Three Sides Live

Infobox Album |
Name = Three Sides Live
Type = Live album
Artist = Genesis


Released = 1 June 1982
Recorded = Autumn 1981
Except: "Follow You Follow Me" and "One For The Vine": 1980, "Fountain Of Salmacis": 1978 and "It/Watcher Of The Skies": 1976
Genre = Rock, progressive rock
Length = 1:32:42
Label = Charisma, Virgin, Atlantic, Vertigo
Producer = Genesis
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:c69hs38ba3vg~T1 link]
Last album = "Abacab"
(1981)
This album = "Three Sides Live"
(1982)
Next album = "Genesis"
(1983)

"Three Sides Live" is the third live album by British band Genesis, released in 1982. It is also the title of its video equivalent.

History

The title for this album comes from the original North American LP release which contained three sides of live material from the band's 1981 tour in support of their album "Abacab", and a fourth side of studio tracks, three of which formed the British "3 X 3" EP and two B-sides from the sessions for their album "Duke". The international release featured a fourth live side of obscure performances recorded during previous tours. "Paperlate", itself from the "3 X 3" EP, became a Top 10 UK hit and a smaller US success.

Upon its mid-1982 release, "Three Sides Live" reached #2 in the UK and #10 in the US.

Like "Seconds Out", the live album which preceded it, "Three Sides Live" documents the end of another major period in the evolution of the band. As a concert band, the group is instrumentally at the top of its game, and the tracks are incredibly energetic renditions of the studio recordings. Focusing mostly on material from "Duke" and "Abacab," including large sections from "Duke"'s thematic song cycles, the third side contains what had become the centrepiece of their last few tours, the "Cage" . Replacing their previous centrepiece, "Supper's Ready", the "Cage" medley melded together the longer song "In the Cage" (off the "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" album), with an instrumental which combined motifs from "Cinema Show" and a changing set of melodies from "Wind & Wuthering" and "The Lamb". From here the song then slowly melds into "Afterglow", producing a medley which lasted over 15 minutes and served to satisfy many of the fans' wishes for older material in the live shows. As a compilation of many of Banks's most popular keyboard solos from the live shows, this medley, a staple of their shows for many years, encapsulates Genesis's strengths as a 'musicians' band. This album also includes many notable B-sides on the fourth side, and despite being a live album, "Three Sides Live" is considered essential Genesis by many fans.

While the 'fourth' studio side was only available on the American release (and is no longer issued in the US as part of the album), it contained five notable songs which didn't fit onto the "Duke" and "Abacab" albums. "Paperlate," which opens the fourth side, was an instant radio hit. "You Might Recall" is a song describing unrequited love. According to Tony Banks on the 2007 CD and DVD reissue of the "Abacab" album, "You Might Recall" was to appear on "Abacab", but Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegün suggested to the band to leave the track off in favour of the more bizarre "Who Dunnit?". The quirky "Me and Virgil" has a relaxed, almost country feel which allowed the group to explore rural family themes in a manner similar to Collins's solo track "The Roof is Leaking." "Evidence of Autumn" recreates the moods of the "Wind & Wuthering" days, and "Open Door" is a quiet ballad which hearkens back to the days of Collins's sparse vocal recordings like "More Fool Me."

In 1994, "Three Sides Live" was remastered and reissued with the international edition worldwide, with the US version being deleted. Four of the five additional studio selections from that out of print release would be issued in 2000 on the "" box set (all but Me And Virgil), and all five songs have since been included on the bonus disc of the "Genesis 1976-1982" box set.

Track listing

All songs by Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Mike Rutherford, except where noted.

ide one

#"Turn it on Again" – 5:16
#"Dodo" – 7:19
#"Abacab" – 8:47

ide two

#"Behind the Lines" – 5:26
#"Duchess" – 6:43
#"Me & Sarah Jane" (Tony Banks) – 5:59
#"Follow You, Follow Me" – 4:58

ide three

#"Misunderstanding" (Phil Collins) – 4:06
#"Medley-(In the Cage/The Cinema Show/The Colony of Slippermen)" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford) – 11:53
#"Afterglow" (Tony Banks) – 5:14

ide four

#"One for the Vine" (Tony Banks) – 11:04
#"The Fountain of Salmacis" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford) – 8:37
#"It/Watcher of the Skies" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford) – 7:22

* The North American edition of "Three Sides Live" had originally featured "Paperlate", "You Might Recall", "Me and Virgil", "Evidence of Autumn" and "Open Door" in the place of live performances of "One for the Vine", "The Fountain of Salmacis" and "It/Watcher of the Skies". The album was re-issued identically worldwide with the live performances in 1994.
* On some editions, "One for the Vine" is divided in two parts. As a result, there are mistakes in the tracklisting. Part two is listed as "The Fountain of Salmacis", but "The Fountain of Salmacis" is inserted on track 6, "It/Watcher of the Skies". In conclusion, the titles of tracks 4, 5 and 6 of disc 2 should be: "One for the Vine, Pt. 1" (5:03); "One for the Vine, Pt. 2" (6:00); "The Fountain of Salmacis/It/Watcher of the Skies" (15:59).

Personnel

*Tony Banks - keyboards, background vocals
*Phil Collins - vocals, drums, percussion
*Mike Rutherford - bass, guitar, background vocals

Additional personnel
*Daryl Stuermer - guitar, bass
*Chester Thompson - drums

It/Watcher of the Skies:
*Tony Banks - keyboards
*Phil Collins - vocals, drums
*Steve Hackett - guitar
*Mike Rutherford - bass, guitar

Additional personnel
*Bill Bruford - drums

Tour

Genesis toured in support of the Three Sides Live album in August and September 1982.

Setlist

#Dance On a Volcano
#Behind the Lines
#Follow You Follow Me*
#Dodo/Lurker*
#Abacab*
#Supper's Ready
#Misunderstanding
#No Reply At All
#Man On The Corner*
#Who Dunnit?*
#In the Cage
#The Cinema Show (closing section)/Riding the Scree (teaser)/Slippermen
#Afterglow
#Turn It On Again
#Drum Duet
#Los Endos

Encore:
#The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway/Watcher of the Skies (Intro and Outro)
#I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (second encore mainly on European leg)

Paperlate was played at some shows on the US leg. At shows in New York and L.A., Paperlate and No Reply at All featured the Earth Wind and Fire Horns.

Personnel

*Phil Collins - Lead Vocals, Drums, Percussion
*Tony Banks - Keyboards, Vocals, 12-String Acoustic Guitar
*Mike Rutherford - Electric Six and Twelve String Guitars, 12-string Acoustic Guitar, Bass guitar, bass pedals, vocals
*Daryl Stuermer - Guitars, Bass guitar*
*Chester Thompson - Drums, percussion