Review: Prog rock giants Genesis caught in live action in London in late 1973, a mere month after the release of their Selling England By The Pound album. This is what many claim to be the band at the height of their powers, with their highly celebrated Foxtrot album not long behind them, hitting their experimental, quirky time signature peak and with Peter Gabriel still commanding the microphone. Opening with the thrusting 'Watcher of the Skies', Tony Banks' keyboard stabs almost rave-like in their stabbing power, they hurtle through tracks from the latest offering ('The Cinema Show', 'Battle of Epping Forest' and the anthemic 'I Know What I Like') alongside Nursey Cryme album fan favourite 'The Musical Box' and a version of the epic 'Supper's Ready' that stretches to nearly 24 minutes here. 'More Fool Me', meanwhile, which sees drummer Phil Collins step forward to sing its folksy, almost Bee Gees-like pop strains, points to where the band would be in a handful of years' time.
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