Genesis 1970–1975

Genesis 1970–1975 is a box set of five studio albums by Genesis featuring Peter Gabriel. It was released on 10 November 2008 in Europe by EMI and on 11 November 2008 in North America by Atlantic/Rhino. The 7-CD/6-DVD box set includes newly remixed versions of the albums Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (the band's 1969 debut album, From Genesis to Revelation, was excluded because the band does not own the rights to the album). The fifth pair of discs includes B-side songs, 3 rare songs from BBC Sessions in 1970 and the never-before-released Genesis Plays Jackson soundtrack. Each bonus DVD features audio versions of the albums in 5.1 surround sound, as well as videos from each album's corresponding tour, new interviews, and photo galleries. The European version includes CD/SACD Hybrids instead of standard CDs. EMI also released a limited edition six disk vinyl box set containing the original albums only on 24 November 2008.

Genesis 1970–1975 appeared at position seven in the "Top 100 Recommended CD Reviews of All Time" at All About Jazz.^[5] It has since fallen to position nine.

Audio formats

In the European and Japanese releases of this box set, the CDs are hybrid SACD/CDs. The SACD layer is a multichannel surround sound remix.^[6]

In the Canadian and U.S. releases of this box set, standard CDs with no SACD layer are included.^[7]

In all versions of the box set, the DVDs are DVD-Video format (not DVD-Audio), although they contain both audio and video tracks. These DVDs include three audio mixes: DTS 5.1-channel surround sound, Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound, and Dolby Digital stereo.^[8] The DTS surround sound is a slightly compressed version of the surround sound on the SACDs (remark: Nick Davis talks about the DTS format and therefore means data compression/reduction, not compression of the dynamic range of the music),^[7] and the Dolby surround sound is a slightly inferior quality to the DTS.^[9]

All of the audio tracks on these CDs were remixed in stereo and surround sound by producer Nick Davis.

In addition to the 7-CD/6-DVD box set, EMI released a limited edition vinyl box set on 24 November 2008.

Track listing

Trespass and tracks 3–10 of the extras disk written by Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford

All other tracks written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford

Trespass

1. "Looking for Someone" – 7:02
2. "White Mountain" – 6:44
3. "Visions of Angels" – 6:51
4. "Stagnation" – 8:46
5. "Dusk" – 4:11
6. "The Knife" – 8:53

DVD

• "Reissues Interview 2007" – 42:32

Nursery Cryme

1. "The Musical Box" – 10:31
2. "For Absent Friends" – 1:48
3. "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" – 8:09
4. "Seven Stones" – 5:09
5. "Harold the Barrel" – 3:00
6. "Harlequin" – 2:56
7. "The Fountain of Salmacis" – 8:00

DVD

• "Reissues Interview 2007" – 36:18

Foxtrot

1. "Watcher of the Skies" – 7:22
2. "Time Table" – 4:46
3. "Get 'Em Out by Friday" – 8:36
4. "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" – 5:45
5. "Horizons" – 1:41
6. "Supper's Ready" – 23:04
   • "Lover's Leap"
   • "The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man"
   • "Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men"
   • "How Dare I Be so Beautiful?"
   • "Willow Farm"
   • "Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)"
   • "As Sure as Eggs is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)"

DVD

• "Reissues Interview 2007" – 34:16
• "Brussels, Belgium – Rock of the 70's 1972" – Genesis television appearance, filmed on 20–21 March 1972. Broadcast on the Belgian Pop Shop programme and in the U.K. on Rock Of The 70's – 29:20
  • "The Fountain Of Salmacis"
  • "Twilight Alehouse"
  • "The Musical Box"
  • "The Return Of The Giant Hogweed"
• "Rome, Italy – Piper Club 1972" – Filmed on 18 April 1972. – 4:07
  • "Stagnation" (incomplete)
  • Interview

Selling England by the Pound

1. "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" – 8:02
2. "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" – 4:10
3. "Firth of Fifth" – 9:35
4. "More Fool Me" – 3:10
5. "The Battle of Epping Forest" – 11:44
6. "After the Ordeal" – 4:15
7. "The Cinema Show" – 10:41
8. "Aisle of Plenty" – 1:56

DVD

• "Reissues Interview 2007" – 32:36
• "Shepperton Studios, Italian TV 1973" – Filmed on 30–31 October 1973 – 60:47
  • "Watcher of the Skies"
  • "Dancing With the Moonlit Knight"
  • "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"
  • "The Musical Box"
  • "Supper's Ready"
• "Bataclan, France 1973" – Filmed on 10 January 1973 – 33:50
  • "The Musical Box"
  • "Supper's Ready"
  • "The Return of the Giant Hogweed"
  • "The Knife"
  • Interview in French

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Disc One

1. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" – 4:51
2. "Fly on a Windshield" – 2:44
3. "Broadway Melody Of 1974" – 2:11
4. "Cuckoo Cocoon" – 2:13
5. "In the Cage" – 8:09
6. "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging" – 2:44
7. "Back in N.Y.C." – 5:36
8. "Hairless Heart" – 2:06
9. "Counting Out Time" – 4:12
10. "The Carpet Crawlers" – 5:11
11. "The Chamber of 32 Doors" – 5:40

Disc Two

1. "Lilywhite Lilith" – 2:48
2. "The Waiting Room" – 5:15
3. "Anyway" – 3:08
4. "Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist" – 2:56
5. "The Lamia" – 6:56
6. "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats" – 2:58
7. "The Colony of Slippermen" – 8:11
   • "The Arrival"
   • "A Visit to the Doktor"
   • "The Raven"
8. "Ravine" – 2:06
9. "The Light Dies Down on Broadway" – 3:32
10. "Riding the Scree" – 4:06
11. "In the Rapids" – 2:18
12. "it" – 4:17

DVD

• "Reissues Interview 2007" – 51:20
• "Melody – French TV 1974" – Television appearance, filmed at the ORFT TV studios, Paris, on 12 February 1974. Broadcast on the French Melody program – 30:23
  • "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"
  • "Supper's Ready"
• Slide show, which appears when The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway audio tracks are played. A small amount of film of the Lamb tour also appears on a few of these tracks.

Extra Tracks 1970 to 1975

1. "Happy the Man" – 3:10
2. "Twilight Alehouse" – 7:48
3. "Going Out to Get You" – 4:55
4. "Shepherd – 4:04
5. "Pacidy" – 5:44
6. "Let Us Now Make Love" – 6:16
7. "Provocation" – 4:10
8. "Frustration" – 3:42
9. "Manipulation" – 3:49
10. "Resignation" – 3:01

Notes:

• "Going Out to Get You" is a demo, recorded August 1969.
• "Provocation", "Frustration", "Manipulation" and "Resignation" was recorded 9 January 1970, for a BBC documentary about painter Michael Jackson which never aired.^[10]
• "Happy the Man" was released as a single after Nursery Cryme. Unlike the previous version, on Genesis Archive 1967-75, on which the song fades in, the beginning has been restored.
• "Twilight Alehouse" constituted the B-side of the "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" single, released in August 1973.
• "Shepherd", "Pacidy" and "Let Us Now Make Love" was recorded for the BBC "Nightride" program, 22 February 1970.
• Tracks 1 to 6 appeared in the box set Genesis Archive 1967–75.
• Tracks 7 to 10 have never been previously released, and are of particular note because they contain fragments of inchoate musical themes that would later turn up in several officially released Genesis songs. The first half of "Provocation" would be used two years later as the fanfare/verse of "The Fountain of Salmacis", while its second half was soon appropriated for the instrumental breakdown of Trespass's "Looking For Someone". "Frustration" is largely based around a Tony Banks piano theme that would only reappear five years down the road as "Anyway" on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, though it also incorporates a fragment of the unreleased early song "Hair on the Arms and Legs," otherwise only available as a demo on the Genesis Archive 1967–75 boxed set. "Manipulation" is primarily composed of several instrumental fragments that would later be assembled into "The Musical Box" for Nursery Cryme. "Resignation" is the only track that lacks an obvious connection to any later Genesis song, though its chord changes are at times reminiscent of the already-released "In Hiding" (from From Genesis to Revelation), the instrumental section of "Stagnation" (from Trespass), and "The Musical Box."

DVD

• "Reissues Interview 2007" – 6:43
• "VH1 Special – Archive 1" – VH1 documentary on the history of Genesis, broadcast in 1998 to commemorate the Genesis Archive 1967–75 box set – 44:08
• "Midnight Special – 1973" – Television appearance, taped at the NBC TV studios, Burbank, California, on 20 December 1973. Broadcast on the American Midnight Special programme – 15:31
  • "Watcher of the Skies"
  • "The Musical Box"

Personnel

On all tracks:

• Tony Banks – keyboards, guitar, background vocals, second lead vocal on "Shepherd"
• Mike Rutherford – guitars, bass, bass pedals, cello, background vocals
• Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute, bass drum, oboe, tambourine

On Trespass, and tracks 3–10 of Extra Tracks:

• Anthony Phillips – guitar, backing vocals, second lead vocal on "Let Us Now Make Love"
• John Mayhew – drums, percussion, backing vocals

On Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and tracks 1–2 of Extra Tracks:

• Steve Hackett – guitars
• Phil Collins – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "For Absent Friends" and "More Fool Me," second lead vocal on "Harlequin" and "The Colony of Slippermen"

Formats

UK/EU Version: CD/SACD hybrid + DVD (PAL)
US/Canadian Version: CD + DVD (NTSC)
Japanese Version: CD/SACD hybrid + DVD (NTSC)

References

External links

• Official Box set website