... or the story of the first overseas concert of Genesis and the first live audio recording captured by fans.
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| Pierre Vermandel |
The background. The title of this article is not a pun but what was said almost 40 years ago in Belgium, Brussels between Paul Andre and Pierre Vermandel (better known, the latter ; as Piero Kenroll ).
Piero Kenroll in 1965 created the "Club of the Eagles' (" Club des Aigles "), a youth organization," militaristic "and organized, founded with the goal to make known rock / pop Anglo-Saxon in Belgium. He pushes his group until it became a hotbed of pure, hard rockers and regularly go to support local groups who sing in English.
And later the club will organize their own concerts.
Piero Kenroll in 1965 created the "Club of the Eagles' (" Club des Aigles "), a youth organization," militaristic "and organized, founded with the goal to make known rock / pop Anglo-Saxon in Belgium. He pushes his group until it became a hotbed of pure, hard rockers and regularly go to support local groups who sing in English.
And later the club will organize their own concerts.
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| The Eagles Club - Piero Kenroll is the last right |
Peter intends to participate in the evolution of the Belgian public taste in musical. So try with testardagine and action-style "military" to raise awareness among the show organizers with impunity French singers who translate the original texts are only predators vulgar, unworthy of being acclaimed as "lookouts." Titanic undertaking that will not happen again without disagreements. In 1968, the band "the Defenders of Rock" will not hesitate to attack the Claude François Chatelet Festival making life impossible on stage. Nicoletta , another Belgian singer, who is in his first outdoor concert, will receive boxes of tomatoes that will fall ... literally from the stage. "Ariane et les 10-20" be so lucky. You will not receive tomatoes. "The militants of Rock" settle for their turn his back during his performance.
I have not spoken to Paul André . It 's the oldest of the gang and the pacifist group. Rather than show, Paul activates the necessary contacts with agencies show in London and Netherlands. Purpose: to come from foreign groups in Belgium .
I have not spoken to Paul André . It 's the oldest of the gang and the pacifist group. Rather than show, Paul activates the necessary contacts with agencies show in London and Netherlands. Purpose: to come from foreign groups in Belgium .
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| Paul André |
And so "the Club of the Eagles' organize the first UK rock concerts in Brussels, in particular with "Kinks" that the organizers will lead to Salle Régina . Paul will attend the tour of "Manfred Mann" and take the first contacts with "Pink Floyd" that will lead to Cheetah Club.
In October 1969, Paul and Pierre André Vermandel decide to join the agency to create Century . Paul is horrified to deal with financial problems. S 'take charge, therefore, the commercial and artistic. Vermandel Pierre, however, will contract, and payment of chachet organization of the tour. At the same time, Pierre becomes a journalist for the magazine Vermandel "Télé-Moustique" . His nom de guerre: Piero Kenroll . Create an address book, with the aim to defend his ideas. Thus was born "Hot Pop". By his criticism and his enthusiasm, this book will keep his loyal readers with the heart beating, every week.
With the support of Tele-Moustique his new reporter, Paul and Peter agree to hold rock concerts and small festivals with groups that have never gone before in Belgium. Piero gives its name to the event: "The Pop Hot Shows".
In October 1969, Paul and Pierre André Vermandel decide to join the agency to create Century . Paul is horrified to deal with financial problems. S 'take charge, therefore, the commercial and artistic. Vermandel Pierre, however, will contract, and payment of chachet organization of the tour. At the same time, Pierre becomes a journalist for the magazine Vermandel "Télé-Moustique" . His nom de guerre: Piero Kenroll . Create an address book, with the aim to defend his ideas. Thus was born "Hot Pop". By his criticism and his enthusiasm, this book will keep his loyal readers with the heart beating, every week.
With the support of Tele-Moustique his new reporter, Paul and Peter agree to hold rock concerts and small festivals with groups that have never gone before in Belgium. Piero gives its name to the event: "The Pop Hot Shows".
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Agency Century - Bruxselles  |
It will hold five. With Yes, East of Eden, Fynn Mc Cool, Wild Angels, Man, and The Cubby Blizzard, Ekseption, kleptomania, etc. ..
In January 1971 Peter speaks of Grombeer Philippe Paul. Philippe
Grombeer (future artistic director of the largest Belgian theaters) is a member of the Eagles Club, "and he rented on behalf of the administration communal farm in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (a suburb of Brussels) the "FERME V". space is not great, the interior is ancient, but who cares!
Kenroll Piero was fascinated by the music of Genesis style and voice of its lead singer, Peter Gabriel . insists, I contacted their London agency, the Terry King Associates , and meet their contractual terms.
The concert lineup:
Happy the Man
Stagnation
The Light
Twilight Alehouse
The Musical Box
The Knife
Going Out to Get You
In January 1971 Peter speaks of Grombeer Philippe Paul. Philippe
Grombeer (future artistic director of the largest Belgian theaters) is a member of the Eagles Club, "and he rented on behalf of the administration communal farm in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (a suburb of Brussels) the "FERME V". space is not great, the interior is ancient, but who cares!
Kenroll Piero was fascinated by the music of Genesis style and voice of its lead singer, Peter Gabriel . insists, I contacted their London agency, the Terry King Associates , and meet their contractual terms.
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| Peter Gabriel - Spring of 1971 |
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| The contract signed by TKA to bring the Genesis in Belgium - February 1971 |
- Paul Ready? I have a bombshell for you.
There is an unknown group called Genesis.
What? Gene &'re not, but Genesis, as the genesis in French. Yes of course English. You could not inform you if there is the possibility to have them for the "FERME V"? No one has heard of them and so I think that will cost a lot.
I assure you, I'm listening to their second album, it's really worth (note: Trespass).
Piero Kenroll he could always count on Paul André.
organize a move to Belgian TV to POP SHOP (Editor's note: This is the first Pop Shop and its successor of 1972, video that now seems "missing") , and succeed in a aggungere ' public exhibition nelll'azienda Agricultural FERME V, the first concert of Genesis outside England. From 7 to 9 March 1971, Genesis in Belgium. As head of programming rock farm FERME V, Piero Kenroll signing a contract with Terry King Associates 12,000 francs (equivalent to approximately € 600 today).
"Trespass" is dazzling Kenroll Piero, today announced the concert with a full-page photograph of the group on POP - HOT and there to write that the Genesis will be the star in the near future.
There is an unknown group called Genesis.
What? Gene &'re not, but Genesis, as the genesis in French. Yes of course English. You could not inform you if there is the possibility to have them for the "FERME V"? No one has heard of them and so I think that will cost a lot.
I assure you, I'm listening to their second album, it's really worth (note: Trespass).
Piero Kenroll he could always count on Paul André.
organize a move to Belgian TV to POP SHOP (Editor's note: This is the first Pop Shop and its successor of 1972, video that now seems "missing") , and succeed in a aggungere ' public exhibition nelll'azienda Agricultural FERME V, the first concert of Genesis outside England. From 7 to 9 March 1971, Genesis in Belgium. As head of programming rock farm FERME V, Piero Kenroll signing a contract with Terry King Associates 12,000 francs (equivalent to approximately € 600 today).
"Trespass" is dazzling Kenroll Piero, today announced the concert with a full-page photograph of the group on POP - HOT and there to write that the Genesis will be the star in the near future.
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| The article appeared under the heading of HOT POP Télé-Moustique, 1971 febbario |
The Charisma of Tony Stratton-Smith , also sends the brave Belgian organizers that biography of Genesis.
Meanwhile the farm FERME V ...
The still is in Anglo-Saxon "Farm" or "farm". Even in French-language means "farm."
The full name is "La Ferme Musschen Hof ter." This is a real farm that was in operation until 1960. The exact address is "n ¡2 Avenue Mounier, 1200 Brussels." Indeed Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is one of the 19 municipalities that form the entity in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
"Woluwe" is actually a small river flowing about 200 meters from the farm. Not long ago, the entire region around the farm was a huge swamp. Hundreds of different types of birds, animals and plants living in an incredible natural environment. Now it's just a nightmare of roads and buildings, with Brussels International Airport for a couple of miles away. An indescribable chaos.
But not around the FERME V.
Thanks to the efforts of a group of people in love with the place that forced the authorities to buy the farm around 1970. The municipality has established its there Cultural Center, which also meant a theater and concerts. The region around the farm has since become a protected reserve, where wild nature is preserved as it was in 1970.
Thanks to the efforts of a group of people in love with the place that forced the authorities to buy the farm around 1970. The municipality has established its there Cultural Center, which also meant a theater and concerts. The region around the farm has since become a protected reserve, where wild nature is preserved as it was in 1970.
The Genesis their arrival they are playing in the hall which was a few years before, the stable of the farm . Low ceiling with large beams held up as a kind of wooden beams and some lamps that lit the room. Those wooden beams will have their moment of glory when Peter Gabriel, The Knife in emphasis conclusive , able to give us a skull, I think, still remembers him well.
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| The guys in the room at the Ferme V, March 7, 1971 |
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| The entry of V FERME |
Happy the Man
Stagnation
The Light
Twilight Alehouse
The Musical Box
The Knife
Going Out to Get You
A look at the world of the early Genesis listening to the tape of this amateur recording (see: hogweed 12 by Genesis-Movement ).
The impression is of how good the band's sound. Despite the memories of what was little equipment and installations at the beginning of Genesis, and how often they were amateurish preparations and support of local promoters, this document reveals a better audio performance. Let us remember that they had lost Ant Phillips from about 10 months, Phil Collins had entered the group only 7 months and finally Steve Hackett Genesis was entered in about 50 days. So we could expect something very mediocre.
This is clear, however, in some passages, like the lines of Steve's guitar in Twilight Alehouse.
very interesting thing is that the lineup is very similar to the setlist that they played in the coming year. It started with Happy The Man and follow Stagnation, then Twilight Alehouse and The Musical Box (still in its embryonic development, with the middle section is identical to that recorded for the sessions at the 1971 BBC), The Knife and concludeno and Going Out to Get You .
The unexpected treasure, and unique, this recording is the performance of The Light, a song by Phil Collins that have never recorded in studio. Some elements of the track will reappear years later in The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway . It is instantly recognizable theme song, the music that became Lillywhite Lilith in the Lamb and the title of the song seems to anticipate the lyrics to Gabriel; "2 golden globes float into the room, and a blaze of white light, fills the air ". There is also a keyboard riff in the middle of The Light that emerge in Raven and the intro of the bass seems that echoes the intro "In the Cage" and "Back in NYC".
The impression is of how good the band's sound. Despite the memories of what was little equipment and installations at the beginning of Genesis, and how often they were amateurish preparations and support of local promoters, this document reveals a better audio performance. Let us remember that they had lost Ant Phillips from about 10 months, Phil Collins had entered the group only 7 months and finally Steve Hackett Genesis was entered in about 50 days. So we could expect something very mediocre.
This is clear, however, in some passages, like the lines of Steve's guitar in Twilight Alehouse.
very interesting thing is that the lineup is very similar to the setlist that they played in the coming year. It started with Happy The Man and follow Stagnation, then Twilight Alehouse and The Musical Box (still in its embryonic development, with the middle section is identical to that recorded for the sessions at the 1971 BBC), The Knife and concludeno and Going Out to Get You .
The unexpected treasure, and unique, this recording is the performance of The Light, a song by Phil Collins that have never recorded in studio. Some elements of the track will reappear years later in The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway . It is instantly recognizable theme song, the music that became Lillywhite Lilith in the Lamb and the title of the song seems to anticipate the lyrics to Gabriel; "2 golden globes float into the room, and a blaze of white light, fills the air ". There is also a keyboard riff in the middle of The Light that emerge in Raven and the intro of the bass seems that echoes the intro "In the Cage" and "Back in NYC".
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| The poster hanging on the door of FERME V. |
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