26.08.08 70-75 Box Set!

Release Date 10 November 2008

THE BEGINNING: 1970 - 1975

THE THIRD GENESIS BOX SET ON SACD/CD HYBRID AND DVD DUAL DISC SETS

 

RELEASED: 10 NOVEMBER 2008 (11 NOVEMBER 2008 US Release)

 

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Virgin/EMI concludes the SACD/CD Hybrid and DVD Dual Disc reissue of the Genesis albums with the release of the final box set: 1970 - 1975.

 

On 10 November 2008 (11 November in the US), Genesis release the final instalment of their reissued albums in 5.1, including new stereo mixes, exclusive DVD footage and rare extras. Having already charted the transformation from prog-rock pioneers to stadium-filling power trio Genesis, the third and final studio boxed set goes back to the beginning covering the band's early years with lead singer Peter Gabriel.

 

Following on from the massive success of the Genesis DVD 'When In Rome,' which topped the music DVD chart for 3 consecutive weeks, the box set 'Genesis: 1970-1975' contains the five studio albums from 'Trespass' to 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' plus an extras disc full of rarities including Genesis Plays Jackson, an aborted soundtrack project for a BBC Art film on the work of painter Michael Jackson.

 

GENESIS: 1970-1975 presents five of the band's earliest studio albums as SACD/CD Hybrid and DVD Dual Disc sets featuring 5.1 DTS and Dolby Digital Surround Sound and new stereo mixes of the original albums (5.1 and new stereo mixes created by Tony Banks, Nick Davis and Mike Rutherford), plus bonus videos and new interviews with band members filmed exclusively for these reissues. The set also contains hours of previously unreleased video.  A booklet accompanies each album featuring sleeve notes by Richard McPhail (Trespass), David Baddiel (Nursery Cryme), Roger Taylor (Foxtrot), Jeremy Clarkson (Selling England By The Pound) and Tony Robinson (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway).

 

One of the top-selling recording artists of all time, Genesis has sold more than 150 million albums so far. This Box Set collects some of the band's more adventurous, experimental and ground-breaking albums, covering Peter Gabriel's tenure with the group.

 

GENESIS: 1970-1975 spotlights five albums - TRESPASS, NURSERY CRYME, FOXTROT, SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND and THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY, plus EXTRA TRACKS 1970-1975, a newly assembled compilation only available with this collection.

 

Featuring favourites like "The Knife" and "White Mountain," Genesis' second album, TRESPASS (1970), marked the beginning of a five-year journey that saw the band create ever-more daring albums of progressive rock. The album includes guitarist Anthony Phillips and drummer John Mayhew, who were replaced on the following album by Steve Hackett and Phil Collins respectively.

 

NURSERY CRYME (1971) opens with "The Musical Box," a beautiful 10-minute sprawl that captures the essence of the band's sophisticated musicality tweaked with freewheeling theatrics. Genesis' new lineup starts to define its unique voice on songs like "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" and "The Fountain of Salmacis."

 

The band returned the following year with FOXTROT (1972), a breakthrough album hailed by critics and embraced by fans, which reached number 12 in the UK album charts. Two tracks in particular - "Watcher of the Skies" and "Supper's Ready" - became live staples for years to come. Nearly filling the album's second half, "Supper's Ready" stands as an avant-garde showcase for each member's individual talents. DVD extras include: over 30 minutes of live video from 1972 of the band performing on Belgian television and on stage at the Piper Club in Italy.

 

Genesis' popularity continued to grow with its fifth studio album, SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND (1973). These eight songs find the band's inventive storytelling and imaginative arrangements coming into sharper focus with "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" - Genesis' first hit single in the U.K. The album also introduced audiences to "The Cinema Show" and "Firth of Fifth," songs that would become popular concert staples and recently resurfaced on the 'Turn It On Again Tour' in 2007, their first for 15 years. DVD extras include: video from 1973 recorded during a performance on Italian television and on stage at the Bataclan in France - over one and a half hour of live performance.

 

The band wasn't at a loss for inspiration for THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY (1974), a double album about a Puerto Rican hood searching for his brother. It was to be Gabriel's final release with Genesis. The band toured for the album, performing the entire 90-minute album along with an ambitious stage show complete with costume changes, theatrical lighting and pyrotechnics. The title track, "Carpet Crawlers" and "In the Cage" remain popular parts of the band's live show. The album will be presented with the Surround Sound mix. Additional bonus features will be included on a DVD, including slides from the live performance, some 16mm footage and live photos.

 

GENESIS concludes with EXTRA TRACKS 1970-1975, a disc of rarities offered exclusively as part of this box set. The compilation contains 10 tracks, including the 7" single "Happy The Man," a demo of "Going Out to Get You," and the b-side "Twilight Alehouse." A trio of songs - "Shepard," "Pacidy" and "Let Us Now Make Love" - are taken from the BBC program "Nightride." The disc also includes a VH1 Special about GENESIS 1967-1975 and Midnight Special.

 

The final four songs on EXTRA TRACKS 1970-1975 - "Provocation," "Frustration," "Manipulation" and "Resignation" - are the legendary "Genesis Plays Jackson" tapes. The band recorded these songs in 1970 for a documentary about painter Mick Jackson. The documentary never happened and the songs were lost until now. Fans will notice how sections of this music evolved into other songs. "Frustration" is an early version of "Anyway" from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, while "Manipulation" features themes heard later in "The Musical Box" from Nursery Cryme. 

 

TRESPASS	EXTRAS
Looking For Someone White Mountain Visions of Angels Stagnation Dusk The Knife	Reissues Interview 2007
NURSERY CRYME	EXTRAS
The Musical Box For Absent Friends The Return of the Giant Hogweed Seven Stones Harold the Barrel Harlequin The Fountain of Salmacis	Reissues Interview 2007
FOXTROT	EXTRAS
Watcher of the Skies Time Table Get 'Em Out by Friday Can-Utility and the Coastliners Horizons Supper's Ready	Reissues Interview 2007 Brussels, Belgium - Rock of the 70's 1972 Rome, Italy - Piper Club 1972
SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND	EXTRAS
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Firth of Fifth More Fool Me The Battle of Epping Forest After the Ordeal The Cinema Show Aisle of Plenty	Reissues Interview 2007 Shepperton Studios, Itailian TV 1973 Bataclan, France 1973
THE LAMBS LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY	EXTRAS
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Fly on a Windshield Broadway Melody of 1974 Cuckoo Cocoon In the Cage The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging Back in N.Y.C. Hairless Heart Counting Out Time The Carpet Crawlers The Chamber of 32 Doors Lilywhite Lilith The Waiting Room Anyway The Supernatural Anaesthetist The Lamia Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats The Colony of Slippermen: The Arrival/A Visit to the Doktor/The Raven Ravine The Light Dies Down On Broadway Riding the Scree In the Rapids it.	Reissues Interview 2007 Melody - French TV 1974 Slides Photos
EXTRA TRACKS 1970 TO 1975	EXTRAS
Happy The Man (7" Single) Twilight Alehouse (B-side - I Know What I Like) Going Out to Get You (Demo) Shepherd (BBC Nightride) Pacidy (BBC Nightride) Let Us Know Make Love (BBC Nightride) Provocation (Genesis Plays Jackson) Frustration (Genesis Plays Jackson) Manipulation (Genesis Plays Jackson) Resignation (Genesis Plays Jackson)	Reissues Interview 2007 Box Set 1967 - 1975 VH1 Special Midnight Special performance ?      "Watcher of the Skies" ?      "The Musical Box"