Genesis: In Concert

Genesis: In Concert documents the concert tour that Genesis embarked on in 1976, after their album A Trick of the Tail. This was the first album on which Phil Collins assumed the duties of lead vocalist (following the departure of Peter Gabriel). On the album, Collins sings lead vocals and plays drums. But since Collins wanted to focus on his singing duties during live shows, Genesis brought in former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford to play drums and percussion during this tour.

The film premiered on 31 January 1977 at the ABC1 Cinema on Shaftesbury Avenue as a double bill with Maylam's other rock concert film, White Rock, with Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips in the audience.[1] Its US premiere was held on 31 October 1977 at the Magno Screening Room in the MGM Building, New York City.[2]

The movie combines film of two shows: one at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland on 9 July 1976, and one at Bingley Hall in Staffordshire, England on 10 July 1976.[3]

During the songs "The Cinema Show," "Entangled," and "Supper's Ready," the footage of the concert cuts to other sequences, often in an abstract manner.

The footage used during "The Cinema Show" is taken from an Italian silent comedy film entitled The Runaway Globe. "The Runaway Globe" on YouTube

1. "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" (includes a snippet of "Stagnation")
2. "Fly on a Windshield" (Instrumental section)
3. "The Carpet Crawlers"
4. "The Cinema Show" (Instrumental section)
5. "Entangled"
6. "Supper's Ready" (Apocalypse in 9/8 / As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs)
7. "Los Endos"

• Tony Banks – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
• Mike Rutherford – bass, guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Hackett – guitar
• Phil Collins – vocals, drums, percussion

with

• Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

The film was released on laserdisc in Japan in 1992.

The 2007 reissue of A Trick of the Tail includes Genesis: In Concert as a feature on a bonus DVD.

The film was taken from the videotape master used for the laserdisc instead of a fresh transfer from film elements. Possibly as a result of reusing the laserdisc release's master, the DVD's audio and video are sped up to the PAL framerate (25 fps, when the original film elements may have been shot at 24 fps) and the pitch of the soundtrack is not corrected for the 4.167% increase in playback speed.

Sources

• Bowler, Dave; Dray, Bryan (1992). Genesis – A Biography. Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 978-0-283-06132-5.

• Genesis: In Concert at IMDb