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Rounded out by material from the NEC in 1998 and Paris Theatre and Night Ride sessions from the early 70s, as well as the much sought-after encore version of “Watcher Of The Skies” at Wembley Empire Pool in 1975, Genesis BBC Broadcasts is a veritable treasure trove. It's a nice thing that Genesis are finally giving us access to their BBC archive recordings. A box set makes sense in many ways: there are some early treasures included and complete live shows, even from the later years. Many fans will be pleased with this release as well. Matrix / Runout (Disc 4): [Universal logo] 3568647 [Universal Logo] AM84429-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH

Liner Notes – David Baddiel, Jeremy Clarkson, Peter Gabriel, Richard Macphail, Roger Taylor, Tony Banks, Tony Robinson (7) At least The Way We Walk – Longs/Shorts from the 1992 tour contained a better representation, but again, gathering the music into longer/shorter songs collections was a puzzler. One that maybe allowed the fans who preferred their mprog of the more traditional persuasion to avoid the pop songs. And then the release of the Over Europe 2007 set – a little like some of the U2 fan club releases – at least replicated the tour set and with ‘best’ versions of the songs played from assorted locations. The box set is rounded out with performances from the height of the band’s popularity—Wembley in 1987 and the 1992 edition of Knebworth (along with two songs from 1998 featuring Collins’ replacement Ray Wilson). Here, the sense of the band as a global stadium juggernaut becomes almost inescapable. When the ominous, heavily sequenced drone of “Mama” opens the Wembley portion of the program, there’s no longer a sense of a living, breathing band on the other end of your speakers. Across the first three discs, Genesis used size to create a sublime sense of majesty onstage. Here, the scale of the production simply alienates, and listening to this section often feels like being dwarfed while observing a huge, impersonal machine rotate its blades in place. Genesis are one of the world’s biggest selling and most successful bands of all time. They have sold an estimated 100 million albums and have played to sold–out stadiums and arenas all over the world for decades, most recently with their global sold–out Last Domino? Tour which concluded with a three–night run at London’s O2 Arena on 22 March 2022.

Genesis – Complete BBC Sessions 1970-1972 is a fantastic collection of live soundboard recordings of Genesis taken from five different appearances that the band made at the BBC Studios in London, England between 1970 and 1972. So these three concerts all belong to the same category. Of these, these pieces have been officially released so far: Genesis are one of the world’s biggest selling and most successful bands of all time. They have sold an estimated 100 million albums and have played to sold-out stadiums and arenas all over the world for decades, most recently with their global sold-out The Last Domino? Tour which concluded with a three-night run at London’s O2 Arena on March 22, 2022. Matrix / Runout (Disc 5): [Universal logo] 3568648 [Universal Logo] AM84430-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH

Album – Classifica settimanale WK 10 (dal 03.03.2023 al 09.03.2023)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 11 March 2023. If all the sessions and concerts used here and available from the BBC had been released unabridged, it would have been a manageable 12CD set (two CDs for the early sessions and Paris, one CD for Wembley 1975, two CDs each for Knebworth 78, Lyceum 1980, Wembley 1987 and Knebworth 1992, and another for Birmingham 1998). There is quite an effective broadband midrange boost here between 500 Hz and 5 kHz, and a slight treble cut. However, One For The Vine (as always, the only recording from 5/6/1980; all others are from 5/7) doesn't have the strong wow and flutter problems of the BBC Archive original in the second part, although it's clearly the same source, because the BBC also has Tommy Vance's cancellation at the end. Possibly the problem has been fixed digitally. The sound is OK, but there are some bootlegs that sound better. The sound of this session is better than on the untreated archive versions, but not optimal, because the reproduction in the bass range remains poor despite boosting, especially since the mids have been boosted here unnecessarily. There would have been more in it.The following list corresponds to our state of knowledge. Only the titles marked in colour are part of the BBC Broadcasts box set.

Any fans familiar with the, ahem, unofficial recordings (oft disguised as ‘Italian imports’) through the medium of bootleg albums, the tape-sharing circles and digital file-sharing/torrenting of the modern era, will know a different story. The Movement has become an invaluable source of information and it doesn’t take much digging to reveal treasures that go far beyond the official documents. In particular, the sterling work of TM Productions has seen definitive live recordings become available from Zurich 1977, Chicago 1978, Frankfurt 1981, 1973 (“ the album Genesis Live could have been”, “an outstanding triumph”), and The Lyceum 1980 (surprise surprise). Why the LP set was shortened is unclear. Presumably they didn't want to make the set too expensive and decided to create a best-of of the 5CD set. The album marks the first release of the band's 1980 Lyceum Theatre (which includes the entire "Duke Suite") and 1987 Wembley Stadium concerts in an audio-only format. Both concerts previously received releases in video formats, with the latter concert being included in The Movie Box 1981–2007. Additionally, it includes the first officially released live performances from Ray Wilson's tenure with the band.Genesis played the last European concerts of their Invisible Touch Tour on four consecutive nights at the sold-out Wembley Stadium in London (1-4 July 1987). The last concert was broadcast live on BBC radio. Excerpts of these concerts first appeared officially in 1988 on the VHS video cassette Invisible Touch Tour, then again in 2003 on the DVD Live at Wembley Stadium. While it was known that all four concerts had been recorded in sound and vision, it was unclear until now which excerpts from which of the four concerts were used for the video and DVD. The In The Cage medley is missing from both editions.