Genesis SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND Classic Records 45 rpm 4 Record Clarity Box

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Genesis SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND Classic Records 45 rpm 4 Discs 200 gram Clarity Box Set

Label:

Classic Records – FC 6060-45 Clarity

Format:

4 x Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Single-Sided, Album, Reissue, Test Pressings, Stereo, Clear Translucent

Country:

US

Released:

Mar 15, 2010

Genre:

Rock

Style:

ProgArt Rock, Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock

Tracklist: A1 Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 8:02 A2 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 4:03 A3 Firth Of Fifth 9:36 A4 More Fool Me Vocals – Phil 3:10 B1 The Battle Of Epping Forest 11:43 B2 After The Ordeal 4:07 B3 The Cinema Show / Aisle Of Plenty 12:40

• Manufactured By – Classic Records, Inc.

• Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Phil Collins
• Electric Guitar, Guitar [Nylon Guitar] – Stephen Hackett
• Guitar [12-string], Bass, Sitar [Electric] – Michael Rutherford
• Keyboards, Guitar [12-string] – Tony Banks
• Painting [Cover Painting By] – Betty Swanwick, A.R.A.
• Vocals, Flute, Oboe, Percussion – Peter Gabriel

Classic Records, 45 rpm, single sided, 4 lps, Clarity Vinyl Test pressing, Total run of 20, pressed at RTI,
Each record housed in generic white record sleeve, individually labelled, Original Classic Records Outer Sleeve with artwork included.
Glossy sleeve with lyric insert sheet and polylined inner sleeve.
The "All Titles Done By All" credit on the release is credited to "All", meaning all members of Genesis.
Track B3 on label erroneously credits Phil Collins on vocals.
Copyright 1973 Noteblast Ltd./Carlin Music Corp.

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): FC-6060-A1-45
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): FC-6060-A2-45
• Matrix / Runout (Side C): FC-6060-B1-45
• Matrix / Runout (Side D): FC-6060-B2-45

Selling England By The Pound — Genesis' gold-selling fifth studio album!

200 gram 45 RPM 4 discs Clarity Box Set

Mastered directly from the original master tape by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

Pressed at RTI.

     A couple of highlights to wet your aural whistle, the full majesty of Tony Banks' lengthy piano intro (and outro!) and Steve Hackett's career-defining guitar solo on "Firth of Fifth" from September 1973's Selling England by the Pound.

     The sound quality is top notched. There's far more presence, depth, and 'air.' You can hear Peter Gabriel's enunciation more clearly — and the fact that he was using a really good microphone. There's more character to the fuzz box in Steve Hackett's guitar — it has a more distinct 'vowelly' tone and grainy decay.

     Chris Bellman's mastering, Classic Records expertise in manufacturing high-quality records, and original jacket cover art, perfection is a word to describe these single-sided test pressings.

     Recorded in August 1973 — the tour for Foxtrot (1972) having ended in May of that year — Genesis' members joined for a short time to write new material which covered a number of themes, including the loss of English folk culture and an increased American influence. Hence the inspiration for the title Selling England by the Pound.

     Several tracks from the album became fan favorites and were featured as a regular part of the band's live setlist well into the 1980s. "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)," was released in February 1974 and became the band's first top 30 hit in the U.K. In 2012, the album ranked seventh in Rolling Stone's "Readers' Poll: Your Favorite Prog Rock Albums of All Time." Selling England by the Pound reached No. 3 on the U.K. charts and No. 70 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Albums chart.

     AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that Genesis hadn't sacrificed its newfound immediacy of Foxtrot with that album's follow-up. They found ways to infuse with the delicate whimsy that was their calling card since the group began.

     "This, combined with many overt literary allusions — the Tolkeinisms of the title of 'The Battle of Epping Forest' only being the most apparent — gives this album a storybook quality. It plays as a collection of short stories, fables, and fairy tales, and it is also a rock record, which naturally makes it quite extraordinary as a collection, but also as a set of individual songs. Genesis has never been as direct as they've been on the fanciful yet hook-driven 'I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)' — apart from the fluttering flutes in the fade-out, it could easily be mistaken for a glam single — or as achingly fragile as on 'More Fool Me,' sung by Phil Collins. It's this delicate balance and how the album showcases the band's narrative force on a small scale as well as large that makes this their arguable high-water mark." 

     Mastered directly from the original master tape by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering with lacquers cut at 45 rpm. All pressed on 200 gram premium Clarity vinyl at RTI. Original Classic Records jacket with artwork included.