Show #100: The Lamb Live (Part I)
I started off last year with Genesis and so I shall do so again this year. It is also vaguely appropriate since the 3-man line-up has reformed and will be touring this year. This time around, however, we're going back a bit further to 1975 and the tour for The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
The Lamb was released in November 1974 and the band started the tour in Chicago on the 20th of that month, several days before the album hit store shelves in the States. No doubt many folks in attendance were disappointed as the performance consisted of The Lamb, a double album, in its entirety with only the encore being an older song. Most people were also flummoxed by the new material as The Lamb is a surreal tale featuring Rael, a Puerto Rican street kid from New York City.
The elliptical story was laid out on the album sleeve but it didn't help much as it was impenetrable. Rael starts out in NYC but is transported to a weird world where he encounters, amongst others, Lilywhite Lilith, a group of people crawling across a carpeted hallway but who never seem to get anywhere, and the grotesque Slippermen. Rael must also rescue his brother and, in doing so, has his penis cut off only to have it stolen by a raven.
I was only 2 when the band when this show was recorded and so I missed these legendary shows. However, I was lucky enough to catch the Genesis tribute band, The Musical Box, recreate and entire Lamb show in exact detail.Lamb shows were quite a spectacle. There were 3 screens behind the stage which had 1124 slides projected on them to illustrate the story. Plus Peter Gabriel kept up his tradition of odd costumes and there was a great light show with pyrotechnics. And lastly there was the music and music is always better live. Nothing can compare to "Fly on a Windshield" performed before your eyes. When The Musical Box burst into it, I could feel a whoosh of air across my face; a wall of Mellotron enclosed me like a cocoon as the drummer chugged away with hi-hat open; bass pedals rumbled and guitar wailed. The idea that I was seeing a cover band quickly left me because, like all good live music, it was absolutely fucking amazing.
Today I present the first half of Genesis' performance at the Lakeland Theatre in Lakeland, Florida on 11 January 1975. It is one of the so-called "Rutherford soundboards" as the original recording was in guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford's possession until it got leaked to trading circles. The recording comes from a DAT close of the 1st generation tapes and was cleaned up by Dan Lore. I'll post the second half next week.
Setlist:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Fly On A Windshield
Broadway Melody Of 1974
Cuckoo Cocoon
In The Cage
The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging/Story of Rael # 1
Back In NYC
Hairless Heart
Counting Out Time
The Carpet Crawlers
The Chamber Of 32 Doors
Download show
Genesis
Images found at The Movement and jeffreyshaw.net.
I started off last year with Genesis and so I shall do so again this year...
The Lamb was released in November 1974 and the band started the tour in Chicago on the 20th of that month, several days before the album hit store shelves in the States. No doubt many folks in attendance were disappointed as the performance consisted of The Lamb, a double album, in its entirety with only the encore being an older song. Most people were also flummoxed by the new material as The Lamb is a surreal tale featuring Rael, a Puerto Rican street kid from New York City.
The elliptical story was laid out on the album sleeve but it didn't help much as it was impenetrable. Rael starts out in NYC but is transported to a weird world where he encounters, amongst others, Lilywhite Lilith, a group of people crawling across a carpeted hallway but who never seem to get anywhere, and the grotesque Slippermen. Rael must also rescue his brother and, in doing so, has his penis cut off only to have it stolen by a raven.
I was only 2 when the band when this show was recorded and so I missed these legendary shows. However, I was lucky enough to catch the Genesis tribute band, The Musical Box, recreate and entire Lamb show in exact detail.Lamb shows were quite a spectacle. There were 3 screens behind the stage which had 1124 slides projected on them to illustrate the story. Plus Peter Gabriel kept up his tradition of odd costumes and there was a great light show with pyrotechnics. And lastly there was the music and music is always better live. Nothing can compare to "Fly on a Windshield" performed before your eyes. When The Musical Box burst into it, I could feel a whoosh of air across my face; a wall of Mellotron enclosed me like a cocoon as the drummer chugged away with hi-hat open; bass pedals rumbled and guitar wailed. The idea that I was seeing a cover band quickly left me because, like all good live music, it was absolutely fucking amazing.
Today I present the first half of Genesis' performance at the Lakeland Theatre in Lakeland, Florida on 11 January 1975. It is one of the so-called "Rutherford soundboards" as the original recording was in guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford's possession until it got leaked to trading circles. The recording comes from a DAT close of the 1st generation tapes and was cleaned up by Dan Lore. I'll post the second half next week.
Setlist:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Fly On A Windshield
Broadway Melody Of 1974
Cuckoo Cocoon
In The Cage
The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging/Story of Rael # 1
Back In NYC
Hairless Heart
Counting Out Time
The Carpet Crawlers
The Chamber Of 32 Doors
Download show
Genesis
Images found at The Movement and jeffreyshaw.net.
I started off last year with Genesis and so I shall do so again this year...
posted by Palmer at 8:32 AM
7 Comments:
100 shows!
Congrats, Palmer.
The D
Palmer,
Keep up the good work! You have a growing fanbase down here in the flatlander state. We
all appreciate your efforts to keep hungry ears
fed.
TGL
Thanks, D.
I shall try, TGL. Perhaps I shall post some shows from Chicago for you folks south of the border.
When does your new album come out?
Congrats on the 100-show milestone! Keep up the good work, and thanks for the link, by the way.
Palmer,
New cd should be done (with a new website hopefully) around April. We are currently at Amazon, S. Goody, B. Buy and C. City, but this new one will be under our control, as we are tired of getting screwed over by Musea in Europe.
TGL
I was lucky enough to attend one of the LLDOB Shine shows in LA. I knew little about Genesis at the ime but soon became a huge fan. My recollections are spotty, but I remember the Peter being very good, and the band (especially the drummer) being very tight. Many people dream of a "real" reunion but I thing what's done is done. I do with the Musical Box would tour the west coast. Maybe play the Srine auditorium!
Great tape. Thanks ThomasP
You're welcome ThomasP. Needless to say, I am quite jealous but that's what I get for having been 3 at the time. If you want a copy of some Lamb shows, just shoot me an email.
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