Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Rhino completes its upgrade of Genesis' catalog with a third and final 7 CD/6 DVD box spotlighting the beginning of their career with CD/DVD editions of five albums expanded with bonus audio & video, 5.1 mixes and more, plus an exclusive rarities disc. Included are CD/DVD versions of Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, plus a disc of extras.









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Disc 1:

1. Looking For Someon
2. White Mountain
3. Visions Of Angels
4. Stagnation
5. Dusk
6. The Knife

Disc 10:

1. Lilywhite Lilith
2. The Waiting Room
3. Anyway
4. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
5. The Lamia
6. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
7. The Colony Of Slippermen(The Arrival/A Visit To The Doktor/Raven)
8. Ravine
9. The Light Dies Down On Broadway
10. Riding The Scree
11. In The Rapids
12. It

Disc 11:

1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway in 5.1 DTS and 5.1 Dolby Surround
2. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway reissue video with the band
3. Melody-French TV(1974)

Disc 12:

1. Happy The Man
2. Twilight Alehouse
3. Going Out To Get You(Demo)
4. Sheperd(BBC Nightride 1970)
5. Pacidy(BBC Nightride 1970)
6. Let Us Now Make Love(BBC Nightride 1970)
7. Provocation(Genesis Plays Jackson)
8. Frustration(Genesis Plays Jackson)
9. Manipulation(Genesis Plays Jackson)
10. Resignation(Genesis Plays Jackson)

Disc 13:

1. Extras 1970-1975 in 5.1 DTS and 5.1 Dolby Surround
2. Extras 1970-1975 reissue interview with the band
3. Box Set 1967-1975(VH1 Special)
4. Watcher Of The Skies-Midnight Special(1973)
5. The Musical Box-Midnight Special(1973)

Disc 2:

1. Trespass in 5.1 DTS and 5.1 Dolby Surround
2. Trespass Reissue interview with the band

Disc 3:

1. The Musical Box
2. For Absent Friends
3. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
4. Seven Stones
5. Harold The Barrel
6. Harlequin
7. The Fountain Of Salmacis

Disc 4:

1. Nursery Cryme in 5.1 DTS and 5.1 Dolby Surround
2. Nursery Cryme reissue interview with the band

Disc 5:

1. Watcher Of The Skies
2. Time Table
3. Get 'Em Out By Friday
4. Can-Utility And The Coastliners
5. Horizon's
6. Supper's Ready

Disc 6:

1. Foxtrot in 5.1 DTS and 5.1 Dolby Surround
2. Foxtrot reissue interview with the band
3. Belgium-Rock Of The '70s(1972)
4. Italy-Piper Club(1972)

Disc 7:

1. Dancing With The Moonlight Knight
2. I Know What I Like(In Your Wardrobe)
3. Firth Of Fifth
4. More Fool Me
5. The Battle Of Epping Forest
6. After The Ordeal
7. The Cinema Show
8. Aisle Of Plenty

Disc 8:

1. Selling England By The Pound in 5.1 DTS and 5.1 Dolby Surround
2. Selling England By The Pound reissue interview with the band
3. Shepperton Studios, Italian TV(1973)
4. Batacian, France(1973)

Disc 9:

1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
2. Fly On A Windshield
3. Broadway Melody Of
4. Cuckoo Cocoon
5. In The Cage
6. The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging
7. Back in NYC
8. Hairless Heart
9. Counting Out Time
10. Carpet Crawlers
11. The Chamber Of 32 Doors

Rating: - Still one is missing...
Great set... but still, why is everybody ignoring "From Genesis to Revelation" album? While not the greatest, it's as part of Genesis's history as everythng else, and definitely better in musical terms than some of the latest creations.

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Rating: - Well worth the (long) wait!
This is an amazing set. I have been listening to the SACD import version (which everyone except amazon seems to know has already been released) which brings a clarity and fidelity to these recordings like nothing before it! It is hard to believe this music is closing in on 40 years old, and in 5.1 surround sounds as fresh as if it had been recorded yesterday. Some of the mixing choices are different than I remember on the orginals (some better, some not), however, I am also hearing new sounds that were previously obscured within the mix. Highly recommended!

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Rating: - Listen to it under the right conditions
Reading all of the reviews I decided to test this new Genesis remix myself using state of the art equipment. It did sound different! But then I thought, when Nick Davis did a playback what were the exact conditions? So I spent a good deal of time and money and found out this. What the exact temperature in the studio was. The air pressure and the altitude, also the phase the moon was in. Once I put this in my computer and recalibrated for the conditions in which Nick Davis herd playback all sounded great. Also use a tube amplifier unless you live in Arkansas.

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Rating: - How can people complain about the sound ?!?!?
I think the re-mixes sound amazing, and as far as comparison to the 1994 re-masters there is none. Case in point is the mix of The Lamb: I hear audio detailing that I have never heard before, such as some Peter / Phil harmony singing, a lot of over dubs in The Waiting Room, Fly on a Windshield, Back in NYC, etc. The list goes on and on. I am at a loss as to why people are slamming it complaining that it sounds compressed and designed for the MP3 generation. Not to these ears and I have lived with these albums for over two decades. Their complaint is especially moot when it comes to the 5.1 mixes that give these albums soooooo much more breathing room and space. Space around the instruments, around the vocals...I mean the soundstage is exquisite and the vocals definitely have that "you are in the room" presence. The 5.1 mixes are not MP3'd because they are designed for play on high end systems that have 5.1 capabilities and last time I checked this was not the case with your friendly old Ipod.

As far as the other albums go I don't know where to begin...Selling England, Foxtrot, Nursery, and Trespass all have a clarity to the mixes and a stunning degree of separation that was simply not there on the earlier CD issues. And the textures, my god, one can detect many subtleties to the individual instrument tracks and vocal tracks. I am delighted with this set. I think what some people may be having problems with is that these three box sets are as much re-mixes of the material as they are remastering. I would wager that there is plenty more remixing going on here, and this gives the band the opportunity to brush the dust off of old vintage material, and tweak it to their satisfaction. This is especially the case with the stuff from the very beginning that was recorded on 8 track systems.

These recordings are analogous to someone wiping dust off of a TV screen. The picture is sharper, clearer, brighter and will provide hours of pleasure to the listeners. Oh, and speaking of the visuals, the DVD bonus materials are fantastic. They have incorporated the entire slide show from The Lamb tour into the DVD along with some super 8 possibly super 16 footage of the shows. Fantastic! The period performances with Peter out front are indeed a treat, and as always the re-issue interviews are candid and very honest. It is a treat to hear what each member likes and dislikes about each album.

To each his own I suppose, but I think those that harp on about compression and lousy sound are missing out.

If you are a fan of this era of genesis then I urge you to drop the cashola and get this set...you will be grinning and laughing like a kid in a candy shop at the superlative quality of the sound.

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Rating: - Genesis in gorgeous surround
I suppose the negative reviews complaining about compression and loss of dynamics are based on the CDs (side note: I wish reviewers indicated better what version they're basing their opinions on). Personally, I have not bothered listening to the CDs, opting for the 5.1 surround sound versions of these fantastic albums. and I don't hear any significant compression artifacts. The surround sound mixes have made gorgeous music even better! If you have a surround sound system and are a Genesis fan, you may safely purchase these. Especially if you, like me, enjoyed the two box sets released earlier; I think the surround sound makes a bigger difference on the earlier than on the later albums.

As with the previous box sets (1976-1982 and 1983-1998), the surround mixes often allow you to hear things you never heard before. For instance, I can now clearly hear both acoustic guitars during the verses of "The Lamia" (my all-time favorite Genesis song), whereas earlier I could only hear one.

That said, occasionally there are things "missing" in these mixes. A few examples: the flute during the fadeout of "The Lamia" is now inaudible. The nasty "tearing" or "ripping" sound when Raels [...] is cut off in "The Colony of Slipperman" ("Visit to the Doctor" section) is missing. During part of the keyboard section of "Riding the Scree", what used to be the primary melody has been pushed in the background, in favor of what used to be the accompanying melody, giving the illusion of a different melody altogether (at least, I'm guess that this is what happened - I'm talking about the section that would later resurface in live versions of "The Cinema Show". You know the section I'm talking about! It sounds considerably different this time around.). Finally, there are moments throughout this box set when the bass guitar is too far in the background for my taste (this also goes for the 1976-1982 and 1983-1998 box sets). Overall, these are relatively minor complaints, and I think Nick Davis and Genesis have made spectacular surround sound versions of their music, and I'm very grateful to them.

Now, let's hope for a box set with the live albums! Genesis Live, Seconds Out, Three Sides Live, The Way We Walk, and the stuff in the Archive box sets (including the entire Lamb!) would all sound fantastic in 5.1.

As an aside, the interviews are quite fun. They're much longer than the ones included in the previous box sets (which were about 15 minutes each, while this time around they are about 45 minutes each). We get to hear from all band members, including Ant Philips. My favorite moment is when Phil Collins talks fondly about "The Waiting Room" ... (!)