Xavier Birtwich's Collection
Genesis 04/15/1975
Empire Pool, London, UK
| Source | PRRP release / AUD recording PRRP folder Outlook account one drive |
| Media | FLAC 2 discs |
| Tech Notes | PRRP010 WE ARE THE LAMIA OF THE POOL Apr 15, 1975 (Empire Pool - Wembley, London, England) 2cdr 1-1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 5:16 1-2. Fly On A Windshield / Broadway Melody Of 1974 4:14 1-3. Cuckoo Cocoon (Begin)0:33 1-4. Cuckoo Cocoon 2:23 1-5. In The Cage 7:59 1-6. The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging 3:12 1-7. Story Of Rael I 1:30 1-8. Back In N.Y.C. 6:06 1-9. Hairless Heart 2:35 1-10. Counting Out Time 3:54 1-11. Carpet Crawlers 5:48 1-12. The Chamber Of 32 Doors 5:52 1-13. Story Of Rael II (part 1) 3:02 1-14. Lilywhite Lilith 2:55 1-15. The Waiting Room 9:19 1-16. Anyway 3:30 1-17. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist 2:30 1-18. Interlude 1:47 2-1. The Lamia 6:56 2-2. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats 3:18 2-3. The Colony Of Slippermen 8:58 2-4. Ravine 1:44 2-5. The Light Dies Down On Broadway 3:29 2-6. Riding The Scree 4:06 2-7. In The Rapids 2:27 2-8. It 4:29 2-9. The Story of Henry & Cynthia 3:30 2-10. The Musical Box 15:06 2-11. Watcher Of The Skies 7:24 Notes from the Re-Master There are many versions of this concert available among Genesis Fans. The BBC recorded the show and those tapes were used to produce limited versions of this concert. This recording as based on an audience tape which is essentially complete. Only a couple of sentences during the Story of Rael part 2 are missing. This was likely when the original tape was turned during the show. The quality of this stereo recording is quite good. For some reason, the right channel volume was consistently 25-30% lower than the left. This was corrected. The recorder was probably near the front of the stage at the time of the concert. This allows us to appreciate the ambience of the concert hall acoustics without suffering from the "airplane hanger" effect of recordings made from the back row of an auditorium. This close proximity may also explain why treble was overemphasised in this recording and needed to be reduced. The last two songs also seem to be different in their tonality with even less bass and more treble. They may have been recorded onto a different tape, hence different characteristics. All of this was fixed. Further, the last two songs suffered from constant crackle, the source of which is unknown. Fortunately, it was easily removed. Hiss was quite prominent throughout the recording but was removed without too much trouble. Because it was an audience recording, removing the hiss made audience talking more obvious, and at some point distracting. Nothing could be done about this. Again, because of the audience placement of the recording device, applause was quite overpowering at some points and needed to be reduced. Pops and clicks were also quite frequent. 53 were manually removed and others were corrected using algorithms. Peter was quite dynamic with the vocals during this performance. At some points the vocals are quite soft and needed enhancement. At other times they were overwhelming and distorted at their peaks. This was corrected as best as possible. The letter 'S' when sung loudly produced a hiss that needed to be reduces on many occasions. For some reason, during the last song Watcher of the Skies, for about 50 seconds the volume of the Left channel drops to about one third of the original volume. The cause for this is unknown but this was also fixed. The Tracking of the concert was quite curious. Disc one track placements did not correspond well at all to the known tracking of the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway studio version. So most of the first disc tracking was reworked. On the second disc the 'Lamb' tracking was correct. The only change that was made was to separate the 'Story of Henry' from 'The Musical Box' within the "Musical Box" track, thereby adding an additional track. |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
| Ratings | Sound: AUD |
| Reference / Generation | Firewalkwithme41@gma |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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