Friday, January 7, 2011

G - 1981-12-10 - East Rutherford, NJ

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Dr. Forrester said...

Genesis

Brendan Byrne Arena
East Rutherford, NJ
December 10, 1981

Disc 1:
1. [Intro/crowd] 0:29
2. Behind The Lines 05:34
3. Duchess 06:34
4. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 07:06
5. [Collins monologue] 01:19
6. Dodo / Lurker 07:13
7. Abacab 10:19
8. Carpet Crawlers 06:39
9. Me And Sarah Jane (tape flip at 2:34) 07:17
10. Misunderstanding 03:58
11. No Reply At All 06:04

Disc 2:
1. [Collins story time] 04:37
2. Firth Of Fifth 11:43
3. Man On The Corner 04:34
4. Who Dunnit? 03:35
5. [Band intros] 02:42
6. In The Cage / Cinema Show / Slippermen / Afterglow (tape flip at 06:15) 15:23
7. Turn It On Again 05:22
8. Dance On A Volcano / Drum Duet 07:41
9. Los Endos (tape flip at 01:55) 04:37
10. I Know What I Like 12:51

Phil Collins - voc, dr
Tony Banks - keys
Mike Rutherford - b,g
Daryl Stuermer - g
Chester Thompson - dr


REC: Built-in mono condenser mic > Panasonic Slimline Cassette Recorder > Memorex MRX3 Oxide C-90 & Capitol Normal Bias C-45 Cassettes

PLAY: Sony WM-D6C > Behringer Denoiser > PreSonus BlueTube Preamp > RNC1773 Compressor > Behringer Edison > Bellari Stereo Tube Exciter > Sony MDS-JE500 > Tascam CD-RW700 > iTunes > AIFF > FLAC (8)

The recording:
One from my lo-fi vault. Never before circulated. This has its rough spots but it's my souvenir of the show and I haven't seen an alternate recording anywhere else. If you have, let me know. I cleaned this up to arrive at the best possible transfer to digital, but I basically consider this a "raw" recording. There are "artifacts" throughout; crackly tape etc. Audience noise is moderate. Small bits missing due to tape flips, but essentially a complete show. All in all, not a bad picture of what went on.

The show:
Collins, a superb prog rock drummer, had by 1981 morphed into a consummate frontman. The word "ham" comes to mind. (And yes, the Michelob commercials were not yet in the air that night). Backed by a muscular band, Collins had the audience securely in the palm of his hand. I recall the light show being impressive and tightly cued. I recently got a copy of the Buffalo show from Dec. 8--it inspired me to dust off this morsel--and the setlist was identical. (Thanks to the taper of the Dec. 8 show since it helped me get the setlist straight on this one).
I always preferred the Gabriel-era Genesis, but there's no denying this band still rocked in 1981. I haven't really paid much attention to Genesis since, but I much enjoyed hearing this tape again after 26+ years.

January 7, 2011 at 8:31 AM

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