GENESIS . FOXTROT ... RARE UK 1ST PRESS TEXTURED SLEEVE

£ 27

$ 35

£ 27 Sold For

Oct 31, 2010 Sold Date

Oct 21, 2010 Start Date

£ 5 Start price

6 Number Of Bids

Great Britain Country Of Seller

eBay Auctioned at

save auction

Description

see other items for more CLASSIC VINYL

RARE ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING WITH A1 / B1 MATRIX NUMBERS AND TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE. COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL CHARISMA RECORDS INNER SLEEVE

GENESIS

.. FOXTROT

CHARISMA ... CAS 1058 .. RELEASED 1972

sleeve : EXCELLENT

vinyl : EXCELLENT

Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis and the second from the band lineup which included Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett

Album history

The album was recorded and released in 1972 as the band's career quickly gained momentum. Foxtrot was also Genesis' first album to enter the UK Top 20, reaching #12 and paving the way for a long and successful chart career for the band. Still, it failed to reach the US charts, as their contemporaries, Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd were more popular at the time. It was not the first Genesis album to chart worldwide: Trespass had reached #1 in Belgium in 1971, shortly followed by Nursery Cryme's #5 placing in Italy. Foxtrot also reached a notable #8 position in the Italian charts.

Both "Watcher of the Skies" and "Supper's Ready" rank among some of the band's most popular works, and became live favourites.The title of the album may be a nod to the Mellotron Mark II used by Banks at the time, which included foxtrot as one of the preset rhythms in its tapeset. The 'fox on the rocks' (a phrase itself reminiscent of the works of Dr. Seuss) is mentioned in the lyrics of the "Willow Farm" section of "Supper's Ready", and is featured in the album artwork. This figure in a red dress with a fox's head became one of Gabriel's earliest stage costumes.

Reception

In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #2 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".

Sound

Book-ended by "Watcher of the Skies" and the 23-minute "Supper's Ready", Foxtrot's sound shares much with Nursery Cryme while demonstrating a marked improvement in terms of songwriting, musicianship, and overall production. Rutherford made more prominent use of his bass pedals, for example adding great slabs of bass to the middle section of "Can-Utility and the Coastliners", and using them all over "Supper's Ready". Banks' mellotron introduction to "Watcher of the Skies" is one of the most celebrated uses of the instrument in rock music - so much so that the manufacturers of the mellotron, Streetly Electronics, now supply the "Watcher Mix" sound as a mellotron tape set.

"Can-Utility and the Coastliners" is based on the legend of King Canute, who supposedly ordered the seas to retreat to mock the sycophancy of his followers. An early, longer version of the song found its way into pre-album live sets; known as "Bye Bye Johnny", it featured an extended instrumental section in which the haunting Mellotron string sound dominated. However this particular version never made it to the recording stage.

"Horizons" starts with the central idea of the prelude from Bach's first cello suite and then develops its own piece, baroque style. The song accomplishes the function of a prelude.

Artwork

The artwork for the album Foxtrot, as well as Trespass (1970) and Nursery Cryme (1971), was created by former Art Director for the magazine Time Out in London Paul Whitehead. All three original paintings were later stolen from Charisma Records when it was sold to Virgin Records in 1983. The staff of the company, knowing that the imminent sale was drawing near, simply looted the place.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford.

Side one No. Title Length 1. "Watcher of the Skies" 7:23 2. "Time Table" 4:45 3. "Get 'Em Out by Friday" 8:36 4. "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" 5:44 Side two No. Title Length 5. "Horizons" (Incorrectly titled "Horizon's" on the CD version) 1:41 6. "Supper's Ready"

I. "Lover's Leap"
II. "The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man"
III. "Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men"
IV. "How Dare I Be So Beautiful?"
V. "Willow Farm"
VI. "Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)"
VII. "As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)"

22:58

Personnel

Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute, oboe, percussion.
Steve Hackett – electric and acoustic guitars.
Tony Banks – organ, acoustic and electric pianos, mellotron, acoustic guitar, backing vocals.
Mike Rutherford – bass guitar, bass pedals, cello, acoustic guitar, backing vocals.
Phil Collins – drums, percussion, backing vocals.