Knebworth Park, Stevenage

The band's soundcheck and performance of The Lady Lies also f eatured in the BBCTV documentary Three Dates With Genesis [A Hewitt]

Same as the previously available pre-fm version, but without the commercials.



Really loved this recording despite some hiss and static on certain quiet parts. Recommended! [duke23]

These are 24/48k multichannel FLAC files. They are lossless files mainly for computer based surround playback.

Torrent Notes :

London Wavelength "The BBC Rock Hour" [show #35, 03.Sep.78; show #36, 10.Sep.78 - 2 reels] x 2 and London Wavelength "Best of the BBC Rock Hour" [show #304-A, 24.Jan.82 - LP] and BBC "In Concert" [show #180, CN3146, 1978 - LP]

Previously unreleased sources assembled in a continuous mix without hiss, noise, static, mechanical artifacts or advertisements using modern mastering techniques.

GENESIS
B.B.C. Rock Hour Specials #s 35 & 36:
London Wavelength Records
Recorded Live at Knebworth Festival: 24 June 1978
Original Airdate -
Part I (Show #35): - Tracks 1-13 - 3 September 1978
Part II (Show #36): - Tracks 14-27 - 10 September 1978

Lineage: Original BBC Transcription Services pre-FM 7" Reel-To-Reel Tapes ---> ??? ---> Phillips 80 Minute CDRs ---> Exact Audio Copy ----> .wav files ---> Goldwave ---> Trader's Little Helper (Level 8) ---> FLAC files ---> Genesis Movement Torrents --->You

Taken from Pre-FM reels

A very worthy upgrade over Highland's version. Fuller bass and treble make for stronger punch to a recording where the original mix was a little distant to begin with. [pablo]

Simply Fantastic. [Gigio67]

Excellent sound, but incomplete and with lots of annoying radio commercials. Maybe unedited pre-FM reels without commercials will one day do justice to this show. [mdekoning]

Huh? Unedited without commercials? Pre-FM sources would still have commercials (at least network ones). If you mean an unedited soundboard recording, then yeah, that would be great. [dvdgenesis]

Sounds A Bit ,hm, Hissy? This Hiss is a bit annoying, you eg hear it on Squonk. But all In All A must Have because of Fontain of Salmacis. It's a great Version. A Complete Soundboard of Knebworth would be the best :) [chinwildchicken]

From transcription discs. Some very light crackles at start.

Video: Still Photo
Audio: 4-channel Dolby Digital 640k
Audio: 4-channel DTS-MA 1536k
Source: CPLASTER

Claims to be Pre-FM. I'm not convinced.

Sounds Wooly in certain parts, noticably at the beginning of Deep In The Motherlode [fosco]

Great DVD! The 'In Concert' section is the best version of this video that I have watched. The audio in all sections is wonderful, really the best. Although some sections like 'Ranbow 1977' has not a reaaly good image, the sound is fantastic. Another great GMDVD! [ragnarock]

Absolutely the best transfer for "In Concert 1976" (look and sounds great), a worthy and little outsync Dallas 1977, a curious lo-q Rainbow short promos and a not-so-bad extracts from Knebworth. Another must-have GMDVD release. [Gigio67]

Rebroadcast by BBC Radio 6 Music on 26-Mar-02

Linage :- Pre-FM Lps - Project Record Deck With Ortofon Elektro stylus - Yamaha Reciever - Phono Leads Into PC Soundcard - Adobe Audition CC - Nero Wave Editor - Tracks split - Traders Little Helper - Flac8 - SBE Checked - You.

Broadcast Date 24-01-1982

WBCN Boston 104.1 FM BBC concert radio broadcast >
Sansui 8 reciever with wire antenna >
(tracks 1-6): unknown cassette recorder >
TDK-AD 90 minute master cassette (normal bias) >
played on tascam 112 into soundforge (wav) >
(tracks 7-13) unknown reel recorder @ 3.3/4 ips >
Maxell UD 35-90 master reel >
played on Teac X700R reel deck into soundforge (wav) >
(all) > flac (sb's aligned)

show #123, 08.Jun.80 - 1 reel

Torrent notes :

As far as I know, this unique reel has never been torrented before, but is nonetheless an important item to have available for fans of complete radio shows. Unfortunately, this reel has oxidized too much and suffers from limited high frequency response, despite attempts to restore it. With the reel's reduced fidelity, it didn't make sense to transfer to digital at 96/24 as I normally do, so this is presented as a 44.1/16 release with no mastering. Anyway, this version is probably better than what folks would've heard over the air back in the day.


Lineage: Reel --> TEAC A-4300SX --> Apogee Desktop Studio --> Apple MacBook Pro --> Adobe Audition Cleanup --> .WAV --> Adobe Audition Rendering --> FLAC

Nice upgrade from Highland

This release is Highland, but it is unusually good sounding for Highland. [assureaseggsiseggs]

The artwork only has the front cover. I don't think anyone made a back cover for it. [Kevin-L-]

I have the original boot and it has the typical Super Golden Radio Shows back cover with track listing (no 34) [squonkman]

Also includes bonus footage: German TV (5 minutes - including clips from Vienna Stadhalle and Ulm Summerfest) and Many Too May (alternate promo video). This is the 'trade only' EFDVD and is not available for download or vining - find someone who has it and make a trade (and a new friend!) [LivingForever]

The source for the main feature was a very low generation tape kindly supplied by Chris Davies - and it offers the best picture in terms of stability that we had come across, having none of the annoying dropouts that affect most versions of this. Hopefully you will not be fooled by the screenshot of the Dallas 77 clip from this DVD which is much worse quality than the rest of the film, I suspect the BBC did not have access to a particularly good master for that! The alternate Many Too Many video clip is the one as seen in the main feature, but with slightly better picture and redubbed sound from the Platinum Collection remix. The Vienna and Ulm clips extracted from a documentary about Phil Collins broadcast on German TV in 1996. Sources came from Chris Davies, Alan Hewitt and Dave Bowler, and the DVD was authored by Willem Beens with art from Azzy Artworks. [LivingForever]

Aired September 17th 1978 & September 24th 1978
WBCN / BBC Rock Hour FM Broadcast
Hezekiahx2 Reel to Reel Master @ 3 3/4 IPS
Transferred and Presented By Krw_co

LINEAGE BBC ROCK HOUR FM BROADCAST MASTER REEL TO REEL AT 3 3/4 IPS >TEAC A-7300 REEL TO REEL
(W/MANUAL AZIMUTH ADJUSTMENT)>CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER X-FI HD MODEL #SB1240 WAV(24/96KHZ)>
MAGIX AUDIO CLEANING LAB FOR KRW TRACK MARKS VOLUME ADJUSTMENT AND EDITS>WAV(24/96KHZ)>TLH FLAC 8

Documentry featuring clips from Mannheim, Leiden and Knebworth

Does a good job of collecting up the 1978 material (although only the live portions of the 'Three Dates' documentary are included.) Unfortunately, there is no real "jewel in the crown" as with the other GMDVD releases so it's one of my less played, but still worth having! [LivingForever]

A full audience recording of the Leiden show exists and will likely surface soon. [earlofgenesis]

Yes, Leiden (in audio) should be released either just prior or just after the Christmas holiday. [MB]

Nice 8mm Footage, although they are all dubbed with Squonk and One for the Vine. Sadly the Dortmund Footage seems to end with a Light Show of Los Endos, if the filmer would have waited a few minutes, we could have had footage from the Suppers Ready Encore. And if you try to dub some parts, you will notice that there is Footage from "Fontain of Salmacis", actually the only one known. I Hope that Someday a Video footage will appear from Knebworth or Vienna, Just like it happened with the Lyceum gig. :-) [chinwildchicken]

Same source as the other audience recording, but much closer to the master. Not nearly as muffled. Nice to hear the announcer for the missing child at the end ;-) [wbeens]

There is a pre-fm version of this gig which features 11 of the 14 tracks performed at the gig. [alanh]

Ahh, Knebworth... the memories. My first Genesis gig and what a spectacle! 120,000 people allwith one thing on their mind: Genesis! The show made a great impression on this 16 year old... I was "adopted" by a group of older fans fo the day and regaled with tales of previous tours etc...

Visually the gig was stunning and musically flawless with everyone playing to the best of their abilities. No quibbles over guitarists on this evening; Daryl did just fine! Phil's Vaudeville antics were more than compensated for by the musical excellence of the band! A gig that will always live in my memory [alanh]

More complete than above show

Sounds dark (high generation?) and taken from far away. [WBeens]