To answer a few questions: -This was filmed for Austrian TV, there's also a short interview that I removed as there was a problem with the audio. (I'll upload it later)-As far as I know, this is all the film from this show that remains today, but I could be wrong. (I hope) It's also impossible to know if they filmed the whole show or just some songs. -This video is straight from the original 16mm film, not from a broadcast source, that's why it looks great. -I'm not interested in getting money from this, or any other videos from my channel. Seeing people enjoying the video is the best possible reward for me.
Utterly enthralling and such great quality. It's just like you can dissappear back to 1978 for 15 glorious minutes. You have made thousands upon thousands of Genesis fans very happy.
Since they never released any complete live concert video from the ATTWT tour, like they did for 76, 77, and 80 onwards, this is a treasure in this quality. All the other 78 clips I've seen are fuzzy and/or dark, and they aren't pro shot.
Agree 10000000% Phil being heavily influenced by Billy Cobham. I've joked that he out Cobham's Cobham, though his playing is no joke. It's very tasty, and he grooves. Are you a drummer yourself? @@steve-0493
The A.T.T.W.T. tour...brilliant songs and brilliant playing. I feel that this line-up never performed a better tour than this one(I've seen all of them) and the Drumming by Chester and Phil, individually and together, was magical. Phil's singing was so confidently on and Tony, Mike and Daryl kept the show in vivid musical color.
@@kbrewski1 My comment is slightly mis-leading; I've seen all of the "line-ups" not "tours". Regardless, I am quite familiar with the band and I am certain there are many other folks who are as well.
@imdv-ub7fb No need to be so defensive . I saw Genesis 10 times on 6 different tours. Imo, the Duke 1980 Tour had a better setlist overall and since it was a small theater Tour, it was very cool seeing them in an intimate 3000 seat old theater rather than a 15/20K arena. I didn't get to see the 78 Tour because they skipped my city unfortunately, but I've got many ROIOs. Imo, Steurmer was still learning how to play Hackett's guitar parts and was a bit rough at times in 78. I think he blended in more smoothly in 1980.
Priceless footage! The quality of video and audio held me spellbound for the entire 15 minutes. This is definitely peak Phil and it’s fascinating to see Darryl and Chester so early on in their Genesis live careers. I too was disappointed to miss out on the instrumental section of Cinema Show, but the closeup on Tony’s hands in the opening the Lamb more than makes up for it. Thanks so much for this wonderful gift.
Having been a hardcore Genesis tape trader in the 80's it's especially wonderful to see what some of those old clips actually originally looked like before numerous analog copies bled out the images. And to see the complete raw footage is just mind-blowing! Thank you for all your fantastic work!
Had you seen shoddy VHS dupes of this one before? I've never seen it and I've been tracking down anything I could find re Genesis since VCRs were born!
@@kbrewski1 I have it somewhere on an old PAL VHS tape. The quality is awful from what I recall and I think it's b/w from the color being totally washed out.
It’s not just down to multiple generations of copies. The original TV broadcast would never have looked this good as there simply wasn’t a way to get the detail off of the film and onto a format that could distributed or broadcast into people’s home. Even if we had HD TVs back then.
The quality alone is just stunning, it is the first time I see footage from this tour where you get a real good impression of the light show and the colours on stage. Having Lamb/Musical box in here is great too, and the only video footage of the first half of Cinema Show with Phil (the 1976 footage only has the instrumental section)
Two days before this recording I saw Genesis at the Summertime Open Air in Ulm. A wonderful memory for me. True, I have never seen such a good film and sound recording of this tour. I'm absolutely thrilled.
Yes, no pro shot official video was really shot for this tour, except Knebworth in fuzzy quality. Any other clips I've seen are lousy amateur stuff. This is also the last tour Genesis played the complete Cinema Show afaik so this is a real nice find.
FIRST!!! LETS GOOOOOO VIENNA BABYYY Seriously, this looks amazing! Obviously waaayyy better than that crappy old VHS copy we've had for years. Timestamps: 0:00 Crowd cheering 0:08 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 3:29 The Musical Box 4:28 In the Cage 6:03 The Cinema Show 11:35 Afterglow
Saw this Genesis tour in ‘78 at Merriwether Post Pavillion in Maryland. My first Genesis concert! It was truely a spiritual experience. The vari-lights, spotlights, “smoke”, in conjunction with the giant hydraulic mirrors made this show totally mind blowing!! The music was magical! A night I vividly remember and will never forget!
I was at one of those shows too. 6th row left of center. Girl next to me was skeptical of my pre-show description of Genesis as the "best." After In the Cage she tapped me on the shoulder and says, "I've been to a lot concerts but have seen anything like THIS." Indeed, a great, great show. No Vari LItes. Those weren't invented until 1980, first anyone used them was Genesis on the Abacab tour.
"Seeing people enjoying the video is the best possible reward for me" - you may not be able to see me, but I certainly enjoyed it! There's not much decent quality film or video of them from their peak years and this is the best I have seen, great job.
Now, if I could go back in time it would be to the summer of 1978. Just a little bit young for me to have seen them. But this is an absolute treasure, all five of them were on fire.
Brilliant!! This comes just after my favorite Genesis era which lasted for only two studio albums and one live album: post-Gabriel with Steve Hackett. Here, rhe last great proggy Genesis album, Duke, was still to come.
Thank You! For posting this incredible set of classic Genesis songs! Cinema Show is Stunning, and the way Phil sings it is so dramatic!! This was Genesis at the top of their game!! Bravo!
You really really really need to add a £Superthanks button here because had this been on the 2007 SACD DVD extras i would have been chuffed. Putting aside the performance,this may well have been one of the first tours where computer technology was used,in this case to operate the 6 mirrors above the stage. In the cage and Afterglow look tame my modern standards of course but as with the first use of vari-lites for the Abacab tour this must have been a mind-blowing experience in 1978.
This was a surprise! Too bad there aren't many close ups on Phil and the other guys, but its still a nostalgic treat. I hope that many fans find this like i did.
That is a miracle clip! The quality and access the person had that shot that leads me to believe someone within the camp took it. Please find video of a whole show from that era!
I saw this tour in Florida and the problematic mylar mirrors worked great. It was the only live concert I ever saw with Genesis but it was the best of my life. Phil was fantastic and in such great voice here. I wish the whole concert was available. So little of his drumming is shown. His drum duet with Chester brought down the house. It was magic.
@@kbrewski1 Good question. Well, I moved to Colorado in the early 80s and lived a different life. But I do so wish I had heard them just one more time. I lost track of my prog.....but catching back up now. So glad we have these recordings!
Best I know he used 8x6, 10x8, 12x8, 13x9, 14x14, and 15x14 up top, and 16x16 and 18x16 Premier 'Natural Birch' concert toms on the Mirrors tour, though not positive he played 6 up top for the entire tour. I really wish there was an overhead shot, or a good reflection in the mirror to tell. His bass drum was 22x14.
For my tastes Steve Hackett's tenure comprises Genesis' best period, but this tour is still very powerful and this a great performance. Cheers to the filmmaker(s), sound engineer(s), and Genesis, and thanks for the upload.
Probably the Best footage I have seen from the 1978 Mirror Tour. Stunning, Magical. Makes me pray the master tape of show will emerge as buried treasure.
Wow super upload brilliant restoration and sound quality. I saw that tour and this was just like being back there. The power of Afterglow outro is superb.
Esta banda tenía la particularidad ....en vivo, los arreglos y el sonido eran impecable, hasta llegaba a una puesta en escena excelente y las combinaciones y enganches que hicieron con algunas canciones en vivo, fueron un deleite para los oidos exigentes. Una ecuación perfecta de músicos y compositores que hicieron que Génesis quedara grabado en la roca de la montaña más alta en la élite mundial de la música...... Lástima que nunca pudieron tocar en Argentina
Thanks so much for sharing. I was at the Gothenburg gig of the tour, and this is really a trip down memory lane. Powerful versions of their best material.
Wow Amazing no band like them very sad Phil lost his health got all the 7o s LP s Steve Hacket signed my Voyage of the Acolyte record in Adelaide before his gig Nice Man
Fantastic quality video ! Thanks. But a the same time what a frustration when Phil came up to the his drum and then it stops just when he was ready to play !! :)
Прекрасное качество. Видимо, есть и полная запись. Нужно давно это опубликовать и поместить в мировой золотой фонд прог-рока и просто хорошей музыки.,🐐
Thank you, thank you, thank you.... a time machine, and for over 30 years now dreamed of seeing such clear footage like this, feeling like I missed out on all these great tours (I was 8 at the time!). I was spellbound for the entire length and crushed when it cut away from Cinema Show before we could watch Phil's drummer at his peak.
Daryl was awesome on this tour. As noted he adds his own flair to Steve's songs but when you hear a song with from the 3 man era like "The Lady Lies", with Daryl taking the lead, it make me wish Mike had handed off more tunes to Daryl... He shreds on that... if you have not seen or heard that look for the London 1980 Lyceum show. Tony and Daryl are smoking hot on that tune.
This was my first and last Genesis tour, cause i did'nt like the music they produced in the eighties. I got to see the Brilliant work the produced between 1970 and 1978 through the tribute Musical Box and the great concerts by Hackett. Thanx for posting this great snippets of the 78 tour.
Wonderful. Though I miss Hackett esp on Cinema show Chester is more confident and punchy than on the W&W tour. Amazing to see and hear such a clear restoration. Let’s hope more footage emerges. Thank you!
You're doing the lords word, thankyou. With love I say - my only, *only* quibble is as a film lover - I wish there was less DNR used - I want to see film grain. There's an awful trend with 4k BR releases these days where James Cameron and such are DNR'ing the analog life out of film sources - which is criminal, really. So I'd love to see a more natural treatment of these precious gems.
As ever, thank you so much for this gem. Hugely appreciated. A lot of work, I know. My only minor niggle is that, as an erstwhile video editor and motion graphics compositor, I do feel that period 16mm/35mm footage looks quite unnatural/disorientating (and even headache inducing) when rendered with higher frame rates.
You're welcome ! I'm not a big fan of that either, the remaster was done a few years ago. Interpolating is handy with very low framerate films (for example 8mm film that are running at 10-12 fps or even less) but 18, 24/25 fps films should stay at this framerate. (I was just not interested/motivated to put the video back at its original framerate, and the vast majority of peole don't care about that!)
por fin la primera parte de the cinema show en calidad maravillosa. agradecido de ver un pedacito de historia después de tantos años solo imaginándomelo.
First time Tony Banks played The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in the Yamaha CP-70, as well as the first time he plays it on other instrument than RMI Electrapiano in concert (and acoustic piano in the studio version)
Wow! Fantastic, Fantastic, Fantastic! I've been waiting years to see anything from the mirrors shows and now to see them in full effect, if only for a short while is just brilliant. Thank you for unearthing this and putting it together. Can we now have the rest of the show please!? And those mirrors were actual mirror mirrors? They must have weighed a ton, anybody know the inner workings and how the whole system worked? Again so happy to see this, thank you. It would be another 3 years before my first Genesis gig, but I did get to see Six Of The Best which was MAD. Where's my boot?
