APOCALYPSE IN 9/8

GENESIS’S GABRIEL-ERA OUTPUT? IT’S COMPLICATED, SAYS MIKE BARNES.

From Genesis To Revelation (Decca, 1969) Originally a teenage songwriting collective without ambitions of becoming a band, Genesis attracted the interest of svengali and producer Jonathan King, signed to Decca – whose receptionist would phone up announcing them as “The Janitors” – and released an album of competent, albeit derivative, post-psychedelic pop, which sold poorly. A rethink was clearly needed. Trespass (Charisma, 1970) Inspired by The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Fairport Convention, King Crimson and The Nice – and according to Banks, needing to do something “a little more sophisticated” – Genesis spent months writing and rehearsing, and found their true identity by distilling those influences into lengthy melodic songs – the most successful being ’70s live favourite, The Knife. Nursery Cryme (Charisma, 1971) With new recruits Hackett and Collins on…

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