Genesis Concert

Fulcanelli | Thursday, November 13, 2008 | 5:22 pm

When I saw this show in Providence, RI (2nd row) it was in the old, decrepit Palace Concert Theatre. It was raining cats and dogs outside and the roof was leaking right on to the stage set. You could see it leaking into a bucket. We waited and waited and eventually the curtain opened with the lights up, with the band just walking around, fiddling with their gear and acting restless. PG came to the mic and explained that due to the sophisticated nature of the show they couldn't start until the leak was fixed, but they were willing to wait if we were. So we all waited. And waited. Almost two hours. The audience was calling out questions and joking with the band, Banks, Rutherford and Collins were in their places and PG was pacing around in his Rael costume and makeup. Then all of a sudden... Have you ever heard the sound a guitar amp makes when it's on and turned up loud and plugged into a guitar and sombody just yanks the cord out? That 140db electronic buzz that you lunge for the power button to stop? That sound came through the PA at an earsplitting volume and all 4300 of us gasped out loud and jumped a foot out of our seats while we watched Phil Collins clutch his chest in pain and scream. This lasted about 8-10 seconds and then he broke into a big grin and laughed at all of us. The audience, the band and the roadies who came running when they saw him squirming behind his drum kit. The bastard. Here we're all thinking he's getting fried right before our eyes and he starts laughing at us! After waiting almost two hours. The show started shortly after this little diversion and it blew our freakin' minds. Never saw anything like it before or since, and I've seen the best.

Mikie Mike | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | 3:37 pm

Hellay ! Hellay ! I too was at the Century Theather Lamb show in Buffalo '76 ... All I remember was that I was completely amazed by the live performance of the album i had come to know the previous summer months - Watcher and Musical Box were perfect encores to a perfect concert!

Anonymous | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | 10:53 am

This tour, was the first concert I actually paid money to see for the first time ever in my life.I was 14 years old at the time, and Genesis brought the tour to The Century Theatre in Buffalo, New York. It was a great venue to see all the bands that started in the late 60's throughout the 70's.Acoustics were great. Genesis had complained about this tour's many mistakes, if there was, I sure didn't notice that at our show.A friend had told me of Peter Gabriel before,she had seen the SEBTP tour that came to same venue, a year earlier.Apparently at that show Peter got so angry at an audience member that called out "Supper's Ready" while he was telling the tale of old Michael,he snapped back "Shut The F-ck up, I'm trying to tell my fu--in story!" So I didn't know what to expect, I was blown away by Peter's mystique,presentation and vocals. Also I loved Tony Bank's keyboards,and th beautiful melodies he wrote for Peter's concept. Since they worked seperate,the four of Genesis would be in the big room at he Farm to work out the music for The Lamb, and Peter was off in another room working out the lyrics and story.Phil did a lot of the talking in this show and sang background vocals for Peter was getting ready to leave the band.So I always thought Phil would take over lead vocals and still play drums with Genesis.

raelinNYC | Thursday, November 06, 2008 | 2:31 pm

This was Genesis' first Lamb concert in America; they performed the entire album. And they did so before the album had even hit the US shores. So you had a auditorium full of people expecting to hear something from Selling England by the Pound, Trespass, etc. or previous releases and were treated to something they'd never heard before. Peter Gabriel later would say it was a mistake. However, it sounds like the audience got into it as the concert progressed!!!

JL | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 | 6:47 pm

Yep, great gig. Not to split hairs, but when compared with earlier recordings of this tour, before PG decided to leave the band, this performance seems to lack some of his usual menace and bite. I'm thinking of Birmingham '74 particularly.

Anonymous | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 | 3:37 pm

I was extremely lucky to see genesis do foxtrot, nursery cryme, selling england and lamb lies all at the academy of music. Those who have been to the academy must remember the downstairs where everything you could think of was attainable. Those shows will always be the best shows except maybe floyd. Genesis w/ gabriel was night and day compared to the gensis w/ out him. Different band and music but just as good. The theatrics peter did was unforgettable and brings back amazing memories. I recently saw this tribute band that actually is endorsed by and have the real gear donated by genesis themselves, it was close but nothing like the real thing. I tip my hat to those who were able to see these shows!

fitz | Wednesday, October 29, 2008 | 11:29 am

Man, the power of this music never dies. I put it away for a couple of years and then WHAM! Sadly, though I listen to a lot of newer artists, the same depth, passion and indeed musicianship is not there today. I saw the band sans Gabriel in 1976 in Pittsburgh PA, and PG on his first tour in a creepy little place in Phoenix AZ. Hey Batmagoo - any time that you are interested in "cleaning up" and posting this gem I'd love to hear it.

bodegamaui | Saturday, October 25, 2008 | 3:39 am

saw the "Then There Were Three" tour, they were remarkable, did get to see Gabriel on his first 3 tours,and this is for Nick Glavor who did not care for him until Gabriel blew his mind live

bairn | Thursday, October 16, 2008 | 12:01 pm

you guys that trot out all the nonsense about 'never the same since gabriel left' are what the french call 'les incompetents'. He had fark all to do with Afterglow did he? This band were at their best musically after Gabriel left. Same as Marillion getting rid of that fat hibee !

Batmagoo | Sunday, October 05, 2008 | 5:08 pm

Great show - the only complete and uncompromising version which the group, namely Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett, just had to mess-up by overdubbing most of their parts for the official release ( Box Set #1 )... A disgrace on their part, really - a testament to some weird and unwarranted insecurity, and oddball revisionism on the part of Hackett who seems to want to suggest more sophistication in his technique back in 1974 than was truly at play (interestingly Hackett on the official release overplays the fret board tapping technique which he feels he invented - a technique in fact most likely attributed to Robert Fripp as early as 1969, but I digress)... Too bad some weird edit has crept-in on this Wolfgang version - if you listen carefully to the end of Anyway - track 16 - ( the song mysteriously fades-out at the moment "Here Comes The Supernatural Anesthetist" tries to come-in, then, even more mysteriously, the Second Part of Rael's Story starts-up at Track 17 - only to return to "Here Comes The Supernatural Anesthetist"-- I;m actually wanting to redo the edit and upload it somewhere -- if anyone is interested of having an accurate version of the actual songs in their correct order... let me know...I wish the Flash compression on this site weren't so appallingly poor...Oh well...Still a nice recording...