I've put off purchasing this boxset but I'm now considering going ahead and getting it. I've read alot of mixed reviews. Does anyone have an opinion on this boxset?
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks,
Chris
Genesis Boxset 3 (1970-1975)
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Buffalo Bills /Mets/Rangers Fan
I have every Genesis cd know to mankind No need for me to spend any more money on them....
Personnely thought, after S.Hackett left I lost interest in the Band.....
Personnely thought, after S.Hackett left I lost interest in the Band.....
I was NEVER going to purchase it (or the other Genesis box sets) but having read the above was curious to know why the bad reviews. I went to the review by Mark Barry of Reckless record store in London. He effusively lauds all aspects of the music and of the individual CD packs inside the box, but roundly castigates the packaging of the box and says
"While the DVD and Audio elements are fantastic and the extras fascinating - I find the packaging naff (typical of all things Virgin). The box lid won't close no matter what you do, the individual booklets are simply the original artwork restored, but again they're too small to read and massively underwhelming compared to the beautiful event feel of the original vinyl gatefold sleeves (especially "Lamb"). And with no new essay, no new photos, nor nothing of their history - when they're released as stand-alone CDs, fans are going to feel mightily short-changed - again! And why no "Live" set - nor the 1975 single edit of "Carpet Crawlers" - or its unique b-side, the live in the USA (Evil Jam) version of "The Waiting Room"? Nor is it cheapest of things either...so with the boys now individually credited as Limited Companies on the rear sleeve - the whole thing is beginning to smack a little too much of corporate greed instead of musical celebration. "
Oh dear!!
Paul
"While the DVD and Audio elements are fantastic and the extras fascinating - I find the packaging naff (typical of all things Virgin). The box lid won't close no matter what you do, the individual booklets are simply the original artwork restored, but again they're too small to read and massively underwhelming compared to the beautiful event feel of the original vinyl gatefold sleeves (especially "Lamb"). And with no new essay, no new photos, nor nothing of their history - when they're released as stand-alone CDs, fans are going to feel mightily short-changed - again! And why no "Live" set - nor the 1975 single edit of "Carpet Crawlers" - or its unique b-side, the live in the USA (Evil Jam) version of "The Waiting Room"? Nor is it cheapest of things either...so with the boys now individually credited as Limited Companies on the rear sleeve - the whole thing is beginning to smack a little too much of corporate greed instead of musical celebration. "
Oh dear!!
Paul
Just to watch the slide-show on the DVD Audio of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is worth the price of the Boxset.
Robert
Robert
the fist box set tha contained the middle cds,also contained the bsides;
and other stuff they never released.
the set you are cosidering is the one I would buy if I hit the lottery
after I paid off the school loans
lol
and other stuff they never released.
the set you are cosidering is the one I would buy if I hit the lottery
after I paid off the school loans
lol
