Genesis on SACD soon (2 Viewers)

[Aaron Silverman]

$110 is OK, but a lot for regular CDs if you think about it. They want $315 for the SACD edition!

 

[Ron Reda]

I got Duke, Abacab and ...And Then There Were Three last night from CD Universe. They are the Hong Kong versions: Hybrid CD/SACDs (stereo and MC mixes), DD 5.1 (24/48), DTS 5.1 (24/96) and NTSC for the videos. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time to check them out (what I was able to check out sounded excellent), but will do so tonight!!!

Given the sound on these discs, I'm particularly curious to hear how good newer recordings like Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance will sound!

 

[Ron Reda]

Some first impressions after sitting down with Duke, Abacab and ...And Then There Were Three: I really wish Phil Collins' drums were featured a little more prominently in the mix. To me, all of the other instruments sounds great; crisp and clearly presented. I just think the drums could have used a little more "umph."

 

[Phil Tomaskovic]

Does anyone have any idea when the second box set will be avail for preorders?

 

[TonyD]

i would like to kn ow when the first set of these will be for sale at the usual
places like best buy, CC, amazon etc, not as imports and not for $300+

hmv has it sometimes but you have to check nearly all the time.

oddly part of the description translates to...

"Dispatch possible time: Limitation board complete sale
Because of the limited board we have sold completely. There is no excuse, but you cannot order."

 

[Phil Tomaskovic]

amazon has the US cd version. HMV only shows the US cd version also.
If I follow my order that I got of the sacd set, it says it sold outof a limited edition. I see some places sell it for about $180 us. I paid about $100 at hmv when I preordered the sacd box set.

 

[Phil Tomaskovic]

amazon has the US cd version. HMV only shows the US cd version also.
If I follow my order that I got of the sacd set, it says it sold outof a limited edition. I see some places sell it for about $180 us. I paid about $100 at hmv when I preordered the sacd box set.

 

[Joe Valha]

When does the Lamb disk ship? I can't even find a pre order available on Elusive Disk.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Ugh. . .I think I may just save myself the agita and $$$ and live with Rhino's DTS DVD editions instead of the SACDs.

Hm. . .Amazon is listing this at $117 with Hybrid SACDs. I wonder whether that's a mistake.

 

[Kevin C Brown]

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is not in this batch. The next batch is Aug I think (from AVS).

 

[PaulT]

According to an EMI press release (Germany), the release was now rescheduled (originally June/July)
- the set will be released in September 2007.

Genesis (1983)
Invisible Touch (1986)
We Can't Dance (1991)
Calling All Stations(1997)

Third set was due December but suspect it will be pushed back as well.
Trespass (1970)
Nursery Cryme (1971)
Foxtrot (1972)
Selling England By The Pound (1973)
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)

I bought the first Box set from hmv.co.jp and have not been impressed with anything but the surround mix. Everything is remastered 'hot' like everything else these days. No dynamic range and it is all 'in your face'.

 

[Marvin]

I'm sure it is...

 

[Ron Reda]

That sucks!!!

 

[LanceJ]

I'll grab the self-titled CD+dvd album in the next batch, but everything after that is just too pop-ey for me (even the s/t album is kind of pushing my limits but I really want to hear "Momma", "Home By the Sea" and the last track in surround form).

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Calling All Stations wasn't nearly as mainstream as those others.

 

[LanceJ]

I'll admit I've never listened to that album, but to be honest I didn't know it even existed until this remastering campaign first started being discussed last year. And I remember in particular when someone mentioned on another forum that ticket sales for the tour for that album were so lacking they had to cancel the rest of the tour. :frowning:

Anyone know why they scheduled the first set of albums to be released last? I've just started getting into those albums when I found a beat-up vinyl copy of Trespass last year and eventually got hold of the CD version (a next door neighbor in a college dorm used to play Lamb.... a lot and I always enjoyed listening to it, but at the time I was drifting away from prog rock - the Moodys rool! - and into more punk-ish and alternative material).

 

[Jay_B!]

I think people are way too harsh on "Invisible Touch", I am a child of the 1980's, I grew up with MTV, Invisible Touch is loaded with tracks that take me back to those years, hell even my mother liked that album (of course, she was the target Phil Collins solo/Lionel Richie type of demographic). I guess if I grew up on 70's Genesis, I would've hated it but with my age group, I was so young at the time that I had no idea Phil Collins was the member of a rock band until the Invisible Touch video was on MTV (and at that age, I also didn't know "that guy with that cool Sledgehammer video" was a member too)

 

[TonyD]

thats the non sacd set
http://www.amazon.com/Genesis-1976-1...9199963&sr=1-3

 

[PaulT]

To maximize profit during their 2007 reunion tour.

Releasing the pre-Phil material first doesn't jive with the current touring lineup.

 

[PaulDA]

There is also a rumour that Gabriel is willing to do a Lamb tour in 2008, so it would coincide with that tour. Don't know how serious that rumour is, but I wouldn't rule it out entirely as the other four are keen to do it.