Audio CD review:
Genesis - Genesis 1976-1982

Genesis - Genesis 1976-1982

Band: Genesis Title: Genesis 1976-1982 Rating: Release Date: 05 April, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Dance on a Volcano 2: Entangled 3: Squonk 4: Mad Man Moon 5: Robbery, Assault and Battery 6: Ripples... 7: Trick of the Tail 8: Endos 9: Dance on a Volcano [DVD] 10: Entangled [DVD] 11: Squonk [DVD] 12: Mad Man Moon [DVD] 13: Robbery, Assault and Battery [DVD] 14: Ripples... [DVD] 15: Trick of the Tail [DVD] 16: Endos [DVD] 17: Robbery, Assault and Battery [DVD][*] 18: Ripples... [DVD][*] 19: Trick of the Tail [DVD][*] 20: Bonus Materials [DVD][*] 21: Eleventh Earl of Mar 22: One for the Vine 23: Your Own Special Way 24: Wot Gorilla? 25: All in a Mouse's Night 26: Blood on the Rooftops 27: Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers 28: ...in That Quiet Earth 29: Afterglow 30: Eleventh Earl of Mar [DVD] 31: One for the Vine [DVD] 32: Your Own Special Way [DVD] 33: Wot Gorilla? [DVD] 34: All in a Mouse's Night [DVD] 35: Blood on the Rooftops [DVD] 36: Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers [DVD] 37: ...in That Quiet Earth [DVD] 38: Afterglow [DVD] 39: Bonus Materials [DVD][*] 40: Down and Out 41: Undertow 42: Ballad of Big 43: Snowbound 44: Burning Rope 45: Deep in the Motherlode 46: Many Too Many 47: Scenes from a Night's Dream 48: Say It's Alright Joe 49: Lady Lies 50: Follow You Follow Me 51: Down and Out [DVD] 52: Undertow [DVD] 53: Ballad of Big [DVD] 54: Snowbound [DVD] 55: Burning Rope [DVD] 56: Deep in the Motherlode [DVD] 57: Many Too Many [DVD] 58: Scenes from a Night's Dream [DVD] 59: Say It's Alright Joe [DVD] 60: Lady Lies [DVD] 61: Follow You Follow Me [DVD] 62: Many Too Many [DVD][*] 63: Follow You Follow Me [DVD][*] 64: Bonus Materials [DVD][*] 65: Behind the Lines 66: Duchess 67: Guide Vocal 68: Man of Our Times 69: Misunderstanding 70: Heathaze 71: Turn It on Again 72: Alone Tonight 73: Cul-De-Sac 74: Please Don't Ask 75: Duke's Travels 76: Duke's End 77: Behind the Lines [DVD] 78: Duchess [DVD] 79: Guide Vocal [DVD] 80: Man of Our Times [DVD] 81: Misunderstanding [DVD] 82: Heathaze [DVD] 83: Turn It on Again [DVD] 84: Alone Tonight [DVD] 85: Cul-De-Sac [DVD] 86: Please Don't Ask [DVD] 87: Duke's Travels [DVD] 88: Duke's End [DVD] 89: Duchess [DVD][*] 90: Misunderstanding [DVD][*] 91: Turn It on Again [DVD][*] 92: Behind the Lines [DVD][Live][*] 93: Duchess [DVD][Live][*] 94: Guide Vocal [DVD][Live][*] 95: In the Cage [DVD][Live][*] 96: Afterglow [DVD][Live][*] 97: Dance on a Volcano [DVD][Live][*] 98: Endos [DVD][Live][*] 99: Bonus Materials [DVD][*] 100: Abacab 101: No Reply at All 102: Me and Sarah Jane 103: Keep It Dark 104: Dodo/Lurker 105: Who Dunnit? 106: Man on the Corner 107: Like It or Not 108: Another Record 109: Abacab [DVD] 110: No Reply at All [DVD] 111: Me and Sarah Jane [DVD] 112: Keep It Dark [DVD] 113: Dodo/Lurker [DVD] 114: Who Dunnit? [DVD] 115: Man on the Corner [DVD] 116: Like It or Not [DVD] 117: Another Record [DVD] 118: Abacab [DVD][*] 119: No Reply at All [DVD][*] 120: Keep It Dark [DVD][*] 121: Man on the Corner [DVD][*] 122: Bonus Materials [DVD][*] 123: Paperlate [*] 124: Evidence of Autumn [*] 125: Pigeons [*] 126: You Might Recall [*] 127: Naminanu [*] 128: Inside and Out [*] 129: Vancouver [*] 130: Me and Virgil [*] 131: Its Yourself [*] 132: Match of the Day [*] 133: Open Door [*] 134: Day the Light Went Out [*] 135: Submarine [*] 136: Paperlate [DVD][*] 137: Evidence of Autumn [DVD][*] 138: Pigeons [DVD][*] 139: You Might Recall [DVD][*] 140: Naminanu [DVD][*] 141: Inside and Out [DVD][*] 142: Vancouver [DVD][*] 143: Me and Virgil [DVD][*] 144: Its Yourself [DVD][*] 145: Match of the Day [DVD][*] 146: Open Door [DVD][*] 147: Day the Light Went Out [DVD][*] 148: Submarine [DVD][*]

Customer Reviews Husband loves it but was a pain to buy (different playing formats or something. My husband requested this for his birthday and loves it but I got really frustrated trying to buy it because there were two things with wildly different pricetags and no way to tell which was which. ) I ended up buying the wrong thing and then we had to return it and my husband was extremely disappointed that he had it in his hands and couldn't listen to it. Not to mention that by then the price had jumped up again to close to $300. Great SACD Box Set The packaging is pretty good too and as a bonus for buying these new Genesis box sets you get a bonus SACD/DVD set enclosed in a very informative hardback book with essays by Genesis fanatic Michael Watts. The music contained in this box set is of such a high standard. The bonus SACD contains B Sides and extra tracks from single releases and EP's whilst the DVD has bonus video content and an extra reissues interview. These discs are not available seperately and are a nice bonus! Ignore the reviews that complain about the new mixes/bad compression etc. . . . ,these people seem to have issues with remastered music in general. I'd like to write about the SACD/DTS 5. 1 mixes as I talk of high standards. I'm listening to "One For The Vine" from "Wind & Wuthering" as I type this review and it is breathtaking. I also have the equipment to compare the SACD 5. 1 verses the DTS 5. 1(96k/24bit) and can faithfully report that they are both top notch. The SACD 5. 1 mixes always seem to sound a little warmer to me as they are played back via analogue not digital. I can also write that the stereo SACD mixes sound pretty good,but not a patch on the 5. 1. The same stereo mixes have been used for the standard cd layer so they should sound ok too. I think in years to come,as Mike Rutherford says on the bonus DVD interview,these new mixes will be appreciated for what they are when more people open their ears to surround mixes. I must also admit that there are some very bad surround mixes out there but Genesis and their trusty engineer Nick Davis have clearly done their homework. ALL mixes in this collection and the companion box set [[ASIN:B000TBMEBS Genesis 1983-1998]] have been supervised by Tony Banks. Giving the listener a new experience with evey album(even "Calling All Stations" sounds great). Ok,so they are not the original stereo mixes,these new releases are clearly aimed at fans who have the capacity to hear these great albums in 5. 1 via SACD or DVD. So in summing up,if you've got the hardware to enjoy these fantastic remixed Genesis albums then your ears will love you for buying this set and it's companion. And if you don't have an SACD player(get one!) or a DTS decoder don't worry,you can also listen to the standard 5. 1 dolby digital mixes(they are slightly lower quality)on the DVD's via most DVD players/home theatre setups. Enjoy! Note to U. S. customers:-Unlike the American release,this European version of the Genesis box set contains a Hybrid SACD rather than a standard cd giving the listener just that slightly better sound even if you don't have an SACD player. Hybrid SACD's play in most conventional cd players as well!. Brittle and Exhausting, Horrible Mastering Snares, cymbals, high-hats might as well just be white noise generated by percussion strikes and smashed to the limits of human hearing. Never in my life have I heard so much treble and bass without any midrange cohesion. I cannot listen to these albums--especially Trick of The Tail--without totally re-equalizing my whole system (even listening to the CD layer in the car!), and this goes for all provided formats of these remasters--DTS, SACD and CD. I even went so far as to purchase the identical auditioning SACD player that was used to test these mixes in the studio, to no avail. There very simply is no life or 'air' to these mixes. The high frequency information in general has been pushed into such a narrow band that there is no 'room' in the snares and no decay from cymbal strikes. It is an incoherent, tweaked-out onslaught. I think we have to place the blame for this squarely on Nick Davis, after all he did produce the two worst sounding Genesis albums in history--We Can't Dance and Calling All Stations--wrought with over compression and even straight up distortion. Perhaps it is old ears that prefer such harsh and inarticulate high frequencies or the hidden agenda of one of the band members to remix these albums in order to claim or restate their cultural relevance. My ears are young and I grew up loving these albums. These remixes are barely listenable, create horrible listening fatigue and it is absolutely unforgivable. Some of this TC Electronics smashing of high frequencies can be heard with the initial CD remasters done in the early 90's. To this day the original CD pressing of Trick of The Tail is more listenable (with a touch of EQ) than the remaster. The new SACD multi-channel remixes are abysmal. I fear greatly for the Gabriel era remixes. . . At this point I intend to capture these multi-track SACD on my computer at 192khz and attempt to remix these albums myself to DVD-A. Abacab is the only album from this box set I can recommend without any reservations. Duke is almost passable, but the biggest disappointment is by far Trick of Tail--horrible. Sorry fans, I had high hopes too. . You can see a complete list of all Genesis discography, or go back to the Genesis tabs