GENESIS BRISTOL MELODY OF 1974
January 13, 1974 (The Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol, Somerset)
1-1. Watcher Of The Skies 8:31
1-2. Story Of Britannia 1:40
1-3. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 8:55
1-4. Story Of Romeo And Juliet 2:03
1-5. The Cinema Show 11:35
1-6. I Know What I Like 5:48
1-7. Story Of Five Rivers 2:15
1-8. Firth Of Fifth 10:05
1-9. The Story Of Henry And Cynthia 2:14
1-10. The Musical Box 10:43
2-1. Horizons 2:28
2-2. More Fool Me 3:40
2-3. The Battle Of Epping Forest 12:24
2-4. The Story Old Michael 3:17
2-5. Supper's Ready 23:39
Genesis
Peter Gabriel - Lead Vocals, Flute and Percussion
Tony Banks - Keyboards, 12 String and Backing Vocals
Mike Rutherford - Bass Guitars, Bass Pedals, Guitars and Backing Vocals
Steve Hackett - Lead Guitars and Effects
Phil Collins - Drums, Percussion and Backing Vocals, Lead vocals on "More Fool Me"
Let It Be Revealed
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In the autumn of 1973 Genesis began touring to promote their brand new album ‘Selling England By The Pound’. The stage set had evolved from the simple translucent backdrop of the ‘Foxtrot’ tour to a much more adventurous design, and new ideas, costumes and special effects were introduced to create a very special atmosphere. Along with the band’s ever improving musicianship, all of this helped to make a ‘Selling England’ concert an event to remember, thus placing Genesis at the forefront of the progressive rock scene. To this day, the ‘Selling England By The Pound’ show is rightfully considered a classic among classics.
Having earned much media exposure for Genesis through his increasingly theatrical performances, enigmatic front man and singer Peter Gabriel seized the opportunity to expand his array of costumes and masks for the ‘Selling England’ tour, in the hope that they would help to gain valuable attention for the band, especially in America where they still had to make a name for themselves. After several weeks of touring across Great Britain, the Genesis theatre set out to conquer America with a strenuous series of dates culminating in six classic shows in three days at the famed Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, California. After this exhausting overseas trip, the band took a well-earned Christmas break. The concert we now bring you was the first Genesis performance of 1974, the start of the second leg of the ‘Selling England’ tour which would see the band playing extensively throughout Europe and returning to America for yet another extensive jaunt. It all began that night in Bristol, at the Hippodrome Theatre, and this recording has a very interesting
story to tell.
For many years, only three songs from this concert were available to Genesis fans, leading many to believe that only these three tracks had been recorded that night. It wasn’t so and, thanks to the generosity of the taper himself, we can finally enjoy the entire performance from beginning to end as it happened more than 30 years ago. A recurring feedback in the recording which seemed to happen about once every three seconds had plagued all of the un-issued songs, and this had made the taper understandably reluctant to release the entire recording ... until now! With the help of the latest remastering techniques, this major fault has been removed, along with some other minor annoyances.
What can we say about the show itself? Apart from Peter Gabriel forgetting some lyrics towards the end of ‘Moonlit Knight’ and Tony Banks hitting a wrong note or two, it is quite easy to see how this particular concert differs from the late 1973 shows. After a devastating memory blank while playing ‘Firth Of Fifth’ at the very start of the tour, Banks had dropped the song’s piano intro from the set. Surprisingly, it was re-introduced here, and would remain in place for most of the second leg of the tour. ‘The Battle of Epping Forest’, seldom played in the autumn of 1973 was reinstated this night and would appear more regularly from then on. Also, both ‘Horizons’ and ‘More Fool Me’ were performed during the same show, something that didn’t happen very often. Since there has to be a down side, let it be noted that, as per most nights on the tour, no encore was offered. We hope that you will enjoy this great show!
Miss Mort
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Notes from the Re-Master
From the taper himself we have the following description of the recording:*
“Mostly Selling England material, it was recorded on a Sony TC-150 reel to reel with Shure mics. I am pretty sure I was seen by Hackett at least as I was sitting on the floor stage centre about 30 feet back, the mics were on a small gooseneck. However, the Sony had a switch to turn off its internal speaker and I had forgotten to turn it off, this means you get some annoying feedback, not loud, but audible in very quiet passages, most notably when Gabriel talks (as he does at length) between tracks.”
“A 50 minute section of my tape was released as the bootleg album ‘Awed Man Out’ where it claims to be ‘Live In Canada’. I have absolutely no idea who did this, certainly wasn't me, I gave a dub to a couple of people ... however I have now placed the original onto CDR some time ago, just raw as is.”
It was this raw CD material that we used for this project. As described, this show has a recurrent feedback that was most audible during the dialogue and quiet sections. Using a subtraction technique, this feedback was reduced – though not completely removed - as well as possible. Actually, there were two distinct feedback profiles found and reduced where found. Hiss and other noises were also present and required multiple techniques to be brought under control. A few gaps were present and needed patching. One patch came from this recording as a recurrent section of music was used to patch another. The bass components were out of line and required some re-working. Sub-bass was boosted while high bass was attenuated. This compensated for the room acoustics and produced a more natural sound. A slight midrange adjustment was also implemented. Some peak crackle was present that needed smoothing after which dynamics of the show were adjusted. Finally, a consistent but gradually changing speed error was identified and corrected for each disc. The result is a fine example of early 1974 Genesis.
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