You done it again Dave you sold me... ;-) Your story took me back to June 1967 on my 13th birthday, the family had only had a record player for less than a year and my newly acquired record token was burning a hole in my pocket, so up to the record shop and bought Beatles Sgt Pepper album newly released (mono), hardly stopped playing it all summer and still do, the magic flame of vinyl still burning!
Absolute masterpiece. All members contribute to this album with real mind blowing solo parts. Even little fills by Phil Collins are real highlights. Tony Banks’ keyboards on this are some of the greatest ever captured, and I haven’t even mentioned Steve Hacket yet. I’d say your taste is identical to mine. In the good old days, the anticipation when a new album came out by the big bands, Zeppelin, Yes, Genesis etc is something you don’t get these days. I can still remember rushing home and putting Dark Side of The Moon, and Zeppelin 4 on the turntable the day they were released and being absolutely astonished.
High praise Dave. You listed Trick and Yes as two of your favorite Atlantic 75 releases. As someone who who has limited funds, I would love to hear your top 5 or 10 titles from this series. Thanks so much.
Thanks Ray. In addition to Trick and The Yes Album I’d have to add INXS - Kick, The Lamb, Nursery Cryme, and the 1st Bad Co. album… There are plenty of great jazz titles too, but Genesis and Yes are closest to my heart.
I was laying in bed late one night listing to my favourite radio station..... then they played Dance on a Volcano 😯🤯 Wow!! I bought the album with my next pocket money. That was my 1st Genesis album. Wasn't my 1st album ever, but it's one of my first 10. Just brilliant !!
My intro to Genesis is similar to yours. I was 14, and my older sister was dating a bass player. One day she came home with 8-track tapes of Genesis A Trick of the Tail and 10cc - How Dare You. I still love both albums, but Trick became and remains my favorite album of all time. I'd never heard anything like it before. I later learned that Phil Collins was not a very big fella, but my goodness could he sing so much larger than his size! And then, he could softly sing the line, "Bluegirls come in every size". He was special. (And dont get me started on his drumming - became my favorite drummer of all time, too!) So at age 14 I was introduced to Progressive Rock and the band that became my all time favorite. I, too, was excited about the 75th Anniversary Series. But A Trick of the Tail was the one album in the series I was thrilled to see coming above all others. I DID buy two. And Id love to see Wind and Wutheing released by Chad - even And Then There Were Three and Duke. (And Chad oughta throw Trespass into the mix, too - am I asking too much??!!) I think Genesis fans have shown Chad that Genesis was very worthy of audiophile treatment - theyre selling well. Thanks for your review(s). I very much enjoy them. (P.S. - Genesis (shapes) is the other album being released by Chad - next month).
You & I really do appear to have had a similar path into prog / Genesis! And regarding Phil's drumming, that could be a whole other video! Well done for buying two copies. I really might well add another onto my order for the Genesis 1883 (the yellow / shapes) album. That one's not my absolute favourite, but I do bet it will sound phenomenal. (I prefer it to Abacab). I really am hoping that Chad realises how devoted Genesis fans are, and I'm sure he'd sell out of any Genesis title he did (except for Calling All Stations - I simply can't count that one as a Genesis album)... Anyway, thanks for the feedback and glad you're enjoying the videos.
Mine still to arrive (Australia) but the anticipation is enormous! Very happy to hear from your review that the wait has been worth it. I have owned a 1978 Japanese repress from new which has served me well but well and truely ready for this upgrade. So thankful for what you do - it is so interesting and helpful 👏👏
good evening one of the first vinyls that I bought was this Genesis. I went to a festival in Germany in 1978. I arrived the day before, around midnight in a stadium the projectors came on, and Genesis attacked the first song of the upcoming concert. It will be the closing of the festival. It was a shock, a few people in the stadium and Genesis' music at high volume, great. This technical preparation remains in my memory. 1978😉
My 1st cd was Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits. I'd heard it on a friend's new cd system. £14.99 at £2.50 a month from Mum's Kays catalogue.! Then 6 months later I went out & purchased a Nad 3020 amplifier, a Yamaha CD player & B & W speakers to play it on ! 🎶🙂
Hi Dave, thanks for your thoughts on this fenomenal release. Couldn't agree more. Being so used to my OG, I thought the AP lacked a bit of the space that the original one has, but as you point out, the fullness and richness kind of glues it all together. It is absolutely beautifully done and the sound quality is stunning. Thrilled to hear that Chad may be considering another Genesis release for the last ones in this series. Personally I would love to see Wind & Wuthering getting the treatment. But if they want to keep the trackorder, it will be 3 discs (5 sides). Don't know if that will be a dealbreaker. And Then There Were Three was my first Genesis album, and I still love it. So that one, ore Duke would be a real treat. I hope for one of these later albums!
Thanks for the feedback, although I can’t promise anything. Chad just asked what I thought, as a Genesis fan. If it was up to me I’d be doing at least five more Genesis albums!
Seeing WH Smith and Winchester brings back memories. I sang a combined Evensong in Winchester Cathedral with my choir, Winchester, and King's College, Cambridge in my teens! And yes, regularly bought records at various WH Smiths in London growing up... This is a favorite Genesis album and I can't wait to hear the new version. Have both the OG and MoFi. Thanks for this great rundown...!
Probably the only Genesis that I listen to. I've only had the Mo-Fi, which I personally think is one of their better pressings. Just received the AP 45 rpm , but I haven't listened to it yet. I'll play it this week when my neighbors are at work. Listen to the same music 😂 Aloha
Trick of the Tail was my first Genesis album, also from WH Smith (spooky). The 75th version just blew my mind, bringing back so many great memories. Thanks for another great video.
@ btw I’d forgotten I also have an early 80’s Blue Label Charisma. Spun it this evening and it’s way ahead of the OG. Much more dynamic, better clarity. All of the presence but more slam. Read other comments online that concur. I’m sure it won’t sound as good as the AT 75 however.
@@spinningtheblackcircle8554 that's interesting, I'll keep a look out for a blue label copy. Not that I expect it to be anything close to the AP, but just out of interest...
Hello David!! Happy New Year to you and your Family!! I was very fortunate to get this AP 45rpm on the Saturday before Xmas Eve. ....along with Nursery Cryme. As a massive Genesis fan, I am one of those guys that loves the Nick Davis/Tony Banks' remixes but as I said in my own review in Facebook I prefer the OG rmix of this album. I was given the opportunity (back in my day...LOL) to listen to the MOFI version and only one opportunity came up for me to buy it but the guy that was selling it was selling it in a local record store and that would have been a conflict of interest towards the record store owner .....only a whopping $50 ...but I passed. So, to me getting the remix (which is the standard) and as far as me being a huge musician/Tony Banks it was always most welcoming. UNTIL????? I heard this 45rpm by Analogue Productions. One thing that was missing on the remixed version is the self-titled song and the fade. So many things are missing on that fade and also a few things on the Dance On A Volcano jam. So, it's not that I despise the 2007 remix, it's just different. In the end?? I prefer this 45rpm and to me....like you said?? I almost want a second copy. It's THAT GOOD!! I appreciate your review and your channel. Like you..sort of...I bought ATOTT in I think '81 but I had it (And The Lamb) on cassette due to my late Uncle Martin, so he is to blame for my Genesis/Tony Banks obsession. Hope you will follow me on Facebook....Darrin Crawford Love LOVE your channel. Blessings from Ontario, Canada D
Good video there Dave. I have a couple of copies of this album plus some C D.'s . My favourite track on And Then There Were Three is 'The Lady Lies' ... the outro is glorious and should be the last track on that side.
I honestly think And Then There Were Three is the most under-rated Genesis album of them all. The Lady Lies, Down and Out, Undertow, Burning Rope, Many Too Many.... I don't play the album often, but when I do it definitely hits the spot...
Tremendous review, Dave, thank you. I had a vague notion it was coming out, and I hope I can still get a copy. I would have first heard it in '77 round a mate's house and, like yourself, it completely blew me away, and still does. I actually heard Wind & Wuthering before Trick of the Tail, and I think of them as a pair, so it would be great if they do the same for that.
Glad you enjoyed my video. I'm not sure if I mentioned in this video but having got back home and listened to A Trick of the Tail, I went back straight into town (to WH Smiths) and bought Wind & Wuthering, and Selling England by the Pound. So, I always thought of them as a pair too. On Monday, after school, I bought Foxtrot, a second hand copy as that was all I could afford with my birthday money...
@@DaveDenyer You didn't mention that, but that makes for one epic landmark of a birthday! I liked how you described the Squonk effect, listening to this new release - that's something that happens to me a lot with Genesis, and no matter how well I know a track, there'll be moments (which vary) that will take me completely unguarded. In part I think it's because I'm still amazed at what they achieved and am thankful they did, that I'm able to experience and appreciate it, if that makes sense.
@@DaveDenyer Oh, a story of my own: when I was at Essex University in '80, a friend there ran a Genesis fanzine called Afterglow which he sold via Sounds. Steve Hackett had just released Spectral Mornings, so my mate arranged an interview with him at his flat in Holland Park and I went along. After the interview, Steve asked if there was anything else, and I asked if he'd play Horizons for us, which he did, sat on his sofa just across the coffee table from us - that's a moment I'll never forget.
@@TractorCountdown OMG, that is a fabulous story! Thanks for sharing. The closest I go to Steve was outside the Southampton Gaumont, on the Spectral Mornings tour, when Steve signed the Peter Gabriel T Shirt I was wearing, and posed for a photo with me, sadly, that photo was long ago... The T-Shirt is also long gone, but not before I got Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins to sign it. 🤣
I didn't really care much for Genesis until early 77. My best mate who was a big Genesis fan got a spare ticket to see them at the Edinburgh Playhouse and so I got that. Oh my goodness how good were they live? Twin drummers and laser light show in 1977......
I’d definitely agree it’s their best post Gabriel album… I definitely prefer Gabriel era Genesis, but as an album, sometimes I think it’s their best ever.
Hi Dave - totally agree; as disappointed as I was in Nursery Cryme, I was blown away by this one; best sounding double 45 I've got along with the 'Aja' UHQR. I was in the UK in summer '76 when they were touring, so took the train from London up to Glasgow, saw them do the show up there at the Apollo, and then went back to the station and returned to London! Absolutely superb!
Hi Lars, that's some commitment, London to Glasgow and back again in one night! I bet it was worth it though. I'd have absolutely loved to have seen them with Bill Bruford. Was he there on that gig?
Yes he was, Dave, and when I returned to San Francisco, where I live, I got to see them again with Bill not long after Glasgow, across the Bay in Berkeley. Our friends in London thought we were mad going up to Glasgow and back again right afterwards, but I guess we're used to longer distances!
Then I must have been in yer dreams, as I saw the Foxtrot tour, the Selling England tour, and the Lamb tour; I think I saw them on every tour up through 'Genesis'. Good live band, that....
@@larsman9169 OK, I'm totally jealous now. At the time of my first gig-going, I had a friend a few years older than me who gave me his old concert programs from the Lamb tour, and I think the Foxtrot / Selling England tours (it was a long time ago and I don't have these anymore).
Great review and really nostalgic too! I bought my copy in WH Smith in 77, and I first saw them on the Duke tour. So as you say, this album is a significant part of my growing up too. I would dearly love an audiophile Seconds Out - just for the Cinema Show with Bill Bruford!
Great point Ian. I do get Chad's point about certain albums not working on 2x45rpm LPs (Seconds Out and Going For The One are two I'd love to see). However I"d be more than happy with a really well done 33rpm version of these albums. Following playing this new version I've spent some time on RUclips searching out video clips of the Seconds Out (and similar era tours), including some video footage with Bruford on drums! We didn't get this stuff back in the day, it's wonderful to see. I've actually just bought a Live album of the Duke tour (I saw them in the Southampton Gaumont). I've not opened it / played it yet. Will do so soon.
Hi Dave - Happy New Year and I enjoyed the video. Like you, TOTT was my first ever album I bought, back in early 1977 following a recommendation from a friend at the time. Needles to say, it blew me away and it commenced my love affair with Genesis over the following decades. I have just ordered the Analogue productions version, following your review. Totally agree regarding sonic performance of the original 1976 album vs the original albums of 1972-75. Was TOTT David Hentschel's first production as engineer with Genesis? Just wondering if that had an influence? I must check it out. I always loved Entangled, which has an instrumental finale, that in my mind could go on forever!! Would love to hear an Analogue Production 45RPM of both W & W and Duke.
Happy New Year Lancelot! That's a very good point! I think this was David Hentschel's first album with Genesis... I'm sure we're hearing his influence.
I'd love to see more Atlantic Records artists added, like Jean Luc Ponty. Also, as it's been requested, more Genesis titles like 'Wind & Wuthering ' and 'Duke'. That would be fantastic.
I was listening to my 1970's era Charisma copy last month & compared it to the 2000's SACD remix. The remix sounded much more vivid to me, which was a surprise because I'd never directly compared them. (OK, I cheated a bit because I listened in 5.1!)
Really enjoyed your review of what is clearly a very important album to you. Sadly I am rather older than you and was able to buy this album in Glasgow upon its release date as Genesis were, by that time, my favourite band. I am interested on your comment on the sleeve of your "original" in that it is "smooth". I've just had a quick look to confirm that my "original" sleeve has a slight texturing to it that I would liken to an orange peel effect.......! I agree with you that this album brought with it a level of engineering proficiency that was lacking from the Gabriel era albums and, as a '70s HiFi nut, it always found particular favour with me. Anyway I await my AP75 with decreasing patience as I paid for it 15 months ago.
Hi Ian, I'm very interested by this: I was under the impression mine was an original. I'm going to be on Discogs this morning, searching one out... For posterity, if nothing else, I want to have OGs of all Genesis (and Yes, and many other bands) albums of this era. Thanks for the valuable feedback! 👍
Hi Owen, you've made me go and double check my matrices... Yes, mine is also A1 / B3, so it does seem to be an original... However what I've noticed on closer inspection is that the cover is in fact textured, but only very lightly - nowhere near as deeply textured as the new version. And not as deeply textured as my Wind & Wuthering which has a canvas type texture as you also correctly point out.
Dave of the Atlantic releases for Genesis so far . What would you recommend as the first one to get, as I really don't know them, the first time I saw them was the invisible touch tour at Hampden park, so not really up with their early work , and have original releases of invisible touch, duke and then there was three albums on vinyl , so looking to do back catalogue funds permitting.. recommedation please!
Hi Walter, as you're more familiar with the post-Gabriel era, I'd suggest you start with A Trick of the Tail. It's by far my favourite post-Gabriel Genesis album, then if you want to explore further, Selling England By The Pound.
I've commented before, so as you know this was the only release that I bothered to get, when I first put it on I was blown away, but I went back and put my original on and I was surprised how good that sounded. Obviously the new release has silent vinyl, that was the only improvement I could really hear. Packaging is beautiful though!
I'm really surprised about your feelings on this. On my system the difference is huge. Going back to the OG, and the MOFI was hard work. I don't want to listen to either of anymore.
@@DaveDenyerI shared a clip of it on my channel, obviously it's just a phone recording but you can hear it definitely sounds a lot more dynamic than for example some other uploads that I've done. Don't get me wrong. It does sound stunning, on my setup (mostly 90s technics equipment). If anything, I was just hoodwinked by the original, probably haven't played it for a few years. The next time I'm tempted to listen to this album though the analogue productions will be my go-to I reckon.
@@DaveDenyeralso, bare in mind your setup is probably quite a bit more luxurious than mine, so, I've always been happy with the sound from my cartridge / speakers. Maybe if I ever stop buying records I'll have money to upgrade equipment 😅
@FormulaProg I just checked out your video. The Analogue Productions A Trick of the Tail sounds pretty good to me; well, as far as anyone can tell via phone-recording / youtube / etc... However the contrast with the other clips you've posted: I would have to agree with you that it sounds notably better than the other clips you've shared.
My favourite Genesis album. I have the MOFI version like you do, but the best sounding copy in my collection is a Japanese Pressing. Lots of detail without being too bright which can be the criticism of some Japanese pressings. I bought the RHINO pressing on yellow vinyl a couple years ago. It was garbage. Lots of clicks and pops.
Hi Dave. Thanks for the review. Agree with you with the sound of the Atlantic 75 of A Trick of The Tail. I have the UK Original, French and Italian originals. Italian pressings are great. Please recommend Duke, Wind & Wuthering, Trespass and And Then There Were Three to Chad. Duke is one my favorite Genesis albums 100%. It is the perfect candidate because I am not sure what happened with the recording but the sound quality is not the best. Maybe this is because Duke is one of the albums with the longest duration in both sides. The songs can be distributed in 4 sides perfectly. Side One will have the Behind the Lines suite (up to guide vocal)......Side 4 should end with Please Don't Ask, Duke Travels and Duke's End. Same as you I have emotional connections with Duke as it was the first Genesis album I listened when it was released in March 1980. Since then I am a Genesis fan and Genesis is my favorite band of all time. Trespass is another tremendous candidate for improvement and Stagnation is one of my favorite Genesis songs as well. Please insist with Chad! :)
Haha. Same story here. It was my first new album I bought at about 14/15. Had second hand ones. Bought from the probe in Liverpool. I still Havd my original.
I'm with you on these Dave - the full Steve Hackett period is my wish list - will order this soon! I saw a review on another channel that I follow and he had similar comments to yours on the difference between the Atlantic and the MFSL. I'll need to try and get hold of one of those too... 😁
It's funny, for years and years I considered myself a Gabriel era Genesis fan, with A Trick of the Tale, and Wind & Wuthering snuck in... then someone referred to 'the Hackett era' and it certainly got me thinking. If I had to chose between W&W and Trespass I'd probably take Trespass, otherwise I'm 100% with you.
Great comparison between your three separate copies. Analogue Productions use of the original master mixes for the 75th Anniversary series is to be applauded. It will be interesting to hear what the high-res SACD sounds like because if it’s anything like Selling England…, everyone’s in for an aural treat. I hope the SACD of The Lamb… is released soon too. Let’s hope for Happy Ears in the near future.
Great review. My vote for an extra album would be Genesis Live, but wouldn’t be disappointed with Wind & Wuthering. I saw also the band on the Duke tour in 1980, one of the extra dates they did at the Lyceum. Was next to the stage, having bunked off sixth form to queue up outside the theatre all day! Brilliant gig. Had previously seen them at Hammersmith Odeon but was at the back and the sound was awful.
Hi Nick, I was also right up against the stage at the Southampton Gaumont (my slightly elder gig-going friends told me that's what you did at gigs: lights down - run to the front!). My very first gig, Peter Gabriel on his 1980 tour, only a moth or so before the Genesis gig, I was dead centre, leaning on the barrier right at the front: Garbiel, and the band walked right based me to get onto he stage, and I was one of those holding him up during his crowd-surf (although that may have been his fourth album tour...).
Totally agree that it's stunning Dave. We desperately need Wind & Wuthering!!!!! Duke, And Then There Were Three also!!!!!! Not so interested in Trespass or Genesis Live.
Best improvement, maybe that is Nursery Cryme, certainly from a mid 70s repress. Although I think the pink scroll is notably better than subsequent reissues (until the AP 45rpm). That's why Im wanting both Genesis Live and Trespass to receive this treatment. They most need it...
Exciting news that Chad rang you Dave. My guess is that the Genesis releases are going really well & hopefully we will get further “audiophile”releases from the band, by Analogue Productions, once all the previously announced Atlantic 75s are done & dusted. My vote would definitely be for W&W although I would also love Trespass, as my repress from 1975 on the small hatter label sounds terrible. Originals in an acceptable playing condition are hard to find and cost a fair wack. Duke is the point where I started to lose a bit of interest although I did buy it and saw them twice on that tour & thought they were superb. Would definitely buy ATTWT & Live if AP released those. Like yourself I was blown away by the AP version of ATOTT & it smashes my OG copy on every level. You are right about The Yes Album but I also love the INXS - Kick. Will be interesting to hear the self titled when that is released next month as I think the production level went up again with that album. Still on the fence about whether to buy Abacab as I never play my original. Thanks again Dave.
I was a bit star struck! He did make the mistake of asking me about the other Genesis albums, so I feel duty bound to hound him until he releases them all. I forgot to mention Kick as another of the absolute best, it is. The first Bad Co album ought be up there too. I agree about the self-titled Genesis album. At the time of release I was really into it, but it isn't one I resist much. I play And Then There Were Three more often. I agree to some extent about about Abacab: I bought it back in the day, but it's by far my least played Genesis album (and was the latest of theirs I bought). I will buy the AP version though. I can't deny, I just want to hear it.
Love trick of the tail. Disagree with then there three thought it was poor apart from follow you follow me. Genesis Live 73 one of my favourite live albums is crying out for a great SACD in my opinion. I have the Classic Records vinyl of the live album which smokes the original…Really enjoyed the video
I completely agree about Genesis Live. Love the music but always felt the sound quality could be improved. I've not heard the Classic Records version but am keen too (unless Chad makes an AP pressing). I'd agree that And Then There Were Three is far from Genesis' best, but thinking about it: Burning Rope, Deep in the Motherlode, Down and Out, Many too Many... I don't play it often but when I do it always surprises me how good it is. I would definitely buy an AP Atlantic 75...
Agree with you completely that the AP is by far the best of these 3 pressings. Of the other two, I prefer the OG UK, the MFSL sounds a little too lacking in detail for me.
I've been listening to AND THEN THERE WERE THREE lately , I think it's a really well - written songs and very underrated album. But I wish Steve Hackett had played on it. New A TRICK OF THE TAIL is absolutely great. I never really liked DUKE.
I really do agree about And Then There Were Three. I think it's very underrated. I do like Duke though, partly maybe because I saw them on that tour (one of my first ever gigs) but I do like the music. Turn It On Again, and for that matter, Follow You Follow Me, are probably my least favourite tunes on those two albums. Beyond the singles there are some great Genesis moments...
Wind and Wuthering would be my choice for an extra AP release... but they'd have to change the running order. Earl Of Mar/One for the Vine ... Your own special way/Wot Gorilla Isn't balanced. Side one would be too long.
That's a very good point: I'm not sure whether 17-18 minutes would be too long a side at 45rpm... Maybe, maybe not, but if that's the case I'm voting for Going For The One!
Maybe the color was chosen to stay away from looking like piss…upon release my hardcore Genesis fan friends referred to this as the piss album. Certainly not based on the music but the absence of PG. Many classic cuts here.
hi from Montreal, Canada..... Retired musician, 55 years old... i too have loved this record since i was 13 ! hmmm... well, firstly... and to be sure, MOFi pressings are absolutely the worst pressings of any title compared to a first year release from any country PERIOD.., {and very especially Canada or England !} For example, put on a first year release of El Dorado by ELO.... lovely, powerful, clear midrange ! then, place towels over your speakers and play that same Lp again... instant MOFi !!!! Only in America are mofi pressings revered as great. Next, you do not have an original/1st pressing of Trick sir.., first pressings are indeed textured and the low end/Bass fidelity is, {to use your favourite word... "Phenomenal"} Very seriously though, my copy, {a true british original 1976 1st pressing}, is one of the greatest sounding albums in my collection, and the bass girth/power, instrument clarity/air and seperation is just profoundly unbelievable ! Regardless of what your system might be, you'll feel it ! i did purchase Selling England by the Pound...from the 75th anniversary series...{APA 002-45 No. 001643}, and i have to say it is VEEry NICE ! I am sure that Trick 75th pressing sounds great, but i wouldn't trade my 'Textured 1976 Original' for any other !
Hi, thanks for your feedback. Regarding the textured cover: I did double check my original because someone else commented about this. My copy is in fact textured, but much less heavily textured than the new version. It does have a very soft 'orange peel' like texture... So, I do think it is a 1976 original, and the matrices back this up. The new Analogue Productions version is much more heavily textured. Also the background yellow of the cover is paler, and the red hue on the image is more vivid. All things considered I really like the new cover; but I wanted to explain the differences from the original...
And then there were three and Wind and Wuthering absolutely could use this treatment. They are also poorly represented on cd too so my vote goes for those two big time. Duke would be my third and I think Abacab is a waste. Abacab is my least favorite.
You done it again Dave you sold me... ;-)
Your story took me back to June 1967 on my 13th birthday, the family had only had a record player for less than a year and my newly acquired record token was burning a hole in my pocket, so up to the record shop and bought Beatles Sgt Pepper album newly released (mono), hardly stopped playing it all summer and still do, the magic flame of vinyl still burning!
That’s so cool Steve! Glad you enjoyed the video and it brought back memories of ‘67.
Absolute masterpiece. All members contribute to this album with real mind blowing solo parts. Even little fills by Phil Collins are real highlights. Tony Banks’ keyboards on this are some of the greatest ever captured, and I haven’t even mentioned Steve Hacket yet. I’d say your taste is identical to mine. In the good old days, the anticipation when a new album came out by the big bands, Zeppelin, Yes, Genesis etc is something you don’t get these days. I can still remember rushing home and putting Dark Side of The Moon, and Zeppelin 4 on the turntable the day they were released and being absolutely astonished.
Totally agree. Thanks for your feedback.
High praise Dave. You listed Trick and Yes as two of your favorite Atlantic 75 releases. As someone who who has limited funds, I would love to hear your top 5 or 10 titles from this series. Thanks so much.
Thanks Ray. In addition to Trick and The Yes Album I’d have to add INXS - Kick, The Lamb, Nursery Cryme, and the 1st Bad Co. album…
There are plenty of great jazz titles too, but Genesis and Yes are closest to my heart.
I was laying in bed late one night listing to my favourite radio station..... then they played Dance on a Volcano 😯🤯
Wow!! I bought the album with my next pocket money. That was my 1st Genesis album. Wasn't my 1st album ever, but it's one of my first 10. Just brilliant !!
Brilliant, thanks Paul!
Whata great review!! of this pressing but also of this album and band - kudos Dave!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
My intro to Genesis is similar to yours. I was 14, and my older sister was dating a bass player. One day she came home with 8-track tapes of Genesis A Trick of the Tail and 10cc - How Dare You. I still love both albums, but Trick became and remains my favorite album of all time. I'd never heard anything like it before. I later learned that Phil Collins was not a very big fella, but my goodness could he sing so much larger than his size! And then, he could softly sing the line, "Bluegirls come in every size". He was special. (And dont get me started on his drumming - became my favorite drummer of all time, too!)
So at age 14 I was introduced to Progressive Rock and the band that became my all time favorite. I, too, was excited about the 75th Anniversary Series. But A Trick of the Tail was the one album in the series I was thrilled to see coming above all others. I DID buy two.
And Id love to see Wind and Wutheing released by Chad - even And Then There Were Three and Duke. (And Chad oughta throw Trespass into the mix, too - am I asking too much??!!) I think Genesis fans have shown Chad that Genesis was very worthy of audiophile treatment - theyre selling well.
Thanks for your review(s). I very much enjoy them. (P.S. - Genesis (shapes) is the other album being released by Chad - next month).
You & I really do appear to have had a similar path into prog / Genesis! And regarding Phil's drumming, that could be a whole other video! Well done for buying two copies. I really might well add another onto my order for the Genesis 1883 (the yellow / shapes) album. That one's not my absolute favourite, but I do bet it will sound phenomenal. (I prefer it to Abacab).
I really am hoping that Chad realises how devoted Genesis fans are, and I'm sure he'd sell out of any Genesis title he did (except for Calling All Stations - I simply can't count that one as a Genesis album)...
Anyway, thanks for the feedback and glad you're enjoying the videos.
Mine still to arrive (Australia) but the anticipation is enormous! Very happy to hear from your review that the wait has been worth it. I have owned a 1978 Japanese repress from new which has served me well but well and truely ready for this upgrade.
So thankful for what you do - it is so interesting and helpful 👏👏
So pleased for your feedback John, glad you're enjoying my channel.
How much did it set you back to get to your Aussie door?
good evening one of the first vinyls that I bought was this Genesis. I went to a festival in Germany in 1978. I arrived the day before, around midnight in a stadium the projectors came on, and Genesis attacked the first song of the upcoming concert. It will be the closing of the festival. It was a shock, a few people in the stadium and Genesis' music at high volume, great. This technical preparation remains in my memory. 1978😉
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing your story.
This was actually my FIRST CD purchase even before I bought a CD player!
My 1st cd was Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits. I'd heard it on a friend's new cd system.
£14.99 at £2.50 a month from Mum's Kays catalogue.!
Then 6 months later I went out & purchased a Nad 3020 amplifier, a Yamaha CD player & B & W speakers to play it on ! 🎶🙂
Hi Dave, thanks for your thoughts on this fenomenal release. Couldn't agree more. Being so used to my OG, I thought the AP lacked a bit of the space that the original one has, but as you point out, the fullness and richness kind of glues it all together. It is absolutely beautifully done and the sound quality is stunning. Thrilled to hear that Chad may be considering another Genesis release for the last ones in this series. Personally I would love to see Wind & Wuthering getting the treatment. But if they want to keep the trackorder, it will be 3 discs (5 sides). Don't know if that will be a dealbreaker. And Then There Were Three was my first Genesis album, and I still love it. So that one, ore Duke would be a real treat. I hope for one of these later albums!
Thanks for the feedback, although I can’t promise anything. Chad just asked what I thought, as a Genesis fan.
If it was up to me I’d be doing at least five more Genesis albums!
Seeing WH Smith and Winchester brings back memories. I sang a combined Evensong in Winchester Cathedral with my choir, Winchester, and King's College, Cambridge in my teens! And yes, regularly bought records at various WH Smiths in London growing up... This is a favorite Genesis album and I can't wait to hear the new version. Have both the OG and MoFi. Thanks for this great rundown...!
Glad you enjoyed the video, and hope you enjoy the AP Atlantic 75 when you get it (I am certain you will). Thanks for the feedback.
Just a pool of tears
Probably the only Genesis that I listen to. I've only had the Mo-Fi, which I personally think is one of their better pressings. Just received the AP 45 rpm , but I haven't listened to it yet. I'll play it this week when my neighbors are at work. Listen to the same music 😂 Aloha
I'm positive you'll enjoy your new AP 45rpm! Thanks for the feedback.
Trick of the Tail was my first Genesis album, also from WH Smith (spooky). The 75th version just blew my mind, bringing back so many great memories. Thanks for another great video.
Thanks for the feedback Ken. Yours wasn't from WH Smith in Winchester was it? Glad you agree that this new version is mind blowing!
@@DaveDenyer No, Blackpool :)
@@kenockwell3099 I've only been to Blackpool a couple of times; most recently for a Bob Dylan concert a few years ago. 👍
Nice upload. I only have a small Mad Hatter UK original. These comparisons are both entertaining and helpful. Keep up the good work.
Glad you found this video useful. Thanks for the feedback.
@ btw I’d forgotten I also have an early 80’s Blue Label Charisma. Spun it this evening and it’s way ahead of the OG. Much more dynamic, better clarity. All of the presence but more slam. Read other comments online that concur. I’m sure it won’t sound as good as the AT 75 however.
@@spinningtheblackcircle8554 that's interesting, I'll keep a look out for a blue label copy. Not that I expect it to be anything close to the AP, but just out of interest...
@ worth it for the slam of the rhythm section.
Hello David!! Happy New Year to you and your Family!!
I was very fortunate to get this AP 45rpm on the Saturday before Xmas Eve. ....along with Nursery Cryme.
As a massive Genesis fan, I am one of those guys that loves the Nick Davis/Tony Banks' remixes but as I said in my own review in Facebook I prefer the OG rmix of this album.
I was given the opportunity (back in my day...LOL) to listen to the MOFI version and only one opportunity came up for me to buy it but the guy that was selling it was selling it in a local record store and that would have been a conflict of interest towards the record store owner .....only a whopping $50 ...but I passed.
So, to me getting the remix (which is the standard) and as far as me being a huge musician/Tony Banks it was always most welcoming.
UNTIL????? I heard this 45rpm by Analogue Productions. One thing that was missing on the remixed version is the self-titled song and the fade. So many things are missing on that fade and also a few things on the Dance On A Volcano jam.
So, it's not that I despise the 2007 remix, it's just different.
In the end?? I prefer this 45rpm and to me....like you said?? I almost want a second copy. It's THAT GOOD!!
I appreciate your review and your channel.
Like you..sort of...I bought ATOTT in I think '81 but I had it (And The Lamb) on cassette due to my late Uncle Martin, so he is to blame for my Genesis/Tony Banks obsession.
Hope you will follow me on Facebook....Darrin Crawford
Love LOVE your channel.
Blessings from Ontario, Canada
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I'm really pleased you've enjoyed my videos Darrin. I've just stumbled across your interview with Tony Banks! Wow! I'll give that a listen later. 🙏
Good video there Dave. I have a couple of copies of this album plus some C D.'s . My favourite track on And Then There Were Three is 'The Lady Lies' ... the outro is glorious and should be the last track on that side.
I honestly think And Then There Were Three is the most under-rated Genesis album of them all. The Lady Lies, Down and Out, Undertow, Burning Rope, Many Too Many.... I don't play the album often, but when I do it definitely hits the spot...
Thanks for your reply Dave.
Tremendous review, Dave, thank you. I had a vague notion it was coming out, and I hope I can still get a copy. I would have first heard it in '77 round a mate's house and, like yourself, it completely blew me away, and still does. I actually heard Wind & Wuthering before Trick of the Tail, and I think of them as a pair, so it would be great if they do the same for that.
Glad you enjoyed my video. I'm not sure if I mentioned in this video but having got back home and listened to A Trick of the Tail, I went back straight into town (to WH Smiths) and bought Wind & Wuthering, and Selling England by the Pound. So, I always thought of them as a pair too.
On Monday, after school, I bought Foxtrot, a second hand copy as that was all I could afford with my birthday money...
@@DaveDenyer You didn't mention that, but that makes for one epic landmark of a birthday! I liked how you described the Squonk effect, listening to this new release - that's something that happens to me a lot with Genesis, and no matter how well I know a track, there'll be moments (which vary) that will take me completely unguarded. In part I think it's because I'm still amazed at what they achieved and am thankful they did, that I'm able to experience and appreciate it, if that makes sense.
@@DaveDenyer Oh, a story of my own: when I was at Essex University in '80, a friend there ran a Genesis fanzine called Afterglow which he sold via Sounds. Steve Hackett had just released Spectral Mornings, so my mate arranged an interview with him at his flat in Holland Park and I went along. After the interview, Steve asked if there was anything else, and I asked if he'd play Horizons for us, which he did, sat on his sofa just across the coffee table from us - that's a moment I'll never forget.
@@TractorCountdown absolutely! 🙏
@@TractorCountdown OMG, that is a fabulous story! Thanks for sharing. The closest I go to Steve was outside the Southampton Gaumont, on the Spectral Mornings tour, when Steve signed the Peter Gabriel T Shirt I was wearing, and posed for a photo with me, sadly, that photo was long ago...
The T-Shirt is also long gone, but not before I got Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins to sign it.
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I didn't really care much for Genesis until early 77. My best mate who was a big Genesis fan got a spare ticket to see them at the Edinburgh Playhouse and so I got that. Oh my goodness how good were they live? Twin drummers and laser light show in 1977......
Ok, I’m jealous!
@@DaveDenyer It was more by luck to be fair. Oh and I've sent you an email about Otis!!!
In my opinion this is Genesis' finest post Gabriel album. Collins' vocal was far sweeter and delicate, than it ever was subsequently.
I’d definitely agree it’s their best post Gabriel album…
I definitely prefer Gabriel era Genesis, but as an album, sometimes I think it’s their best ever.
Hi Dave - totally agree; as disappointed as I was in Nursery Cryme, I was blown away by this one; best sounding double 45 I've got along with the 'Aja' UHQR. I was in the UK in summer '76 when they were touring, so took the train from London up to Glasgow, saw them do the show up there at the Apollo, and then went back to the station and returned to London! Absolutely superb!
Hi Lars, that's some commitment, London to Glasgow and back again in one night! I bet it was worth it though. I'd have absolutely loved to have seen them with Bill Bruford. Was he there on that gig?
Yes he was, Dave, and when I returned to San Francisco, where I live, I got to see them again with Bill not long after Glasgow, across the Bay in Berkeley. Our friends in London thought we were mad going up to Glasgow and back again right afterwards, but I guess we're used to longer distances!
@@larsman9169 kudos to you! I think seeing Genesis with Bill Bruford, and with Peter Gabriel, would be my two dream gigs…
Then I must have been in yer dreams, as I saw the Foxtrot tour, the Selling England tour, and the Lamb tour; I think I saw them on every tour up through 'Genesis'. Good live band, that....
@@larsman9169 OK, I'm totally jealous now. At the time of my first gig-going, I had a friend a few years older than me who gave me his old concert programs from the Lamb tour, and I think the Foxtrot / Selling England tours (it was a long time ago and I don't have these anymore).
I got a copy of the Rhino Half Speed Mastered from America for £25 yesterday. It sounds absolutely fantastic and is highly recommended.
Thanks for the feedback.
Great review and really nostalgic too! I bought my copy in WH Smith in 77, and I first saw them on the Duke tour. So as you say, this album is a significant part of my growing up too. I would dearly love an audiophile Seconds Out - just for the Cinema Show with Bill Bruford!
Great point Ian. I do get Chad's point about certain albums not working on 2x45rpm LPs (Seconds Out and Going For The One are two I'd love to see). However I"d be more than happy with a really well done 33rpm version of these albums.
Following playing this new version I've spent some time on RUclips searching out video clips of the Seconds Out (and similar era tours), including some video footage with Bruford on drums!
We didn't get this stuff back in the day, it's wonderful to see.
I've actually just bought a Live album of the Duke tour (I saw them in the Southampton Gaumont). I've not opened it / played it yet. Will do so soon.
Hi Dave - Happy New Year and I enjoyed the video. Like you, TOTT was my first ever album I bought, back in early 1977 following a recommendation from a friend at the time. Needles to say, it blew me away and it commenced my love affair with Genesis over the following decades. I have just ordered the Analogue productions version, following your review. Totally agree regarding sonic performance of the original 1976 album vs the original albums of 1972-75. Was TOTT David Hentschel's first production as engineer with Genesis? Just wondering if that had an influence? I must check it out. I always loved Entangled, which has an instrumental finale, that in my mind could go on forever!! Would love to hear an Analogue Production 45RPM of both W & W and Duke.
Happy New Year Lancelot!
That's a very good point! I think this was David Hentschel's first album with Genesis... I'm sure we're hearing his influence.
@ it seems to have had excellent reviews from other reviewers! Cheers! Dave
Totally agree. It’s my personal favourite. Also agree that I would love to have wind and wuthering on AP. Keep up the good work
Thanks for the feedback Thierry.
Amazing review Dave! One of your best. I would vote for Wind & Wuthering and And Then There Were Three. Fingers crossed this happens.
Thanks Kieron, I really appreciate this feedback.
I hope Chad's reading these comments and we do get AP realises of both these albums.
I'd love to see more Atlantic Records artists added, like Jean Luc Ponty. Also, as it's been requested, more Genesis titles like 'Wind & Wuthering ' and 'Duke'. That would be fantastic.
Absolutely! Thanks for the feedback Mr Ponkine.
Wind & Wuthering/Duke
Thanks for the feedback Ken 🤞
I was listening to my 1970's era Charisma copy last month & compared it to the 2000's SACD remix. The remix sounded much more vivid to me, which was a surprise because I'd never directly compared them. (OK, I cheated a bit because I listened in 5.1!)
Interesting… Thanks for the feedback.
Really enjoyed your review of what is clearly a very important album to you. Sadly I am rather older than you and was able to buy this album in Glasgow upon its release date as Genesis were, by that time, my favourite band. I am interested on your comment on the sleeve of your "original" in that it is "smooth". I've just had a quick look to confirm that my "original" sleeve has a slight texturing to it that I would liken to an orange peel effect.......! I agree with you that this album brought with it a level of engineering proficiency that was lacking from the Gabriel era albums and, as a '70s HiFi nut, it always found particular favour with me. Anyway I await my AP75 with decreasing patience as I paid for it 15 months ago.
Hi Ian, I'm very interested by this: I was under the impression mine was an original. I'm going to be on Discogs this morning, searching one out... For posterity, if nothing else, I want to have OGs of all Genesis (and Yes, and many other bands) albums of this era. Thanks for the valuable feedback! 👍
Agree with your analysis of Trick.
Great, thanks for the feedback Jim.
I managed to pick up a mint original copy from my local record store for £8 it’s a small hatter A#1 B#3 but mine is textured outer sleeve? 🤷🏻♂️
My original wind and wuthering is also textured sleeved
Hi Owen, you've made me go and double check my matrices... Yes, mine is also A1 / B3, so it does seem to be an original... However what I've noticed on closer inspection is that the cover is in fact textured, but only very lightly - nowhere near as deeply textured as the new version. And not as deeply textured as my Wind & Wuthering which has a canvas type texture as you also correctly point out.
Dave of the Atlantic releases for Genesis so far . What would you recommend as the first one to get, as I really don't know them, the first time I saw them was the invisible touch tour at Hampden park, so not really up with their early work , and have original releases of invisible touch, duke and then there was three albums on vinyl , so looking to do back catalogue funds permitting.. recommedation please!
Hi Walter, as you're more familiar with the post-Gabriel era, I'd suggest you start with A Trick of the Tail. It's by far my favourite post-Gabriel Genesis album, then if you want to explore further, Selling England By The Pound.
You played it on a Fidelity UA4?! I feel as though if should know you.
I upgraded quite soon thereafter, but, we all have to start somewhere…
I've commented before, so as you know this was the only release that I bothered to get, when I first put it on I was blown away, but I went back and put my original on and I was surprised how good that sounded. Obviously the new release has silent vinyl, that was the only improvement I could really hear. Packaging is beautiful though!
I'm really surprised about your feelings on this. On my system the difference is huge. Going back to the OG, and the MOFI was hard work. I don't want to listen to either of anymore.
@@DaveDenyerI shared a clip of it on my channel, obviously it's just a phone recording but you can hear it definitely sounds a lot more dynamic than for example some other uploads that I've done. Don't get me wrong. It does sound stunning, on my setup (mostly 90s technics equipment). If anything, I was just hoodwinked by the original, probably haven't played it for a few years. The next time I'm tempted to listen to this album though the analogue productions will be my go-to I reckon.
@@DaveDenyeralso, bare in mind your setup is probably quite a bit more luxurious than mine, so, I've always been happy with the sound from my cartridge / speakers. Maybe if I ever stop buying records I'll have money to upgrade equipment 😅
@FormulaProg I just checked out your video. The Analogue Productions A Trick of the Tail sounds pretty good to me; well, as far as anyone can tell via phone-recording / youtube / etc... However the contrast with the other clips you've posted: I would have to agree with you that it sounds notably better than the other clips you've shared.
My favourite Genesis album. I have the MOFI version like you do, but the best sounding copy in my collection is a Japanese Pressing. Lots of detail without being too bright which can be the criticism of some Japanese pressings. I bought the RHINO pressing on yellow vinyl a couple years ago. It was garbage. Lots of clicks and pops.
My Selling England by the Pound is a Japanese pressing, which was also my favourite, until the Analogue Productions 45rpm arrived last year!
Hi Dave. Thanks for the review. Agree with you with the sound of the Atlantic 75 of A Trick of The Tail. I have the UK Original, French and Italian originals. Italian pressings are great. Please recommend Duke, Wind & Wuthering, Trespass and And Then There Were Three to Chad. Duke is one my favorite Genesis albums 100%. It is the perfect candidate because I am not sure what happened with the recording but the sound quality is not the best. Maybe this is because Duke is one of the albums with the longest duration in both sides. The songs can be distributed in 4 sides perfectly. Side One will have the Behind the Lines suite (up to guide vocal)......Side 4 should end with Please Don't Ask, Duke Travels and Duke's End. Same as you I have emotional connections with Duke as it was the first Genesis album I listened when it was released in March 1980. Since then I am a Genesis fan and Genesis is my favorite band of all time. Trespass is another tremendous candidate for improvement and Stagnation is one of my favorite Genesis songs as well. Please insist with Chad! :)
agree at 100% with you!
Thanks for the feedback. I hope Chad reads all these replies and responds by doing more Genesis albums...
And then there were three please Atlantic 75!
I agree! 👍
And while you are at it Atlantic 75, have a word with Jimmy and give us some Led Zep remasters worthy of their legacy… please!🙏
Haha. Same story here. It was my first new album I bought at about 14/15. Had second hand ones. Bought from the probe in Liverpool. I still Havd my original.
Nice! Thanks for sharing your story Mike.
@ might give the new pressings a go at some point. Just upgraded to a Rega 6 nd7. So might be worth the outlay. Enjoyed your views
@@mikebeswick3420 think of it as a welcome gift for your new Rega…
@ haha. I see they split suppers ready on foxtrot.
I'm with you on these Dave - the full Steve Hackett period is my wish list - will order this soon!
I saw a review on another channel that I follow and he had similar comments to yours on the difference between the Atlantic and the MFSL. I'll need to try and get hold of one of those too... 😁
It's funny, for years and years I considered myself a Gabriel era Genesis fan, with A Trick of the Tale, and Wind & Wuthering snuck in... then someone referred to 'the Hackett era' and it certainly got me thinking. If I had to chose between W&W and Trespass I'd probably take Trespass, otherwise I'm 100% with you.
@@DaveDenyer yeah, I have a soft spot for Trespass too - it was my introduction to the Gabriel era period. I don't think they'll release it though...
Great comparison between your three separate copies. Analogue Productions use of the original master mixes for the 75th Anniversary series is to be applauded. It will be interesting to hear what the high-res SACD sounds like because if it’s anything like Selling England…, everyone’s in for an aural treat. I hope the SACD of The Lamb… is released soon too. Let’s hope for Happy Ears in the near future.
I’d think for Genesis fans who can play SACDs (I can only play SACD rips), these really ought to be mandatory…
@ The good thing is that the SACDs are hybrid so the CD layer can be played on cd players / transports.
Great review. My vote for an extra album would be Genesis Live, but wouldn’t be disappointed with Wind & Wuthering. I saw also the band on the Duke tour in 1980, one of the extra dates they did at the Lyceum. Was next to the stage, having bunked off sixth form to queue up outside the theatre all day! Brilliant gig. Had previously seen them at Hammersmith Odeon but was at the back and the sound was awful.
Hi Nick, I was also right up against the stage at the Southampton Gaumont (my slightly elder gig-going friends told me that's what you did at gigs: lights down - run to the front!). My very first gig, Peter Gabriel on his 1980 tour, only a moth or so before the Genesis gig, I was dead centre, leaning on the barrier right at the front: Garbiel, and the band walked right based me to get onto he stage, and I was one of those holding him up during his crowd-surf (although that may have been his fourth album tour...).
Totally agree that it's stunning Dave. We desperately need Wind & Wuthering!!!!! Duke, And Then There Were Three also!!!!!! Not so interested in Trespass or Genesis Live.
Absolutely agree. All 3 of those are just too long for a single disc, and would sound amazing at 45 rpm over two discs.
Thanks for the feedback. Basically I think we need all of them!
@@Jonny_C73 hopefully Chad will read these comments! 🤞
My Japanese pressing of Wind and Wuthering is not bad at all, but would love an AP version!
@@DaveDenyer Agreed!
This Trick release is phenomenal... but I still think Nursery Cryme is the biggest improvement of these 45rpm Genesis releases.
Best improvement, maybe that is Nursery Cryme, certainly from a mid 70s repress. Although I think the pink scroll is notably better than subsequent reissues (until the AP 45rpm). That's why Im wanting both Genesis Live and Trespass to receive this treatment. They most need it...
Exciting news that Chad rang you Dave. My guess is that the Genesis releases are going really well & hopefully we will get further “audiophile”releases from the band, by Analogue Productions, once all the previously announced Atlantic 75s are done & dusted. My vote would definitely be for W&W although I would also love Trespass, as my repress from 1975 on the small hatter label sounds terrible. Originals in an acceptable playing condition are hard to find and cost a fair wack. Duke is the point where I started to lose a bit of interest although I did buy it and saw them twice on that tour & thought they were superb. Would definitely buy ATTWT & Live if AP released those.
Like yourself I was blown away by the AP version of ATOTT & it smashes my OG copy on every level. You are right about The Yes Album but I also love the INXS - Kick. Will be interesting to hear the self titled when that is released next month as I think the production level went up again with that album. Still on the fence about whether to buy Abacab as I never play my original. Thanks again Dave.
I was a bit star struck! He did make the mistake of asking me about the other Genesis albums, so I feel duty bound to hound him until he releases them all.
I forgot to mention Kick as another of the absolute best, it is. The first Bad Co album ought be up there too. I agree about the self-titled Genesis album. At the time of release I was really into it, but it isn't one I resist much. I play And Then There Were Three more often. I agree to some extent about about Abacab: I bought it back in the day, but it's by far my least played Genesis album (and was the latest of theirs I bought). I will buy the AP version though. I can't deny, I just want to hear it.
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Love trick of the tail. Disagree with then there three thought it was poor apart from follow you follow me. Genesis Live 73 one of my favourite live albums is crying out for a great SACD in my opinion. I have the Classic Records vinyl of the live album which smokes the original…Really enjoyed the video
I completely agree about Genesis Live. Love the music but always felt the sound quality could be improved. I've not heard the Classic Records version but am keen too (unless Chad makes an AP pressing).
I'd agree that And Then There Were Three is far from Genesis' best, but thinking about it: Burning Rope, Deep in the Motherlode, Down and Out, Many too Many... I don't play it often but when I do it always surprises me how good it is. I would definitely buy an AP Atlantic 75...
Agree with you completely that the AP is by far the best of these 3 pressings. Of the other two, I prefer the OG UK, the MFSL sounds a little too lacking in detail for me.
Thanks for the feedback, glad you agree with my findings, although it's really not a subtle improvement is it? 😃
wind and wuthering PLEASE duke and a.t. t.w.t. trespass
I hope so too... 🙏
I've been listening to AND THEN THERE WERE THREE lately , I think it's a really well - written songs and very underrated album. But I wish Steve Hackett had played on it. New A TRICK OF THE TAIL is absolutely great. I never really liked DUKE.
I really do agree about And Then There Were Three. I think it's very underrated.
I do like Duke though, partly maybe because I saw them on that tour (one of my first ever gigs) but I do like the music. Turn It On Again, and for that matter, Follow You Follow Me, are probably my least favourite tunes on those two albums. Beyond the singles there are some great Genesis moments...
Wind and Wuthering would be my choice for an extra AP release... but they'd have to change the running order.
Earl Of Mar/One for the Vine
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Your own special way/Wot Gorilla
Isn't balanced. Side one would be too long.
That's a very good point: I'm not sure whether 17-18 minutes would be too long a side at 45rpm... Maybe, maybe not, but if that's the case I'm voting for Going For The One!
Trick of the Tale new Atlantic reprint is more beautiful for me
Thanks for the feedback Flavio.
at least wind and wuthering CHAD PLEASE
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Maybe the color was chosen to stay away from looking like piss…upon release my hardcore Genesis fan friends referred to this as the piss album. Certainly not based on the music but the absence of PG. Many classic cuts here.
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hi from Montreal, Canada.....
Retired musician, 55 years old... i too have loved this record since i was 13 !
hmmm... well, firstly... and to be sure, MOFi pressings are absolutely the worst pressings of any title compared to a first year release from any country PERIOD.., {and very especially Canada or England !}
For example, put on a first year release of El Dorado by ELO.... lovely, powerful, clear midrange ! then, place towels over your speakers and play that same Lp again... instant MOFi !!!! Only in America are mofi pressings revered as great.
Next, you do not have an original/1st pressing of Trick sir.., first pressings are indeed textured and the low end/Bass fidelity is, {to use your favourite word... "Phenomenal"}
Very seriously though, my copy, {a true british original 1976 1st pressing}, is one of the greatest sounding albums in my collection, and the bass girth/power, instrument clarity/air and seperation is just profoundly unbelievable ! Regardless of what your system might be, you'll feel it !
i did purchase Selling England by the Pound...from the 75th anniversary series...{APA 002-45 No. 001643}, and i have to say it is VEEry NICE !
I am sure that Trick 75th pressing sounds great, but i wouldn't trade my 'Textured 1976 Original' for any other !
Hi, thanks for your feedback. Regarding the textured cover: I did double check my original because someone else commented about this. My copy is in fact textured, but much less heavily textured than the new version. It does have a very soft 'orange peel' like texture... So, I do think it is a 1976 original, and the matrices back this up.
The new Analogue Productions version is much more heavily textured. Also the background yellow of the cover is paler, and the red hue on the image is more vivid. All things considered I really like the new cover; but I wanted to explain the differences from the original...
And then there were three and Wind and Wuthering absolutely could use this treatment. They are also poorly represented on cd too so my vote goes for those two big time. Duke would be my third and I think Abacab is a waste. Abacab is my least favorite.
If Chad had asked my opinion before announcing the series I'd have also advised for any of the three you mention in place of Abacab...
Genesis live, Trespass no thanks. Wind and Wuthering, Duke are good.
Thanks for the feedback Jim. I hope Chad is watching...
genesis e mail chad for wind and wuthering!
Thanks for your feedback Michael. I've already emailed him. 🤞