Archive 1967-1975 (1998) and Archive 1976-1992 (2000), by Genesis: Today was Genesis day, as I worked through the 7 discs spread across these two boxed sets. They're completely different, but each has its charms. The first set is notable for three discs worth of (mostly) live stuff from the Gabriel-led quintet, which was previously limited to the 5-song album. It also includes a fourth disc of mostly demo versions of songs from the band's first album and a few other rarities. The second set is composed of B-sides (including most of the original fourth side from the US Three Sides Live release), live versions of songs that have missed the other live albums, and a few remixes and demos. Given the era covered, some of this stuff is fairly wretched, but there are enough gems (particularly the live stuff on disc 2 - "Ripples," "Entangled," "Duke's Travels / Duke's End") to make it worth having.
Monday, January 29, 2007
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I love Genesis. One of my favorite memories as a kid was taking off on my first plane ride listening to "The Brazillian" on my enormous Volkswagen-sized walkman. :)
"The Brazilian" is on disc 2, a live version. Good tune - I wish Phil hand't bought the Simmons synth-drum Koolaid that so many other folks did. OTOH, I'd love to stumble onto Tony's synth sound from that one.
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