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All The Help I Can Get [no label, 2CD]
Milton Keys Reunion Rehearsals. Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK. September 29, 1982. Very good soundboard.
This is the band rehearsals for the “Six Of The Best” concert at the Milton Keynes Bowl on October 2, 1982. The rehearsals where held at the Hammersmith Odeon, London in the afternoon before Genesis played there in the evening. - doctordavros, at Dime
Original notes:
Sourced from the master cassette tape, this is the only known copy in circulation of this historic reunion with Peter Gabriel. No MP3s were involved in the making of this release. Special thanks to Ant at rushtrader.com for all his efforts! All kudos go to him for getting this show to the masses! [It is likely these tracks were used in the A Night To Remember bootleg LP.]
Andreas commented at rushtrader.com:
Many tracks are cut in the beginning and/or in the middle. Because of misunderstandings between the group and its former front man, some performances break down, others are on the brink of falling apart. Gabriel has audible problems remembering cues and lyrics and, indeed, like in “Dancing For The Moonlit Knight”, has to learn for the first time the arrangements that had been changed during his absence from the group. The stop-and-go nature of the performances suggests that there wasn’t really much time for the rehearsal.
All The Help I Can Get is a significant release not despite, but BECAUSE of all of these shortcomings: It gives us a unique insight in how the reunion musically came to be. We are the proverbial fly on the wall. Furthermore, the mentioned problems set aside, the instrumental playing by the group is actually in most places very tight. Genesis had been on the road a couple of months before the final show on October 2, 1982 at Milton Keynes. Which, of course, featured a unique set list that had not a lot in common with the set list of the tour itself.
Two songs - “The Musical Box” and “Fly On A Windshield” – hadn’t been performed in their entire glory since Gabriel’s departure in 1975. In the case of others - “The Lamb Lies Down”, “In The Cage” and most notably the mini medley of “Dancing With The Moonlit Knight”/“Carpet Crawlers” live arrangements from previous post-Gabriel tours were used.
Finally there is the quintessential “Solsbury Hill”, where Genesis ironically back Gabriel on exactly the song that reportedly was all about his departure from the group. And which remains to this day one of Gabriel’s most successful songs. The drumming/percussion by Collins and Thompson on the three takes of “Solsbury Hill” (two of which are breakdowns) included on “All The Help” is inventive and powerful at the same time. It gives the song a whole new feel.
Cliff of collectorsmusicreviews.com wrote:
Vocalist Peter Gabriel left Genesis after The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Tour in 1975, the band subsequently becoming a quartet with drummer Phil Collins assuming vocal duties. Guitarist Steve Hackett had also jumped ship by 1977, leaving the remaining trio to transform itself from a progressive rock band into a mainstream pop group. These developments necessitated the recruitment of additional touring members, Bill Bruford and then Chester Thompson on drums and Daryl Stuermer on guitar and bass…
Unfortunately for Gabriel, his substantial investment in [Womad] saw little return and he found himself in financial difficulties. (As Gabriel himself put it, he “lost a pile of money.”) Genesis manager Tony Smith was consequently instrumental in reuniting Gabriel with his former bandmates to perform a one-off concert designed to ease Gabriel’s economic plight. This concert, given the name Six Of The Best, was held at The National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England on 2 October, 1982.
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Received this in a trade.
Lineage:
Soundboard > Cassette > (?) > Flac
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Disc 1
Track 101. Back In NYC 5:57 (10.0MB)
Track 102. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 4:02 (6.8MB)
Track 103. The Carpet Crawlers 5:45 (9.7MB)
Track 104. Firth Of Fifth 9:03 (15.2MB)
Track 105. The Musical Box 10:46 (18.1MB)
Track 106. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 6:38 (11.1MB)
Track 107. Fly On A Windshield 4:38 (7.8MB)
47 mins
Disc 2
Track 201. In The Cage 9:21 (15.7MB)
Track 202. Supper’s Ready 24:06 (40.5MB)
Track 203. The Knife 3:48 (6.4MB)
Track 204. Solsbury Hill (take 1) 1:52 (3.1MB)
Track 205. Solsbury Hill (take 2) 3:25 (5.7MB)
Track 206. Solsbury Hill (take 3) 5:04 (8.5MB)
48 mins
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