GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1974 CHARISMA UK 1st B&C PRESSING
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GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1974 CHARISMA UK 1st B&C PRESSING
GENESISThe Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
UK CHARISMA (CGS 101) FIRST PRESSING (November 1974)
THE CHARISMA 'SMALL HATTER' (SH2) LABELS CARRY THE 'MARKETED BY B&C RECORDS' CREDIT ON BOTH RECORDS
the timeline for Charisma label text changes is complicated during this period but goes:
SMALL HATTER 1 (SH1): with 'MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY B&C RECORDS LTD' bottom rim credit - used in 8/74 then SH2 used between 9/74 - 2/75 then SH1 reinstated 2/75 - 7/75
SMALL HATTER 2 (SH2): with 'MARKETED BY B&C RECORDS' bottom rim credit - used for 5 months only between 9/74 - 2/75 (i.e. for this first edition of Lamb Lies Down)
MATRIX RECORD ONE: CG 1 A-2U (etched "PORKY + JOHNNIE") / CG 1 B-2U (etched "PECKO")
MATRIX RECORD TWO: CG 2 A-2U (etched "PECKO") / CG 2 B-2U (etched "PORKY")
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/T, 2/MO (Record One) and 3/OG, 1/MG (Record Two)
THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE SOFT BACKED BLACK & WHITE MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Bruin BV/Zaandam/Holland"
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL THICK CARD 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: NEAR MINT
All four labels are clean and unmarked with just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
All four surfaces shine like new with nothing but a few inconsequential hairlines from the inners
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT
Plays extremely well throughout with superb sound quality but this is always an incredibly difficult LP to find delivering clean sound (I have never heard what I would call MINT audio from this first B&C pressing).
All four sides play with a few light ticks and a little surface on the quietest moments - nothing too major (or unexpected) and nothing I found intrusive.
Overall, a fine, barely played copy and in my experience they really don’t come that much better
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Some ring marking to the back but otherwise a very clean example
INNER SLEEVES: EXCELLENT+
Clean and white - some minor marking but no seam splits
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC INNERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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