Making the album Mama

[@Penfold37250]

This is pure gold.

[@FelixWheatfield]

It's really cool watching how these songs that we now know really well develop and seeing and hearing the different stages they went to in (kinda) real time.

[@antster1983]

Exactly who Genesis were - just three blokes enjoying each other's company, writing, playing and performing together! (and goofing off with each other as well!) :o)

[@heathaze6088]

Wow, thanks for posting this. Amazing to see it come together. Also makes me sad that they can't do it again.

[@homebuiltindoorplane]

most fantastic thing Ive ever seen.

[@elishadrayton2041]

Thank you for this video you all work so hard on it

[@chrissylb100]

What a wonderful insight- early home video, priceless. Thx ;)

[@matthewhodgins5241]

@9:56 It's so interesting to hear the early stages of their hit song Island in The Sun!

[@evsxrk]

Though the official title of the album is Genesis, Tony, Mike and Phil themselves sometimes refer to it as the Mama album in interviews, perhaps because the song "Mama" was the most memorable track for them. In any case, I agree that it's a cool video.

[@MenwithHill]

Self-titled albums pretty much always get a nickname, it's way too confusing otherwise.

[@Skraboing649]

@@MenwithHill Indeed. Another Example is Metallica's "Metallica" album, more often known as The Black Album.

[@BodaciousWench]

@@MenwithHill Like Peter’s first three? Albums all called Peter Gabriel.

[@MenwithHill]

@@BodaciousWench Yeah, Wikipedia even gives a list on the disambiguation page

[@floridacomedyfan]

Wow. Everyone is as old then as I am now. What a mindblow.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Not for them.

[@DisasterPiece73]

Incredible. This is pure You Tube gold. Thanks for uploading!

[@minkofan]

Interesting bit of equipment trivia: Mike was apparently using the ARP Avatar guitar synthesiser at the time. He used the Roland GR 500 previously and I think Daryl Stuermer used an Avatar then.

[@TheCorrectAnswer56]

How cool would it be if they did something like this for one of the earlier albums - anything from Nursery Cryme through Wind & Wuthering. It would be awesome to see them working through those much more complex song structures. This is still great though!

[@annielandry4567]

Black Cap Baron there are a few on KZbin during the Selling England sessions. No visual however, just audio. Just type rare Genesis and you’ll find a few. There is also a series of early versions of pre 1975 songs you can hear as well. They are all titled “...tion”. Stagnation was one of them...

[@curlessmania4708]

So cool to see them working up home by the sea!! Great footage!

[@alencar5420]

Compression (intro) live by someone on the guitar (Mike Rutherford’s composition) or Don’t Let Her Steal your heart (intro) live (Phil Collins composition). Really Nice! ✌️

[@richardgoodwin5372]

Superb. Thanks for adding. I'm always fascinated to see how songs come together.

[@blackmarketbingo]

This is hilarious! Are you going to upload the rest? I'm dying to see it!

[@jatinderdevgun9093]

Fantastic to feel the band camaraderie

[@ajs41]

5:20 - a seminal moment, the start of Mama being composed.

[@andrel9961]

Amazing .Thank you.

[@lyticityl]

this is way to cool! glad he went for VHS over beta.

[@calebbartlett367]

I agree!! Phil knows his technology :P

[@kfsfkakf]

@AlternativoPT451 No Admittance is the making of We Can't Dance that appeared on the 2007 remaster of the album

[@eelcovvliet]

Yes definately home by the sea. I you get the Box set you can watch the complete movie with all the creation of the songs.

[@kamwrites]

Love this. Those guys are fun, I'll take all the BTS I can get.

[@jaggass]

the mama drum beat didn't sound like that in the final version. it was ran through an amplifier to get that powerful sound

[@MenwithHill]

I like how you can see the thing (Like HBTS) take form.

[@mootbooxle]

THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!

[@crnkmnky]

Well, of course Moot is a member of the tribe. ❤️

[@FirebrandVOCALS]

No gimmicks ... just pure talent

[@DWH072]

Wish there was more footage of Phil playing his Pearl kit, Didn’t stay with them too long (unfortunately)

[@wizzerwizly]

At 11:39 Phil Collins is as darling as I've ever hoped to see......

[@acoronab]

This is great

[@FrankZen]

Genesis Day 1... haha good one!

[@ozorg]

thx for sharing!! amazing footage!!

[@markjiannino5643]

I like how they start writing "Island in the sun" by weezer at 10:09

[@lincthomas7178]

NO, its a popular chord progression, you will find it in lots of songs

[@EthericDesktops]

Great stuff here, man.

[@Ron502008]

Phil is so proud of his new VHS. No,no, it's NOT beta.

[@richardcresswell340]

It was filmed in Surrey UK at the Farm Studios circa 1982 I think for the eponymously titled 1983 release from Genesis. By far from their best works albeit apart from Mama and Home by the Sea!

[@sturoc0]

Still using the old MXR Flanger Doubler even at this point in time !

[@jsghetler]

Lol people who think Genesis was phil’s project just need to watch this. It’s so much improv and collab.

[@eurochrissy2]

many thanks for the upload,very interesting documentary AlternativoPT451

[@minty_Joe]

Ladies and Gentlemen, as of the last week of March 2013, Part 1 through Part 5 of these videos will officially be 30 years old! Happy 30th Anniversary, Mama album! Too bad I was only 3 years old when this was released.

[@ajs41]

The newspaper headline at 3:08 dates this as Monday 7th March 1983, the day after the German election.

[@evilhomer2112]

1982 Gibson Chet Atkins Classic Electric...

[@scottharrison9083]

Magical time

[@daylightdisk]

It seems like everything fell into place at 13:24 wow.

[@deetgeluid]

"Let's buy a rack of 10 Neve EQ's." Daaaaaamn!

[@johnfearon5238]

Ah the old Pearl DLX Concert tom kit should of bought it when I had the chance customized with Gretsch fittings the owner was using the bass drum as a coffee table...lol

[@DWH072]

Who purchased it from Phil? I know Graham Collins owns it now. Thanks

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

At 8:10 I thought Gabriel had joined them in the st st studio. 😁

[@minty_Joe]

OMG! Where did you find this? It is a historical artifact.

[@starglider101]

Yes, Synclavier I

[@reneperez2126]

Hugh pagdham or something was a ubiquitous top producer back then

[@StevePrentice]

He and Michael McKean (of Spinal Tap) look and sound exactly the same.

[@jowlorenz9555]

@@StevePrentice Ha ! i made the same exact observation !

[@yournamehere7182]

10:00 Island In The Sun?

[@nocterbalbulus]

9.40 maybe they're working on Home by the sea?

[@eurochrissy2]

'No admittance' is on my channel -enjoy!

[@kingz4551]

Mama....you're taking away my last chance!

[@stpncal]

Hard to believe this is nearly 30 years ago

[@PearComputingDevices]

and then home by the sea...

[@kfsfkakf]

Could you upload No Admittance?

[@calebbartlett367]

yes this album was merely named Genesis not Mama!!

[@edwardhodgkinson8268]

We all know what was ment. Why call someone out over nothing? Let's just watch for the love of genesis.

[@crnkmnky]

@@edwardhodgkinson8268 self-titled albums always get nicknames. some fans call this The Shapes album, others call it The Mama album. some fans are so anal and think this is an error…

[@firstmusic00]

I'm sure a lot of people assume that Phil came up with the beat for "Mama" given his experience with drums and drum-machines....but it was actually Mike that was the brain-child.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

firstmusic00 albeit a fucked up drum pattern lol

[@crnkmnky]

@@Eleventhearlofmars yep, the kind that make for unique pop moments…

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@crnkmnky it certainly did on this one.

[@minty_Joe]

At 0:43-1:23, somebody name THAT guitar, please?

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Joe Gibson

[@calebbartlett367]

anyone know the song at 6:30??

[@ArnoGoldfinger]

It sounds like Silver Rainbow or even Second Home By The Sea over the drum track for Mama. To my ear it also sounds a lot like some of the keyboard parts on Peter Gabriel's 'Games Without Frontiers'.

[@g2macs]

14.22 .... birth of home by the sea p2.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

Was this on some Deluxe Version of the album or something?

[@Rondo2ooo]

3:5 is that a synclavier on the top?

[@BeeBumper]

Self titled album you mean

[@crnkmnky]

aka “Shapes” aka “the Mama Album” 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@brianadams5088]

Was that guitar tech playing Compressions, opening riff??

[@AlternativoPT451]

@GettingEmOutByFriday 2 more days and i will upload the rest

[@SuperJohnnyO]

This video is great for more than just the "behind-the-scenes" aspect. First off, Phil, Mike, and Tony didn't have a "look". They didn't dress like rock stars. Sweaters, T-shirts, and Rugby shirts! Just normal blokes! Second, what's for lunch? Not steak and lobster washed down with Cristal. Nope. Just a good ol' sandwich! Man. Not only were they awesome talents, they seemed like genuinely cool dudes who loved making music. You think Jay-Z or Kanye would eat a sandwich? No way. Spoiled brats.

[@AlternativoPT451]

@kfsfkakf I will try to upload and download

[@jowlorenz9555]

Dude producing looks and sounds like Nigel from spinal tap !

[@Bravemarbles]

Happy days

[@carl13220]

5:12 Illegal Alien

[@TheLastOilMan]

The Album is Genesis

[@PortofinoArts]

Simply titled Genesis, (the yellow one 😛)

[@Miniermotte]

11:40 - I'm done. My life is over.

[@dissyduster]

pure stiffer,,,,,,love it,,,,

[@AlternativoPT451]

@wilecuyote Yes

[@gabrules2003]

Phil Collins is a genius

[@AlternativoPT451]

@MikeyRB77 I will try to upload the rest in the next week.

[@wilecuyote]

wow! is Phil the one filming this?

[@jeffsimon9594]

Technically correct term is philming 😁

[@rennyminou]

Geoff at :28!

[@FLaiR791]

Where was this footage from exactly?

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

It was home movie filmed by Phil ( mainly) during recording sessions for the self titled Genesis album from 1983 and was filmed at the farm Surrey which was Genesis own recording studio which they’d acquired, I think, a year or two before.

[@TheSomsom3]

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU

[@richardcresswell340]

I like it but officially the album was titled Genesis!

[@jsghetler]

Ok and? The band calls it Mama actually. Just watch man.

[@antster1983]

4:50 Who else fancies bacon and sausage on toast? :o)

[@matthewv789]

It almost sounded like Mike was about to write a popular Weezer song years before Weezer actually wrote it. 🤣

[@lincthomas7178]

no, its a popular chord progression, you will it in lots of songs

[@firstmusic00]

This album was called "Genesis" not "Mama". "Mama" was a song from this album.

[@AlternativoPT451]

@kfsfkakf i didn´t understand

[@sirma202000]

yes it is. you were 50 when they built it

[@adamsasso1]

pffft, like Phil Collins would be using Betamax....

[@AZOffRoadster]

Ya see, that's where you guys went wrong, substituting a drum machine for Phil's organic drums. That's where things went to shit. Pop shit. Yeah, you did SOME good stuff.

[@Rondo2ooo]

Yaaawnnn

[@turnerthemanc]

The end sounds like a load of crap musicians trying to play home by the sea lol

[@TheLastOilMan]

they should be made to rerecord with a decent studio !

[@gregrogers9793]

of course there would have to be the usual comments of this album is not good,so tired of hearing this bullshit christ it did not end after 1975 or 1977

[@jkovert]

Fun video. Not a very good album, alas.

[@ajs41]

Except for Mama.

[@jkovert]

@@ajs41 Yes, "Mama," was ok, it portended a very dark, experimental album - unfortunately it was not to be.

[@MrCamelneck]

Phil "Squiggy" Collins definitely has "diarrhea of the mouth". He's the ultimate jabber jaws and he had to get on Mike and Tony's nerves. No wonder why all 3 of his wives have left him. All I can say is it is a good thing Mike and Tony are on the quite side or the three of them wouldn't be able to communicate.

[@guilhermemarques6364]

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