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Xavier Birtwich's Collection

Genesis   12/09/1974

Music Hall, Boston, MA
Source AUD
Outlook account one drive
Genesis master folder
Media FLAC   2 discs
Tech Notes GENESIS
Music Hall
Boston, Ma.
December 9th 1974
A Joe Maloney Master Recording
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THE BAND
Tony Banks keyboards guitar backing vocals
Peter Gabriel lead vocals flute percussion
Mike Rutherford bass guitar guitar backing vocals
Phil Collins drums backing & lead vocals
Steve Hackett guitar

SETLIST
1 The Story Of Rael (prt 1)
2 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
3 Fly On A Windshield
4 Broadway Melody Of 1974
5 Cuckoo Cocoon
6 In The Cage
7 The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging
8 The Story Of Rael (prt 2)
9 Back In N.Y.C.
10 Hairless Heart
11 Counting Out Time
(tape flip edit at 00:38:51:23)
12 The Carpet Crawlers
13 The Chamber Of 32 Doors
14 The Story Of Rael (prt 3)
15 Liliwith Lilith
16 The Waiting Room
17 Anyway
18 Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist (tape flip edit in song at 01:09:06:23)
19 The Lamia
20 Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
21 The Colony Of Slippermen
22 Ravine
23 The Light Dies Down On Broadway
24 Riding The Scree
25 In The Rapids
26 It
(tape flip edit at 01:45:52:20)
27 Story Of Henry & Cynthia
28 The Musical Box
29 Old Man River outro

JOE'S MEMORIES:
I hadn't heard much of the music of Genesis, until their new album, "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"
was released and started getting regular play on our local FM station. Before that,
the only song that I had heard was "Watcher Of the Skies" and, after hearing that,
I went out and got their 1973 "Genesis Live" album. They still didn't hold my interest as much as
Pink Floyd and King Crimson had, so it wasn't until I hear the title track from "Lamb" and "Back In N.Y.C."
that I became more interested in them. When the date for the Music Hall was announced,
I made sure to get my tickets right away and ended up with great seats in the Center Orchestra section,
not too far from the stage. When showtime came, the lights dimmed and Peter Gabriel appeared, wearing the
"Watcher Of The Skies" outfit and stood in the center of the top of the light rigging above the stage.
For a couple of minutes, it looked like the show would begin with that song and I was really looking forward to hearing it.
But, as he stood there in silence, some of the more "boisterous" members of the audience began to shout and scream and it
looked like Peter got annoyed, walked to the side of the scaffold and disappeared as the lights dimmed. A few more minutes went by,
then he reappeared on stage, to begin their complete performance of "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway".
The performance was great, with Peter narrating the various scenes and there were many costumes,
to bring the many unusual characters of the composition to life. The sound system was excellent,
giving me the opportunity to get one of my best quality concert recordings, and the band sounded
every bit as good as they did on the album. The one unusual moment in the show, was when Peter stopped the performance after only the first six songs,
just before "Back In N.Y.C.". He seemed to be upset by the newspaper ads for the show, which showed him in one of his early Genesis costumes,
that gave the impression that they were going to do older songs. He told the crowd that, if they felt misled by the ad,
they could leave and get a refund for their tickets. Needless to say, I didn't see anyone getting up to leave and they continued on,
into "Back In N.Y.C.", my favorite song from the album, and didn't stop again. At the conclusion of that excellent performance,
the audience gave them an enthusiastic standing ovation. I was hoping that they would return and do "Watcher Of The Skies",
but that was not to be. Instead, we got a spectacular version of "The Musical Box", complete with Peter's intro of the story of the song
and ending with him appearing wearing an "old man" mask and "dying" at the end of the song. This was "Theatrical Rock" at it's best!
After all the shows I had been to in 1974, this was a great way to end the year. As we left the Music Hall, we were serenaded by
legendary actor Paul Robeson's 1936 recording of "Ol' Man River", from the play "Showboat". Nice!

Many Many Thanks To Joe

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