Peter Gabriel and Genesis Live on Belgian TV in 1972: The Full Show

Here’s a rare treat for fans of ear­ly 70s pro­gres­sive rock: Peter Gabriel and Gen­e­sis togeth­er at the begin­ning of the band’s clas­sic peri­od, per­form­ing live on the Bel­gian TV show Pop Shop in March of 1972. The half-hour film cap­tures the group a lit­tle more than a year after Phil Collins and Steve Hack­ett joined, and before Gabriel start­ed dress­ing up in out­landish cos­tumes. The line­up includes Gabriel on flute, tam­bourine and lead vocals, Collins on drums and back­ing vocals, Hack­ett on lead gui­tar, Tony Banks on key­boards and rhythm gui­tar, and Michael Ruther­ford on bass and rhythm gui­tar. Here’s the setlist:

1. “The Foun­tain of Salmacis”
2. “Twi­light Ale­house”
3. “The Musi­cal Box”
4. “The Return of the Giant Hog­weed”

The songs are all from the 1971 album Nurs­ery Cryme, except “Twi­light Ale­house,” which the group had been per­form­ing live since 1970 but would­n’t release on an album until 1998, when the song was includ­ed in the boxed set Gen­e­sis Archive 1967–75. Gabriel co-found­ed Gen­e­sis in 1967 and left the band in 1975. Collins then took over on lead vocals.

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