From an old TV show called Midnight Special.
These were recorded around Christmas 1973 while Genesis was in LA during their Selling England By The Pound tour in America.
Pretty much the highest quality from this era that I have come across.
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It’s really interesting to watch Phil Collins just be the drummer in the background. And he was a pretty good drummer.
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Went to The Shed for “Sonic Sphere” today. A giant sphere, suspended in mid-air, covered with hundreds of speakers and a 3-D light show, aka the world’s craziest surround sound experience.
Music/sound programming by Carl Craig. I’m going again in July for Steve Reich’s “Music For 18 Musicians”
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Saw Peter Gabriel at TD Garden in Boston MA last night.
Very nice show, although the sound at The Garden is always a bit lacking. Played quite a bit of new stuff including a few songs that haven’t been released yet. For the older stuff, you basically got the hits and Biko, was hoping for a bit more. Still had a great time!
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I love Peter Gabriel - such an underappreciated genius. His new album “i/o” is, if nothing else, a fascinating statement on the importance of mastering decisions.
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Great band. I saw them play in the 90s. They’re all senior citizens now, so perhaps they should drop the “Jr” and go back to their old name of “Dinosaur”.
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The first time I heard “Possession” in 1993 I fell madly head over heels in love with Sarah McLachlan. Long before she was a ASPCA meme or adult contemporary artist, half a decade before Lilith Faire was a thing, “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” immediately became one of the albums that has defined my musical taste ever since. I’ve seen her in concert a few times over the years (even shared a chance private “good morning” as she rehearsed at her piano in Rockefeller Center at 5am once lol), but when she announced a 30th anniversary tour on which she would perform the entire album live there was no chance I was going to miss it. The intervening years (and a totally new band?) have cast a definite adult contemporary sheen on what was once very much alternative rock, but her voice is still as angelic as it was 30 years ago.
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In the rock genre, I’d add, to start:
Allman Brothers At Fillmore East
Band of Gypsys
Last Waltz
Europe 72
Four Way Street
Neil Young Live at Massey Hall
Springsteen Live at Hammersmith Oden
Stop Making Sense
Waiting for Columbus
Oh hey, that’s more than 5, isn’t it
Well there’s
Not saying they’re my top 5, but that Doors album is certainly up there, and in the summer with a few cold ones, the Zappa is fine.
Ha! I was just about to add Just Another Band and figured I had abused the top 5 premise already.
BTW, it wouldn’t be in my top 25, much less top 5, but the 2023 Stones live album Grrr is pretty terrific and is a well-produced concert album. Some interesting cameos (I’m not much of a Lady Gaga fan but she absolutely kills her role on Gimme Shelter) and Keith sounds as good as he has in years. Well worth a listen.
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