BBC Broadcasts

''BBC Broadcasts'' is a box set by the English rock band Genesis. It was released on 3 March 2023 by EMI Records.

Background

''BBC Broadcasts'' was announced on 12 January 2023. The set was curated by keyboardist Tony Banks and their longtime engineer and producer Nick Davis, who had also remastered the band's back catalogue for the ''Genesis 1970–1975'', ''Genesis 1976–1982'', and ''Genesis 1983–1998'' box sets in 2007 and 2008.

The album was released in two formats:

*5-CD edition featuring performances ranging from their 1970 lineup of Banks/Gabriel/Mayhew/Phillips/Rutherford to the 1998 tour with Ray Wilson as vocalist.
*A 3-LP edition collecting highlights from the full set.

The album marks the first release of the band's 1980 Lyceum Theatre (which includes the entire "Duke Suite") in an audio-only format; it had previously received a release in video format.

The concert movie from Wembley Stadium 1987, later also included in '' The Movie Box 1981–2007'', was filmed on July 2 and 3, whereas the broadcast in this set was recorded on July 4.

Additionally, it includes the first officially released live performances from Ray Wilson's tenure with the band (aside from the three acoustic performances on the " Not About Us" single).

"Shepherd", "Pacidy", and "Let Us Now Make Love" were previously released on ''Extra Tracks 1970–1975''. Those three tracks plus "Stagnation" had first appeared on '' Archive 1967–75''.

"Duke's Travels" and "Duke's End" had been released on '' Archive 2: 1976–1992'', while "Follow You Follow Me" is the same performance as on the original ''Three Sides Live'' album. Two more songs from the same show have been previously available on rather obscure releases: "Turn It On Again" on a US 12" promo and "The Lady Lies" on a UK flexidisc. The ''Genesis Archive'' versions of the latter song and "Ripples" were recorded on May 6, while "Deep in the Motherlode" and "One For The Vine" come from May 5 at Drury Lane.

Track listing

CD edition

Notes

** On the US edition on Rhino, the first two tracks are swapped, but the packaging does not reflect this, so the two tracks are mislabeled. The European edition on UMC does not have this problem.

*Tracks 1–3 recorded at Studio 4 of Maida Vale Studios in Maida Vale, London on 22 February 1970.
*Track 2 is erroneously co-credited to Phil Collins, who had not joined the band at that point
*Tracks 4–5 recorded live at the Paris Studios in London on 2 March 1972 during the ''Nursery Cryme'' tour.
*Tracks 6–10 recorded at Studio T1 of the Kensington House in Shepherd's Bush, London.
**Track 6 recorded 10 May 1971 during the ''Trespass'' tour.
**Tracks 7 and 9 recorded 9 January 1972 during the ''Nursery Cryme'' tour.
**Tracks 8 and 10 recorded 25 September 1972 during the ''Foxtrot'' tour.
*Track 11 recorded live at the Empire Pool in Wembley, London on 15 April 1975 during ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'' tour.

Notes
*Tracks 1–5 recorded live on 24 June 1978 during the '' And Then There Were Three'' tour.
*Tracks 6–8, 10-15 recorded live on 7 May 1980, and Track 9 recorded on 6 May 1980, during the ''Duke'' tour.

Notes
*Tracks 1–9 recorded live on 7 May 1980 during the ''Duke'' tour.
*Tracks 10–11 recorded live on 4 July 1987 during the ''Invisible Touch'' tour.

Notes
*Tracks 1–8 recorded live on 4 July 1987 during the ''Invisible Touch'' tour.
*Tracks 9–10 recorded live on 25 and 26 February 1998 during the '' Calling All Stations'' tour.

Notes
*All tracks recorded live on 2 August 1992 during the '' We Can't Dance'' tour.

LP edition

Notes
*Track 1 recorded live at the Paris Studios in London on 2 March 1972 during the ''Nursery Cryme'' tour.
*Track 2–4 recorded at Studio T1 of the Kensington House in Shepherd's Bush, London.
**Track 2 recorded 10 May 1971 during the ''Trespass'' tour.
**Track 3 and 4 recorded 9 January 1972 during the ''Nursery Cryme'' tour.

Notes
*Track 1 recorded at Studio T1 of the Kensington House in Shepherd's Bush, London on 25 September 1972 during the ''Foxtrot'' tour.
*Track 2 recorded live at the Empire Pool in Wembley, London on 15 April 1975 during ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'' tour.
*Track 3 and 4 recorded live on 7 May 1980 during the ''Duke'' tour.

Notes
*All tracks recorded live on 7 May 1980 during the ''Duke'' tour.

Notes
*All tracks recorded live on 7 May 1980 during the ''Duke'' tour.

Notes
*All tracks recorded live on 4 July 1987 during the ''Invisible Touch'' tour.

Notes
*Track 1 recorded live on 4 July 1987 during the ''Invisible Touch'' tour.
*Track 2 and 3 recorded live on 2 August 1992 during the ''We Can't Dance'' tour.

Personnel

* Tony Banks – keyboards, backing vocals (all tracks), co-lead vocals (disc 1, track 1)
*Mike Rutherford – bass, guitars, backing vocals (all tracks)
*Phil Collins – lead vocals (disc 2, 3, 5: all tracks, disc 4: tracks 1–8), drums, percussion (disc 1: tracks 4–11, disc 2: tracks 4–5, 9, 14–15, disc 4: tracks 2, 7–8), backing vocals (disc 1: tracks 4–11)
*Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute (disc 1: all tracks)
*Steve Hackett – guitars (disc 1: tracks 4–11)
*Daryl Stuermer – guitars, bass (disc 2, 3, 5: all tracks, disc 4: tracks 1–8)
*Chester Thompson – drums, percussion (disc 2, 3, 5: all tracks, disc 4: tracks 1–8)
*Anthony Phillips – guitars, backing vocals (disc 1: tracks 1–3)
* John Mayhew – drums, percussion (disc 1: tracks 1–3)
* Ray Wilson – lead vocals (disc 4: tracks 9–10)
*Nir Zidkyahu – drums, percussion (disc 4: tracks 9–10)
* Anthony Drennan – bass, guitars (disc 4: tracks 9–10)

Charts

References

{{Genesis

2023 compilation albums
Genesis (band) compilation albums
EMI Records compilation albums
BBC Radio recordings