The last of the three matching box sets of Genesis' back catalog Genesis 1970-1975 offers expanded reissues of every Peter Gabriel era album outside of the earliest, From Genesis to Revelation, which has essentially been reduced to a footnote to their catalog (as much due to licensing reasons as musical). So, 1970-1975 offers remastered reissues of 1970's Trespass, 1971's Nursery Cryme, 1972's Foxtrot, 1973's Selling England by the Pound, and 1974's double-album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, each presented as a double-disc set containing a remastered CD and DVD-Audio with 5.1 surround sound (in the U.K., these were released as hybrid SACDs instead of standard CDs). All the remastering is exceptional but what makes this set necessary for the devoted is the bonus material -- the video added to the DVDs and the whole disc of stray tracks. This supplemental disc has the exceptional B-side "Twilight Alehouse," the single-only "Happy the Man," the demo of the terrific "Going Out to Get You," and the BBC session that produced "Shepherd," "Pacidy," and "Let Us Now Make Love" -- all tracks that showed up on the 1998 box set Genesis Archives, Vol. 1: 1967-1975, but the real treat is the first official release of the four songs that comprise Genesis Plays Jackson, the band's soundtrack to a show by artist Michael Jackson. Add to this the video material -- limited to interviews on Trespass and Nursery Cryme, but containing full performances on Foxtrot and Selling England, plus the original slide shows used for the stage show of Lamb -- and this box turns into something extraordinary: a nearly complete portrait of a restlessly creative band at their peak, whose output only sounds more distinctive with each passing year.

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Rhino completes its upgrade of Genesis' catalog with a third and final 7 CD/6 DVD box spotlighting the beginning of their career with CD/DVD editions of five albums expanded with bonus audio & video, 5.1 mixes and more, plus an exclusive rarities disc. Included are CD/DVD versions of Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, plus a disc of extras.

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Genesis: The Beginning: 1970-1975 Box Set
$125.99

Rhino’s Completes Its Upgrade Of Genesis’ Catalog With A Third And Final 7-CD/6-DVD Box Spotlighting The Beginning Of Their Career With CD/DVD Editions Of Five Albums Expanded With Bonus Audio & Video, 5.1 Mixes And More, Plus An Exclusive Rarities Disc!

Background:
In the beginning, Genesis began its epic journey towards becoming one of the top-selling recording acts of all time with a series of groundbreaking progressive rock albums that featured a pre-solo career Peter Gabriel as lead singer. Produced by founding members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford along with Phil Collins – who joined in ’71 – GENESIS: 1970-1975 collects five of the group’s studio albums from their seminal Gabriel-fronted era, presenting them as expanded CD/DVD editions featuring 5.1 and Surround Sound mixes, rare and previously unissued bonus audio and video, new interviews and more. The 7-CD, 6-DVD box, which also includes the exclusive CD/DVD Extras: 1970-1975, spotlights: Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound and the double album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Following Genesis’ hugely successful 2007 40th anniversary reunion tour featuring Collins, Banks and Rutherford onstage together for the first time in 15 years, Rhino’s third in a trilogy of box sets exploring the band’s extraordinary catalog is an ideal way to rediscover their earliest masterpieces.

5 CLASSIC GENESIS ALBUMS
Deluxe Editions Of Each Album As CD + DVD Sets
Each CD Features A New Stereo Mix
Each DVD Contains A New 5.1 Surround Sound Mix
Video Content Includes Over 6 Hours Of Rare Live Concert Footage, Newly Filmed Interviews With The Band, And TV Appearances

Box Set Exclusive Bonus:
“Extra Tracks 1970-1975”. A Collection Of B-Sides And Rare Tracks.
A CD+DVD Set, Also In Newly Mixed Stereo And 5.1 Surround