I've never been disappointed by any of his shows.
Nor I, prior to the NT gig, he told me they hadn't played in 3 weeks so they might be a bit 'rusty', well they certainly weren't!.
Looking at the cost, it also counts as a rip off!
I went ahead and pre-ordered it. I don't disparage the cost, it isn't cheap putting these publications together so I fully understand Ellis's need to charge what he does for his books. I obtained his Lamb book when it came out and it's great.
I saw all 3 nights in Philly that tour, 2nd night being the best, 3rd they were a bit off. And opinions differ on Daryl but I was never enamored with his FoF rendition.
I just don't think they see an official release of that stuff as being cost effective.
I'm quite sure of that, it most likely isn't even in their minds any longer. The production costs would not be recouped at all through sales, the interest just isn't there. It was 10-15 years ago when first proposed but the idea and people's receptiveness to the notion have long died out. My holy grail out of all that material is, as I've stated previously, W&W tour and album rehearsals. I'd be more than satisfied with just those.
no special props but Peter always kept things interesting.
This is the way I always preferred his shows, not the high tech lap-top crap he adopted later on. A stripped down stage and let the music speak for itself and leave the gadgets at home.
And if you're a diehard fan, you've invariably got most of the classic shows (Lyceum 1980, Montreal 1974, Empire Pool 1975, Wembley Stadium 1987 et al) courtesy of the bootleg community.
Yes, the case can be made for that, I have many as a collector as well as a contributor (my BURP program). HOWEVER, much of what the band retains is NOT out in the public pool such as the tour and album rehearsals, which I personally would be most interested in.
A great show, enjoy:
A nice show I recorded a few years back, got most of this song:
Display MoreI just remembered: I know where that ticket is.
I left a photo album in a storage bin in the city where I moved out of but soon I am planning to finish bringing the rest of my relocation stuff to Canada.
On that album, I have unique set of close up pictures I took at the Genesis Duke concert I saw at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ, USA on June 28, 1980.
My favorite Duke tour T-shirt was the one where little Albert was inserted playing the sax on the seconds out lit stage, really cool.
And on the very last page of that album, I have a couple of pictures I took of my first Genesis show from November 1973 and the "Genisis" ticket is right there.
A true Gem
To be continued...
Great, I'd love to see your photos. The Duke 'T' sounds great, I had a good shirt at one time I got during the '78 tour but unfortunately it literally dissolved from too much wearing and washing. I wish I'd had the foresight to save it, storing it carefully instead of using it all the time. The back of it had the 'Seconds Out' cover with "Genesis: Touring America" on the back and on the front was a picture of the earth with the Trick of the Tail characters circling it.
My first was 5.20.85 The Spectrum, Philadelphia. Great show and near disaster. While Phil was preparing to do "In the Air Tonight", he hopped up to sit on a speaker just behind his drum kit. As he sat on it, it rocked backwards but fortunately came to rest again. I'll never forget the scared look on Phil's face, if the speaker had continued, he would have fell a good distance onto the stage, seriously injuring himself.
11.19.78 California Theater, San Diego was my first PG. They were sold out but luckily got tickets while hanging around the front entrance, from someone who had an extra. I saw Peter before the show standing by the back stage entrance but didn't want to bother him so I didn't speak to him (he was standing 5 feet in front of me while I was talking to one of his roadies). The show itself wasn't too good, not from Peter's stand point but rather the venue was really unsuited for a concert, to be blunt, it was a dump. Acoustics were horrible, Peter's microphone quit on him a couple of times. All in all, doesn't rank up there among the best shows I've attended. A recording DOES exist, sound quality fair.
Note: A comedian was Peter's warm up that night, he was booed off the stage 10 minutes into his act. Gabriel was angry at that (a roadie came out and said as much: "You have upset Peter Gabriel) and as such, delayed coming out for the amount of time it would have taken for the comic to finish his act.
A toss-up between London Lyceum, May 1980 and Shepton Mallet Showering Pavilion, Sep 1982.
My all time favorite Duke tour recording is probably Drury from 5.5.80. Lots of energy and a great crowd.
By the way, what's cool whip?
Whip cream, tastes great on them, also with berries.
1977 in Buffalo is right up there with me but I have to say seeing them take the stage for the first time since 1992, when I was at their first of 3 gigs in Philly during the '07 reunion, rivals all the other shows I went to.
So its likely they are back in the equipment barn there. Along with the DAT tapes from the 1992 and 1998 tours.
TGA.
Where, sadly, they'll remain.
3, CAS overall (to me) wasn't Genesis, in the strictest sense, it was the Banks/Rutherford band. The only redeeming track in my view from that album was "The Dividing Line", which would have been even better if done as a pure instrumental.
Cheerios thus far, may follow it up with waffles.
