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Summary: A great product, but could be a bit better
Review: A few years ago I was able to purchase a VHS copy of this concert, but my VCR liked Genesis also, so it ate the tape a while later; therefore, I was delighted when I discovered, about a month ago, when this Genesis show was put on Region 1 DVD back in late fall of last year. On the surface, the two DVD set is fairly impressive.
But there are a few things about both the content of the discs and the product packaging that are a bit confusing and, to an extent, misleading. First--and probably of most importance--is concerning the eight hours+ of concert footage. Because of the multiple camera angles, the concert may be viewed in up to sixteen different positions, with the concert itself being about two and a half hours long. However, before I knew the DVD of the show was available, the original (from 1993) VHS tape had behind-the-scenes footage of the concert, so I figured that the DVD had additional (eight hours+ worth of) behind-the-scenes footage--but the behind-the-scenes footage on the original tape was not included in the DVD set, though it should've been (and it's beyond me why it wasn't). There's some other stuff (one-sided interviews, a photo gallery, the original concert program, along with some other stuff I can't recall at the moment), but the supplemental stuff is of little value to me.
I'm just glad to have the concert back and in such an improved A/V format (and I must admit that switching between camera angles is pretty cool)! Secondly, I suppose I will complain about the packaging. Because of the eight hours+ worth of differing camera angle footage, the concert had to be cut in half, putting (roughly) the first 1 hour and 15 minutes of the concert on disc 1 and putting (roughly) the second 1 hour and 15 minutes of the concert on disc 2. But the setlist on the packaging does NOT discern the content split (from "Land Of Confusion" to "Jesus He Knows Me", then the "intermission", then from "Dreaming While You Sleep" to "Turn It On Again"); instead, the setlist displays the concert as if it were whole (like it was on the original VHS tape). Although I dislike having to switch discs to watch the concert in its entirety, overall, Genesis' "The Way We Walk" DVD is wonderful and I absolutely adore it; it focuses mainly on the band's music from the '80s and '90s instead of the '70s (aside from "Old Medley").
Yet, in terms of the physical DVD case, I would've preferred two single keep cases instead of a double-disc case, plus the discs are hard to remove from the case, because of the "Lift Here" top finger slot type of design used, which I don't like because a DVD is NOT supposed to be touched on its underside (aka the playing side of a single-side disc), so grasping the discs by their edges and freeing them from the case seems impossible, but if you have a bit of patience they can be removed without being scratched or damaged. (I love the DVD cases that have the two-part jewel post, which you just push down where it says Press Here and it releases its hold on a DVD's center ring.)
Video-quality wise: the concert looks fairly good, though some video compression had to be sacrificed so four hours+ worth of video could be on each disc. Both discs are dual-layer; consequently, the layer changing occurs during two songs, which pauses the songs for a second, but it's no big deal.
Audio-quality wise: the concert sounds fairly good (a bit weak) in standard two-channel mode, though the audio was remastered for 5.1-channel Dolby Digital surround sound, which makes the concert sound better (fuller, clearer) when down-mixed to stereo. The third audio track demenishes the concert sound to something coming out of an alarm clock radio, replacing the audio with a running commentary of performance/the overall show from Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Genesis' manager Tony Smith. The commentary is interesting and somewhat insightful, but since British people tend to speak quickly the comments from the four men aren't exceedingly understandable (plus it sounds as if where the guys were screening the concert to make the commentary wasn't a very good place to record their voices; also, with the commentary having been done in 201, the concert was then nine years old, so it seemed as if all four of them were trying hard to recollect their experiences of that November 1992 Earl's Court performance).
Still, overall, despite the few flaws it has, this is a great DVD set--a must have for hard-core fans and casual fans such as myself (being a hard-core Elton John fan instead).For those interested, here's a list of my A/V gear, which was used to evaluate the DVD set and to justify my review -- RCA 20" ColorTrax Plus television monitor (composite video I/O used)
Pioneer VSX-456 A/V Dolby Pro Logic Receiver, with equal (5-channel) 100-watt output
General Electrics GEDigital-1105P DVD player
Jensen PowerStation JP-1500 main-channel speakers with 15" woofers
Radio Shack brand 18-gauge speaker wire Room size: small bedroom - approx. 10x15'
Room acoustics: fairly "dead" (aka soft).
James Terhune
5/12/2003
Rating: 
Summary: The best concert dvd one could have in a collection!
Review: Despite the unbelievable price that Amazon wants, the quality of the DVD is amazing and Genesis did a fabulous job with this tour. The big screens are unbelievable and state of the art as usual. ... Amazon, you seriously need to fix your pricing!
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Summary: What happens when you get two sides together? AWESOME SHOW!!
Review: First, Genesis released The way we Walk - Volume I: the Shorts and The way we Walk - Volume II: the Longs, great live discs from the trio era. Now, they got both sides together, resulting in a fine concert, but unfortunately, the last one with Collins, so, it's worth for the great, excellent concert and the historical document of a band in top form playing their pop songs and their progressive pieces, both from the 70's and from the 80's. The Old Medley stuff simply rocks!!! Classics like Dance On A Volcano, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, The Musical Box, Firth Of Fifh, I Know What I Like, Follow You Follow Me, Illegal Alien, That's All, all together in an outstanding medley!! They also plays Driving The Last Spike, Fading Lights, Domino and Home By The Sea. The pop songs goes from Land Of Confusion, Turn It On Again, Invisible Touch through I Can't Dance, No Son Of Mine, Hold On My Heart, resuming, a fine concert (seems too repetitive, but it's true) that you can't miss in your collection, a real good looking in a fine moment from one of the best bands of the world!
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Summary: A genuine group
Review: Genesis has remained a group, in the most accurate definition of the word. Their unique history together and interesting story-songs, place Genesis into a world all their own, never to be equaled again. It's too bad they are officially no longer together. This concert (like previous Genesis shows) is awesome. Genesis has always put on "true" shows for the audience's entertainment.
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Summary: rock legend gone bad
Review: Genesis in 1976 put out a "Genesis in Concert" laser disc which I imagine is a DVD. This show is far better than this DVD. The medley did more to make the songs that made Genesis a rock band into one pathectic collage. Do not get this DVD as it is a waste of money.
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Summary: rock legend gone bad
Review: Genesis in 1976 put out a "Genesis in Concert" laser disc which I imagine is a DVD. This show is far better than this DVD. The medley did more to make the songs that made Genesis a rock band into one pathectic collage. Do not get this DVD as it is a waste of money.
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Summary: THIS NOT GENESIS THIS IS A JOKE!!!!!!
Review: GENESIS WAS STEVE HACKETT,PETER GABRIEL,TONY BANKS, MIKE RUTHERFORD AND.......PHIL COLLINS. THERE ARE TOO MANY BAD BRC(Banks/Rutherford/Collins)BAND SONGS ON HERE FROM BAD ALBUMS. WHERE ARE THE "FULL VERSIONS" OF THE SONGS THAT PUT GENESIS ON THE MAP AS A ROCK BAND?????WATCHER OF THE SKIES, FIRTH OF FIFTH, SUPPER'S READY, I KNOW WHAT I LIKE, IN THE CAGE? JESUS HE KNOWS ME AND THE REST OF THIS PATHETIC DVD IS TRASH!
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Summary: THIS NOT GENESIS THIS IS A JOKE!!!!!!
Review: GENESIS WAS STEVE HACKETT,PETER GABRIEL,TONY BANKS, MIKE RUTHERFORD AND.......PHIL COLLINS. THERE ARE TOO MANY BAD BRC(Banks/Rutherford/Collins)BAND SONGS ON HERE FROM BAD ALBUMS. WHERE ARE THE "FULL VERSIONS" OF THE SONGS THAT PUT GENESIS ON THE MAP AS A ROCK BAND?????WATCHER OF THE SKIES, FIRTH OF FIFTH, SUPPER'S READY, I KNOW WHAT I LIKE, IN THE CAGE? JESUS HE KNOWS ME AND THE REST OF THIS PATHETIC DVD IS TRASH!
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Summary: You haters...
Review: God, you guys are such idiots. Genesis has been awesome throughout its 30 years of existence. And Jesse or whatever your name was, Calling All Stations was the worse - and yet it was still good - album by Genesis. The Phil Collins era was the best thing to happen to the band despite some of the creativity Peter Gabriel had taken away by leaving, and the DVD proves it. GENESIS RULES, (...)
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Summary: superb and great..sound....!
Review: having received recently both "the wall" and this dvd i will conclude both are amazing dvd and are "must have" dvd.
i simply regret that this dvd has not the same 5.1 quality of mixing than "the wall "
Sound is superb nevertheless
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