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and on 15 May 2007 in North America by

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

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'', ''

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'', '' ...And Then There Were Three...'', ''

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''. The sixth pair of discs includes B-side songs. Each CD also has an associated DVD which features audio versions of the albums in 5.1 surround sound, as well as videos for songs from that album or tour, new interviews and photo galleries.

Audio formats

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, containing new stereo and

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mixes by producer and engineer Nick Davis. In the

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

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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, and the Dolby surround sound is a slightly inferior quality to the DTS. In November 2012, a 6LP Vinyl Boxset was issued in the United Kingdom. It features the 2007 remasters on 180g platters. All of the audio tracks on these CDs were remixed in stereo and surround sound by producer Nick Davis, with the sole exception of "Say It's Alright Joe", which was not remixed because the band was unable to locate the multitrack recordings.Explained at
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Track listing

''A Trick of the Tail''

CD DVD

''Wind & Wuthering''

CD DVD

''...And Then There Were Three...''

CD DVD

''Duke''

CD DVD

''Abacab''

CD DVD

''Extra Tracks 1976 to 1982''

CD DVD

Personnel

* Tony Banks – keyboards, backing vocals *

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, lead and backing vocals *

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 *

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 on ''A Trick of the Tail'', ''Wind & Wuthering'', and tracks 3, 6, 9, 10 on CD 6 ;Additional personnel *

David Hentschel David Hentschel (born 18 December 1952) is an English recording engineer, film score composer and music producer who engineered on George Harrison's ''All Things Must Pass'' and Elton John's ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'', as well as for such a ...

– backing vocals on ''Duke'' * EWF Horns –

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on "No Reply at All" and "Paperlate"

Formats

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

References

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