Gustavo Froes wrote:
So there I was,enjoying my recently purchased Genesis Box 70-75,and the last disc I listened to was the one that contains extra tracks.Despite classics such as Twilight Alehouse and more obscure things like the wonderfull BBC Nightride's Pacidy(truly one of the most touching things I ever heard by the band) ,something left me deeply intricated.A series of related pieces named 'Genesis Plays Jackson',apparently made as a soundtrack for a documentary of the painter Michael Jackson in 1969.Thing is,the minute it starts,The Fountain of Salmacis' intro is played by the band,and later on,an almost COMPLETE instumental execution of The Musical Box.Interesting as it is,I wonder if Anthony Phillps shouldn't be getting some writting credits in Nursery Cryme,since he apparently wrote the best material in the album.And there's also excerpts from The Lamb....
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Hi Gustavo: Those recordiings are called "The Jackson Tapes", Genesis recorded with Ant a series of songs for a 30 minute special of a British painter, the special never saw the light and one BBC manager gave the tapes to a kid when cleaning the old stuff.
Ant went to ask for it and he was told it was lost, years later the tapes appeared on E-Bay and Tony (according to Ant, the tapes were bought by Tony, Mike and peter, I believe after a judicial problem with the person who had them) bought them in a decent amount of money.
The tracks are:
1 |
Provocation |
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4:10 |
2 |
Frustration |
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3:43 |
3 |
Manipulation |
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3:49 |
4 |
Resignation |
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3:03 |
Frustration" is an early version of "Anyway" from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, while "Manipulation" features themes heard later in "The Musical Box" from Nursery Cryme and one of them has a demo version of Fountain of Salmacis.
I'm not sure if the late John Mayhew was still in the band, but in that case, maybe should receive some credit also.
Iván