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Anybody seen a comprehensive review of the Encore Series? I would appreciate hearing from members who own a collectors box. As a man of modest means, please specify ?must own? performances. I currently own two, and recently ordered two more. Holmdel, NJ (06.20.03) has a scorching performance of Shock the Monkey and contains The Tower that Ate People. I do not recall why I ordered that one. My friend attended Clarkston, MI (06.29.03). Reportedly, Peter played an acoustic version of Here Comes the Flood during technical difficulties stopped Solsbury Hill. My second purchase was Hamburg, DE (19/06/07). In a quick comparison of set lists, this one seemed to have the best. Additionally, Tony?s Tour Diary suggests that the group hit its stride at this show. No Self Control is amazing, and Peter sang Family Snapshot in German.

i too would love to read some thoughts on the releases/shows. i ordered one & sure i'll pick up many more.

i purchased the 11/08/07 skanderborg, denmark version. i haven't been able to listen to anything else all week. the sound quality, playlist & musicianship is amazing! only con is that "red rain" isn't on the album. would be nice to see the playlists per title.

I'd also be interested in recommendations for single shows as I'd like to get about 2 titles of each tour and the shows should have something special to it. Thank you very much for your help!

based on the eight i own, i would highly recommend the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9-fRMv-jbc 22.03.09 buenos aires argentina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KVzdnVInQc 19.06.07 lunapendium offers "baby man" from on the PG karaoke: http://www.lunapendium.com/ 18.03.09 caracas venezuela is remakable for "down to earth" but i prefer the buenos aires show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQLTunr5nEw please check back. i will post a few samples from my collection in the coming days.

sorry, 19.06.07 is hamburg, germany. the audio for "no self control" is from that show.

buenos aires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY53uzlOduc the tower that ate people

not one that i own, but a sample of budapest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kTLGMdZSvA baby man

Thank you very much for your recommendations Mozo79! I'll check out all the samples.

I think Chile in March of 2009 is the single greatest Gabriel show I have ever heard, from '77 to now.

that's quite an endorsement. did you attend this particular show? if not, please elaborate on why this show is so exceptional. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05nb1mkuV8M wallfower

alternative angle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlCW9L3S-Zk

Why are there videos from Chile on youtube but no Encore cd offered for that concert?? Was the Chile show offered only in the collector's edition?

it is included in the collector's edition, but not as a single at TheMusic.com. i just ordered it from WOMADshop.com. http://www.womadshop.com/detail/561

I wasn't at the show, but I heard the Encore Series recording. It's just high energy, tight band, and a great selection of songs. Gabriel will often have a "technical fuck up" and start the song again; this happens during Games Without Frontiers but it's just different. They launch into the song with a vengeance and give the best performance of the song I've ever heard (purely personal opinion, of course). He also does a great version of Wallflower (!) with a Chilean (I'm guessing) guest, who sounds like he's on classical guitar or mandolin (sorry, my ears aren't that good at picking out instruments). Do yourself a favor and get this show - there's an electricity in the air that you can feel.

Thank you very much Mozo79 for showing me that the Encore Series can also be ordered in the WomadShop. (I didn't know that before.)

I found some more mini reviews of the Encore series here: http://www.genesisdiscography.com/Pg/PGalbumframe.htm

thanks for the tip on the Chilean show, i just ordered it. Have four of the 2007, one of 2004 and a few from 2003 and I do enjoy these live shows, they sound excellent and was in the mood to hear on of the 2009 shows, so starting with this one.