Posts by Joey

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

October 1973; When I bought it at a Wherehouse Record Store in Pomona California, the stack of brand new import albums were still in the shipping box sitting on the floor waiting to be put in the bin. The box next to it had Genesis Live. I only bought SEBTP that day.

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

Sweet Sixteen

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

No, I already had three (Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme & Trespass, purchased in that order)

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

Varies from first to third depending on my mood.

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

DWTMK

6. Which track is your favourite today?

DWTMK

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

DWTMK

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

2 vinyl copies, 8-track tape, original CD release, 1994 CD Remaster, 2008 CD & DVD Remix

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Genesis also sold their catalog as well but not mentioned, so did they actually make even more?

The article on the Forbes website attributes the sale of their catalog as the main reason for Genesis topping the list.

Forbes

It looks like I screwed up and confused "No Admittance" with "Opening Night." No Admittance aired on the Disney channel and VH1 but I don't have dates.

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Does anyone recall where this first aired in the US? I have a clear recollection of watching it on the VERY TINY television set I owned at the time but can’t recall on which US network it aired.

It aired on the ABC network, June 13, 1992 at 10PM.

Bought Foxtrot June of 1973 when I was 16. I knew nothing about the music or the band the first time I listened to it. I randomly played side 2 first and was pulled into the music almost immediately. I was completely blown away by the end of Supper's Ready and quickly flipped it over to hear side 1, which sounded equally as good.

Thanks for starting the thread Mozo! I love reading the stories from that day and look forward to more. I wasn't there but here's my sorta story.

In October 1982 I was living in Pasadena California and had already been a Genesis fan for a little over 9 years but had heard nothing about a reunion about to take place in Milton Keynes. A few days after the gig, though, I was in my car driving to the supermarket one evening at sunset listening to KROQ, the radio station that had started the "rock of the 80s" format of ditching most 70s arena rock in favor of playing new wave artists such as Thompson Twins, Flock of Seagulls, and Duran Duran. The DJ on that evening was Jed The Fish, and after playing something like Thomas Dolby's Europa & The Pirate Twins, Jed came back on and expressed how bummed he was that he had missed a Genesis reunion show in England with Peter Gabriel. My jaw dropped! I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Then he proceeded to play "Supper's Ready" in its entirety. My destination was only about 10 minutes from home but instead of driving straight there, I took a detour and extended the drive so I could listen to all of Supper's Ready while enjoying the sunset.

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Joey, we were on the old forum (it was actually the 5th or 6th edition of the official forum). Whilst we don't remember everything. We do know that Nick Davis had a section on there.

Having met Nick Davis twice (both at The Farm), its just one of those things that has slipped my mind.

So, thank you for the update on this.

TGA

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It also would have been easy to miss Nick's post with the links to the downloads. I seem to remember not many people were interested.

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Pardon? the extra songs from the Rainbow concert, appear on the DVD that was included in the boxset. Its the first we have heard that they offered a download option. Even the CD/DVD USA boxsets would have had the extra tracks on the DVD portion of the boxset.

TGA

The download was offered through the old Genesis Forum. Nick Davis was a regular contributor on the forum during the remixing process, frequently giving forum members updates on his work. When the Live box was released, Nick said he had done the stereo remixes for Watcher of the Skies and The Musical Box from the Rainbow show even though they weren't going to be included on the Live Box Extra Tracks CD. He provided a link in a forum post to download the 2 tracks.

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Er, I think not. The Santa Monica recordings are at the transition between Narnia and Carry On...., the organ is credited as "The Robert Morton Pipe Organ", which implies there has only been one, there have been several, apparently. As the album notes state, it was destroyed weeks later in a studio fire, which also destroyed the early recordings of "Octave" by the Moody Blues who were using the studio at the time. They decamped to Mike Pinder's studio in Malibu as a result.

Sampling wasn't available in 1977 when the album was made. The Santa Monica fairground features in the album inner-sleeve photos, and the recording are of automata, eg/ the "Bimbo the Clown" and other associated bits

Yep, that's all correct. Since this thread is all about trivia (and at the risk of coming off as an annoying pedantic) here's a little more info:

1) The burned recording studio housing the Robert Morton Pipe Organ heard at the end of the title track 'Please Don't Touch' was The Record Plant in Los Angeles.

2) The amusement park with the fairground arcade noises heard at the beginning of 'Carry On Up The Vicarage' was on the Santa Monica Pier. While there is a merry-go-round on the pier, it's sounds were not used on the album Please Don't Touch.

The following is directly from the Hackett's mouth ...

A Genesis in My Bed (pgs 105 - 106)

"Santa Monica Pier also held a fascination. Its malevolent merry-go-round with those horse heads coming at you was featured in The Sting, and I was to use sounds from its arcade on my Please Don't Touch Album."

A Genesis in My Bed (pgs 115)
Exploring potential Californian studios, I found a fantastic pipe organ in the Record Plant, which I used on 'Icarus Ascending' and the flagship tune 'Please Don't Touch."

And finally, a video of Steve on the Santa Monica pier in 2014 reminiscing about the recording of Please Don't Touch with comments specifically about the arcade sounds at the beginning of 'Carry On Up The Vicarage" being recorded there. What may cause some confusion is that in the scene in this video with Steve riding the merry-go-round, the pipe organ section from his album is playing as background music. But that is not the actual sound of the merry-go-round.

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VICE: "... Genesis Has Always Been a Great Band"

I thought this was a surprisingly good piece about the band, from VICE, of all places.

I've been waiting over 45 years to read pieces like this, as well as all the positive Last Domino tour reviews. It's about time! Thanks for sharing.

A very enthusiastic thumbs up for the change. It's much easier to quickly see the Genesis related posts on the dashboard, which is why I come to the forum.

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David Longdon

17th June 1965 - 20th November 2021

Big Big Train are extremely saddened to announce the death of David Longdon this afternoon in hospital in Nottingham, UK at the age of 56 following an accident in the early hours of Friday morning. He is survived by his two daughters Amelia and Eloise, his mother Vera and his partner Sarah Ewing.

I saw this and my first thought was, it couldn't be true.

Devastating news.

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This news made me sad. Watching him sing Spectral Mornings made me cry.

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That is sad about the pianist though, I wonder what the story is.

From The Buffalo News:

Mr. Di Loreto died in his Manhattan home after suffering a cardiac episode due to undiagnosed severe heart disease. He was 30.

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The programme lists Anthony Drennan as a member of the band - I think I read that unfortunately Daryl's wife isn't very well so is AD on standby in case he's not available for any of the shows

Daryl's wife has been battling breast cancer.

Daryl went with Michaela to her treatments at Aurora Cancer Care in Grafton. But about five weeks into her therapy, he had to leave for a world tour. Knowing she was in such incredible hands made it easier for Daryl to leave, “I almost didn’t go, but everyone there was so comforting and so personable. It helped to keep you out of the dark places.”

https://advocategiving.org/202…a-cancer-care-in-grafton/

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Hey Guys, just curious having never seen Steve in concert, what songs are considered fan favorites from his solo work that he plays at his concerts?

In addition to the songs already mentioned I'd add Serpentine Song from To Watch The Storms (2004) and Shadow of the Hierophant (1975), both of which were played as recently as the 2018 tour. Hierophant usually consists of only the instrumental second half unless Amanda Lehman is on stage. Then it's played in its entirety with Amanda's beautiful vocals.

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The weird vocals between Narnia and Vicarage are Automata recorded at a fairground.

It's actually the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles. Steve talks about it in this video ...

I hope you enjoy Banks Vaults as much as I have. I didn't immediately click with Tony's solo albums but now I love them all. I'm listening to Bankstatement as I write this.

Thank you for posting that. I'm not much of a techie, and was expecting a discussion about equipment to be rather dry and boring. But I quite enjoyed it. I loved when Tony's humor came out ... "the only reason Mike and I wrote in all those odd time signatures - we couldn't keep a steady beat."

Excellent interview! Thanks Christian.

I'm looking forward to Steve's next release with a great deal of anticipation. I love his recent work (as well as all his early work) and think it's some of his best. I'm amazed at the quality he continues to put out after all these years and at an age where others' releases become few and far between (or non-existent ... Hello, Peter!). September will be a bit of an early Christmas. Can't wait!