Live [Remaster]

Performer: Genesis
Producer: Genesis; John Burns
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Genesis: Tony Banks (vocals, guitar, electronic piano, organ, Mellotron); Michael Rutherford (vocals, guitar, bass, bass pedals); Peter Gabriel (vocals, flute, bass drum, tambourine); Phil Collins (vocals, drums, percussion); Steve Hackett (guitar). Recorded at The De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England and The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England in February 1973. Digitally remastered by Nick Davis, Geoff Callingham & Chris Blair (The Farm, Abbey Road, England). This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Peter Gabriel (vocals, flute, percussion); Tony Banks (vocals, keyboards); Phil Collins (vocals, drums, percussion); Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett (guitar). Audio Remasterers: Chris Blair; Geoff Callingham; Nick Davis. Recording information: De Montfort Hall, Leicester (02/1973); Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England (02/1973). Photographer: Bob Gruen. Unknown Contributor Roles: Peter Gabriel; Tony Banks. Aside from a portion of the box set, this is the only commercially available live document of vintage Gabriel-era Genesis. LIVE was recorded at the group's 1973 peak, and features hardcore fans' favorite lineup, including Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett. The flawless song selection favors tunes from the beloved albums FOXTROT and TRESPASS. The semi-baroque keyboards of Tony Banks and the whisper-to-a-scream dynamic of Hackett are displayed in all their glory. The songs tend toward the long side (not one is under eight minutes long--prog-rock heaven!), giving the group ample time to work its complex, time signature-shifting, contrapuntal magic. Though we're denied the visual aspect of Gabriel's notoriously elaborate costume changes and onstage antics, the energy of his performance comes through in his urgent vocals, and he delivers some of his most sharply penned lyrics. Subsequent Collins-era live albums serve the legacy well, but this is the Genesis concert album with which to start.

Q (11/96, p.64) - 3 Stars - Good - "...a splendid record of a classic progressive rock group taped for US radio..." Q (12/94, pp.162-3) - 3 Stars - Good - "...the oddest and most interesting [of Genesis' live albums]..." Mojo (Publisher) (3/01, p.82) - "...Acceptable account of the FOXTROT-era set..."

One of the seminal progressive rock bands, Genesis began in the late-'60s as post-Beatles visionaries with a taste for orchestrated pop melodrama, but quickly mutated into purveyors of ambitious, classical-tinged art rock. After flamboyantly theatrical vocalist Peter Gabriel left (eventually followed by guitarist Steve Hackett), the group gradually turned toward more accessible material under the stewardship of singing drummer Phil Collins. By the '80s, Genesis had become an unstoppable hit-singles machine. Meanwhile, both Gabriel and Collins went on to lucrative solo careers. The band called it a day in 1997, shortly following Collins's departure, but reunited a decade later for a major world tour.

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