Genesis - Stadthalle, Vienna, 28/08/1978 16mm HD

All the footage from Vienna 1978 show that still exist today as far as we know. Enjoy !

[@ikhnaton]

To answer a few questions: -This was filmed for Austrian TV, there's also a short interview that I removed as there was a problem with the audio. (I'll upload it later)-As far as I know, this is all the film from this show that remains today, but I could be wrong. (I hope) It's also impossible to know if they filmed the whole show or just some songs. -This video is straight from the original 16mm film, not from a broadcast source, that's why it looks great. -I'm not interested in getting money from this, or any other videos from my channel. Seeing people enjoying the video is the best possible reward for me.

[@DavidJones-lz4io]

You made all a little teary, including me of course! I went to Knebworth in 78, but this is incredible and wonderfully emotional. Top man ❤️❤️

[@SkelatorRevisited]

That is Awesome. For the Love of the Music !

[@alexparra2617]

Gracias master!

[@jonathanmilo]

All beautiful performances deserve to be heard, seen, and appreciated wide and far! Thank you

[@marecl]

WOW!! This video quality is AMAZING for 1978 technology!!! 🔥🔥🤯

[@WintersWar]

You've handed avid genesis fans a bag of gold here.

[@kellyzakis4500]

True that!!💕🎶✌️

[@pamelabublitz9312]

Virtuosic absolutely priceless 💯🕯❤️

[@rightnow144]

And Very good quality ❤

[@mikedenmark]

This is definitely priceless in every sense of the world ~ too bad it’s a montage with excerpts as opposed to complete tracks😔 But thanks for the upload anyhow; much appreciated 🙏

[@badrogue66]

My god , how great was Phil's voice here .

[@pellepop100]

Phil Collins is a frigging beast! World class drummer, world class singer, world class song writer. Thank you Phil for all the joy you’vre brought to the world since the late sixties!

[@matty2x302]

Obviously if you’re here watching this and reminiscing this is undoubtedly (in my opinion, mind you) the best “live” Genesis era that ever was 🎶!!!! This is the Phil we all love and know, he gave it 100% every night, year after year ❤️🎶

[@Agedminlit]

I was born in 1977. But my dying wish of heaven would be to be there to witness them make this awesomeness

[@moodyblue1964]

Utterly enthralling and such great quality. It's just like you can dissappear back to 1978 for 15 glorious minutes. You have made thousands upon thousands of Genesis fans very happy.

[@kbrewski1]

Since they never released any complete live concert video from the ATTWT tour, like they did for 76, 77, and 80 onwards, this is a treasure in this quality. All the other 78 clips I've seen are fuzzy and/or dark, and they aren't pro shot.

[@spiritof6663]

@@kbrewski1 I don't think there's any complete live concert video for the '76 and '77 tours. The "In Concert" film from 1976 only covers about 45 minutes of a two-hour show, and there's only a couple of professionally filmed 15-20 minute clips that survive from the "Wind And Wuthering" tour in '77. In fact, I don't there's any extant *complete* live video of a Genesis show until the Lyceum show from the "Duke" tour in 1980. A real shame!

[@kbrewski1]

@spiritof6663 Yes, I shouldn't have said "complete". Maybe "pro shot" instead. The 80 Lyceum video is fantastic.

[@spiritof6663]

​@@kbrewski1 "Duke" is the last of the Genesis albums I really like and yes, that Lyceum show was killer! I'm glad at least that one was completely filmed. I feel we're also fortunate to have gotten an hour of pro-shot footage from the "Selling England" tour from Shepperton, representing about half the show--and there's some decent 8mm film synced to audio for most of the rest. "The Lamb" remains the most grating black hole in terms of watchable film footage--just a few minutes of "In The Cage", a few minutes of "Counting Out Time" and one decent-looking 8mm sequence from Bern that has about 25 minutes on it. I've tried watching those fan recreations of the "Lamb" show that include all the available 8/16mm footage from the tour, but unfortunately most of it is very low quality.

[@cjguy7111]

The mirrors in full effect on the cage and especially afterglow...cutting edge in 1978...still looks awesome now...46 years later 👏👏👏👏

[@davidfinley7392]

It’s so nice to see the exquisite three guitar tapestry of “The Cinema Show” in action.

[@kbrewski1]

Yes. And I'm pretty sure 78 was the last tour they played the complete Cinema Show live.

[@phenixreturns]

1978 = big energy for Phil on drums with more toms than before and after

[@Joseph-v3c5c]

OMG!!! I want this whole show!! 💖

[@Cloocino123]

SENSATIONAL!! I was there! This was my first live concert in my life. I was mind bowed and from that day on an absolute Genesis fan. (I was just 17) Thank you for this wonderful movie

[@fherkenwood9431]

🙌🏼

[@bradhart6487]

That was such a treat, I can't even say. Getting to see Phil sing Cinema Show is just magic.

[@andynoakes5394]

Stunning! Shame that The Cinema Show ended when it did, Phil really cooks on this tune 😢

[@aMan-or9ij]

This is an amazing video. Cutting Cinema show where they did made me cry!

[@steve-0493]

Yh when Phils cookin on Cinema Show live era 76,u can hear that Brand X Nuclear Burn coming thru lol..he smokes the fuck outta that album!!🤣✌️🥃

[@aMan-or9ij]

Agree 10000000% Phil being heavily influenced by Billy Cobham. I've joked that he out Cobham's Cobham, though his playing is no joke. It's very tasty, and he grooves. Are you a drummer yourself? @@steve-0493

[@deanoelcapitanno]

Yep, I died a little when it cut off... still an amazing upload though 🙏🏼

[@greatpcfan]

I was holding my breath for him to start on the drums and then it got cut

[@markolodeon]

Wow, just wow. 15 minutes of the closest to what I think of as classic Genesis.

[@cjguy7111]

Closest we will ever get to the holy grail of Knebworth from this year Love it ❤

[@maxcohen13]

I can't get over how great the sound is on this.

[@gr.vo.3058]

Their live performances were absolutely magical!

[@plrhartman]

Priceless footage! The quality of video and audio held me spellbound for the entire 15 minutes. This is definitely peak Phil and it’s fascinating to see Darryl and Chester so early on in their Genesis live careers. I too was disappointed to miss out on the instrumental section of Cinema Show, but the closeup on Tony’s hands in the opening the Lamb more than makes up for it. Thanks so much for this wonderful gift.

[@alwayscurious413]

Simply amazing - very lucky to catch the Knebworth 78 show. This footage confirms that I wasn’t imagining how stunning the staging was.

[@KeithStinerTunes]

This is fantastic and sure brings back a lot of good memories of Genesis. The Seconds Out era was amazing. Thanks for the memories. 😊

[@xyz-md2mv]

This is post Seconds Out era, right after Steve Hackett left the band. Still great but sliping towards the end of real Genesis as we loved them, aiming to become moreover Phil Collins Pop Band.

[@garymock-o3s]

Saw this Genesis tour in ‘78 at Merriwether Post Pavillion in Maryland. My first Genesis concert! It was truely a spiritual experience. The vari-lights, spotlights, “smoke”, in conjunction with the giant hydraulic mirrors made this show totally mind blowing!! The music was magical! A night I vividly remember and will never forget!

[@BarryMSamuels]

I was at one of those shows too. 6th row left of center. Girl next to me was skeptical of my pre-show description of Genesis as the "best." After In the Cage she tapped me on the shoulder and says, "I've been to a lot concerts but have seen anything like THIS." Indeed, a great, great show. No Vari LItes. Those weren't invented until 1980, first anyone used them was Genesis on the Abacab tour.

[@67philipo]

They didn’t invent Vari Lites until the 81 tour, but this was still state of the art..

[@styven77]

I saw them in Hampton two days later!

[@mikesmith-zn9nj]

Phils voice !! Really strong and powerful but also gentle when it calls for it. Voice new and fresh. Lot of thrashing lay ahead ! ❤

[@imdv-ub7fb]

The A.T.T.W.T. tour...brilliant songs and brilliant playing. I feel that this line-up never performed a better tour than this one(I've seen all of them) and the Drumming by Chester and Phil, individually and together, was magical. Phil's singing was so confidently on and Tony, Mike and Daryl kept the show in vivid musical color.

[@kbrewski1]

You've seen every tour starting with Trespass?

[@imdv-ub7fb]

@@kbrewski1 My comment is slightly mis-leading; I've seen all of the "line-ups" not "tours". Regardless, I am quite familiar with the band and I am certain there are many other folks who are as well.

[@kbrewski1]

@imdv-ub7fb No need to be so defensive . I saw Genesis 10 times on 6 different tours. Imo, the Duke 1980 Tour had a better setlist overall and since it was a small theater Tour, it was very cool seeing them in an intimate 3000 seat old theater rather than a 15/20K arena. I didn't get to see the 78 Tour because they skipped my city unfortunately, but I've got many ROIOs. Imo, Steurmer was still learning how to play Hackett's guitar parts and was a bit rough at times in 78. I think he blended in more smoothly in 1980.

[@CoTeCiOtm]

​@@kbrewski1Daryl's guitar tone on the 1978 tour is abysmal, it's harsh and sharp with low gain and it sticks out like a sore thumb, it really didn't work well with the kind of textures Steve did originally. They REALLY improved on it with the years and the Duke tour was already sounding a lot better. I feel they peaked his guitar tone in 1992, but by that time he was mostly playing bass.

[@musicforkidz3318]

Amazing video of Genesis, pure magic, 78' the mirrors tour, 🤘

[@michaelkatz4675]

Mesmerizing. Thank you. Genesis is the best band ever to me.

[@davebellamy4867]

I wonder why Phil had the microphone so high in 1978. Like Lemmy!😂 He had Lemmy's hair back in 1977!😅🤣👍

[@mojohey]

A golden era while Collins was still doing the Gabriel era music... glorious.

[@Zerpersande]

Personally I wouldn’t call it the “Gabriel era”. Instead I would say it was a period of time when Gabriel was a part of the band. The fact that Gabriel left and Genesis still continued for another 25 years or more without him being part of the band says a lot about whether or not Gabriel was an essential part of Genesis. The first two albums after Gabriel left where the one is it a “cut my teeth on”. Were subtle changes between those two albums and the albums that came before but it was still very much the same kind of Genesis. For me the big change happened when Hackett left the band. I don’t know if it was simply because Hackett left or there was a shift toward more pop music that Collins, Banks, and Rutherford would have gravitated toward anyway. Regardless, there is no other bands like Genesis. Not a single one comes close. Of course that is a subjective opinion but for me it’s an opinion that has been honed from over 50 years of listening to the music of Genesis.

[@Neil_Peart_Covers]

Absolutely stunning. That footage of the first half of Cinema Show is a treasure, and all the work you've done is the greatest gift to Genesis fans!

[@davidbrugman2171]

Incredible. This group will go down in history ❤

[@michaelkatz4675]

Best group ever

[@2095yourstruly]

This is a treasure unearthed! Thank you! For this to come out after all these years.......

[@TheOrganist007]

i was there and 17 years old ❤❤❤❤❤

[@EleanorPeterson]

You never stop being 17 years old.🙂

[@kbrewski1]

At this particular concert in Vienna?

[@StephenAllenUK]

Me too, 18.

[@richt1583]

me too, although in Phila, PA first concert!

[@TheOrganist007]

@@kbrewski1yes

[@richarddavies8496]

Now, if I could go back in time it would be to the summer of 1978. Just a little bit young for me to have seen them. But this is an absolute treasure, all five of them were on fire.

[@CasualObserver-jx4zh]

Thanks for the squeaky clean video and sound. Seems easy for this to be lost. Thanks ❤

[@Barry-tl3ru]

Just found this ..beauty

[@santibanks]

The quality alone is just stunning, it is the first time I see footage from this tour where you get a real good impression of the light show and the colours on stage. Having Lamb/Musical box in here is great too, and the only video footage of the first half of Cinema Show with Phil (the 1976 footage only has the instrumental section)

[@tommykoch1]

Two days before this recording I saw Genesis at the Summertime Open Air in Ulm. A wonderful memory for me. True, I have never seen such a good film and sound recording of this tour. I'm absolutely thrilled.

[@kbrewski1]

Yes, no pro shot official video was really shot for this tour, except Knebworth in fuzzy quality. Any other clips I've seen are lousy amateur stuff. This is also the last tour Genesis played the complete Cinema Show afaik so this is a real nice find.

[@mattleppard1970]

The boys from Wham saw Genesis on this tour. They were massive fans. No joke 😊

[@rk41gator]

Sadly, it seems this is one of the (many) performances where the rotating mylar mirrors did not work properly. At our concert earlier in the year they were magical and the lighting dramatically spectacular. So well coordinated with the music. Find the drum duet and this video would be a testament to this tour's greatness. As it is......absolutely EPIC.

[@allen-rp3gm]

Having been a hardcore Genesis tape trader in the 80's it's especially wonderful to see what some of those old clips actually originally looked like before numerous analog copies bled out the images. And to see the complete raw footage is just mind-blowing! Thank you for all your fantastic work!

[@kbrewski1]

Had you seen shoddy VHS dupes of this one before? I've never seen it and I've been tracking down anything I could find re Genesis since VCRs were born!

[@allen-rp3gm]

@@kbrewski1 I have it somewhere on an old PAL VHS tape. The quality is awful from what I recall and I think it's b/w from the color being totally washed out.

[@cs0rpc]

It’s not just down to multiple generations of copies. The original TV broadcast would never have looked this good as there simply wasn’t a way to get the detail off of the film and onto a format that could distributed or broadcast into people’s home. Even if we had HD TVs back then.

[@El.hombre.petaca]

0:00 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Incomplete) 3:28 The Musical Box (Closing section) [Incomplete] 4:27 In The Cage (Incomplete) 6:00 The Cinema Show (1st part) [Incomplete] 11:36 Afterglow (Incomplete) Greetings from Mar del plata, Argentina!

[@kbrewski1]

In the Cage and Afterglow are also partial, not complete.

[@El.hombre.petaca]

@@kbrewski1 I forgotted to put it in the comment, Thanks for remind!

[@TimesNewDerp]

Was not ready for this. Absolutely mind blowing!

[@Agedminlit]

I so wish I could time travel and go back and be there to hear this. Incredible

[@stuarthecht8196]

Brilliant!! This comes just after my favorite Genesis era which lasted for only two studio albums and one live album: post-Gabriel with Steve Hackett. Here, rhe last great proggy Genesis album, Duke, was still to come.

[@SkelatorRevisited]

Probably the Best footage I have seen from the 1978 Mirror Tour. Stunning, Magical. Makes me pray the master tape of show will emerge as buried treasure.

[@gabbleratchet1890]

This is absolute gold. The moment when Mike looks at Darryl in Cinema Show is hilarious.

[@dirkdodd4723]

Thanks for posting; this brings back memories. First time seeing Genesis live was this tour, July 29, Madison Sq. Garden, NYC (...Peter Gabriel joined his former band mates on stage that night for the encore: I Know What I Like. Place went crazy!) I'll echo the sentiments already expressed re Cinema Show--just as it was getting to (arguably) the best part...down it goes. That song of theirs, live, start-to-finish is tremendous; a true concert highlight. Other than that criticism--of Austrian TV?--this was terrific. Find the remaining footage!!

[@sluggo3slug]

fantastic quality! It feels like it could have been recorded yesterday

[@SLoparco]

We NEED that whole show....!

[@jimw6659]

Wonderful work, as always! If only the official channels cared as much with what they put out... Thanks for sharing!

[@ian-nz-2000]

"Seeing people enjoying the video is the best possible reward for me" - you may not be able to see me, but I certainly enjoyed it! There's not much decent quality film or video of them from their peak years and this is the best I have seen, great job.

[@jkorshak]

For my tastes Steve Hackett's tenure comprises Genesis' best period, but this tour is still very powerful and this a great performance. Cheers to the filmmaker(s), sound engineer(s), and Genesis, and thanks for the upload.

[@stupask3834]

I have never seen this footage before. Great quality, superb. Thank you : )

[@jeanschnur-yenchik6097]

Priceless for sure ! I only wish it was the full songs !, God was Phil gorgeous back then !! My my my !!❤️❤️❤️🤘🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@JohnnyFontane528]

Arguably the Mirrors Tour was their best! Damn shame the whole thing wasn’t filmed

[@geraldmellon740]

Unbelievable. I thought they were the best when I first heard them 1978 and I still hold to that today.

[@kbrewski1]

I'll take the 76, 77 and 80 Tours, but this was cool stuff.

[@tashajaynortashadayangblue7460]

wow, thanks for this beautiful peace of history 🥰

[@gerardmcarthur1706]

And I would search everywhere! Is there a better soul wrenching performance anywhere else In music? Singing for his very soul!!

[@dom128uk]

Fantastic footage , thanks for uploading , been a fan since 1976 and seen them all over the world , no one could touch them when they were at their best in the 70’s , not even The Floyd and that’s saying something! If you haven’t heard them before, listen to A Trick of the tail and Wind and Wuthering which for me are their best albums ❤

[@leolopez_0728]

A 24K (that's karat Gold) finding, thanks for posting!

[@markthomas9706]

Fab band at the top of their powers! Thanks for sharing this.

[@Darrin.Crawford]

Absolute GOLD! Thank you ever so much for sharing this!

[@dariogutierrez6902]

Esta banda tenía la particularidad ....en vivo, los arreglos y el sonido eran impecable, hasta llegaba a una puesta en escena excelente y las combinaciones y enganches que hicieron con algunas canciones en vivo, fueron un deleite para los oidos exigentes. Una ecuación perfecta de músicos y compositores que hicieron que Génesis quedara grabado en la roca de la montaña más alta en la élite mundial de la música...... Lástima que nunca pudieron tocar en Argentina

[@spiritof6663]

Wow, this is remastered so well it looks like it was filmed yesterday! Amazing! It's too bad the whole show isn't here, especially the second half of "Cinema Show". But I was mesmerized by what is here.

[@marecl]

🔥🤯BLOWN AWAY! This is JUST MAGNIFICENT!🌠💫 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Huge thanks to you & the remastering team for this jewel 🔥💖🌠

[@pasi8800]

You and the rest of the Genesis Museum are a gift that keeps on giving! Once again, thank you for these wonderful recordings ❤

[@carpetcrawler79]

Wow just so beatutiful. Thank you ❤

[@vidalavarc69]

Genesis forever! Gracias, grazie, merci, vielen dank, thank you and all that kind of things!🥰

[@JoJo65654]

This was a surprise! Too bad there aren't many close ups on Phil and the other guys, but its still a nostalgic treat. I hope that many fans find this like i did.

[@davebellamy4867]

Could this wonderful Cinema Show footage be joined to the second half of Cinema Show and Afterglow as a song pair? Someone has done it but not with this much higher definition footage. Though the audio on the other montage is different (probably Chicago 13 October 1978). The 8mm film of the end of Afterglow with the lights from the back is awesome.

[@tomoflaherty3638]

Amazing. Puts you right on stage with them.

[@StephenAllenUK]

Brilliant - thanks for posting. I was at this concert. I got tickets while I was studying German at Vienna Uni in the summer holidays on 1978.

[@SOLOLULA2]

Esto es una obra maravillosa. Que nitidez. En imagen y Sonido. Esto es maravilloso. Y pensar que Phil Collins contaba en ese momento, con 27 cumplidos, en enero de ese mismo año. Con toda la frescura de su juventud. Tony Banks tenía 28. Mike Rutherford contaba con 27, pero en octubre cumpliría 28. Daryl Stuermer aun tenía 25, pero en noviembre de ese año cumpliría los 26. Y a Chester Thompson, le faltaban pocos meses, para cumplir los 30. Siempre juntos. No era una agrupación más. Ellos eran Una verdadera familia. GENESIS BAND!!! GENESIS FAMILY!!! FOREVER FOREVER FOREVER!!! 🎶🎵🎶🎵🙌🙌🙌🙌💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@owenpavey]

You really really really need to add a £Superthanks button here because had this been on the 2007 SACD DVD extras i would have been chuffed. Putting aside the performance,this may well have been one of the first tours where computer technology was used,in this case to operate the 6 mirrors above the stage. In the cage and Afterglow look tame my modern standards of course but as with the first use of vari-lites for the Abacab tour this must have been a mind-blowing experience in 1978.

[@john8451]

It was! 😁

[@bent2]

Didn't know that they played The lamb lies down... during this tour. That was nice to see and hear 🎸

[@killianlpc]

Wow super upload brilliant restoration and sound quality. I saw that tour and this was just like being back there. The power of Afterglow outro is superb.

[@davidhaley1440]

Holy frak! I'm so glad this much of this film survived, and i sure hope someone uploads the whole entire thing some day. Thank you!

[@geekymusicdude]

FIRST!!! LETS GOOOOOO VIENNA BABYYY Seriously, this looks amazing! Obviously waaayyy better than that crappy old VHS copy we've had for years. Timestamps: 0:00 Crowd cheering 0:08 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 3:29 The Musical Box 4:28 In the Cage 6:03 The Cinema Show 11:35 Afterglow

[@debbiekelley7899]

Love seeing Phil's kit from this period with the extra rack tom

[@aMan-or9ij]

Best I know he used 8x6, 10x8, 12x8, 13x9, 14x14, and 15x14 up top, and 16x16 and 18x16 Premier 'Natural Birch' concert toms on the Mirrors tour, though not positive he played 6 up top for the entire tour. I really wish there was an overhead shot, or a good reflection in the mirror to tell. His bass drum was 22x14.

[@markvandenberg4606]

Wow, what a gem! The AV quality is outstanding. Thank you for posting this.

[@marguskiis7711]

Finally a proper footage with mirrors from this tour!

[@NS9213]

Thank You! For posting this incredible set of classic Genesis songs! Cinema Show is Stunning, and the way Phil sings it is so dramatic!! This was Genesis at the top of their game!! Bravo!

[@jerardnorgren3411]

Phil's voice takes it to another level.

[@simonlenney7537]

15 minutes of pure nostalgia and magic. Thank you for this 👏👏👏👏

[@kevinboakes1916]

Quite amazing like a time machine taking us back back back

[@VincentDepretre]

Avro 65 anni tra 2 mesi ho visto genesis in live 2 volte e un gruppo legendario grazie per la video

[@Piwork69]

Wow best footage from 78 so far.

[@SuperJohnnyO]

I'm loving "Romeo's" cockney accent @8:01! Phil is such a gem!

[@sluggo3slug]

yes I noticed it too, haha

[@davebellamy4867]

The expression! Phil becomes Rodney or Del Boy at that point!😂

[@philippemuratore8576]

Fantastique groupe !!! MAGNIFIQUE musique !!!! Je ne m en lasse pas depuis 47 ans !!! Vu en 1978 à Clermont Ferrand , INOUBLIABLE

[@triumphant7569]

I always wondered when Phil used a 9 pc drum kit vs his standard 8 pc...great stuff!!

[@brettmillering1394]

The visual and audio quality is astounding!!! Thanks for sharing this rare gem!!!

[@FukiMakai]

First time Tony Banks played The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in the Yamaha CP-70, as well as the first time he plays it on other instrument than RMI Electrapiano in concert (and acoustic piano in the studio version)

[@jeffvanschoyck7534]

That is a miracle clip! The quality and access the person had that shot that leads me to believe someone within the camp took it. Please find video of a whole show from that era!

[@kbrewski1]

Yes, the side footage, had to be crew or someone given permission to shoot some footage for a documentary.

[@davebellamy4867]

Sublime Cinema Show.❤❤❤❤❤

[@SwampEye1]

Tony knocked out so many great melodies and harmonies, later on he wrote great riffs and vamps

[@patrickr.452]

! Incredible, I was completely mesmerized! Hopefully someday we'll get to see this entire concert. Thank you!

[@pcbassy9404]

The 16mm footage is awesome, what a difference to the usual. Thank you!

[@thierryhenaut6986]

Merci Thomas.

[@staunstrup8772]

Thanks so much for sharing. I was at the Gothenburg gig of the tour, and this is really a trip down memory lane. Powerful versions of their best material.

[@bobking7311]

Yet another MASSIVE contribution by you @ikhnaton!!! Please make sure this gets shared on the Movement as it's SO MUCH better than the video in the GMDVD collection....

[@grendeldj1015]

Wow. This is stunning footage I had no idea existed. Thanks for sharing!

[@dominiquehervault2799]

Merci pour la mise à disposition de ce document " rare" . Pour ma part, je les ai vu sur ce tour là, en juin , en France . Son " top" . Bravo , mais trop court !!!