Now Available: The Genesis Reissues – Wave 1

Many a Genesis fan could be heard giggling with glee when we released the band’s career-covering compilation R-Kive a short time back, but the fun has only begun for those of you who’ve enjoyed the collective efforts of Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and – back in the old days – Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett: we’re rolling out some new reissues of the band’s catalog, and the first wave is in stores now.

If you remember the box sets we released back in 2008 – we’re talking about the Genesis 1970-1975, Genesis 1976-1982, and Genesis 1983-1998 collections – and you’ve spent the intervening years since they hit record store shelves grousing about the fact that you owned some of the albums in the sets but not all of them and didn’t want to plunk down the dough to pick them up because of that… Actually, we can see the steam coming out of your ears from here, but cool down: at long last, you can finally get the 2008 mixes of the albums done by Nick Davis and the band.

So what’s in this first wave? Glad you asked: it’s Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. And if you’re wondering about whether or not they’re coming out on LP as well as CD, that’s a big “yes,” although the LPs won’t street ‘til next week.Still, they’re coming, they’re on 180-gram vinyl, and they’re going to sound so fantastic that the extra week will absolutely be worth the wait.

Oh, and just to give you something to get excited about, the second wave of reissues are currently set for release on February 10, 2015. You’re welcome.