GENESIS Seconds Out JAPAN Charisma 20VB-1103-04 w/OBI Lyric Insert 2LP Set NM

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GENESIS Seconds Out
NM/NM Used Japanese Import Vinyl 2 Record Set

Record Label: Virgin/Charisma 20VB-1103-04 (Japan)

Japanese Import. High Quality Pure Virgin Vinyl. With OBI Strip and 4-panel lyric and credits insert in Japanese and English.

Recorded in Paris in 1976 and 1977 on their tours in support of A Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering, this is a live album by Genesis originally released in October 1977.

Condition: Gatefold record cover shows no wear and corners are sharp. Spine, top and bottom are solid and show no signs of shelf wear, chipping or splits. There is one small ding on the front cover near the right bottom corner. There are no spindle marks on the label. Vinyl is clean, shiny and plays like new.

Side One
1. Squonk
2. The Carpet Crawl
3. Assault & Battery Robbery
4. Afterglow

Side Two
5. Firth of Fifth
6. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
7. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
8. The (Closing) Musical Box

Side Three
9. Supper's Ready

Side Four
2. Cinema Show
3. Dance on a Volcano
4. Los Endos

Review: Genesis has a reputation for being a group of calculating art rockers, which makes Seconds Out, a double live album recorded in Paris during the band's '76-'77 world tour, something of a contradiction. The band says its approach to live shows is to faithfully recreate the studio sound. Genesis does this admirably—its concerts are astonishing in their musical precision and sonic perfection. But that's the problem with this album. If you close your eyes, you could be listening to their records on God's own juke box. Or, perhaps, listening to Seconds Out.

As a sampler, Seconds Out nimbly moves through Genesis' nine-album career, jumping from the heavy-handed fantasy tale of "Supper's Ready" to the stronger, more pop-oriented "I Know What I Like." Since Peter Gabriel's departure, the other band members have rightfully been acknowledged as first-rate musicians, with Tony Banks' keyboard contributions becoming the heart of a formidable, if sometimes sterile, instrumental attack. With less reliance on theatrics and an added dollop of jazz-rock inclinations, Genesis has become a much stronger band. But because of the inherent contradiction of Seconds Out, the album only puts the group on a holding pattern. ~ Rolling Stone