GENESIS

GENESIS
1976-1982 (2007)
REMASTER
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If the grouping of albums on this 2007 box set initially seems a little odd — it is neither a collection of the band's early work, nor all of their albums after Peter Gabriel's departure, nor is it their most popular work — it soon becomes apparent why these five albums are grouped together and reissued as remastered double-disc sets, with one disc containing a CD of the album, the other a DVD with a 5.1 mix and extra video material (in the U.K., the first disc contains hybrid SACDs of the albums, raising this question why they aren't in this format in the U.S., especially since the bonus disc in this box is a hybrid SACD in all territories). These are the key art rock albums from the Phil Collins-fronted lineup of Genesis, the ones that the fans value, certainly more so than the pop-oriented Genesis and Invisible Touch. Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford reunited in 2007 for a tour, so it made sense to box up their key texts as a deluxe reissue, because this is indeed the music that the fans will want to hear on the tour. If the remastered sound wasn't enough of an incentive for hardcore fans (although it often is), the set also includes plenty of supplemental material, highlighted by a bonus disc containing 13 rarities and B-sides, including the single "Paperlate." That's not the end of the bonus material, though: there's also a 48-page book, and each DVD is packed with extra material, including promotional videos, TV appearances, replications of tour programs, and new interviews with the band about the making of the albums. Of course, to get all these juicy bonuses, you'll have to buy the real thing but, until then, you can still sample the exquisite sound quality of these remasters.

A TRICK OF THE TAIL (1976)
1.Dance On A Volcano
2.Entangled
3.Squonk
4.Mad Man Moon
5.Robbery, Assault and Battery
6.Ripples...
7.A Trick of the Tail
8.Los Endos

WIND & WUTHERING (1976)
1.Eleventh Earl Of Mar
2.One For The Vine
3.Your Own Special Way
4.Wot Gorilla?
5.All In A Mouse's Night
6.Blood On The Rooftops
7."Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers...
8....In That Quiet Earth"
9.Afterglow

...AND THEN THEY WERE THREE (1978)
1.Down And Out
2.Undertow
3.Ballad Of Big
4.Snowbound
5.Burning Rope
6.Deep in the Motherlode
7.Many Too Many
8.Scenes From A Night’s Dream
9.Say It’s Alright Joe
10.The Lady Lies
11.Follow You Follow Me

DUKE (1980)
1.Behind the Lines
2.Duchess
3.Guide Vocal
4.Man Of Our Times
5.Misunderstanding
6.Heathaze
7.Turn It On Again
8.Alone Tonight
9.Cul-De-Sac
10.Please Don’t Ask
11.Duke’s Travels
12.Duke’s End

ABACAB (1981)
1.Abacab
2.No Reply At All
3.Me and Sarah Jane
4.Keep It Dark
5.Dodo/Lurker
6.Who Dunnit?
7.Man On The Corner
8.Like It Or Not
9.Another Record

BONUS
EXTRA TRACKS 1976–1982 (2007)
1.Paperlate
2.Evidence of Autumn
3.Pigeons
4.You Might Recall
5.Naminanu
6.Inside And Out
7.Vancouver
8.Me And Virgil
9.It's Yourself
10.Match Of The Day
11.Open Door
12.The Day the Light Went Out
13.Submarine