Thursday, January 6, 2011

G - 1978-07-30 - Providence, RI


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** Please note that this show took place in July, not in August. Please adjust your files.

3 comments:

  1. Genesis
    Phil Collins- vocals and occasional drums
    Daryl Steurmer- guitar
    Mike Rutherford- keyboards and bass
    Tony Banks- keyboards
    Chester Thompson- drums
    Providence Civic Center
    Providence, R.I. U.S.A.
    August 30, 1978
    performance quality: B+
    recording quality: good to very good (not great)
    source: audience tape (2nd or 3rd generation)
    setlist disc 1: 75:55
    1: eleventh earl of Mar
    2: in the cage
    3: burning rope
    4: ripples
    5: deep in the motherlode
    6: the fountain of Salmacis
    7: the battle of big
    8: one for the vine
    9: squonk
    disc 2 60:28
    10: say it's allright, Joe
    11: the lady lies
    12: Phil introduction > the cinema show >
    13: afterglow
    14: follow you, follow me
    15: dance on a volcano > drums
    16: los endos
    17: I know what I like (encore)
    comments:
    A not particularly great sounding, but listenable Genesis aud from Providence.
    It's a few generations removed, not too many, several edits between songs were
    spliced and patched together to smooth out the flow of this recording but I didn't
    notice any cut songs in here so apparently the editing in the source recording paid
    off. I believe this is the full show, and completes my goal to share at least one
    Genesis show from all the years I was seeing them live. I didn't see this tour,
    too bummed at the time of no Hackett or Gabriel, but it was a nice tour and some
    good songs I never saw live in this show (Fountain, battle of big, say it's all right)
    The recording isn't hissy and the crowd noise isn't too bad either, the biggest problem
    with this is not very close up recording. I was told it was done with a Nakamichi,
    but you'd have a hard time hearing that. You probably can tell it was sourced with
    a good deck of some kind, just not a very good seat. You can still hear what's going on,
    but this is a you're sorta there production. NOT a you- are- there. I rarely listened to
    this until putting it to disc this Dec. 2007, and this is hardly a fabulous improvement,
    but it is a little better than before and good enough to be above the "for completists
    only" level, I'd rate it between a good to very good quality. If it was from a good seat
    this would be a B+, maybe close to an A, but it's still good enough so some will enjoy
    hearing this. This is probably the worst sounding of my Genesis uploads, so if you hear
    this and find it enjoyable, the others will be even better quality. It's also my only
    live from hockey arena Genesis upload, except for Worcester 87 which has alot to do with
    why it's not as good sound as the others (earliest is 76, latest is 87, if not up yet,
    they're coming soon.)

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  2. Sorry, but the correct date for this gig was July 30th, 1978 ...

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  3. http://www.genesis-movement.co.uk/

    I always check here when I have trouble with stuff like this. It's a great source.

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