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PRRP014-GENESIS
BRUSH BACK YOUR HAIR
Apr 16, 1974 (Ford Auditorium - Detroit, Michigan)

1-1. Watcher Of The Skies 5:16
1-2. Story Of Britannia 2:05
1-3. The Nick And Michael Sketch 2:36
1-4. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 8:55
1-5. Story Of Romeo And Juliet 2:28
1-6. The Cinema Show 11:41
1-7. I Know What I Like 6:13
1-8. Story Of Five Dead Bodies 2:12
1-9. Firth Of Fifth 10:19

2-1. Story Of Henry and Cynthia 2:11
2-2. The Musical Box 11:35
2-3. Horizons 2:26
2-4. Story Of Old Michael 4:09
2-5. Supper's Ready 24:35

Genesis
Peter Gabriel - Lead Vocals, Flute and Percussion
Tony Banks - Keyboards, Guitars and Backing Vocals
Mike Rutherford - Bass Guitars, Guitars and Backing Vocals
Steve Hackett - Lead Guitars
Phil Collins - Drums, Percussion and Backing Vocals

"An Eventful Evening"
Genesis was on a roll. They were in the middle of the �Black Show� leg of the Selling
England by the Pound Tour. This trip had begun on March 1st in New Jersey, taking them to
Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City and Detroit before moving on to Canada. The present
performance features the band�s stop in Detroit, one that would be quite memorable for
musicians and audience alike. The Motor City was always a prominent stop for all progressive
rock bands of the time. In fact, the city had hosted the band Yes just 6 weeks earlier; a show
that we at PRRP featured in release #013. Genesis were quite eager to make their mark there as
well.

Unfortunately for the band, many problems occurred during the show. Equipment failure
for one thing became a major problem for the guys that night. But Genesis was used to equipment
problems, so Peter Gabriel was experienced in the art of improvising and joking around with the
audience. In fact, there is good evidence that the telling of stories between songs originated
as a way to allow time for equipment warm ups and tuning and the correction of problems. The
stories would reach unparalleled length that night in Detroit! Right after the telling of the
Story of Brittania a buzz started to emanate from Mike Rutherbord�s equipment which prompted
Peter�s improvisation narration of the �Nick The Roadie And Michael The Bass Guitarist Sketch�

As Nick and Mike frantically tried to remove the offending sound, Peter made their
job even more difficult but providing the audience with a very amusing play-by-play. Gabriel
was just about to direct Phil Collins in the renowned �One-Handed Drum Solo� to buy some more
time but this was not necessary as the buzz was just then dismissed. Equipment failure would
keep on plaguing the band throughout the entire show, but the most disturbing event of the
evening came in the form of a very rude verbal attack from a member of the audience. In the
middle of the Story Of Henry And Cynthia, someone shouts out �your mother eats shit, shut the
fuck up�. Always quick witted and unflustered, Peter calmly assures the man that his mother
does no such thing. Then, Phil suggests that the gentleman find the nearest bar if he wants to
continue such behaviour. To this point in their career, this was probably the most inappropriate
audience behavior the band had ever faced.

Fortunately for the rest of the audience, and ultimately for us, this incident, in
addition to all the equipment problems, did not seem to disrupt the band�s concentration.
Genesis offered a stellar performance of each and every song that night. The set was well known
by this time in the tour and therefore the timing and cohesiveness were quite remarkable. So
enjoy this wonderful show. It is somewhat unusual for its many problems, but certainly note
worthy for its performance quality.

Notes from the Re-Master

This show was taken from two second generation cassette tapes of good quality. Viable music
signal was found up to 10,000 Hz. Highs are crisp and clear as evidenced by the tonality of the
flute and small cymbals during Firth Of Fifth as well as the small cymbals used during The
Musical Box. A tape flip gap of over 70 seconds was found in The Musical Box. This was patched
to provide a complete song. Another gap was found in I Know What I Like and also needed a patch.
The first tape ended in the middle of Supper�s Ready but tape two had the complete song which
was grafted onto the rest of the show.

The general noise level of hiss was moderate but there was also a separate rolling
hiss which varied in volume and also needed to be reduced. A combination of techniques was used
to address both of these problems and reduce the level of noise to an acceptable level.
Unfortunately for the band, the show was marred by a number of technical problems. After
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight a buzz develops. This was left in the final version of this
show because Peter Gabriel comments on the buzz and this leads to the �Nick And Mike Sketch�
which we labeled Track 3. When it recurs, it was diminished as much as possible. Intermittently,
the left channel lost volume and needed correction. Tonality within the left channel also
needed to be corrected within these low volume sections. Occasional pops and short drop-outs
were fixed and applause was lengthened at the end of some sections.

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