Genesis - 1976-05-01 - Starlight Amphitheatre, Butrbank, CA (Millard Master)

Genesis
May 01, 1976
Starlight Amphitheatre, Burbank, CA
Audience Recording (Mike Millard Original Master Tapes via JEMS), very good quality
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 23
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320 kbps) versions

OK, I'm back with some more classic progressive rock shows. Over the past year or so I've featured several shows from the Mike Millard Masters collection (high quality audience recordings taped by Mike Millard), and today I have another gem from that series, a classic Genesis show from 1976. The 1976 tour was their first without former lead singer Peter Gabriel (who left the band the previous year) and thus the first with Phil Collins as frontman, and that featured music from their first Gabriel-less new album Trick of the Tail. And proving to their critics and fans that not only could they carry on, but thrive as well in their new incarnation, was vitally important to the band. For this tour they brought along legendary drummer Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson), the only time he played with Genesis, so Phil could spend most of his time up front of the band. And of course, both the album and tour was a raging success. Borrowing Bruford was a one-time only a temporary thing. For subsequent tours, the also legendary Chester Thompson (Zappa, Weather Report) toured with them on drums. So, this was the only chance to see and hear Bruford with Genesis. And it was a great show, featuring a mix of earlier songs (with Collins on lead vocals for the first time) and the new songs from Trick of the Tail (which were woven together perfectly), showed that Phil could handle the task beautifully. Anyway, here is a great shoe from that tour.

Tracklist:
01 Dance On A Volcano
02 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
03 Fly On A Windshield
04 Carpet Crawlers
05 The Cinema Show
06 Robbery, Assault and Battery
07 White Mountain
08 Firth Of Fifth
09 Entangled
10 Squonk
11 Supper’s Ready
12 I Know What I Like
12 Los Endos
13 It
14 Watcher Of The Skies

FLAC - Genesis_1976-05-01_Burbank,CA(Millard)_FLAC.rar

Mp3 - Genesis_1976-05-01_Burbank,CA(Millard)_Mp3.rar

 

U.K. - 1978-11-09 - Cleveland, Plus 1979-11-14 - Long Beach

U.K.

November 09, 1978

Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 

Pre-FM Master Reel Broadcast Recording, Excellent quality

Plus:November 14, 1979

Long Beach Arena, Long Beach CA

Audience Recording (Mike Millard First-Generation Tapes via JEMS), very good quality 

The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 134 

Available as both Lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320 kbps) versions

Here's some live recordings from the great but short-lived progressive rock 'supergroup' U.K. Recently, the current progressive rock band The Tangent included a great cover version of U.K.'s 'In The Dead of the Night' Suite as a bonus track on their new Songs From the Hard Shoulder album, and it reminded how good U.K. was, and that they seem to have been largely forgotten these days. So, U.K. was considered a Prog 'Supergroup' because it was formed around 1977 by bassist-vocalist John Wetton (Family, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, King Crimson), and drummer Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, Genesis), with keyboard-violinist Eddie Jobson (Curved Air, Roxy Music, Frank Zappa) and guitarist Allan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, Gong, Tempest). Based on this combination of talent, their music was highly anticipated by prog fans, and they did not disappoint. Their first album, U.K. (1978) is considered a classic of the genre (Ranked #30 - Greatest Progressive Rock Albums of All-Time by Rolling Stone magazine), and features a dynamic combination of hard progressive rock with a jazz fusion approach. The newly introduced Yamaha CS-30 synthesizer was extensively used and featured in their music. They toured extensively in 1978 (often as opening act for Jethro Tull). Unfortunately, Bruford and Holdsworth left the band by the end of 1978, citing different musical directions, with Bruford and Holdsworth wanting to explore more jazzy improvisational music, but Wetton wanting more structured prog with commercial appeal. So, Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa band) was brought in on drums, and when a suitable guitarist was not found, they continued as a trio. Their 2nd album, Danger Money (1979) was also quite good, but featured less jazz and a more AOR-friendly sound and song structure. On the 1979 tour, they played a few additional songs, but that was it for the band, as Jobson wanted to continue exploring longer instrumental-focused songs, while Wetton was interested in pursuing shorter songs and a more commercial style. Wetton went on to do just that with Asia in the early eighties. Jobson went on to play on Jethro Tull's A album and on to a solo career after that. So, here's a selection from both of their tours (1978 and 1979), featuring a great radio broadcast recording (1978) as well as a recently made available recording from the legendary Mike Millard tape series (1979 partial show). Check out U.K.

Tracklist:
Cleveland 1978
01. Introduction
02. Alaska
03. Time To Kill
04. The Only Thing She Needs
05. Carrying No Cross
06. Forever Until Sunday
07. Thirty Years
08. By The Light Of Day
09. Presto Vivace
10. In The Dead Of Night
11. Caesar's Palace Blues
Long Beach 1979
12. Nostalgia
13. Rendezvous 6:02
14. Night After Night
15. The Only Thing She Needs
16. Waiting For You

1978 lineup:
John Wetton: Bass, Vocals
Eddie Jobson: Keyboards, Violin
Allan Holdsworth: Guitar
Bill Bruford: Drums, Percussions
1979 lineup:
John Wetton - bass, vocals
Terry Bozzio - drums
Eddie Jobson - violin, keyboards

mp3 - UK_1978-11-9_Cleveland_Plus1979_mp3.rar

FLAC 1978 - UK_1978-11-9_Cleveland(FM)_FLAC.rar

FLAC 1979 - UK_1979-11-14_Long BeachCA(Millard)_FLAC.rarard