Got it!

on sale at best buy for 16 dollars!

its a 3 cd set digitally remastered.. and totally worth it.. span of their entire career..

get this its incredible.

glad to see they are still kickin out the good Genesis stuff.. cause it deserves the look. very artistic group, and I think Phil deserves more credit for his role in that band.

Tracks:

Disk 1
No Son Of Mine
I Can't Dance
Hold On My Heart
Invisible Touch
Throwing it all away
Tonight Tonight Tonight
Land Of Confusion
In Too Deep
Mama
That's All
Home By The Sea
Second Home By The Sea
Illegal Alien
Paperlate
Calling All Stations

Disk 2
Abacab
Keep It Dark
Turn it on Again
Behind The Lines
Duchess
Misunderstanding
Many Too Many
Follow You Follow Me
Undertow
In That Quiet Earth
Afterglow
Your Own Special Way
A Trick Of The Tail
Ripples
Los Endos

Disk 3
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Counting Out Time
Carpet Crawlers
Firth Of Fifth
The Cinema Show
I Know What I like (In Your Wardrobe)
Supper's Ready
The Musical Box
The Knife
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get it when its this cheap.. these songs are high quality songs.. if u dig genesis.. u wont go wrong gettin this

i love Genesis altho i do admit to liking 80s Genesis over 70s Genesis.

Milty said:

I'm finding myself diggin disk 2 the most.. (Thats the 70's stuff)

I've had those albums.. but somethign about hearing them in remastered makes it a new experience..


very nice

i pic up the videos to that on dvd

I think this is the essential Genesis collection.. due to having everything that made them successful on 3 disks.. The booklet talks about Genesis never really having a "signiture" album to be remembered by.. I think this should be it.

So is this a collection of their greatest hits?

psychodelicide said:

Yes, I believe you would call it that.. though some of these don't seem to have been "hits" or released on the radio so to speak..

there are about 40 songs on this collection... I see it more of how Pink Floyd did their best of collection on 2 disk.. Thats kindof what it reminded me of.

Disk 1
No Son Of Mine
I Can't Dance
Hold On My Heart
Invisible Touch
Throwing it all away
Tonight Tonight Tonight
Land Of Confusion
In Too Deep
Mama
That's All
Home By The Sea
Second Home By The Sea
Illegal Alien
Paperlate
Calling All Stations

Disk 2
Abacab
Keep It Dark
Turn it on Again
Behind The Lines
Duchess
Misunderstanding
Many Too Many
Follow You Follow Me
Undertow
In That Quiet Earth
Afterglow
Your Own Special Way
A Trick Of The Tail
Ripples
Los Endos

Disk 3
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Counting Out Time
Carpet Crawlers
Firth Of Fifth
The Cinema Show
I Know What I like (In Your Wardrobe)
Supper's Ready
The Musical Box
The Knife

Another good example is something like McCartney's "Wingspan-Hits/History"..


It really is a "hits" "history" type of collection.. Cause this genesis set isnt exactly in Chronological order.. but it blends very well.. the first disk is the most well known radio tracks (most). Then it kindof dives into their more instrospective material.. the 70's stuff which is what disk two mostly contains.. then disk three is all peter gabrial.. some of the tracks go as long as 23 minutes...

Great stuff

Sdldawn said:

I dig that artwork too.. very classy looking for a history set..

not only does it sound like a great set.. it looks like a great set too.

Thanks for making me aware of this. This collection has everything I was a fan of. And you can't beat that price for a 3 disc set.

AntonioFargas said:

16 dollars? Thats the best deal i've seen in a long time on a new 3cd set.. of really really good music.. I was even satisfied payin 19 or 24.. but 16 is a steal



especially digitally remastered.. they sound top notch!

I would definitely pick this up if I wasn't already getting most of their albums instead. They have remastered albums for most of their releases, but they were remastered in '94 or so, and are hard to find now.

It is missing a track or two. Where's "No Reply at All", "Man on the Corner", and "Dance on a Volcano"? Particularly, the first two songs should be on there. Even if they weren't big hits, they still get regular radio play to this day on some stations.

But for the casual fan, this is a really great introduction. They are a hugely underrated band, no matter which era of their career you refer to....

jtgillia said:

I believe though the songs that were remastered were.. "newly remastered" if that matters
I havent heard the old remastered versions.. but I would assume the quality would be a little better.. but i havent heard the older versions to know


I dunno.. I love it though.. its deliscious!

If you already have the album remasters, this set isnt essential...

However , many of the trax have been remixed and contain subtle differences to the originals...( which is why I purchased it )

either way, it is a nice collection and a bargain at that price...

MrTation said:

True that... Price makes it worth it.. if this set was 30 or over.. wouldnt have gotten it cause of the price.. but once I did get it and noticed the quality.. was happy with this..


I'm revisiting Trick Of The Tail right now... what a great album

Thanks for the suggestion!

I just picked it up and I'm loving it! I pretty much had everything on disc 1 already, but the other 2 discs are virgin territory for me!

I'm about to plow!

Man, I agree, this set has almost all the best tunes(my favorite Genesis period was '78-'86)...It's a shame, if they had just included "Dodo", "It's Gonna Get Better", "No Reply At All" and "You Might Recall", It'd be complete for me!





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Disk two is amazing.


Ripples is one my all time favorites.. what a blissful song.

i really want to pick this up... i have all the stuff, but it will nice to have it remastered, and i like the flow of the collection. Nice to see Home by the Sea and Second Home by the Sea on there!!

I just picked up Duke.. the only Genesis disk I didn't have.. and now im wondering why I never got it.. its fantastic.

and honestly.. after hearing the remastered Duke.. the quality on the Platinum Collection is much better imo


especially Misunderstanding.. the bass and drums are much more bright and audible on the new set..

just to let anyone know..

I think I might pick this up just for "Paperlate" and "The Knife". I get suckered into these well made compilations every time!

jtgillia said:

I'm not too keen on those tracks.. but if your looking for the soundquality.. this is it.. the guy who remixed these did a fantastic job

I find myself wanting to put more songs of Duke on the 2nd disk.. Might make a revised version of disk two..

had to make me a mix of disk two along with some of my favorites.. I couldnt fit all of them, nor could I add any from disk 1 or 3.. so I'll just have to let those disks be.

here be my little mix that is along the same lines as disk 2

Abacab
Keep It Dark
Behind The Lines
Duchess
Guide Vocal
Misunderstanding
Heathhaze
Alone Tonight
Please Don't Ask
Many Too Many
Follow You Follow Me
AfterGlow
Your Own Special Way
Ripples
It's Gonna Get Better
The Carpet Crawlers (1999 version)

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What else I wanted to fit.. but couldnt..

The Lady Lies
Undertow
A Trick Of The Trail
Entangled


add those 4 to it.. be a super disk!

Thanks for posting this. I was a pretty big Genesis fan back in the 70s and 80s, and the sound on my ancient Cds are pathetic, but I just never got around to buying the remastered versions.

The sound on this is amazing. The only complaint...there should be more from Abacab. That was THE album for me back in the day, and I think it was the one that made them huge and its also the one I hear on the radio now. Love Keep It Dark tho and glad its on here.

Pagey said:

Thats neat little track.. glad its on there also...


I find myself listening to their stuff more (3cd set) cause its remastered to prefection.. I hear things I've never heard in the songs now...


especially the gabriel stuff.. sheesh.. they sound 100% better.. like they just recorded it.