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Three Sides Live

Three Sides Live is the third live album by the English rock band Genesis, released as a double album on 4 June 1982 on Charisma Records in the United Kingdom. It was released by Atlantic Records in the United States. After touring in support of their studio album Abacab ended in December 1981 the band entered an eight-month break in activity, during which they selected recordings from their previous tours for a live album. Three Sides Live includes recordings between 1976 and 1981; the UK edition contains additional live tracks on the fourth side of the double LP, while the original international edition featured tracks from their 1982 EP 3×3 and B-sides from Duke. Subsequent international reissues have adopted the UK track sequence.

For the concert film, see Three Sides Live (film).

Three Sides Live

4 June 1982

1976–1981 in various locations[1]

92:42

Three Sides Live received a mostly positive critical reception and was a commercial success, peaking at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 10 on the US Billboard 200, where it sold 500,000 copies. Its release coincided with the band's Three Sides Live concert film. It was remastered in 1994 and 2009, the latter for their Genesis Live 1973–2007 box set.

Background[edit]

In December 1981, Genesis wrapped their four-month tour of Europe and North America to support the release of their eleventh studio album, Abacab (1981). The band then entered an eight-month break in activity, during which they each pursued solo projects and selected recordings from their previous tours for inclusion on a new live album.[3] All editions of Three Sides Live contain recordings from their 1980 and 1981 tours across the first three sides.[1] The fourth side of the UK edition contains additional live tracks from 1976, 1978, and 1980, while the international edition contains tracks from the group's second EP 3×3 (1982) – "Paperlate", "You Might Recall", and "Me and Virgil" and two B-sides recorded during the sessions for Duke (1980) – "Open Door" and "Evidence of Autumn".[4]

 – drums, lead vocals

Phil Collins

 – keyboards, backing vocals

Tony Banks

 – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals

Mike Rutherford

 – guitar on "it."/"Watcher of the Skies"

Steve Hackett

Credits are adapted from the album's 1982 liner notes.[1]


Genesis


Additional musicians


Production

Reding, Mal (1982). . Mal Reding. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

"The Mal Reding Interview Archive - Genesis frontman Phil Collins talks Three Sides Live"

Notes


Citations


Interviews