GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1974 UK CHARISMA 1st PRESS w/ GOLD INSERT
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GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1974 UK CHARISMA 1st PRESS w/ GOLD INSERT
GENESISThe Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
UK CHARISMA (CGS 101) FIRST ISSUE (November 1974)
VERY NICE ORIGINAL COPY - SUPERB SOUND QUALITY
COMPLETE WITH THE RARELY SEEN "GOLD CHASE" INSERT
FIRST CHARISMA 'SMALL HATTER' LABELS WHICH CARRY THE 'MARKETED BY B&C RECORDS' CREDIT
MATRIX RECORD ONE: CG 1 A-2U PORKY + JOHNNIE / CG 1 B-2U PECKO
MATRIX RECORD TWO: CG 2 A-2U PECKO / CG 2 B-2U PORKY
THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SOFT BACKED BLACK & WHITE MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Bruin BV/Zaandam/Holland"
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVES (numbered CG1 & CG2)
Given all the overt literary references of Selling England by the Pound, along with their taste for epic suites such as "Supper's Ready," it was only a matter of time before Genesis attempted a full-fledged concept album, and 1974's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was a massive rock opera: the winding, wielding story of a Puerto Rican hustler name Rael making his way in New York City.
Peter Gabriel made some tentative moves toward developing this story into a movie with William Friedkin but it never took off, perhaps it's just as well; even with the lengthy libretto included with the album, the story never makes sense.
But just because the story is rather impenetrable doesn't mean that the album is as well, because it is a forceful, imaginative piece of work that showcases the original Genesis lineup at a peak.
Even if the story is rather hard to piece together, the album is set up in a remarkable fashion, with the first LP being devoted to pop-oriented rock songs and the second being largely devoted to instrumentals.
This means that The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway contains both Genesis' most immediate music to date and its most elliptical. Depending on a listener's taste, they may gravitate toward the first LP with its tight collection of ten rock songs, or the nightmarish landscapes of the second, where Rael descends into darkness and ultimately redemption (or so it would seem), but there's little question that the first album is far more direct than the second and it contains a number of masterpieces, from the opening fanfare of the title song, to the surging "In the Cage," from the frightening "Back in NYC" to the soothing conclusion "The Carpet Crawlers."
In retrospect, this first LP plays a bit more like the first Gabriel solo album than the final Genesis album, but there's also little question that the band helps form and shape this music (with Brian Eno adding extra colouring on occasion), while Genesis shines as a group shines on the impressionistic second half.
In every way, it's a considerable, lasting achievement and it's little wonder that Peter Gabriel had to leave the band after this record: they had gone as far as they could go together, and could never top this extraordinary album.
Side 1: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway / Fly On A Windshield / Broadway Melody Of 1974 / Cuckoo Cocoon / In The Cage / The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging
Side 2: Back In NYC / Hairless Heart / Counting Out Time / Carpet Crawl / The Chamber Of 32 Doors
Side 3: Lilywhite Lilith / The Waiting Room / Anyway / Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist / The Lamia / Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
Side 4: The Colony Of Slippermen / Ravine / The Light Dies Down On Broadway / Riding The Scree / In The Rapids / It
LABELS: EXCELLENT
All four labels are clean with only a handful of spindle traces per side
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
All four surfaces shine like new with nothing but light marks which are of little consequence
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT / VERY GOOD / EXCELLENT / EXCELLENT
Plays well throughout with superb sound quality.
Some light ticks on occasion and two very brief patches of distortion on Side Two (from new, not from play-wear) but no scratches or anything overtly intrusive and all-in-all a very nice original pressing
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
There is some general grubbiness to the white of the gatefold otherwise the edges and spine are sharp and all spine text is clear and bold
INNER SLEEVES: EXCELLENT
Both inners are clean, unmarked and unsplit
"GOLD CHASE" INSERT: EXCELLENT
Clean, unmarked and practically untouched
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