50th Anniversary - GENESIS: Selling England By The Pound - some questions for you

    1. When did you buy Selling England By The Pound (or have received it as a gift)?

    Around 2002/2003


    2. How old were you when Selling England was released?

    -3


    3. Was Selling England your first Genesis album? If not, how many Genesis albums did you own before getting Selling??

    No. We Can't Dance was my first. I don't know exactly but I'm guessing I had about 16 or 17 Genesis albums if you include the live albums and TIOA:The Hits from 99 and the 2 Archive boxsets. I got the majority of the 70's albums around 2002/2003 but not sure of the order.


    4. If you had to rank all Genesis albums, where does Selling England stand?

    Today, about 5.


    5. Which track was your favourite when you bought the album?

    I Know What I Like


    6. Which track is your favourite today?

    The Cinema Show maybe. Firth would have stood a better chance if it had better lyrics.


    7. Which track do you think is the best track on the record despite your own taste?

    Dancing With The Moonlit Knight perhaps.


    8. How many versions of the album have you bought / owned? (Vinyl, CD, Remaster, Cassette, SACD etc)

    Just the one. The DER released in the 90s.

    1. When did you buy Selling England By The Pound (or have received it as a gift)?


    1994


    2. How old were you when Selling England was released?


    2


    3. Was Selling England your first Genesis album? If not, how many Genesis albums did you own before getting Selling??


    I owned 3 albums before.


    4. If you had to rank all Genesis albums, where does Selling England stand?


    9th


    5. Which track was your favourite when you bought the album?


    Firth of Fifth


    6. Which track is your favourite today?


    Cinema Show


    7. Which track do you think is the best track on the record despite your own taste?


    Dancing with the moonlit knight


    8. How many versions of the album have you bought / owned? (Vinyl, CD, Remaster, Cassette, SACD etc)


    Cassette + CD definitive remaster

    1. When did you buy Selling England By The Pound (or have received it as a gift)?


    I bought iy around 78, I guess, I was buying or borrowing Genesis albums in a very random order

    2. How old were you when Selling England was released?

    almost 10


    3. Was Selling England your first Genesis album? If not, how many Genesis albums did you own before getting Selling??


    It wasn't, I borrowed Foxtrot, that was my first then Trick and Trespass, then NC and ATTW3, finally SEBTP and te Lamb

    4. If you had to rank all Genesis albums, where does Selling England stand?

    2nd personally, after Trick, a very, very close second though


    5. Which track was your favourite when you bought the album?

    FoF, I guess.


    6. Which track is your favourite today?

    Cinema show is IMO together with Supper's Ready and The Musical Box the holy trinity in Genesis' songbook. Least favorite, After the Ordeal, I used to like it when I bought the album but in time, I just got tired of it.


    7. Which track do you think is the best track on the record despite your own taste?

    Good question, it does diverge sometimes, for instance I love MMM on Trick but I think Entangled is the best track. Here, it matches, the Cinema Show


    8. How many versions of the album have you bought / owned? (Vinyl, CD, Remaster, Cassette, SACD etc)

    Vinyl, CD, remaster.

    1. When did you buy Selling England By The Pound (or have received it as a gift)?


    First time: when I was a Freshman in High School, so.....I think, 15? That would've been 1996.


    2. How old were you when Selling England was released?


    I wasn't born until the year Abacab came out!


    3. Was Selling England your first Genesis album? If not, how many Genesis albums did you own before getting Selling??


    No. I had Shapes, Invisible Touch, WCD, and most of the live releases by then. It WAS my first Peter Gabriel era album!


    4. If you had to rank all Genesis albums, where does Selling England stand?


    probably...#5 for me.


    5. Which track was your favourite when you bought the album?


    The Cinema Show (I bought the album after hearing I know what I Like, Firth of Fifth and Cinema Show on Seconds Out and The Way We Walk - the Longs.)


    6. Which track is your favourite today?


    Dancing With the Moonlit Knight


    7. Which track do you think is the best track on the record despite your own taste?


    Firth of Fifth (an undeniable masterpiece, and very representative of Genesis' sound)


    8. How many versions of the album have you bought / owned? (Vinyl, CD, Remaster, Cassette, SACD etc)


    three: 94 Remaster CD, 2008 "green box" CD version in 5.1 surround, and most recently the 2018 half-speed mastered vinyl reissue.

    1. When did you buy Selling England By The Pound (or have received it as a gift)?

    About 1983


    2. How old were you when Selling England was released?

    2


    3. Was Selling England your first Genesis album? If not, how many Genesis albums did you own before getting Selling??

    Nope. It started with Duke for me, then Seconds Out, Trespass, Abacab, And Then There Were Three, The Lamb, Foxtrot and Three Sides Live


    4. If you had to rank all Genesis albums, where does Selling England stand?

    Always in my Top 5, which usually consist of Selling, The Lamb, Trick, Wind & Wuthering and Seconds Out. The order changes depending on mood.


    5. Which track was your favourite when you bought the album?

    Cinema Show


    6. Which track is your favourite today?

    Firth of Fifth


    7. Which track do you think is the best track on the record despite your own taste?

    Firth of Fifth. Love the near-classical arrangement.


    8. How many versions of the album have you bought / owned? (Vinyl, CD, Remaster, Cassette, SACD etc)

    Cassette, vinyl, CD and 5.1

    1. When did you buy Selling England By The Pound (or have received it as a gift)?

    ~2008


    2. How old were you when Selling England was released?

    5


    3. Was Selling England your first Genesis album? If not, how many Genesis albums did you own before getting Selling??

    No, I think I had 4 ahead of it (Duke, Abacab, 3SL, "shapes")


    4. If you had to rank all Genesis albums, where does Selling England stand?

    4th


    5. Which track was your favourite when you bought the album?

    Cinema Show


    6. Which track is your favourite today?

    Firth of Fifth


    7. Which track do you think is the best track on the record despite your own taste?

    Firth of Fifth


    8. How many versions of the album have you bought / owned? (Vinyl, CD, Remaster, Cassette, SACD etc)

    At least two CD releases

    Sure, will do. I know 100% sure is quite a statement but by that stage I was buying every new Genesis album and single on the day of release and know it hadn't come out when I saw them in Manchester on 6th October, I was hearing all the new material for the first time.

    1.When did you buy Selling England By The Pound (or have received it as a gift)?

    Not sure . I think around 1979


    2. How old were you when Selling England was released?

    11


    3. Was Selling England your first Genesis album? If not, how many Genesis albums did you own before getting Selling??

    No. Trick was the first . I think I bought all the other Genesis albums available at the time before I bought Selling.

    4. If you had to rank all Genesis albums, where does Selling England stand?


    4. The four albums they made in a row starting with this one are IMO the best run of 4 albums made by anyone. My top 4.ATOTT, W&W TLLDOB and SEBTP




    5. Which track was your favourite when you bought the album?

    Cinema Show although I always prefer the Seconds Out version.


    6. Which track is your favourite today?

    DWTMK. Probably due to over hearing CS.


    7. Which track do you think is the best track on the record despite your own taste?


    Odd question. Best music is always subjective. So the answer is as above.



    8. How many versions of the album have you bought / owned? (Vinyl, CD, Remaster, Cassette, SACD etc)


    5.

    Original on Mad Hatter and blue label.

    Remastered vinyl in Box. Definitive CD and SACD in Box

    1. When did you buy Selling England By The Pound (or have received it as a gift)?


    In school aged about 15 in 1983.



    2. How old were you when Selling England was released?


    About six!



    3. Was Selling England your first Genesis album? If not, how many Genesis albums did you own before getting Selling??


    No, it was about the third one I bought.



    4. If you had to rank all Genesis albums, where does Selling England stand?


    It's one of my faves. Genesis Shapes and Trespass being my top two!!



    5. Which track was your favourite when you bought the album?


    I know what I like...



    6. Which track is your favourite today?


    Cinema Show



    7. Which track do you think is the best track on the record despite your own taste?


    Firth Of Fifth - couldn't get behind it as Phil would say though when I was 15..



    8. How many versions of the album have you bought / owned? (Vinyl, CD, Remaster, Cassette, SACD etc)


    Record, cd, remastered cd, remixed cd...

    "She looks at me and gently smiles, as if she knew I'd ask her all the time..."

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