Genesis bootleg DVD

erik neuteboom wrote: Hello. I just noticed that the DVD Genesis Live has been reviewed, THIS IS A BOOTLEG, AN UNOFFICIALLY GENESIS DVD!!

If you are talking about the Genesis concert film done at Shepperton Studios in October 1973, I have a copy of that concert, and originally it wasn`t a bootleg. It was an ofiicial video, produced by Tony Stratton-Smith. The film starts with the credit "Tony Stratton-Smith presents Genesis in Concert". Maybe the copies available today are bootlegs, but the film was produced by the Charisma Records` boss. He also was their manager until mid 1973. I didn`t buy this DVD. It was given as a gift to me.

More details: http://www.genesis-movement.org

in the Videos section in the main menu. It was filmed in October 31, 1973. Some fragments of this video appear in the "Genesis- A History" VHS/Laser Disc  video which was released by Polygram Video in the U.S. and Virgin Video in England in 1991. I added this video to the Progarchives` Genesis Discography in 2005.

Thanks Erik. I'm not considering you as Inquisition!
So, I'm now uncertain whether it will be deleted or not, but in case it will, I copy my review
here for further use, hopefully:

Track listing
1. Watcher of the Skies
2. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
3. I Know What I Like
4. The Musical Box
5. Supper's Ready
6. Watcher of the Skies
7. The Musical Box
8. Watcher of the Skies
9. I Know What I Like
10. Firth of Fifth
11. Fragments of Supper's Ready

Tracks 1-5: 30-10-1973 Shepperton Studios, Borehamwood, UK
Tracks 6-7: 20-12-1973 Midnight Special - NBC Studios, Burbank, California, USA
Tracks 8-11: 20-04-1974 The Black Show - University Sports Arena, Montreal, Canada
Total Length 106 min.

6:06:40 AM EST, 4/5/2006
 —  This is a low-budget DVD (I paid 7 euros) capturing the classic Genesis in three different concerts. It is the Shepperton Studios material (tracks 1-5 to be exact) from October 1973 that makes it worth having, the two others have pretty low sound/picture quality - and besides that, are partly abridged in a terrible manner. Unfortunately that concerns most notably 'Firth of Fifth' filmed in Canada. Otherwise the song selection repeats the same titles as the Shepperton concert, which is no perfect either in picture clarity, but it serves its purpose well enough: this is a truly CLASSIC STUFF! This is how Gabriel-led Genesis show looked like in those old days of masks and costumes.
    It leaves no doubt that visually it all focuses on Gabriel and his acting. The rest of the band just plays in the background without even trying to gain attention. For example when the camera rarely shoots Banks leaning over his Mellotron, the picture could just as well be stuck in your DVD player. The directing & cutting also resembles an old art film like Nosferatu, especially the opening number 'Watcher of the Skies' in which our angel is wearing batwings and a cloak.
    And you surely know the other costumes too: Britannia in 'Moonlit Knight', a flower in 'Supper's Ready', the old man in the final section of 'Musical Box'... Another nice thing are Peter's intro speeches, especially before 'Supper's Ready'. Those who have heard Genesis Archive vol 1 know the story of Henry rubbing his body into grass etc... "To you this may mean Jerusalem Boogie but to the birds it meant that the supper was ready." Ha ha!
     Even with a poor technical quality it is obvious that any Genesis fan makes a good little investment with this rare stuff.