''Genesis 1970–1975'' is a

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of five studio albums by Genesis featuring

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. It was released on 10 November 2008 in Europe by EMI and on 11 November 2008 in North America by

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. The 7-CD/6-DVD box set includes newly remixed versions of the albums ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Selling England by the Pound'' and ''

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''. The band's 1969 debut album, '' From Genesis to Revelation'', was excluded due to the rights to the album belonging to

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. The fifth pair of discs includes B-side songs, 3 rare songs from BBC Sessions in 1970 and the never-before-released ''Genesis Plays Jackson'' soundtrack. Each bonus DVD features audio versions of the albums in 5.1

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, as well as videos from each album's corresponding tour, new interviews, and photo galleries. The European version includes CD/ SACD Hybrids instead of standard CDs. EMI also released a limited edition six disc vinyl box set containing the original albums only on 24 November 2008. ''Genesis 1970–1975'' appeared at position seven in the "Top 100 Recommended CD Reviews of All Time" at ''

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''. It has since fallen to position nine. In

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the box set received a

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nomination for Best Surround Sound Album.

Audio formats

In the European and Japanese releases of this box set, the CDs are hybrid SACD/CDs. The SACD layer is a multichannel

remix. In the Canadian and U.S. releases of this box set, standard CDs with no SACD layer are included. In all versions of the box set, the DVDs are

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format (not

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), although they contain both audio and video tracks. These DVDs include three audio mixes: DTS 5.1-channel surround sound,

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5.1-channel surround sound, and

stereo. The DTS surround sound is a slightly compressed version of the surround sound on the SACDs (remark: Nick Davis talks about the DTS format and therefore means data compression/reduction, not compression of the dynamic range of the music), and the Dolby surround sound is a slightly inferior quality to the DTS.Comparison from ''Sound and Vision'' magazine article online at http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/musicreviews/2285/genesis-in-surround.html All of the audio tracks on these CDs were remixed in stereo and surround sound by producer Nick Davis. In addition to the 7-CD/6-DVD box set, EMI released a limited edition vinyl box set on 24 November 2008.

Track listing

''Trespass'' & tracks 2-10 of ''Extra Tracks 1970-1975'' written by: Phillips/Rutherford/Gabriel/Banks All other tracks written by: Banks/Rutherford/Gabriel/Collins/Hackett

''Trespass''

CD DVD

''Nursery Cryme''

CD DVD

''Foxtrot''

CD DVD

''Selling England by the Pound''

CD DVD

''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway''

CD ''Disc 1'' DVD
''Disc 2''

''Extra Tracks 1970 to 1975''

CD DVD

Personnel

On all tracks: * Tony Banks – keyboards, guitar, background vocals, second lead vocal on "Shepherd" *

Mike Rutherford Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co-founder, lead guitarist and bassist of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis. He and keyboardist Tony Banks (musici ...

– guitars, bass, bass pedals, cello, background vocals *

– lead vocals,

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, bass drum, oboe, tambourine On ''Trespass'', and tracks 3–10 of ''Extra Tracks'': *

Anthony Phillips Anthony Edwin Phillips (born 23 December 1951) is an English musician and composer who gained prominence as the original lead guitarist of the rock band Genesis, from 1967 to 1970. He left in July 1970 and learned to play more instruments, bef ...

– guitar, backing vocals, second lead vocal on "Let Us Now Make Love" * John Mayhew – drums, percussion, backing vocals On ''Nursery Cryme'', ''Foxtrot'', ''Selling England by the Pound'', ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'', and tracks 1–2 of ''Extra Tracks'': *

Steve Hackett Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English guitarist who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis (band), Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three l ...

– guitars *

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis and had a successful solo career, ac ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "For Absent Friends" and "More Fool Me," second lead vocal on "Harlequin" and "The Colony of Slippermen"

Charts

Formats

UK/EU Version: CD/SACD hybrid + DVD (PAL)
US/Canadian Version: CD + DVD (NTSC)
Japanese Version: CD/SACD hybrid + DVD (NTSC)

References

External links

Official Box set website
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