Posts by The_Genesis_Archive

It's brand new, the kit which Phil owned (3) from 1983 through to 1987 have the older Gretsch badge on them.

TGA

Yes, it was never on general sale. Either webshop or merchandise stands.

It is a cardsleeve DVD, slipped it in with the 2004 release Final Farewell tour DVD.

TGA

Quote from vl1

I'll try once more.

I personally cannot read it, without an enormous amount of faffing about .. at my age, time is running about, I don't do faffing about anymore. You could solve some of that by scaling images to use the full height of the screen, that would in most cases make it readable without magnification.

Good Evening Vari-lite 1 (VL1), we are more than welcome to permit you to bring you're immeasurable CSS and Js skills are welcome. These programming skills will save us £hundreds in altering the design of the website.

We continue to be puzzled at your difficulties in navigating the website, again we are not certainly that you understand how the magnify plugin works. To clarify an interview in Melody Maker or NME and even Sounds are often close to A3 size, to have a screen big enough to see that page displayed in full would require a monitor set to portrait. This is often the preferred choice of programmers. The user would be looking at a cost of £250+ for a decent enough monitor.

Our materials are navigated present with a magnify function, if you do not understand how to use it. Then please be honest.

Again along with foxfeeder, you're both welcome to construct you're own websites and collate you're own archival materials.

Our design and format choice is certainly more easily navigated when compared to that of http://www.genesismuseum.com/

TGA

Backdrifter, up to the modern day. But any chance of an insight into his song writing, composition in the studio and or tours was very thin.

TGA

We just felt that Steve's biography was shorter than we expected, especially considering his career and age.

Although it has left room for volume 2, its unlikely that we would see a second volume. That's a pity

TGA

Quote from vl1

If however, it used the all available screen space, and is at an appropriate magnification to be readable, I might just stay a little bit longer and read it. Same for the articles from magazines, the initial sizing is unreadable, the magnified sizing is often just as annoying, there's a limit to how many clicks and drags people are prepared to make to get to the nitty gritty. In the past I've had to resort to using magnification software, because the sizing was so inappropriate.

You do realise that since the summer of last year, we have had our magnify function reinstated. This was an original feature, but the plugin that powers it was discontinued. At a great cost along with other crucial updates, the magnify feature was brought back.

The youtube video which we posted here, demonstrates how to use that feature at 2 minutes and 58 seconds. Adverts on youtube are just as annoying for everyone, but youtube is a business and that's how it makes money.

Again, as you're not the one who ploughed close to £3.5k into the website last year. Its easy to complain, the magnify function is there and it should work fine on your computer.

We have tour itineraries and all sorts of multi-page documents that are easy to read. We have had very little if next to no help from the supposed Genesis community, but plenty of nay sayers, detractors, people drying their teeth and those were the pleasant recollections.

TGA

Ian,

The volume of material and the way it needs to be presented, dictates the design. It is very difficult to showcase the materials in any other way. Although suggestions which are allied to solutions are always welcome.

It is easy for the both of you to criticise, something neither of you have invested the time and money into. As for the material, trying to please everyone all of the time is an impossible task. But archiving the history in the most accessible way possible was our intention from the beginning, this continues to be the case.

As for being seduced by techno flash delivery, its a wordpress website which uses a theme. Nothing to flash about that. But far better than using drupal, and light years away from a html based website.

As for the three websites that you have authored, kudos to you. But providing an archive over over 10,000 items is a far more challenging task, especially when people expect something for nothing.

TGA

To be fair Christian, it was on sale on the Phil Collins official website and the Genesis official website for a while. That is how we obtained our copy.

Its a great eye opener, it certainly is a good show reel for the team that went on to make Come Rain or Shine.

TGA

vl1, really?

Hope that helps,

TGA

100% plus there is a DVD of it. There is also a BLU ray of the original film, with a DVD of Still Growing up as a bonus.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter…ords=still+growing&sr=8-2

TGA

It was during the 2004 (Still Growing Up tour).

Kind Regards,

TGA

I had been shown this years ago, there's other stuff as well for Flaming Youth.

But its hidden or just not out there.

TGA

https://thegenesisarchive.co.u…s-albumsong/strictly-inc/

https://thegenesisarchive.co.u…lts-the-albums-1979-1995/

Worth a look,

TGA

Here is the info for the But Seriously 1990 String section:

See attached...

TGA

Genesis already had that rehearsal space booked, because the tour was going ahead in November/December originally. It will not hurt for them to all get extra rehearsal time. I suspect they will rehearse again in March too.

Hope this helps

TGA

I would recommend that people do not confuse an ordinary stereo cassette, with a professional mobile recording, recorded onto multi track tapes.

Wembley 1975, Hammersmith 1976, Paris 1977, Savoy 1981 etc are known multi track live tapes.

Kind Regards,

TGA

Genesis played in Australia in 1986,

The String Section was as follows: (see attached)

Hope this helps,

Mark

Quote from foxfeeder

5.1: DVD or Blu Ray, don't mind which, it's not going to make a huge difference to me, my system is good, but uses small JBL speakers, so it's not as high fidelity as my stereo, it's just nice to hear stuff in surround. SACD is dead, really, it never caught on, and it's on the back foot now!

foxfeeder, sadly on the subject of SACD I think we are in agreement. A real shame as a format it had great potential.

TGA

Quote from Backdrifter

Ok thanks.

Hmmm. I wonder therefore, what would TB's view be of the Revolution In The Head style of Genesis book I was thinking about. Like the Beatles book, it would focus entirely on the songs and in a different, more forensic way than the song-by-song book mentioned before.

Yes although Mark Lewisholm did a similar book on The Beatles, charting every day in a kind of archive/diary style for The Beatles. It gave us at The Genesis Archive the idea for how we approach our website design/strategy. We even took a copy of the book with us when we interviewed Steve Hackett for our sister website, a quick 5 minute discussion gave us the impression it was going to be a good idea. It has since opened up a number of opportunities for us.

TGA

Quote from thefarmer

The SACD were hybrid and contained the stereo mix to play on a standard CD player.

The farmer is correct, much as most SACD releases are Hybrid's. Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds, Peter Gabriel's SACD catalogue (all in 2.0 except UP).

I've only ever lived in small houses (still waiting for that lottery win), but the systems I have had mostly had small speakers. I have a large surround sound catalogue now, Anthony Phillips, Mike Oldfield, Yes, King Crimson, are just some of the more diverse works outside of Genesis that I own.

If anything Vinyl has had a resurgence, but I'm not sure why... Genesis really have triple dipped on Vinyl releases, but aside from the warmth that some speak of, I cannot see the allure of the format.

I do think any work by Genesis going forward would likely be on Blu Ray. Looking at the recent Pink Floyd releases gives us a clue as to how Deluxe versions of the Genesis catalogue may look. Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is managed by Tony Smith.

I really wanted Phil's solo work to be reissued in Surround sound, the word I got back was "he wasn't interested in doing that". A real pity!

TGA