Genesis Live | ||||
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![]() cover picture by Bob Gruen | ||||
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Released | 20 July 1973 | |||
Recorded | 24 February 1973 at Free Trade Hall, Manchester ("Return of the Giant Hogweed") and 25 February 1973 at De Montfort Hall, Leicester | |||
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Length | 46:45 (1973) 1:07:33 (2009 reissue) | |||
Label | Charisma, Atlantic | |||
Producer | John Burns and Genesis | |||
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Genesis Live is the first live album from the English rock band Genesis, released on 20 July 1973 on Charisma Records. Initially recorded for radio broadcast on the American rock program King Biscuit Flower Hour, the album is formed from the recordings of shows at Free Trade Hall, Manchester and De Montfort Hall, Leicester in February 1973 during the band's tour supporting their fourth studio album Foxtrot (1972).
Genesis Live is the band's first album to enter the top 10 in the UK, reaching No. 9. Following its US release in 1974, it peaked at No. 105.