Lyceum Theatre, London

Because of the official release of this on the box set this one is now a deleted release. [wbeens]

After getting approval from a source close to the band, this is now back in circulation - and it's worth having because the quality is better than what's on the official DVD. Plus the documentary is great too!!! [LivingForever]

Great quality. Although the "numbers", the Liverpool documentary is in really great picture quality, very better than the GenesisMuseum anterior version. [ragnarock]

Well, absolutely an A+ an all levels. More of a Gabriel era fan myself. I nonetheless will dub this recording my favourite of all the Genesis live concerts!. Several reasons: Tony still calls Duke his favourite album and I feel as if this is the prime for the post-Gabriel band - not too commercial as yet. The "home town" Lyceum crowd (audible throughout, a definite plus for me with live recordings) charges up the lads, no question. Palpable energy here! The band is free and comfortable with everything in the set. Phil - while perhaps having a pop too many before taking stage on the night - is gloriously aggressive. The double drum playing - especially on Los Endos is as good as you'll hear anywhere. Love the slowed off tempos on Ripples and Crawlers. This one has amazing audio quality and the addition of stories and intros off the video make this a true triumph for Mike (Pool_of Tears), and SAB (EQ). If you are a first time collector, this is a MUST HAVE. Peace! [jrromman]

For the most part, by far the best recording and mastering I've heard of this gig - my only beef is that the mastertapes it was taken from have suffered a bit in places over the years: Squonk in particular, but also Behind The Lines through to Duke's End, and the final section of I Know What I Like, all wobble noticeably and in Squonk's case painfully so. Fortunately these tracks are all much better on As Good As Gold, so I've just made my own compilation of the two - the mastering isn't hugely different, just a bit less bass on the AGAG versions. The rest of the tracks on Perfect Lyceum are indeed 'perfect' - I much prefer the sound of them to The Lyceum Tapes 30th Anniversary Edition remaster (sorry TM). [FakePlasticDunk]

(also Say It's Alright Joe has a persistent interference noise on it - again, fortunately the version on As Good As Gold knocks the socks off it) [FakePlasticDunk]

Strange that no one commented that this version has a very noticeable high pitch (the tape runs fast), and weirder still that it wasn't corrected for release. That leaves The Lyceum Tapes the best version for me, as it has always been. (Didn't listen to As good as gold, but seeing the comments I don't think it's necessary. Thanks !) [itsover2u]

Best version of that show, full dynamics, good high-end, perfect L/R balance, intros taken from SOADT DVD, what more can I say??? [Gigio67]

At last the searching can stop - forget all other versions, this one is easily the best. [LivingForever]

Well, I have a few objections: OFTV still suffers from vinyl surface noises, DT/DE was surprisingly taken from "Musica" instead of using the available pre-FM version, and the intros from the DVD are mono only and quite hissy. By all means, the idea of this compilation is brilliant, but the result fell short of the increased expectations, IMO. Anyway, for the most part the SQ is great and that's no surprise at all, regarding the fact that AV and Dan Lore were involved. [tom]

It's not *perfect* because the sound quality of the intros are so obviously different from the songs, making it very obvious that they are taking from another source. That being said, the music sounds brilliant, beter than any other source of this show, and this is still one of the very best concerts they've ever done. Essential. [kaspergm]

Please read comments from "Perfect Lyceum," - applicable for both recordings. Peace! [jrromman]

Really great! It seems an official CD. [ragnarock]

Great upgrade from the Highland version. [legalbeagle]

One of my top 5 favorite recordings. This one really is fantastic. Despite the monaural quality of the intros, the songs are amazing quality. Those that are sourced Pre-FM of course. A must have! [duke23]

On the whole I think Perfect Lyceum is by far a better recording - fortunately, the tracks that are not so good on that are much better on this, namely: Squonk, Behind The Lines through to Duke's End, Say It's Alright Joe, and I Know What I Like. I've made myself a simple compilation of the two, which does the trick for me - better than The Lyceum Tapes 30th Anniversary Edition remaster (sorry TM). [FakePlasticDunk]

Recorded live at Lyceum Ballroom, London, 7th May 1980 (except One For The Vine: May 6). Source: Original master tapes courtesy of BBC London, except One For The Vine (2nd half): NBC "The Source Special" (Radio Show vinyl double LP) courtesy of GRaSP (Genesis Radio Show Project), spoken introductions: "Story Of Albert Day Two" (GMDVD01) courtesy of Genesismuseum.com. Audio Editing, Cedar Cambridge Restoration, Mixing, Mastering and Artwork: Tom Morgenstern, Liner Notes: David Dunnington, Illustrations: David Raphael. As the UK Duke tour drew to a close in May, Genesis played three incredible concerts at London venues: 5th at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; 6th and 7th at the Lyceum. All three shows were recorded to 24 track audio tapes by Genesis, the masters now being archived at their Farm studios. Edited sets were supplied to the BBC and to Capital Radio for broadcast. In addition, the two Lyceum dates were filmed by the BBC. These master recordings together produced a slow trickle of official bonus material and more significantly a rich and interesting broadcast history, which naturally in turn spawned a flood of highly popular bootleg releases. In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Duke tour, this product draws together the best available audiovisual sources of the London concerts to convey the magic of those live shows. The primary audio source is a fresh BBC transfer of their archive recording created for the December 1980 rebroadcast and provided to the Genesis Radio Show Project by a generous anonymous donor. Provision for the song One For The Vine which suffers speed problems on the BBC master is via a TM productions 24 bit digital transfer of an original NBC "Source" LP. Song introductions are taken from the mono video soundtracks, treated with simulated stereo. All is carefully restored with trademark TM techniques and blended seamlessly using 32 bit editing throughout. With focus firmly on audio restoration, this nevertheless seemed an unmissable opportunity to merge the body of video footage by way of additional bonus material. The DVD uses scenes from the multicam filming of 6th wherever an acceptable sync could be maintained and then utilizes the single cam from the 7th elsewhere. Exceptions are of course made for those passages which could be better covered by the superior pre-broadcast OGWT edit and for Ripples where video montage compilation techniques were used in lieu of missing footage. The DVD features audio which benefits from the full complement of detailed restoration work but comes with the caveat that the quality of the footage is limited to the best available copies, masters being inaccessible. Taken as a whole the idea of this synthesis is to recreate the intensity, drama and jubilation of those peak performances on the Duke tour. With a little concentration and perhaps some imagination, you will be transported back in time to experience the majesty of these awe inspiring concerts. (excerpts from liner notes by David Dunnington) The version we've always been waiting for. Just a tad better than all the rest (TM). [kaspergm]

These days, TM versions are the only ones I bother with as they are almost always better than the available alternatives. This show is no exception - a very nice job. I have knocked down my rating a bit due to some high frequency distortion evident on parts of this recording, but in all other respects it is terrific. [ca1ore]

No complaints at all. Great sound. Great editing and very nicely touched up. One For The Vine, being from a vinyl source, sounds fantastic. I couldn't detect any surface noises at all. Wonderful job on this whole project Tom! [Duke23]

I hate to be the only one sounding a note of dissent, but although I acknowledge the terrific amount and quality of the compilation work done on this, there's something about the audio mastering that doesn't do it for me - the Perfect Lyceum and As Good As Gold recordings both sound more alive and ballsy to my ears, as I remember the show being when I first had copies of it way back when it was the latest thing - I realise that mastering can be a very subjective thing, but to me it's as if the sound has been softened and somehow become less full. Sorry TM. [FakePlasticDunk]

Filmed from the side of Tony and Phil. Excellent quality and great camera work. [musicalbox_71]

Even though the footage quality is an A at best, the effort to make this DVD deserves a solid A+! [Jack_Floyd]

Thanks to TM alias Tom to create such a great Sounding DVD from the Earlier Genesis. I would say that its the best Complete Bootleg DVD avaibile from Genesis, only Knebworth 92 maybe could beat it... An A+ from me, what Else, ah and before I forget : Just a Tad better than all Others :D [chinwildchicken]

This was not an easy job. Fantastic effort Tom! [Duke23]

1st generation from BBC masters. Currently best version available Note: Some noise is present on all versions during SIAJ [Simon_Funnell]

Faultless, the world's best bootleg just got better. None of the versions contain any of Phil's stories or banter, making this more like a classic live album than a normal bootleg. Currently the best there is, it may be surpassed by FADE006, which will contain all the song intros taken from the DVD, but this will remain the best way to hear the BBC's master tapes and experience what would have been heard on the radio back in 1980. [LivingForever]

This is indeed an excellent recording and we are lucky to have it so easily available. However, even the best boots seem to have issues, and I noticed tape wow and flutter in the middle of the show. There's even a couple of changes in pitch -- momentary but audible. I'm being picky here, so I'd love to know if others hear the same thing. Otherwise it's still the best version I've heard of this show and I'd still recommend it. [VariousArtist]

The show is pitch bent upwards slightly just as the source tape was. I would have corrected it, but for whatever reason it was left unadjusted. Other than that, clear bordering on sterile. Would give it an A+ were it not for the speed issue. Still recommended though. [speedy]

Another great remaster from the BURP Project. This version is much better than the old Musica Bootleg which was pretty good too! But this remaster is much better!!! Thanks to Mark Bataitis for this nice remaster!!! [GedLynch]

It would seem that with this version some of the old problems with 'Musica' have been ironed out, Unfortunatly more seem to have been unearthed!!, The general recording has a 'swishy' sound to it, particularly during 'Squonk' where it sounds as if the original tape has been damaged or warped/stretched!, also the recording suffers a strange rattle during the high frequencies ie- Daryls Guitar!, sorry if this sounds picky, but i hope these issues will be addressed if FAde006 ever see's the light of day!. [BobBarnett]

I still prefer "Duke Side Live" and "Musica" to that one. Speeded up, high frequencies overboosted and that "swishy" and "fluttery" sound is absolutely annoying. The dynamic is superior to the other versions, but maybe the tapes got ruined by the years... such a loss :-( It's an "A+" that became "B+" just for the hypotetic value of the original tapes... I hope someone at the farm will officially release it with the video too. [Gigio67]

Now I prefer "As Good As Gold"... yep! [Gigio67]

Queued 20 hours for tickets.Jam packed,fantastic atmosphere,in my top 3 of Genesis gigs.Memory for me,was seeing the whole floor area pogoing in unison to The Knife. [Eppingen]

I rate this at A+ even though it's not *perfect* because this is as close as you ever get to perfect without being it. There are a few unimportant cracks, but a much better recording than the classical Musica, and the overall sound of this recording is pleasant to the extreme. [kaspergm]

it looks like the track order is all out of whack on this [squonkman]

The track order is the original order broadcast on the BBC Friday Rock Show, it was rearranged to make it 4 half-hour sections. [FakePlasticDunk]

except for Behind The Lines, which I suspect is just a typo [FakePlasticDunk]

Includes Say It's Alright Joe.

I think Say It's Alright Joe and all the intros on this CD are taken from the 6th May video. [doublebassy]

according to Dunnington, Say Its Alright Joe on this is from a 1991 BBC rebroadcast of this show [squonkman]

Good recording of this great tour. But, As Good As Gold is a huge upgrade from this one. [legalbeagle]

Filmed from one camera - Side of Tony and Phil

The quality is outstanding... when you can see something! Sadly the filming isn't too great all the way through, but then this was never intended to see the light of day on its own, rather as footage intercut with the other camera angles. Definitely worth having for the full audio soundtrack of the famous 7th May 1980 Lyceum show though, including the song intros! [LivingForever]

A must-have for all, especially for Phil fans... you can see on a sharp and clean NTSC almost 90% of his drumming job that night!!! [Gigio67]

And the better Fact for this Video is that Ripples isnt so much cutted like on the Other Proshot. The Other Shot has 3 Minutes Ripples and this here about 6minutes...:) [chinwildchicken]

This is a rare gem. Raw footage taken from a cameraman filming on stage left all night. Keyboard players and Drummers will love it for you get alot of Tony and Phil in action. Just remember this is raw footage. It is not intercut with anything else. Just enjoy it for what it is. I did! [duke23]

Soundtrack to the 2001 French rebroadcast of the OGWT show.

Digital Satellite -> MPEG -> VCD-R - From the French Canal Jimmy rebroadcast of the Old Grey Whistle Test Footage

Top of The Pops and Lyceum are superb quality (even if Top of The Pops does cut off the song before the chorus!!). The Liverpool documentary is less good, picture wise, but the sound is fine and it's well worth watching from an interest point of view. [LivingForever]

With such a good source why only a 352 x 240 video resolution and a squashy mp3 audio compression??? [Gigio67]

There's another 657mb 480 x 576 mpeg version circulating on the net with a stunning picture quality and a pretty mono audio; I haven't found it there listed, it's not the Canal Jimmy transfer, it has a "L" logo in the upper right corner. [Gigio67]

Really a great collection of 1980 videos. This is not a really abolute "A+", maybe "A" sometimes, but it has really a very limpid image when compared with anterior versions. Recomended. [ragnarock]

This film is better quality (digital all the way) on the GMDVD 1980-81 PCM edition DVD. [LivingForever]

This is actually not an audience recording but another pressing from the NBC Radio special "The Source". The quality is on par with "Revelatory Genesis" and "You'll Love Us Live". [jtpcg123]

Includes incorrect intro of 'Recorded Live At The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane' [Simon_Funnell]

An Eeklair High Rez 2LP rip
Pioneer Direct Drive Turntable > Audacity to capture > Adobe Audition for Speed Correction > Declicked w Click Repair > dithered to Redbook

Genesis - On Planet Rock - 1980-05-07 Lyceum Ballroom, London
(Digital FM Broadcast 19-10-2006)(DAVROS256).

Linage :- Digital Broadcast (Planet Rock) Pure Digital Reciever - Sony j940 Mini Disc-
Sony 80min Disc-Playback Sony MZ-NH1 Mini Disc - PC Hard Drive- Nero Wave Editor-
Wav - Tracks split - Traders Little Helper - Flac8 - SBE Checked - You.

Perhaps the all time ultimate Genesis recording. Wonderful quality, great set, lots of enthusiasm.

Transfer from vinyl

I got it first on a Philips cassette copy from vinyl... great boot... [Gigio67]

one of my first vinyl treasures--couldn't believe the quality back in the early 80s [squonkman]

This is a "fake" version of Musicissima. It contains Phil's song intro's and Say It's Alright Joe but they are from the video of the previous night. The overall effect isn't bad, but Musica is cleaner.

I believe this particular variation is my fault... Way back many moons ago before the advent of widespread CD Burners, I purchased a CD-R from a trader's website, which claimed to be better than Musica. I thought I'd check it out, and indeed it was very good (so I thought at the time!) The song intros and 'Joe' are from the video soundtrack of the previous night's video and therefore slightly worse quality. The CD-R came with no artwork so I decided to put some together - I called it 'Musicissima' and thought I was frightfully clever, not knowing that there actually was another, better CD out there with the same name. So, apologies. This CD was good at the time but has been surpassed by any number of other versions so don't bother with it, anyway. [LivingForever]

Lineage: Original X-Scuiz Quality Records pre-FM Vinyl LPs ---> audio-technica AT-LP60-USB Turntable ---> Audacity ----> .wav files ---> Goldwave --->Trader's Little Helper (Level 8) ---> FLAC files ---> Genesis Movement Torrents --->You

MPEG / DivX video.

Transfer from vinyl. Claims to be from The Theatre Royal - 04-May-80



My version not include 1975 songs [chiffi_argentina]

Audio copy of Video recording