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October 3, 2023October 3, 2023

Genesis’ self-titled twelfth studio album celebrates its 40th Anniversary

Today sees the 40th anniversary of the release of Genesis’ self-titled album… GENESIS UK Release: 3 October 1983. LP. Charisma/Virgin. GEN LP1. Album Score: 79% Mike Rutherford – guitars, bass, backing vocals Phil Collins – drums, vocals, percussion Tony Banks – keyboards, backing vocals Recorded and Mixed at The Farm, Chiddingfold, Surrey, May to August…

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September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

Selling England by the Pound celebrates its 50th anniversary

50 years ago today Genesis released Selling England by the Pound, one of their best-regarded albums. SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND UK Release: 28 September 1973. LP. Charisma. CAS 1074. Album Score – 83% Peter Gabriel – vocals, flute, oboe, percussion Tony Banks – Hammond organ, Mellotron, Hohner Pianet, ARP Pro Soloist, piano, 12-string guitar…

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December 17, 2021December 20, 2021

Genesis’ Wind & Wuthering after 45 years

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the release of WIND & WUTHERING, the second album Genesis recorded as a four-piece after the departure of Peter Gabriel. It would be the band’s last studio album with guitarist Steve Hackett – Genesis paring down to the trio of Tony Banks (Keyboards), Phil Collins (vocals, drums) and Mike…

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November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

Nursery Cryme at 50

12 November 2021 is the 50th anniversary of the release of Genesis’ third album NURSERY CRYME, their first with new members Phil Collins (drums, vocals) and Steve Hackett (guitar). The album would be the first of four studio recordings between 1971 and 1974 from the five-man line-up including founder members Tony Banks (keyboards), Peter Gabriel…

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November 11, 2021November 12, 2021

We Can’t Dance celebrates 30th Anniversary

11 November 2021 is the 30th anniversary of the release of Genesis’ WE CAN’T DANCE – the last studio album recorded with Phil Collins. The record was released five years after their mega-seller INVISIBLE TOUCH and consolidated on the huge success of that album. The sound here is much earthier, the result of a change…

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September 25, 2021September 25, 2021

Genesis – Manchester Arena, 24 September 2021

Well they may well all be over 70 now and Phil Collins not in the best of health, but Genesis still turned on the magic last night at the Manchester Arena. A delay of over an hour due to a generator failure only helped to add to the anticipation (maybe the puncture they had on…

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September 18, 2021

Book Review – GENESIS – 1975 TO 2021: THE PHIL COLLINS YEARS (2021)

GENESIS – 1975 TO 2021: THE PHIL COLLINS YEARS (2021) ***½ by Mario Giammetti This paperback edition published by Kingmaker Publishing, 2021, 290pp © Mario Giammetti, 2021 ISBN: 978-1-838491-80-2 Blurb: The definitive biography of the later years of one of the world’s greatest bands. The book contains numerous exclusive interviews with band members and all of…

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September 18, 2021September 21, 2021

Genesis’ Abacab at 40

18 September 2021 is the 40th anniversary of the release of Genesis’ watershed album Abacab. It was the band’s eleventh studio album and their third as a trio The album saw Genesis deliberately steer themselves into a post-new wave direction by rejecting any material they wrote which they felt was treading old ground or adopting…

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January 15, 2021

Book Review – GENESIS 3 (2020) by Robert Ellis

GENESIS 3 (2020) ***** by Robert Ellis Published by The Rock Library, 6 October 2020, 286pp © The Rock Library, 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9993712-2-7 Blurb: This hard back book measures 250x297mm, has 286 pages, and contains over 600 images. It is not a history or a biography. It is a collection of my photographs from the…

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October 27, 2020

Genesis start rehearsals for 2021 tour

Photos have emerged this week of Genesis in rehearsal in London for their The Last Domino? tour, due to hit the UK in April 2021. Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford have been joined by guitarist Daryl Stuermer and Phil’s son Nic on drums. The band was originally to have toured in November and…

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