IN LONDON

"In London" is one of the many DVD's released by Genesis and that was released in 2007. It was recorded and filmed at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, on May, 6th 1980. It was taken from one of the many live concerts that Genesis performed when they released the live tour of their tenth studio album "Duke", which was released in the same year.

Like my colleague prog reviewer Guillermo says, the release of this DVD is really very strange. And like him, I also bought this DVD in a legit record shop in my town. So, and apparently, it seems to me that it will be an official release from the band, apparently recorded and filmed by a TV Broadcast. However, the quality of the sound and the images of the DVD haven't quality enough in order to be considered made by a TV Broadcast. However, this is a much better version than the initial Japanese edition, released some years ago, where the technical problems were much worse.

"In London" has twenty-one tracks. The first track "Deep In The Motherlode" was released on "And Then There Were Three?". The second track "Dancing With The Moonlight Knight" was released on "Selling England By The Pound". The third track "Carpet Crawl" was released on "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway". The fourth track "Squonk" was released on "A Trick Of The Tail". The fifth track "One For The Vine" was released on "Wind And Wuthering". The sixth track "Behind The Lines" was released on "Duke". The seventh track "Duchess" was released on "Duke". The eighth track "Guide Vocal" was released on "Duke". The ninth track "Turn It On Again" was released on "Duke". The tenth track "Dukes Travels" was released on "Duke". The eleventh track "Dukes Ends" was released on "Duke". The twelfth track "Say Its Alright Joe" was released on "And Then There Were Three?". The thirteenth track "The Lady Lies" was released on "And Then There Were Three?". The fourteenth track "Ripples (Pt. 2)" is an extract of a track released on "A Trick Of The Tail". The fifteenth track "In The Cage" was released on "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway". The sixteenth track "Slippermen" is a very short extract of a track released on "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway". The seventeenth track "Afterglow" was released on "Wind And Wuthering". The eighteenth track "Follow You, Follow Me" was released on "And Then There Were Three?". The nineteenth track "Dance On A Volcano" was released on "A Trick Of The Tail". The twentieth track "Los Endos" was released on "A Trick Of The Tail". The twenty-first track "I Know What I Like" was released on "Selling England By The Pound".

"Deep In The Motherlode" is the opening number. Genesis likes to begin shows with a song from the previous album than the one they're touring for. The opening lines of "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" provides a dramatic link to "Carpet Crawlers". Both "Squonk" and "One From The Vine" are effective pieces of dramatic musical narrative. But the weight of the show falls upon the "Duke" suite. It was a daring decision to play all of the new music in one set, "Behind The Lines", "Duchess", "Guide Vocal", "Turn It On Again" and ending with the instrumental "Duke's Travels" and the conclusion of the piece "Duke's End". Collins' dramatic sensibilities follow on "Say Its Alright Joe" and "The Lady Lies". After the "Ripples" fragment they play an old medley with "In The Cage" and ending with "Afterglow". The show proceeds with "Follow You, Follow Me" and comes to a great finale with "Dance On A Volcano" and "Los Endos" with the drum duet between Thompson and Collins. "I Know What I Like" is the encore that closes properly this live show.

Genesis always enjoyed playing in smaller venues in London. For instance, "Wind & Wuthering" was released in January 1977 with several shows at the Rainbow theatre. This venue also dictates the style of video made. Watching footage from the late 70's, it's apparent that the light show takes up as much interest and screen time as do the band. But this video has many more close ups of the band and the dramatic narrative of the music is much more emphasized.

Conclusion: "In London" is a great DVD despite some low quality of its sound and images. It has a very good selection of tracks that includes tracks from their last six studio albums until that moment. It has tracks from two albums of Gabriel's era, tracks from the two albums with Hackett era and tracks from their best two albums after the departure of those two members of the band. Sincerely, apart "Follow You Follow Me", that despite be a good track, it should never have been part of the musical catalog of Genesis but only be part of the musical solo career of Phil Collins, all the rest of the DVD is great, even the less progressive parts. So, if it wasn't due to some poor technical quality of the sound and images on the DVD, and I wouldn't have any kind of problems to rate it with 5 stars and considers it truly a masterpiece.

Prog is my Ferrari. Jem Godfrey (Frost*)

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