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.
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Dr. Forrester said...

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.)

January 6, 2011 at 9:29 AM
phineas65 said...

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

January 6, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Anonymous said...

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

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

January 9, 2011 at 8:37 AM

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