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Genesis Archive 1967–75
Box set by Genesis
Released	22 June 1998
Recorded	1967–1975, 1995
Genre	Progressive rock art rock psychedelic rock psychedelic pop baroque pop
Length	250:43
Label	Virgin (UK) CD BOX 6 Atlantic (US)
Producer	Genesis, Nick Davis, Geoff Callingham
Genesis chronology
Calling All Stations (1997) Genesis Archive 1967–75 (1998) Turn It On Again: The Hits (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Genesis Archive 1967–75 is a box set by the English progressive rock band Genesis, released on 22 June 1998 on Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and by Atlantic Records in the United States. After the release of their studio album Calling All Stations in 1997, the band assembled recordings from their history for release which involved the participation of former members Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips, Steve Hackett, Phil Collins, John Mayhew, and John Silver. The set includes previously unreleased studio, live, and demo tracks, some of which include re-recorded vocal and guitar parts from Gabriel and Hackett, respectively.

Genesis Archive 1967–75 reached No. 35 in the UK.

Background

Discs one and two contain the first official live release of a full concert from the band's 1974–1975 tour of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974). It was recorded on 24 January 1975 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and the only one of the tour's 102 dates to be recorded in multi-track. Some of the tracks from the concert have newly recorded vocals from Gabriel and guitar parts from Hackett, partly due to Gabriel's more elaborate costumes often muffling his voice. The closing song "It" is a re-worked studio version with new vocals, as the recording used as a source for the release had ended early due to the recorder at the concert having run out of tape. The concert was also recorded by the King Biscuit Flower Hour and was broadcast on the radio in its entirety in 1975. Bootlegs of this recording have been circulating among collectors since that time.

Discs three and four contain previously unreleased live tracks from 1973, demos, single edits, and a BBC radio session from 1970, the latter disc featuring the band's early drummers John Silver and John Mayhew. They also include "Happy the Man", a song which Genesis, after playing it live since at least March 1971, recorded in March 1972 for release as a single only, thinking it could be a hit. (Another song similarly intended to be a non-album single, "Wooden Mask", was recorded during this period, but it was never released and the recording has since been lost.) "Twilight Alehouse" was recorded for the Foxtrot sessions but rejected for that release, later becoming the B-side to "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)". The set is packaged with an 80-page booklet and extensive liner notes.

To promote the release, Banks, Gabriel, Rutherford, Phillips, Silver, Collins, and Hackett gathered at Heathrow Business Centre on 11 May 1998 for a photograph shoot and interviews. Only original drummer Chris Stewart and Mayhew, Silver's replacement, were missing from the event.

Track listing

All songs written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, and Mike Rutherford, except where noted.

Personnel

• Peter Gabriel - lead vocals, backing vocals, flute, percussion, drums ("Patricia")
• Tony Banks - piano, organ, electric piano, Mellotron, synthesizer, 12-string guitar, backing vocals, 2nd lead vocal ("Shepherd")
• Mike Rutherford - bass guitar, 12-string guitar, bass pedals, backing vocals
• Steve Hackett - lead guitar (Discs 1–3)
• Phil Collins - drums, percussion, vocals (Discs 1–3), lead vocals ("More Fool Me")
• Anthony Phillips - guitars, backing vocals (Disc 4), 2nd lead vocal ("Let Us Now Make Love")
• John Mayhew - drums (Disc 4, tracks 3–6)
• John Silver - drums (Disc 4, tracks 1, 7, 8, 12), biscuit tin (Disc 4, track 12)

Note: Not all credits for drums are listed in the booklet for Disc 4. On "Patricia" they are played by Peter Gabriel. On "Hey!" they are uncredited, possibly mistakenly. Original drummer Chris Stewart is named in the booklet but is not credited with playing on any tracks.

Charts

References

1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Archive, Vol. 1: 1967-1975 - Genesis". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
2. "Genesis Archives 1967–75 Review". Entertainment Weekly. 19 June 1998. p. 75.
3. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Genesis". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 328. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
4. ^ "Archive One 1967 to 1975 – Press Kit". Atlantic Records. 6 June 1998. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
5. ^ Russell, Paul (July 1998). "Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down ...At Heathrow". Record Collector. pp. 20–27. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
6. Giammetti 2020, p. 82.
7. ^ Giammetti 2020, p. 126.
8. Giammetti 2020, p. 130.
9. "Genesis Archive 1 – 1967 to 1975 press photo". Virgin Records. 16 May 1998. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Genesis – Archive 1967-75" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
11. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
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• Giammetti, Mario (2020). Genesis 1967 to 1975 - The Peter Gabriel Years. Kingmaker. ISBN 978-1-913218-62-1.

• 1998 compilation albums
• Genesis (band) compilation albums
• Virgin Records compilation albums
• Atlantic Records compilation albums
• Albums produced by Nick Davis (record producer)