Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway “Don’t look at me I’m not your kind, I’m Rael” OK Let me start by saying this is my favourite Genesis album and it is my second favourite record of all time behind Quadrophenia by The Who and ahead of Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In …
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ABBA I’ve got two in my vinyl collection. I used to have Voulez Vous which is an album I heard a lot as a kid and thus had a fondness for it in particular. There is no way anyone could justifiably slight this band. They are one of the top selling bands of all time …
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Genesis – Selling England By The Pound “Take a little trip back with father Tiresias” I am definitely going to get some flack on this post. I mean we are talking about an album that is not only many fans’ favourite Genesis album but one that many consider to be their favourite Prog Rock album …
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7 Minutes This is a Toronto band that are probably known to very few but because there were some nice Jewish boys in band they were famous among friends. They won one of the Q107 homegrown contests and ended up recording this EP which is light poppy new wave-ish stuff from 1982 – Jeff Mogil …
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Genesis – Genesis Live “That was an unaccompanied bass pedal solo from Michael Rutherford” At one point in the past Live albums could serve as a gateway drug to a band’s back catalog. They were put out often as a stopgap between studio releases but very often at a time when the fanbase was growing …
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Genesis – Foxtrot “Can’t you feel our souls ignite” Following the release of Nursery Cryme Genesis toured extensively in the UK and Europe between November 71 and August 72 promoting the album. A non-album single called Happy The Man was released in May 1972 with Seven Stones from Nursery Cryme as the B-Side. It is …
Genesis – Nursery Cryme “All your hearts now seem so far from me, It hardly seems to matter now” The first few years of the band involved shifts in band members. First Chris Stewart was replaced by Johnathan Silver on drums and then he by John Mayhew. After monumental sales of about 6000 copies of …
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Genesis – Trespass “Nobody needs to discover me, I’m back again” So, September 1969 Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford and Phillips decided to give it a proper go as Genesis as a full-time commitment, however they would write music on their own terms. Jonathan Silver who had played drums on From Genesis To Revelation left for school …
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Genesis – From Genesis To Revelation “It has begun, You’re in the hands of destiny” They were just kids…amazingly Genesis were still in High School when this was recorded. The band formed originally from the remnants of two bands in 1967 at Charterhouse School – which was like a upper middle class boys private school. …
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