GENESIS IN CONCERT

• The Knife Trespass, 1970
• The Musical Box Nursery Cryme, 1971
• Watcher of the Skies Foxtrot, 1972
• The Cinema Show Selling England By The Pound, 1973
• In the Cage The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, 1974
• Los Endos A Trick Of The Tail, 1976
• One for the Vine Wind And Wuthering, 1977
• Duke's Travels Duke, 1980
• Abacab Abacab, 1981
• In The Cage / Cinema Show / Slippermen Three Sides Live, 1982
• Second Home By The Sea Genesis, 1983
• Fading Lights We Can't Dance , 1991

Oh, Yeah, I do remember this one. And I´d rather not see it again. It was just a way a local recording company found to cash in when Genesis played in Brazil in 1977. Although the name In Concert suggests a live recoding (fueled by the sub title ´Best Moments Of The Brazillian 77 Tour`) it actually a compilation of sorts, and it contains studio tracks only, in one of the most dishonest ways to fool record buyers into getting this turd.

The songs themselves are, of course, of very good quality, as was anything Genesis had released up to that point of their career, but the tracklist is a mixed bag putting together stuff from different times and line ups: two tunes from Selling England By The Pound (I Know What I Like, Dancing With the Moonlit Knight), one from Foxtrot (Can-Utility And The Coastliners), one from Trespass (Stagnation), one from Nursery Crime (Fountain Of Salmatics) and one from A Trick Of The Tale (Ripples). Hardly their best and I really don´t understand why they didn´t include The Carpet Crawlers (maybe Genesis most well known song by the brazilian audience at the time).

I´m quite ashamed that such thing existed. It should be viewed as a curio only. Even the liner notes on the back cover has several mistakes and misinformations. I can´t recommend this album to anyone. Even the most hardcore completionist will find it useless. It´s an embarrassment and should be avoided at all costs. Fortunalty it was not released in the CD format as far as I know and I surely hope it will never be.

Send comments to Tarcisio Moura (BETA) | Report this review (#269129) | Review Permalink
Posted Monday, March 01, 2010

A good compilation. Dont understand why its called 'In Concert', but the song selection is for once, excellent. So refreshing to have 'Stagnation' rather than 'The Knife', and 'Ripples' as the lone Collins sung track, instead of something like 'Squonk' or 'Your Own Special Way'. So if there ha ... (read more)

Report this review (#422568) | Posted by snelling | Friday, March 25, 2011 | Review Permanlink

A money-grabber released by Som Livre in the wake of Genesis visit to Brasil. Altough it cleary says in the cover "IN CONCERT" and "The Best Moments of the Brazilian '77 Tour", it is just an compilation of studio recordings. The lame cover looks like Yes' Topographic Oceans made by Betty Swanw ... (read more)

Report this review (#269039) | Posted by felipepepe | Sunday, February 28, 2010 | Review Permanlink

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