Genesis - Live in Cleveland - April 15th, 1976

Genesis
Venue: Music Hall
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Date: April 15th, 1976
Broadcast recording
Audio Quality: A

This is one of my favourite North American Trick tour shows. Captured on a fantastic stereo broadcast, the band are showing off on just about every song tonight, and despite some technical issues (such as the wrong tape being played during Supper's Ready for the 'we will rock you' bit), the musicianship is just outstanding. Some highlights are Fly on a Windshield having one of its best solos ever, Supper's Ready having perfect drumming, I Know What I Like having a fiery jam, and It being one of the most energetic versions out there. Phil holds up WAY better vocally than the first Cleveland show too, so overall, this is truly a great listen. The one issue is that no circulating copy of this show includes Entangled nor Squonk, but hey, most of the show is on here.

0:00 Dance on a Volcano
7:08 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
11:39 Fly on a Windshield
14:04 Broadway Melody of 1974
14:40 Carpet Crawlers
21:20 The Cinema Show
33:17 Robbery, Assault and Battery
40:06 White Mountain
47:44 Firth of Fifth
57:53 Supper's Ready
1:21:25 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
1:27:40 Los Endos
1:35:04 It
1:38:06 Watcher of the Skies

[tonymain]

Beautiful version of the Carpet Crawlers, Phil's singing is perfection, and the band is playing so tightly, bravo Genesis 👍😎

[altresjoe]

Genesis always sound better when Steve is upfront in the mix

[drj]

What a fantastic listen! So fresh sounds very much like what a very First gig with Bill at the kit might have sounded like!
It’s BRUFORDACIOUS.
I would like to think that they played all this stuff at these vigorous tempos.

[mbernier]

Very cool! Thank you for sharing it with us!

[MrTgrewell]

Wow, this has so many sparkling moments and I'm only just beginning Cinema Show!

[paulmchugh]

Great stuff ? Chester was there for decades ? But bill had a good few years ? 😂