Genesis 1970–1975 is a box set of five studio albums by Genesis

Genesis (band)

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

 featuring Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...

. It was released on 10 November 2008 in Europe by EMI and on 11 November 2008 in North America by Atlantic

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

/Rhino. The 7-CD/6-DVD box set includes newly remixed versions of the albums Trespass

Trespass (album)

Trespass is the second studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1970. Their last with guitarist Anthony Phillips, Trespass had a folk-flavoured progressive rock sound that was a marked departure from their earlier work....

, Nursery Cryme

Nursery Cryme

Nursery Cryme is the third studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1971. It is also the first album to feature the classic five-piece line-up of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins and Steve Hackett; the latter two replacing John Mayhew and Anthony Phillips, on...

, Foxtrot

Foxtrot (album)

Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis and the second from the band line-up which included Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett.-History:...

, Selling England by the Pound

Selling England by the Pound

- Sound and live performance :The piano introduction to "Firth of Fifth" has not been included in a performance since 1974, in a Drury Lane Theatre concert, when Banks misplayed and Collins covered by starting the song from after the intro...

and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

The Lamb Lies down on Broadway

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a double concept album recorded and released in 1974 by the British rock band Genesis. It was their sixth studio album and the last album by the group to feature the involvement of lead singer Peter Gabriel.-Premise:...

(the band's 1969 debut album, From Genesis to Revelation

From Genesis to Revelation

From Genesis to Revelation was the first album by Genesis, released in March 1969 on Decca Records in England...

, 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

Surround sound

Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...

, as well as videos from each album's corresponding tour, new interviews, and photo galleries. The European version includes CD/SACD

Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...

 Hybrids instead of standard CDs. In addition to the 7-CD/6-DVD box set EMI has announced a limited edition vinyl box set was released 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

All About Jazz

All About Jazz is a leading jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.Founded by Michael Ricci in 1995, the Web-Site is maintained by a volunteer staff of writers, editors, and musicians, and provides coverage of all genres of jazz from...

. It has since fallen to position nine.

Audio formats

In the European

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 and Japanese releases of this box set, the CDs are hybrid SACD

Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...

/CDs. The SACD layer is a multichannel surround sound

Surround sound

Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...

 remix.

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

In all versions of the box set, the DVDs are DVD-Video

DVD-Video

DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVD discs, and is currently the dominant consumer video format in Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and a MPEG-2 decoder...

 format (not DVD-Audio

DVD-Audio

DVD-Audio is a digital format for delivering high-fidelity audio content on a DVD. DVD-Audio is not intended to be a video delivery format and is not the same as video DVDs containing concert films or music videos....

), although they contain both audio and video tracks. These DVDs include three audio mixes: DTS

Digital Theater System

DTS is a series of multichannel audio technologies owned by DTS, Inc. , an American company specializing in digital surround sound formats used for both commercial/theatrical and consumer grade applications...

 5.1-channel surround sound, Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...

 5.1-channel surround sound, and Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...

 stereo. 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), and the Dolby surround sound is a slightly inferior quality to the DTS.

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

Trespass (album)

Trespass is the second studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1970. Their last with guitarist Anthony Phillips, Trespass had a folk-flavoured progressive rock sound that was a marked departure from their earlier work....

1. "Looking for Someone" – 7:02
2. "White Mountain
   White Mountain (song)
   "White Mountain" is a song by the progressive rock group Genesis. It was released on their second studio album, Trespass.Lyrically, the song tells a fable of a wolf named Fang, who seeks to usurp the authority of the pack leader by learning of the crown and sceptre known only to the king. The...
   
   " – 6:44
3. "Visions of Angels" – 6:51
4. "Stagnation" – 8:46
5. "Dusk" – 4:11
6. "The Knife
   The Knife (song)
   The Knife is a song by progressive rock band Genesis from their second album Trespass from 1970. It was performed live often in the band's early days and has appeared sporadically in the band's setlists all the way up through 1982...
   
   " – 8:53

Nursery Cryme

Nursery Cryme

Nursery Cryme is the third studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1971. It is also the first album to feature the classic five-piece line-up of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins and Steve Hackett; the latter two replacing John Mayhew and Anthony Phillips, on...

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

Foxtrot

Foxtrot (album)

Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis and the second from the band line-up which included Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett.-History:...

1. "Watcher of the Skies
   Watcher of the Skies
   Watcher of the Skies is the first track on Genesis' 1972 album Foxtrot. The title is borrowed from John Keats' 1817 poem "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer":Then felt I like some watcher of the skiesWhen a new planet swims into his ken;...
   
   " – 7:22
2. "Time Table" – 4:46
3. "Get 'Em Out by Friday
   Get 'Em Out by Friday
   "Get 'Em Out by Friday" is a rock epic on the 1972 album Foxtrot by British progressive rock band Genesis, lasting eight and a half minutes. It also appears on their 1973 live album.-Overview:...
   
   " – 8:36
4. "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" – 5:45
5. "Horizons" – 1:41
6. "Supper's Ready
   Supper's Ready
   "Supper's Ready" is a song by the band Genesis. A recorded version appeared on their 1972 album Foxtrot, and the band performed the song regularly on stage for several years following this...
   
   " – 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

Selling England by the Pound

- Sound and live performance :The piano introduction to "Firth of Fifth" has not been included in a performance since 1974, in a Drury Lane Theatre concert, when Banks misplayed and Collins covered by starting the song from after the intro...

1. "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
   Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
   "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" is the first track on the Genesis album Selling England by the Pound, released in 1973.The a cappella voice of Peter Gabriel opens the track. Then, the song progressively gets louder and more upbeat, becoming a powerful rock number...
   
   " – 8:02
2. "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
   I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
   "I Know What I Like " was the first charting single by the rock band Genesis. The single was first released in the UK in August 1973, but did not become a hit until April 1974, when it reached number 21 in the UK Singles Chart....
   
   " – 4:10
3. "Firth of Fifth
   Firth of Fifth
   "Firth of Fifth" is a progressive rock song by progressive rock band Genesis, from their 1973 album Selling England by the Pound. The title is a pun on the estuary of the River Forth in Scotland, commonly known as the Firth of Forth....
   
   " – 9:35
4. "More Fool Me
   More Fool Me
   "More Fool Me" is the fourth track on Genesis's 1973 album Selling England by the Pound. It is one of two songs from the Peter Gabriel era to feature Phil Collins on lead vocals Lyrically, the song is about a man whose lover walks out on him, yet he is "sure it will work out alright." Musically, the...
   
   " – 3:10
5. "The Battle of Epping Forest
   The Battle of Epping Forest
   The Battle of Epping Forest is a song by English rock band Genesis, appearing on their 1973 album Selling England by the Pound. At 11 minutes and 49 seconds long, it is the longest song on the album....
   
   " – 11:44
6. "After the Ordeal
   After the Ordeal
   "After the Ordeal" is an instrumental by Genesis from the Selling England by the Pound album, written mainly by Steve Hackett. The first half is an up-tempo classical guitar piece with a majestic piano backing; the second half is a slower piece performed on electric guitar...
   
   " – 4:15
7. "The Cinema Show
   The Cinema Show
   "The Cinema Show" is an epic rock song by British progressive rock band Genesis from their 1973 album, Selling England by the Pound.Musically, the song is divided into two main sections: The first section is a gentle 12-string guitar-based piece, featuring vocal harmonies between Peter Gabriel and...
   
   " – 10:41
8. "Aisle of Plenty
   Aisle of Plenty
   "Aisle of Plenty" is the final song on the 1973 Genesis album "Selling England by the Pound". It is not so much its own song as a reprise of the eight-minute opening number "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" with whose lyrics it also shares some thematic connections...
   
   " – 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

The Lamb Lies down on Broadway

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a double concept album recorded and released in 1974 by the British rock band Genesis. It was their sixth studio album and the last album by the group to feature the involvement of lead singer Peter Gabriel.-Premise:...

Disc One

1. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
   The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (song)
   The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is the first song from Genesis's 1974 album of the same name. The song was released as a single in the US but failed to chart. However, FM rock stations in the US would play this frequently....
   
   " – 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
   In the Cage (song)
   "In the Cage" is a song by progressive rock band Genesis on their 1974 double-album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Along with the title track and "The Carpet Crawlers," it is one of the few songs from the album to remain in Genesis's live repertoire after the Lamb tour.The lyrics describe the...
   
   " – 8:09
6. "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging" – 2:44
7. "Back in N.Y.C.
   Back in N.Y.C.
   "Back in N.Y.C." is a song written by Peter Gabriel , Mike Rutherford , and Tony Banks , but credited, as was the rule, to the whole band. It was first recorded and performed by Genesis on their 1974 concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and subsequent live tour.It was the concert opener for...
   
   " – 5:36
8. "Hairless Heart
   Hairless Heart
   Hairless Heart is an instrumental originally from the 1974 Genesis concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The song was collectively written by Genesis...
   
   " – 2:06
9. "Counting Out Time
   Counting Out Time
   "Counting Out Time" is a song by British progressive rock band Genesis from the 1974 album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Although most of the album consisted of group-written compositions, this song was written solely by Peter Gabriel...
   
   " – 4:12
10. "The Carpet Crawlers
    The Carpet Crawlers
    "The Carpet Crawlers", also sometimes listed as "Carpet Crawl", "The Carpet Crawl" or "Carpet Crawlers", is a song originally from the 1974 Genesis concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway...
    
    " – 5:11
11. "The Chamber of 32 Doors" – 5:40

Disc Two

1. "Lilywhite Lilith" – 2:48
2. "The Waiting Room
   The Waiting Room (song)
   "The Waiting Room" is an instrumental piece by Genesis. It is the second track on the second half of their concept double-album, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway....
   
   " – 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
   The Colony of Slippermen (Arrival - A Visit to the Doktor - Raven)
   The Colony of Slippermen is a song by the progressive rock band Genesis. The lyrics were written by Peter Gabriel. It appears on the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and is composed of three parts:* a. "The Arrival"* b. "A Visit to the Doktor"* c...
   
   " – 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.
• "Happy the Man" was released as a single after Nursery Cryme. Unlike the previous version, on Genesis Archive 1967-75
  Genesis Archive 1967-75
  Genesis Archive 1967–75 is a 1998 boxed set by progressive rock band Genesis.This set features live recordings and rarities from the band's classic years when Peter Gabriel was lead singer. The first two of the four discs consist of a previously unreleased live recording of The Lamb Lies Down on...
  
  , 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
  Trespass (album)
  Trespass is the second studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1970. Their last with guitarist Anthony Phillips, Trespass had a folk-flavoured progressive rock sound that was a marked departure from their earlier work....
  
  '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
  The Lamb Lies down on Broadway
  The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a double concept album recorded and released in 1974 by the British rock band Genesis. It was their sixth studio album and the last album by the group to feature the involvement of lead singer Peter Gabriel.-Premise:...
  
  , 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
  Nursery Cryme
  Nursery Cryme is the third studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1971. It is also the first album to feature the classic five-piece line-up of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins and Steve Hackett; the latter two replacing John Mayhew and Anthony Phillips, on...
  
  . "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
  From Genesis to Revelation
  From Genesis to Revelation was the first album by Genesis, released in March 1969 on Decca Records in England...
  
  ), the instrumental section of "Stagnation" (from Trespass
  Trespass (album)
  Trespass is the second studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1970. Their last with guitarist Anthony Phillips, Trespass had a folk-flavoured progressive rock sound that was a marked departure from their earlier work....
  
  ), and "The Musical Box."

DVD

• "Reissues Interview 2007" – 6:43
• "VH1 Special – Archive 1" – VH1
  VH1
  VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
  
   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
  Tony Banks (musician)
  This article is about the musician. For other people named Tony Banks, see Tony BanksAnthony George "Tony" Banks is a British composer, and multi-instrumentalist, who performs as a keyboardist and a guitarist...
  
   – keyboards, guitar, background vocals, second lead vocal on "Shepherd"
• Mike Rutherford
  Mike Rutherford
  Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of lead guitarist. He is one of only two constant members in Genesis . He also fronts Mike + The...
  
   – guitars, bass, bass pedals, cello, background vocals
• Peter Gabriel
  Peter Gabriel
  Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
  
   – lead vocals, flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  , bass drum, oboe, tambourine

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

• Anthony Phillips
  Anthony Phillips
  Anthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips is an English multi instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of the band Genesis. He played guitar and sang backing vocals until leaving in 1970, following the recording of their second album, Trespass...
  
   – 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
  Steve Hackett
  Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
  
   – guitars
• Phil Collins
  Phil Collins
  Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
  
  – 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)

External links

• Official Box set website