, the majority are sourced from the various King Biscuit broadcasts, provisionally sent out on 20th March 1977. However it was also aired by WNEW-FM New York who don't subscribe to King Biscuit which introduces the possibility that their copy derived from the band.
15.1 King Biscuit "The British Biscuit" [1977 - 2 reels]
As with the Biscuit's 1976 recording the transcript takes the form of two reel-to-reel tapes.
Tracks:
There are still a few of the original reels in circulation, though they are of course hard to find.
An excellent bootleg LP entitled "A Living Story" [Big Thumb PG 1300 - LP] was produced and received two separate pressings. The rare first pressing included In That Quiet earth/Afterglow but the consequent length of Side One of the LP caused difficulties in mastering which led to it being withdrawn. The more common second pressing replaced Quiet Earth/Afterglow with All In A Mouse's Night.
15.2 King Biscuit "The Genesis Event, Part 1" [30.Nov.86 - 2LP]
The opening number Squonk is also reproduced on "The Genesis Event" (described in section 10.4).
16. Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, 16th February 1977
An entire "Wind and Wuthering" set was broadcast live by WKQX Chicago radio. As with Pittsburgh '76, there has been an inexplicable shortage of bootleg releases, with just half of the show represented on "Mirrors" [Alternative Recording Company ARC 0089 - LP]. Recently the balance has been somewhat redressed with 90 minutes of the 120 set appearing on the bootleg CD "Chicago On The Air" [LaXious 03-04], though the recording is cut short during Supper's Ready just after Willow Farm. There are some very good tapes to be found on the trading circuit including one which claims to be recorded on DAT direct from the WKQX master reels. Hopefully the full show will be released on CD at some point.
Tracks broadcast by WKQX:
17. Maracananzinho Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, 15th May 1977
This show must be a strong contender for the worst ever live recording to be aired on radio! Evidently the sound engineers had trouble with this one; there is an ever-present background roar and the band sound distant, as though recorded from the back of the stadium.
The concert was aired by two of Brazil's radio stations. "Eldorado FM stereo" broadcast a rearranged selection of songs with minimal DJ announcements (as usual for this station). The AM station "Radio Mundial" broadcast more of the show in sequence and with occasional DJ commentary.
Tracks
18. Palais des Sport, Paris, 13th June 1977
The official live album "Seconds Out" was compiled mainly from four consecutive nights at this venue, 11th to 14th June 1977. A French radio station broadcast 45 minutes from the 13th, with some tracks which are not on Seconds Out. A fair amount of overdubbing occurred during the mixing of Seconds Out, so this item is interesting for having the performance in its original form as well as some of Phil's song introductions in French. Sadly the broadcast was AM, so sound quality suffers from being mono and having compressed frequency range. There has long been a rumour of a French TV broadcast from these four shows - a rumour I can currently neither confirm or deny.
Tracks:
19. Earls Court, London, 24th June 1977
Towards the end of the tour Genesis returned to the UK for three sold out nights at Earls Court and the second night was broadcast live on the air by Capital Radio. It was carried by a weekly program slot called "Your Mother Wouldn't Like It" presented by Nicky Horne. As a concession to the concert the program was specially extended by 20 minutes and Capital's hourly news bulletins were suspended. Capital is a commercial station and the broadcast was punctuated by adverts which interfered with the music in several places, the worst of these being during Supper's Ready, where the concert was left bfore Willow Farm and not rejoined until the prelude to Apolcalypse! Mercifully Capital repeated the show soon afterwards (possibly twice) without the intrusive adverts and interruptions.
For a long time the main bootleg of this material was "Living Revelations" [KM 2077 - LP], a well produced 45 minute LP including the famous performance of Inside And Out. This must have been sourced from the original broadcast as the cuts in the encore songs correspond to when presenter Nicky Horne spoke over the music. Tapes of the full show circulated amongst traders for quite a while until the inevitable release of the double CD set: the wonderful "Before Riches" [Silver Rarities SIRA 124/125 - 2CD]. A more recent release, "Simply Follow" [Highland HL062/63#G9 - 2CD] has the bonus track Your Own Special Way recorded in Chicago (section 16).
Standard guidelines for broadcasting live concerts in the UK around this period stipulated that the recording be destroyed within an agreed time scale, a policy promoted by the Musicians' Union. It is therefore probable that Capital Radio have long since erased their master recording.
Tracks:
20. Knebworth Festival, 24th June 1978
In 1978 Genesis headlined the annual UK Knebworth Festival. The BBC recorded the show and a week later (1st July 1978) broadcast 90 minutes on Alan Freeman's "Saturday Afternoon Show". It received a second UK airing on 17th February 1984 on the "Friday Rock Show" hosted by Tommy Vance. The full 90 minute recording was also broadcast in the US by WIOQ Philadelphia.
Tracks on the original BBC broadcast:
Although Squonk and One For The Vine were broadcast, they do not appear on any of the transcripts described below. Various bootlegs have been made, a reasonable offering sound-wise is the 65 minutes on "Live in Knebworth" [SGRS 034 - CD], though this is rendered redundant by the definitive bootleg "Knebworth Show" [Highland HL078/79#G12].
20.1 BBC "In Concert" [show #180, CN3146, 1978 - LP]
Roughly 60 minutes were used in the production of a BBC transcript LP, issued in 1978 and broadcast by BFBS Germany sometime in late 1979 or early 1980. An amusing error: BBC introducer Brian Matthew claims Phil Collins to have been a founder member.
Tracks:
At a guess, The Lady Lies and Afterglow aired on a Swedish broadcast together with Wembley 1975 material (see section 10.1) were taken from this LP.
20.2 Westwood One "BBC Classic Tracks" [show #91-31, 29.Jul.91 - CD]
Across the atlantic, the Westwood One "Classic Tracks" transcript CD (see also section 10.7) compiled three songs from the Knebworth concert with a couple of tracks from Wembley 1975.
Tracks:
20.3 Westwood One "BBC Classic Tracks [show #92-34, 17.Aug.92 - CD]
Second issue of Westwood One show #91-31 (section 20.2, 10.8)
20.4 Westwood One "BBC Classic Tracks" [show #93-14, 29.Mar.93 - CD]
Third issue of Westwood One show #91-31 (section 20.2, 10.9)
20.5 London Wavelength "The BBC Rock Hour" [show #304]
A rival US transcription service, London Wavelength, produces the "BBC Rock Hour" concert series. Material for their 50 minute transcript discs are obtained from the BBC and feature introductions by BBC DJs. There are two versions of the BBC Rock Hour Knebworth 1978 show: version A is hosted by Richard Skinner; version B has two introductions, the first by Marshall Thomas is followed by Richard Skinner's introduction.
Tracks:
20.6 London Wavelength "BBC Rock Hour - Special Edition"
There's also a compilation edition of the "BBC Rock Hour" show which features tracks from other Rock Hour's with DJ Brian Matthew. Rather unexpectedly, the Genesis track chosen is not one of those previously broadcast by London Wavelength.
Track:
20.7 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [show #98-18, 27.Apr.98 - 2CD]
Further use of Westwood One's material is made on this double CD, which also has material from Wembley 1975 (section 10.13).
Tracks:
21. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, 13th October 1978
Near the start of the "And Then There Were Three" tour Genesis played at the Stadium in Chicago. They were unhappy about their sound at the Stadium and so returned to play a small venue - the Uptown Theatre - in the later stages of the tour. This memorable gig was broadcast live on the air by WXRT Chicago and the 2 hour 30 minute set was rounded off with an interview with Phil. A key feature of this performance was that an almost complete Dancing With The Moonlit Knight made a brief return to the set.
Tracks broadcast by WXRT:
The broadcast resulted in a great sounding early bootleg, "From The Mouth Of The Monster" [Atlantis GTT 78 - 2LP] lasting 90 minutes. Various bootleg CDs now reproduce the entire broadcast: "Follow You Follow Me" [Great Dane Records GDR CD 8918 - 2CD]; "Live In Chicago 1978" [Golden Stars GSCD 2104/1-2 - 2CD]; "Live and Alive with Genesis and Phil Collins" [IMTRAT - IMT 900.019/20 - 2CD]; "Live at Uptown Theatre Chicago" [International Pop - INP023,INP024 - 2CD]. There is also a trader's tape which claims to be sourced from the WXRT reels indicating WXRT may still have their master recording.
The Uptown Theatre show makes a strange and fleeting appearance during a 1992 interview - see section 38!
22. Hoffheintz Pavillion, Houston, 22nd October 1978
One of the last dates of the 1978 tour occurred in Houston and King Biscuit took this opportunity to obtain their recording. If King Biscuit's 50 minutes are anything to go by, this was a really good performance: Cinema Show stands out as a classic version. Roughly half the dates I have seen quoted for this show state 19th rather than the 22nd and I cannot say for certain which is correct. To add to this confusion, some sources quote the venue as "The Summit".
Until recently this show was completely ignored by bootleggers and was one of the most difficult to find Genesis broadcasts; it is now available in good sound quality as "Coming Down From Houston" [Highland HL168 - CD]
22.1 King Biscuit "King Biscuit Flower Hour" [1978 - 2 reels]
Curiously reels of this show seem even more elusive than those of King Biscuit's 1976 and 1977 shows.
Tracks:
23. City Hall, Sheffield, UK, 17th April 1980
Genesis were captured during the UK leg of their 1980 tour at Sheffield's City Hall by Hallam Radio. This local Sheffield radio station recorded many artists in the early 80s (including Steve Hackett, Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman) but the recordings were fairly low budget efforts which do not compare sound-wise with the likes of the BBC or King Biscuit. Many versions of this show seem annoyingly slow and lethargic, but this may have been so for the broadcasts. Despite this, Hallam's recording is valuable documentation of this small venue tour comprising the complete show, stories, intros and all.
Tracks:
Hallam may have broadcast the show twice, and there was another broadcast by Nottingham's Trent FM around this time, minus Say It's Alright Joe and with tracks rearranged. The Trent FM broadcast was used for "Steeltown Revelation" [Discurios DIS 215 A - 2CD], a good recording but but with the slow speed problem mentioned earlier. It is likely Hallam no longer have their master recording, due to Musicians' Union regulations as explained in section 19.
24. Lyceum Ballroom, London, 7th May 1980
A source of many bootlegs and live releases are the London gigs played at the end of the UK tour in May 1980. Genesis played four nights: 4th and 5th at Drury Lane; 6th and 7th at the Lyceum Ballroom. The band (not BBC) recorded three of these nights: Drury Lane on 5th May and Lyceum on 6th and 7th, and also had the two Lyceum shows filmed. They then edited and mixed these recordings and supplied various parts for broadcasts and official releases, creating a tangled web which has only recently been unwound.
An almost complete set was broadcast by the BBC on the "Friday Rock Show"; all songs were taken from 7th except One For The Vine - from 6th May; Say It's Alright Joe and most of Phil's intros were omitted.
Tracks on the original BBC broadcast:
Numerous bootleg LPs of parts of the BBC broadcast quickly appeared but the best way to hear the music is on the more recent bootleg CDs "Musica" [Stonehenge STDC 2110/2111 - 2CD] and "Duke Side Live" [Highland HL019/020#G2 - 2CD]. An older famous US produced double LP, "Revelatory Genesis 80:78" [Steam SR 80001 - 2LP] coupled a chunk of the Lyceum show together with a few tracks from Knebworth 1978. "Revelatory" recieved a rare picture disc pressing and an Italian reissue.
Years later part of the concert was given a further airing by the BBC, a 45 minute segment broadcast on Alan Freeman's "Saturday Rock Show", 27th April 1991, featuring the missing song Say It's Alright Joe. All tracks were taken from 7th May recording.
Tracks on the BBC rebroadcast:
40 minutes of the 7th May filming were televised in 1980 by BBC TV on "The Old Grey Whistle Test" hosted by Anne Nightingale.
Old Grey Whistle Test tracks:
Since the 7th May recording of One For The Vine has not appeared it is a fair bet that either the performance or the recording of the song was not deemed acceptable. A bootleg video of the pro-shot film of Lyceum 6th May is circulating amongst traders - it is this which enables us to identify the source of One For The Vine on the BBC broadcast. The video is complete except that the majority of Ripples is missing; Knife was not played that night. The BBC have not had access to the film of 6th so we must conclude that it was leaked by someone connected with the band.
Prior to the BBC broadcasts, London's Capital Radio aired some Duke tour material. Capital having advertised their broadcast as to be from Drury Lane failed to deliver on time, but then suddenly produced a show claiming it to be Drury Lane which they broadcast in two parts one week apart (and there may have been a Capital rebroadcast too). In fact the material was the same as subsequently appeared on "The Friday Rock Show". Comparison with an audience tape of Drury Lane 5th May confirms this was certainly not the show broadcast by Capital and the BBC.
One theory is that Capital were responsible for the incorrect venue attribution because they had already committed to Drury Lane in their adverts. However, it may be that whoever mixed the material on the band's behalf was responsible: the show was notionally taken from the three recorded dates and the fact that, in the event, none from Drury Lane was used may not have been noticed or considered important. In favour of this argument, there have also been US broadcasts supplied by the band which were similarly mis-labelled (see section 24.1 below).
Several official releases have been taken from these 1980 recordings. Most significant from the point of view of the above account is One For The Vine on "Three Sides Live" which matches the performance on the audience tape of 5th May - evidence Drury Lane was indeed professionally recorded. (This is also compatible with the theory that One For The Vine from 7th May was not worthy of release or broadcast.)
Remaining official releases are all taken from the Lyceum 7th May recording: the green flexi single of The Lady Lies [Flexipop 021/LYN 11806] released in august 1982; the live b-side of the Turn It On Again US promo [Atlantic PR 369]; Follow You Follow Me on "Three Sides Live" (and corresponding Westwood One show, section 25.3) - this version has a small edit before the final repetition of the chorus for apparently no reason!
24.1 NBC Radio "The Source" [18-20.Jul.80 - 2LP]
The Lyceum 7th May concert has also had air time in the USA courtesy of "The Source" transcription service. Two different versions were produced containing the same 70 minutes of Genesis music but augmented with different adverts. As with the Capital Radio broadcast, the Source presenter mistakenly quotes the venue as Drury Lane Theatre. A further US broadcast was by WNEW but with rearranged tracks and missing the Dancing With The Moonlit Knight prelude to Carpet Crawl.
Tracks on "The Source" LPs:
The bootleg "Live at the Theatre Royal" [G 201 A/B/C/D - 2LP] is from one of these broadcasts. Closer to the radio show sound quality is "In Concert" [Gold Records LP-s - 2LP] with bonus tracks taken from Wembley 1975. "In Concert" was originally pressed in the US and has been re-released in Italy with similar sleeve and slightly inferior sound quality [Pulgar Grande SS6, Heavy Sound Records HG4 767 - 2LP].
25. The Savoy/Nassau Coliseum, 28th/29th November 1981
Recordings of this material turn up all over the place, and it is difficult to collate the information with certainty. It is the source of material used for the "Three Sides Live" album; the album has a subset of the material available on the various radio shows. These two nights in New York also provided material for the "Three Sides Live" video, but the video has alternative versions to some of the songs and is unique in having "Who Dunnit?". The venues and dates are established, provided one believes the radio announcers and the titles on the "Three Sides Live" video.
Firth Of Fifth appears as a 12" single b-side [Chraisma/Virgin TATA 1-12] where it is claimed to be from The Savoy, but also appears on a Genesis Information flexi disc [Genesis Information LYN 13143] where it is claimed to be from Nassau Coliseum. The radio show versions of Firth Of Fifth have an annoying cut in the closing vocal section, so you will need to get one of the official sources to hear this song without the splice: the best version is on the compilation CD "Best of 1981-1983" [Vertigo 848854-2 - CD].
25.1 DIR/ABC "Supergroups In Concert" [10.Apr.82 - 3LP]
This fine radio show contains all available tracks except Who Dunnit? (on the official video) and Turn It On Again (on Westwood One and the "Three Sides Live" album). DIR, who produced the show in association with ABC, are the people behind King Biscuit. With a broadcast date of 10th April 1982, this is one of the oldest US radio show LP sets.
Before paying a small fortune for the radio show, consider the option of "Fiaba" [Buccaneer Records 017 - 2CD] (re-released more recently as "Perfect Three Sides Live" [Highland HL081/82#G13]) which is a fraction of the price and just as good sound-wise.
Tracks:
25.2 King Biscuit "Flower Hour" [20.Jun.82 - 2LP]
Another King Biscuit offering contains a subset of the "Supergroups In Concert" show.
Tracks:
25.3 Westwood One "In Concert" [IC 82-19-X, 13.Sep.82 - 2LP]
To obtain a fantastic recording of this material, hunt down a copy of "Perpetual Soundwave" [Oh Boy 1-9098 - CD] which was probably mastered directly from the Westwood One LPs. Similar releases are "Limbo" [Living Legend LLRCD 160 - CD] and "Genesis Live in USA 1982 [International Pop - INP010 - CD].
I was surprised to learn Follow You Follow Me on this radio show and on the "Three Sides Live" album is actually a doctored version taken from the Lyceum gig (section 24). Whereas the UK sleeves of early pressings of "Three Sides Live" correctly credit the song as being a 1980 recording, subsequent releases omit this fact.
Tracks:
25.4 DIR-TBS Syndications "Supergroups In Concert" [TBS-SG-4, 18.Oct.82 - 2LP]
DIR partnered with TBS to produce this rare Canadian edition of their "Supergroups In Concert" show, which also boasts the full set of selected New York tracks (tracks as section 25.1).
25.5 DIR-TBS Syndications "Live From Central Park (advance copy)" [TBS-CP-2, 1982 - 2LP]
Described as a "promo advance copy" this double set has a selection of the Genesis tracks on the first LP and has material from Kim Carnes and Loverboy on the second LP.
Genesis tracks:
25.6 DIR-TBS Syndications "Live From Central Park (advance copy)" [TBS-LC-10, 1983 - 2LP]
A similar product to that described in section 25.5, but with a different selection of tracks and featuring Stray Cats and Duran Duran on disc two.
Genesis tracks:
25.7 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [29.Jul.83 - 3LP]
Musically identical to the "In Concert" show (section 25.3) with the same track details.
25.8 Westwood One "In Concert" [show #86-23, 17/24.Nov.86 - 2LP]
Since all of the 1981 songs on this radio show are available on the original "In Concert" show, these LPs are more noteworthy for their Wembley 1975 content (see section 10.3).
Tracks:
25.9 King Biscuit "The Genesis Event, Part 1" [30.Nov.86 - 2LP]
This live compilation, described in section 10.4, includes two tracks from the 1981 set.
Tracks:
25.10 King Biscuit "Flower Hour" [3-9.Apr.89 - CD]
This compilation CD, described in section 13.3, contains some material from the 1981 shows. Although largely redundant, it does have the advantage of being a digital source which includes that blistering performance of Volcano/Los Endos. Another track on the compilation is Abacab, which King Biscuit claim is from 1981 but is in fact from Philadelphia Spectrum 1983 (section 27).
Tracks:
25.11 King Biscuit "The Genesis Chronicles" [9-15.Dec.91 - CD]
Reissue of the King Biscuit 3-9.Apr.89 CD (same tracks as section 25.10).
25.12 Westwood One "In Concert" [show #93-18, 26.Apr.93 - 2CD] CD reissue of Westwood One show #86-23 (same tracks as section 25.8).
25.13 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [show #93-45, 1.Nov.93 - 3LP] As mentioned in section 10.3, this is the "Superstar Concert" counterpart of the "In Concert" show #86-23.
26. Spectrum, Philadelphia, 26th November 1983
The transcription service "Captured Live" recorded 100 mins from the second of the three 1983 dates at the Philadelphia Spectrum. Phil's vocals are on top form: his performance on Mama is the best I have heard. To date there are no corresponding bootlegs.
26.1 RKO "Captured Live" [CL2784, 23/30.Jul.84 - 2 shows, 4LP]
Tracks:
27. Spectrum, Philadelphia, 27th November 1983
The third date in Philadelphia was recorded by King Biscuit: the material is certainly different from Captured Live's recording and the mix is a little heavier on bass and audience noise. This show is the original source of the live version of Turn It On Again containing snippets of famous songs - now affectionately known as "That Damn Medley" - release as the the b-side of the Illegal Alien single [Charisma/Virgin AL 1-12] and appearing on the compilation "Best of 1981-1983" [Vertigo 848854-2 - CD].
27.1 King Biscuit "King Biscuit Flower Hour" [20/27.May.84 - 2 shows, 4LP]
110 minutes of this concert were broadcast by King Biscuit over two consecutive "Flower Hour" shows. Again, it is not necessary to own the radio show to get this material: "Three Nights In Philly" [Buccaneer Records BUC 051/2 - 2CD] is just as good, and was probably mastered directly from King Biscuit LPs. Don't be fooled by the fact that the cover of "Philly" claims it was recorded in 1981, or by the fact that a few songs from Nassau Coliseum 1981 are mixed in (Behind The Lines, No Reply At All, Dance On A Volcano).
Tracks:
27.2 King Biscuit "Best Of The Biscuit" [BOB543, 30.Sep.84 - 2LP]
This show comprises half of King Biscuit's Philadelphia Spectrum material, selected by King Biscuit on a "greatest hits" basis. The compilation is reproduced on "It's a Shame" [Alternative Recording Company ARC007 - LP].
Tracks:
27.3 King Biscuit "Flower Hour" [3-9.Apr.89 - CD]
One track on this compilation (see section 13.3) is from the Philadelphia recording.
Tracks:
27.4 King Biscuit "The Genesis Chronicles" [9-15.Dec.91 - CD]
Reissue of the King Biscuit 3-9.Apr.89 CD (same as section 27.3).
27.5 King Biscuit "The Genesis Event, Part 1" [30.Nov.86 - 2LP]
King Biscuit's Philadelphia recording is represented by a single track on this compilation (described in section 10.4).
Tracks:
28. Forum, Los Angeles, 13th/14th January 1984
Later during the Mama tour, Genesis played at the LA Forum where they were recorded by Westwood One. A related bootleg is "Straight In My Eyes" [American Concert Series ACS 014 - CD], which reproduces the Westwood One show in good sound quality.
The Highland release, "Los Cage" [Highland HL171#G26 - CD] is important for documenting a different broadcast of this material on German radio, as evidenced by a German announcer providing an intro and lead-out to the radio show. There are a number of interesting differences between the German and Westwood One broadcasts which merit attention. The German show has the addtional duo Dodo/Lurker while missing the songs Home By The Sea, Keep It Dark and It's Gonna Get Better. Phil's greeting after Abacab, "Good evening Los Angeles!" is phrased differently indicating that we are dealing with recordings from at least two separate nights, yet all duplicated songs are identical so some clever editing must have occurred. On the Westwood One show Phil says "It's Saturday night and we're going to have some fun..." pinpointing the 14th as one of the nights and leaving us to speculate as to which of the other two nights at the LA Forum (12th or 13th or both) is involved. Highland's CD claims 13th January as its date. Los Endos is spliced for the German broadcast so that the entire Squonk reprise is excised; I take this to be a radio edit necessary to squeeze the show into 60 minute format.
Tracks broadcast on German radio:
28.1 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [SS84-5, 21.Apr.84 - 3LP]
Compared with the Philadelphia shows, this has a much jazzier feel, probably induced by guitar and percussion being higher in the mix and bass a little lower. Played loud, the guitar sound creates a wonderfully hypnotic effect during the later stages of In The Cage.
Tracks:
28.2 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [PAN84-2, 20.Oct.84 - 3LP]
Reissue of Westwood One show SS84-5 (section 28.1), same tracks.
29. Forum, Los Angeles, 17th October 1986
King Biscuit have provided us with another classic, this time from the "Invisible Touch" tour. Genesis played five nights at the Forum and the date most frequently quoted for the radio show is 17th. The set features the closing sections of Supper's Ready at the end of the "oldies medley", subsequently dropped when Genesis reverted to their standard ending of Afterglow.
A further broadcast of an hour of this material was by BBC Radio Two on 4th October 1997. The "In Concert" show was introduced by Johnny Walker and preceded by a one hour documentary "The Genesis Story" hosted by Rick Wakeman.
Tracks broadcast by the BBC:
This gig is the source for the live versions of Invisible Touch and Throwing It All Away released on 12 inch single in the UK [Virgin Gens 5-12]. The best bootleg release is "Touch to Supper's Ready" [Highland HL127/28#G23]. "Afterglowing" [Main Events Records ME-CD-010-2 - 2CD] is a rather poor transfer with clumsy editing due in part to the need to excise Bill Minkin's introductions from "The Genesis Event" version of the show. CDs "Los Angeles '86" [Original Artist Concert Series ARR 92.008 - CD] and "Land of confusion" [That's Life TL 930015 - CD] have great sound quality but are incomplete.
29.1 King Biscuit "The Genesis Event, Parts 3 & 4" [14/21.Dec.86 - 2 shows, 4LP]
As mentioned in section 10.4, "The Genesis Event" contains excerpts from King Biscuit's archive of Genesis and solo material, broadcast over 4 shows. Parts 3 and 4 are dedicated entirely their LA Forum 1986 recording. Bill Minkin, the King Biscuit announcer gets a little carried away as he talks over several song introductions.
Tracks:
29.2 King Biscuit "Flower Hour - Best of Genesis" [7/14.Jun.87 - 2 shows, 4LP]
Los Angeles Forum 1986 featured in this two part broadcast, aired on consecutive weeks. Tracks broadcast were the same as for "The Genesis Event" (section 29.1).
29.3 King Biscuit "Flower Hour" [3-9.Apr.89 - CD]
There are two contributions to this compilation (see section 13.3) from King Biscuit's 1986 recording:
Tracks:
29.4 King Biscuit "The Genesis Chronicles" [9-15.Dec.91 - CD]
Reissue of the King Biscuit 3-9.Apr.89 CD (same as section 29.4).
29.5 King Biscuit "Flower Hour" [7/14.Jun.92 - 2 shows, 2CD]
Even better than King Biscuit LP versions is the digital quality of this 2 CD radio show. The tracks are the same as for "The Event" but the talk-overs from the announcer are less intrusive - this is easily the definitive source.
29.6 King Biscuit "Flower Hour" [13/20.Feb.95 - 2CD]
Reproduces the show as described in section 29.5 but with additional live tracks by Rusted Root, each show being extended to 75 mins to accommodate the additional material. A further small variation are three promo spots for the Flower Hour by Phil (on part one) and Tony (on part two).
29.7 King Biscuit "Flower Hour" [shows #96-07/08, 12/19.Feb.96 - 2CD]
Reissue of 1992 CDs (section 29.5)
30. Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid, 13th May 1987
Genesis played two dates in Italy during the Invisible Touch tour; they were at a peak of popularity and accordingly RAI radio gave the tour excellent coverage: in fact RAI broadcast three dates! First came the four opening tracks from Genesis' Spanish concert in Madrid, intended to give the Italian audience a preview of the gigs to be performed in Rome and Milan a few days later. RAI produced the show in collaboration with Italian promoter David Zard who provided commentary. Unfortunately the announcers did a fair amount of talking in the middle of the songs - common practice for Italian Radio!
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31. Stadio Flaminio, Rome 17th May 1987
Coverage of the 1987 Rome gig provided the second and most complete RAI broadcast of the Invisible Touch tour; the first half of the gig, inclusive of Throwing It All Away, was transmitted. Ample commentary between songs was in evidence, though was not so intrusive in the middle of songs as during the Madrid broadcast. Prior to the concert RAI broadcast interviews with Mike, Tony and Phil throughout the day, covering such topics as the making of Invisible Touch, on-stage clothing and choice of set list. None of the RAI broadcasts have been bootlegged or even circulated much in tape form, probably due in part to the amount of talking over the music.
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32. Stadio San Siro , Milan, 19th May 1987
The last of RAI's trio of broadcast consisted of highlights from their performance in Milan.
Tracks broadcast:
In addition, a couple of complementary songs were televised:
Tracks broadcast on TV:
33. Reichstagsgelaende, Berlin, 8th June 1987
On the European leg of their mammoth "Invisible Touch" tour, Genesis were broadcast live from Berlin. When I first learned of the broadcast "2 TEIL Radio" was mentioned but apparently this station is not well know, so it is possible that it was broadcast by SFB instead or as well.
Reichstagsgelaende which translates as "the area around the parliament" stood right next to the Berlin wall. Great crowds gathered on both sides of the wall and GDR security police feared a riot situation; East German Genesis fans became so angry about not being able to see the band that they almost bridged the wall and the incident headlined German TV main news.
"Invisible Tour '87" [Domino 878801 - 2LP] reproduces the broadcast without the Cage medley; "Triangle on Domino" [Highland HL 108/09#G20] has most of the show but missing are the opening and the second half of Los Endos.
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34. Maimarktgelande, Mannheim, 20th June 1987
Within a couple of weeks German fans were treated to another live Genesis broadcast, this time courtesy of SWF 3 Radio. Tonight Tonight Tonight was not played that evening, possibly due to the problems the band were evidently having with pushing in the audience. The show has been nicely bootlegged by: "Invisible Life" [Gen A-1462/2 - 2LP]; "The Invisible Cage" [Kiss The Stone KTS042/43 - 2CD]; "Invisible Touch Tour 87/88" [Abacabs 002/91 - 2CD]; "Genesis Live in USA & Germany 1987/88" [International Pop - INP004/5 - 2CD]
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35. Wembley Stadium, London, 4th July 1987
Genesis were broadcast live by the BBC on the very last day of the "Invisible Touch" tour at Wembley Stadium. This was the BBC's first ever digitally mixed live broadcast (transmission itself was not digital, of course). While there is some overlap between this material and the soundtrack of the "Invisible Touch Tour" video, much of it is unique: the video compiles footage from all four nights at Wembley and does not have the In The Cage medley. Many fans in the UK must have recorded this event but no bootlegs have so far emerged.
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36. Madison Square Gardens, New York City, 14th May 1988
As part of their 40th birthday celebrations, Atlantic Records staged a celebrity concert featuring many of their top selling artists, each band playing within a 30 minute time slot. Among these were Genesis who played a 23 minute medley having the distinction of being the only instance of the band performing solo material. Various parts of the "Atlantic at 40" concert were broadcast on TV in the UK, US and Australia: the UK and US broadcasts featured the Genesis set (I don't know whether it was also included in the Australian broadcast). No bootlegs yet contain the audio portion of this recording.
36.1 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [10-13.Nov.88 - 3LP]
Westwood One broadcast highlights of the show, including the Genesis medley.
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37. Knebworth Park, UK, 30th June 1990
Genesis participated in a charity event known as the "Silver Clef Concert" at Knebworth Park in June 1990. Parts of the show were televised and the whole event was broadcast live on BBC radio. Phil Collins started with 30 minutes of solo material and was then joined by the rest of the band to play four Genesis numbers. The performance itself was rather lack-luster: Phil's voice was not on form and the band made several uncharacteristic mistakes. That said, this was a charity concert and Genesis were playing together for the first time in quite a while, with little opportunity to rehearse. In interview it was stated that the songs played were chosen because they were the easiest to re-learn at short notice.
The official video of Knebworth, entitled "The Event" was released in four volumes; Genesis' contribution appears on volume 3, but minus That's All and with edited versions of Turn It On Again and Mama. There was also an official CD release of the same material. In the US, the concert was broadcast on FM as a Westwood One show and televised by MTV Live.
37.1 Westwood One "Superstar Concert" [show #95-24, 5.Jun.95 - 2CD]
The Genesis material contributed to one of the transcript CD sets which Westwood One coupled with Wembley 1975 material (section 10.12).
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38. Irving Stadium, Texas, 6th May 1992
Two days prior to the commencement of the "We Can't Dance Tour" Genesis rehearsed at the Irving Stadium in Texas. Afterwards they met JJ Jackson representing the Global Satelite Network to discuss the tour and answer questions phoned in from fans. Initially Phil, Mike and Tony were interviewed and were later joined by Chester Thompson and Daryl Stuermer. During the course of the 90 minute show, dubbed "The Soundcheck", a couple of songs were aired which had been recorded earlier at the rehearsal:
Being a rehearsal the songs were rather lacking in crowd noise, but to generate atmosphere a little applause was played as JJ Jackson started to introduce Land Of Confusion. Careful listening reveals that this applause is stolen from the Chicago 1978 show broadcast by WXRT (section 21) and Phil can be heard to say "[Good evening Chica]go ... good to see you all again"!
The rehearsal was also covered by the "Opening Night" documentary broadcast on MTV, though not in as much depth.
39. Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, 8th July 1992
Due to strike action by French Truck drivers, this show originally scheduled for 7th of July was delayed by a day. Swedish national radio broadcast just two live songs within a week of recording.
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The inside story on this one is as follows: Swedish radio negotiated the rights to broadcast one hour of the concert, but when they arrived at the venue Genesis management refused to let the radio engineers produce their own sound mix, insisting instead that they use the PA sound mix. Swedish radio has an international reputation for recording live concerts which is superceded only by the BBC. As a protest against the edict it was decided to drop the Genesis gig, but public demand was such that these two songs were aired to placate the fans.
40. Wiener Prater Stadion, Vienna, 16th July 1992
Austrian National Radio "O3" broadcast this concert live in its entirity. Before the show, a short interview with the band and fans was aired. The bootleg "Vienna" [BKCD 003/4 - 2CD] reproduces the show and has very good sound, though Phil's song intros are all absent and the opening lines of Hold On My Heart are omitted in order to remove the radio commentators' voices.
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41. Olympiastadion, Munich, 17th July 1992
German radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk broadcast this show on Saturday, 25th July 1992. Due to sound problems the opening track - Land Of Confusion - could not be broadcast; the presenter apologized for this and proceeded to play the album version of the song half way through the broadcast! Although presented as a complete concert, two further songs were absent: Home By The Sea and Domino. Bayerischer Rundfunk have not retained the master recording in their archives because of transmission conditions agreed with the band. So far, there are no corresponding bootlegs.
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42. Knebworth Park, 2nd August 1992
A favourite of the bootleggers, this concert received a fair amount of exposure world-wide. It was broadcast twice on cable TV and once on FM radio in the UK and was shown via satellite TV in various other countries. The first of the two UK TV broadcasts was live on the air and the technicians had some problems with the soundtrack; the problems must have been in transmission because they were not in evidence during the second TV broadcast.
There are several good bootleg CDs of this show including a sneaky release which attempts to beat the opposition by advertising itself as "Espace Grammont, Montpelier, 20th July 1992" [WN-EG 3-PC 12.1-2 - 2CD]. One to go for is "Summer Nights" [Kiss The Stone KTS 106-107 - 2CD] due to good CD mastering.
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43. Royal Albert Hall, London, 16th November 1992
After Knebworth, Genesis played numerous small venue dates in the UK. The Royal Albert Hall, a fine venue with great acoustics, was selected to give a charity performance in aid of the Prince's Trust - a UK charity for homeless people patronized by Prince Charles. Despite the fact that the tour brochure suggests this show to be the last of the tour, there was one further performance on 24th November at a small venue in the midlands: The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, postponed from its originally scheduled date of 26th October due to Phil experiencing problems with vocals.
The Royal Albert Hall show was broadcast over the UK on several local radio stations including Capital Radio (London) Trent FM (Nottingham) and BRMB (Birmingham). Some of these broadcasts feature local DJs babbling incoherently over the start of several songs, but others are cleaner.
No bootlegs of these broadcasts have been released which is surprising given the number of dubious sounding audience recordings from the "We Can't Dance" tour which quickly flooded the market.
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44. Fernsehturm Am Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 26th August 1997
Genesis chose this venue to launch "Calling All Stations" in Europe introducing new vocalist Ray Wilson. Ray, Mike and Tony performed four acoustic numbers punctuated by interviews conducted by Alan Bangs. Essentially this was a promotional occasion so various journalists and media representatives were present and a press conference was held after the show. VH-1 televised the event worldwide and it was transmitted by ORB Radio to various stations including WDR 2, Cologne and SWF 3.
Live acoustic tracks:
The live acoustic songs (without intervening interviews) can be found as bonus tracks on "Nothing Left Now" [Alternative Recording Company ARC 026 - CD] which is devoted mainly to the first electric set at Copenhagen (section 46). The Berlin portion of this bootleg sounds a little compressed.
45. NASA Launch Pad, Cape Canaveral, 28th August 1997
Having launched in Europe, Genesis were keen to launch in the US too, this time courtesy of NASA! The format and songs played were the same as for the European counterpart, but the whole event took rather longer as it included numerous album cuts and interviews with various members of the Cape Canaveral staff. It was broadcast in the US by the transcription syndicate "Album Network" who usually distribute their material on CD. Whether CDs were made of this particular show is not certain, though original 7.5 ips reels issued by Album Network [NS-9310] (air date 29th August 1997) are know to exist.
Live acoustic tracks:
46. Hotel Richmond, Copenhagen, 15th November 1997
Danish radio "Med et Z" broadcast the very first full electric live set with Ray Wilson. Genesis played live for 50 minutes and were interviewed by the radio presenter, during which there was an amusing exchange where Ray was quizzed about Genesis prehistory!
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Bootleggers wasted no time in releasing "Nothing Left Now" [Alternative Recording Company ARC 026 - CD], a first class recording of this material (minus the interviews). Bonus tracks are taken from the Berlin acoustic set (section 44).
On 2nd February 1998 the French station Europe 2 aired three songs from this show to supplement their recording of an acoustic set (section 47).
Tracks broadcast by Europe 2
47. Europe 2 Studios, Paris, 9th December 1997
Europe 2 radio broadcast an exclusive acoustic Genesis performance recorded in December 1997 (probably 9th). The broadcast date of 2nd February 1998 is no coincidence: Europe 2 was keen to play live Genesis before their rivals RTL who broadcast on the same day (section 48)!
Acoustic tracks broadcast:
After this they aired three further songs taken from the Danish electric set (section 46).
48. RTL Studios, Paris, 13th December 1997
Another rehearsal in preparation for the Calling All Stations tour was a set played at the RTL Studios, Paris. RTL radio broadcast the whole 80 min set on 2nd February 1998 around 10:15pm. From comparison with an audience recording of the show it is clear some post production work was applied prior to broadcast. For example at the gig the synthesized sounds at the start of No Son Of Mine were not present.
Genesis used these radio broadcasts as opportunities to rehearse live material and guage audience reaction. It is interesting to track the development of their live set and the progress of their expertise: this performance was a noticable improvement on the Copenhagen show.
Entry to the gig was free on presentation of the following invitation slip:
Invitation gratuite pour une personne
RTL vous invite a vivre le "Concert d'un soir"
GENESIS
Samedi 13 Decembre 1997 20H30
Grand Studio, 22 Rue Bayard, 75008 Paris
Tracks broadcast:
The broadcast included some introductory comments by the radio presenter and additional commentary during a short intermission. Especially interesting is Smalltalk (with a great guitar solo by Anthony Drennan) which was not performed during the tour.
Five songs from this recording have been released on the promo CD "Live Rehearsal". Some of these CDs were given away at another tour rehearsal held at Bray Studios near London, other CDs were used as prizes in various competitions held throughout the UK. Demand for this promo is high and it is consequently difficult to find.
Tracks on the promo CD:
49. Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, 10th February 1998
German Radio WDR 2 broadcast a small part of the band's 1998 Dortmund show live on the air. Transmission started at 8:25pm in the middle of the "Reisezeit" program with an interview between the studio presenter and the reporter on location at Westfalenhalle. When the music began it was so loud that it drowned out the reporter's description of the situation in the concert hall, only a small part of No Son Of Mine can be heard without the reporter's voice. After the first three songs (punctuated by a brief traffic report) "Reisezeit" continued.
Tracks broadcast live:
Tracks broadcast on 25th December 1998:
50. National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, 25th/26th February 1998
Genesis were recorded by the BBC at Birmingham during their "Calling All Stations" tour. The show has been aired on two separate "In Concert" programs (on 25th April 1998 and 10th October 1998), both introduced by Johnny Walker. The second broadcast was advertised as a "revised repeat" and contained three songs not broadcast first time around. "In Concert" is now broadcast on Radio Two, the preserve of "golden oldies" style music, a fact which indicates the current views of the BBC regarding bands such as Genesis.
Although in the first broadcast Johnny Walker quotes the date of recording as 25th February, doubt is cast by reports that Not About Us was not part of the set that night. I have also heard the BBC recorded quite a few gigs before making the final selection for broadcast, so in the absence of further evidence it seems likely that the songs broadcast were compiled from a combination of dates, probably 25th and 26th February 1998.
The recording shows the new line up becoming more confident and the level of performance reinforces Genesis' reputation for powerful live shows: The Dividing Line being a particular tour de force and a nod to the band's progressive roots.
Tracks broadcast on 25th April 1998:
Tracks broadcast on 10th October 1998:
Highland's version "Live After Dividing" [Highland HL 283/84] couples the first broadcast with some additional tracks taken from the soundtrack of a Czech TV broadcast recorded at the Prague Sportovni Hala on 2nd February 1998. (I understand that the Czech concert was broadcast only on TV, not radio as rumoured, hence it does not qualify for a separate section in this guide). The Czech broadcast covered about two thirds of the concert and the bootleg contains just those tracks not duplicated by the BBC broadcast. When edited together in order, the two shows do not quite form a complete set - it would perhaps have been preferable to have a single disc compiling material from both BBC broadcasts.
51. Olympiahalle, Munich, 27th March 1998
Three tracks only were broadcast on a German FM station:
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52. Globenannexet, Stockholm, 3rd April 1998
An excellent 55 minutes of this show were broadcast by Swedish FM radio "P4". This show is a treat to hear: a committed and mature performance coupled with good recording and mixing. Home By The Sea is probably the heaviest and most manacing version I've yet heard.
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There is a wealth of excellent live Genesis material available on radio show transcripts, though many broadcasts have not surfaced on radio owned media. Most of the shows and broadcasts have been bootlegged, but there are still some shows and parts of shows which can currently be found only as traders' tapes.
Collecting information about broadcasts gives some fascinating insights into the origins of bootleg recordings and provides a framework for categorizing and judging them. I have attempted to give a detailed and comprehensive account of this subject area: if you have any additional or corrective information I would be delighted to hear from you and to improve this document accordingly.
This guide is dedicated to fellow conspirator Brother Jon who has always steered me in the right direction.
I would like to express my thanks
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- New Capital Radio text for 20-Oct-73 (thanks Jeff Kaa) - Bootleg label numbers - First press of "A Living Story" (thanks Yasuo Nakajima) - Add 25-Feb-98 broadcast - Knebworth BBC LP broadcast by BFBS (thanks Wolfgang Schwan) - Submitted to "The Path" | |
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- "Earth News" LP (thanks for help: Jonathan Dann, Jack Beermann) - 30-Jun-90 not Phil's 'epiphany' (thanks Mansoor Khaleeluddin). - 13-May-87 corrections and accurate info (thanks Luca Benporat) - 16-Jul-92 broadcast details (thanks Andreas Stangl, Luca Benporat) - 05-Jul-73 Paris Olympia (thanks Ed Paskor) - 17-Jul-92 broadcast details (thanks Tom Morgenstern) - 13-Dec-97 RTL, Paris (thanks Volker Warncke) - 21-Apr-74 further broadcast details inc. Peter Hamill (thanks Jack Beermann) - 15-Apr-76 "Buzzard Basement Tapes" (thanks Robert Brandt) - 15-Apr-75 Westwood One show #98-18 (thanks Jack Beermann) - 16-Feb-77 correct venue name (thanks Jack Beermann) - Merged version 3 changes with Thomas Holter's HTML (thanks Tom) | |
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- More on the BBC transcript LPs (thanks Jonathan Dann)
- 16-Nov-92 not the last gig of tour - 20-Oct-73, 24-Jan-75 box set details - Tidy up the 24-Jan-75 and 28/29-Nov-81 sections - 17-Jan-73 translation and note about French TV (thanks Volker Warncke) - 15-May-77 broadcast details (thanks Volker Warncke) - 16-Feb-77 LaXious boot details (thanks Paul Hanley) - 29-Nov-91 Firth on "Best of 81-83" (thanks Paul Hanley) - Capitol Radio really is spelled Capital (thanks Chris West) - 17-Oct-86 5 nights (not 3) and 12 inch (thanks Chris West) - 28-Aug-97 Cape Canaveral launch (thanks Chris West) - 26-Aug-97 Berlin launch (thanks Tom Morgenstern) - 25-Feb-98 doubt about date (thanks Chris West) - 13-Oct-78, 29-Nov-81, 20-Jun-87 International Pop boots (thanks Chris West) - 02-Feb-98 Czech Republic (thanks Volker Warncke) - 25-Feb-73 Test pressing details (thanks Bill Herley) - 25-Feb-73 BBC broadcast info (thanks Jonathan Dann) - 21-Apr-74 CHOM-FM not CHUM-FM (thanks Bob Elliott) - 21-Apr-74 No SR story on boot (thanks Volker Warncke) - 02-Mar-72 Possible LP of 2nd broadcast (thanks Vernon Parker) - 24-Jan-75 Quad KB show (thanks Chris West, Mark Anderson) - 24-Jan-75 KB long version rumour (thanks Vernon Parker) - 24-Jan-75 Dutch broadcast (thanks Chris Davies) - 24-Jun-77 Improved broadcast details (thanks Vernon Parker) - 24-Jun-78 Correct details of 1st broadcast (thanks Vernon Parker) - 15-Apr-76 Rebroadcast 30-Oct-98 (thanks Robert Brandt, Mark Rasicci) - 22-Oct-78 Highland boot details (thanks Markus Leptien) - 08-Jun-87 Berlin wall incident (thanks Tom Morgenstern) - 18-Dec-73 Thanks Chris West, Bill Herley, Ken Stuart, Joe Harden - 09-Jul-76 (Capital details: thanks Vernon Parker, Jack Beermann) - 15-Apr-75 Missing Cage verse is an edit (thanks Jeff Kaa) - 14-Jan-84 Highland boot (thanks Peter Reid) - 15-Apr-76 Highland boot (thanks Markus Leptien) - 07-Jul-92 Thanks Stefan Eriksson - 03-Apr-98 Thanks Stefan Eriksson - Added index - Simplified history and versioning - Submitted to "The Path" | |
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