Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway equipment

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway was Genesis' sixth studio album, released in November 1974 on Charisma Records, and was their last album with Peter Gabriel as lead singer.

Three months of writing and rehearsals of material for Lamb commenced in June 1974 at Headley Grange, after wrapping up the Selling England By The Pound tour. It was amongst the first group-written efforts via improvisations and jams, something which Genesis would revisit on albums from Duke onwards. However, tensions had risen within the band, partly down to some members' personal lives interfering with the writing process. And also Peter's decision to isolate himself in a separate room while the band worked in the other. He insisted upon writing all the lyrics himself, but failed to meet the scheduled deadline to complete the lyrics, hence Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks wrote those for the title track. To further complicate matters, Peter also made trips to London due to the difficult birth of his first child. The band's lack of support for him and becoming a father meant he saw these as steps towards his departure from the band.

Once their stint at Headley Grange was over, they moved to Gasplant Manor for principle recordings in August 1974 using Island Studios' mobile recording unit. John Burns was involved as producer with David Hutchins as engineer. Additional recordings (including vocals) and mixing were completed at Island Studios in London.

Phil Collins
Drums:
 * Gretsch "Name Band" white kit:
 * 20" x 14" bass drum
 * 12" x 8" tom
 * 13" x 9" tom
 * 14" x 14" tom
 * 16" x 16" tom
 * Ludwig snare

Cymbals:
 * Paiste (Formula 602 and 2002 series)

Tony Banks
Keyboards & synthesizers:
 * acoustic piano
 * ARP Pro Soloist
 * Elka Rhapsody
 * RMI Electra 368 electric piano
 * Hammond L-122 organ
 * Mellotron M400

Effects
 * MXR MX-107 Phase 100
 * Fender Blender distortion (on RMI)

Mike Rutherford
Guitars/basses:
 * 12-string
 * Micro Frets 6-string bass

Effects & pedals
 * Marshall fuzz
 * Mr Bassman bass pedals
 * Schaller volume

Misc.
 * Acoustic amp

Steve Hackett
Guitars: Amps: Effects:
 * 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
 * HH 100-watt
 * Maestro Echoplex EP-3
 * Pete Cornish custom FX board
 * MXR MX-101 Phase 90

Microphones

 * Shure (guitars)
 * Neumann U47 (vocals)

Outboard gear (both Island Mobile and Island Studios)

 * Crown DC-300A power amplifiers
 * Dolby M24 noise reduction
 * EMT 440 pre-delay system
 * Pultec MEQ-5 mid-range EQ's (silver)
 * UREI 1176LN peak limiters
 * UREI 537 27-band EQ's
 * Valley People Kepex noise gates/expanders - six at Island Studios

Source: 1973 photo of Island Mobile, International Musician & Recording World September 1975 report (including photos - note: Island Studios was renamed Basing Street Studios by then)

Island Mobile equipment

 * 3M M79 24-track tape machine (x2)
 * Studer B67 stereo tape machines
 * Helios 30-input desk (or 32-input?)
 * Altec monitors

Source: Mixonline, 1973 photo of Island mobile

Island Studios equipment

 * 3M 24-track, 16-track and 8-track tape machines
 * Studer A80 2-track tape machines?
 * Helios 32-input 16-output console
 * Tannoy, Altec or JBL monitors

Source: Philsbook.com (archived), International Musician & Recording World September 1975 report (including photos)

References (common for all)

 * Classic Tracks: Genesis’ “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”