Comment from Jon, in Georgia ~
Your passion for Genesis is amazing!
At 39, I've just discovered that I really like Genesis after really listening to "Firth of Fifth" for the first time.
Not knowing a tremendous amount about the group, I began roaming YouTube for music and video of them and found your videos about the live Shrine show.
I decided to buy "The Lamb" on iTunes yesterday and discovered that it is unavailable in the US iTunes store.
I thought, "That's ok, I’ll just buy it at the music store."
It is virtually impossible to buy the album locally so I will be ordering it.
I understand there is a 1994 remastered version and also a 2008 remastered version.
You obviously know this subject well, so I have come for your advice.
If I am looking for the version of the album that is most faithful to the original mix, which should I buy?
I realize you must get many emails from Genesis fans and since time is precious, a very brief reply would be all that I ask of you. I appreciate your time.
Regards,
Jon
Your passion for Genesis is amazing!
At 39, I've just discovered that I really like Genesis after really listening to "Firth of Fifth" for the first time.
Not knowing a tremendous amount about the group, I began roaming YouTube for music and video of them and found your videos about the live Shrine show.
I decided to buy "The Lamb" on iTunes yesterday and discovered that it is unavailable in the US iTunes store.
I thought, "That's ok, I’ll just buy it at the music store."
It is virtually impossible to buy the album locally so I will be ordering it.
I understand there is a 1994 remastered version and also a 2008 remastered version.
You obviously know this subject well, so I have come for your advice.
If I am looking for the version of the album that is most faithful to the original mix, which should I buy?
I realize you must get many emails from Genesis fans and since time is precious, a very brief reply would be all that I ask of you. I appreciate your time.
Regards,
Jon
Hi, Jon !
Nice to hear from you.....If it were me ( a serious Lamb aficionado ) - I would absolutely plunk down the $$ for the impeccably re-engineered SACD / DVD double disc set (including new 5.1 and Stereo mixes, by Nick Davis & Tony Banks) - released in November 2008.
It will have everything, and more, you could hope for (including a much better mix on Steve Hackett's sublime lead guitar solos) ...in finding out the "true" layers of the incredibly profound (musically & lyrically) of this unique double concept album.
The original pressing had real problems with the fidelity.
The 1998 improved it, somewhat...but, the complete re-vamping of the work for the SACD is truly superb!
I actually love all the various permutations of The Lamb: The bootlegs (each very, very different from each other - Liverpool & Rhode Island being among some of the better ones), the original..and my personal fav, of course, (because I love the mature Peter Gabriel's voice just as much as I loved the "twenty-something" one's) - the Archive 1 "restored" version.
The latter is the most difficult to get ahold of...because its been out of print for a number of years.
But, once in a while you can nab a decent used copy of it off of Amazon.
To me - it's a fascinating "hybrid" of many layers of vocal artistry & re-imagined engineering.
Perfect for a technically-trained, production studio fool - like me! Lol
I imagine it as what it would have sounded like - had Gabriel actually gone ahead with his promise to re-stage and re-tour The Lamb with his Genesis buddies in 2007. (He re-negg'ed on the deal when he, reportedly, couldn't have sole control over the production ideas....but, who knows what really happened?! *grin*)Anyway, hope you enjoy...and write back if you have any historical questions, ok?all my best, Lil
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