Genesis' Seconds Out: Live in Paris, 1977

0:00It's April 30th, music news today starts now, AI powered and always on beat. Genesis dropped their live double album Seconds Out back in 1977, captured mostly over four nights at Paris's Palais des Sports. During the wind and weathering tour, with Phil Collins stepping up as frontman and Chester Thompson on drums, it blended epic prog classics like Suppers Ready and Firth of Fifth With, tighter tracks from a trick of the tale. Tony Banks, the band's keyboard wizard, revisited the album recently for its reissue 38 years later. He says some live cuts outshine the studio ones, especially Suppers Ready, where Phil's vocal shine and the band plays with real fluency. Fans often discovered Genesis through this record, treating those versions as definitive and a hit top 5 in the UK while cracking the US top. 50 big for their early American push. European crowds brought wild energy, chanting mysteriously during shows, way more reverend than polite UK audiences or chatty US ones.

1:04The album caught the band mid-transition, Steve Hackett bounced during mixing, shifting them to a trio, and live tweaks like Rockier in the Cage, or... Bill Buford's guest drum spot on the cinema show adapted to stage limits, no grand pianos back then. Paras Knights captured that raw vibe, from innovative verilights to carpacrawlers soaring as a fan favorite, bridging their underground prog routes. Before pop hits pulled in bigger crowds.