Steve Hackett On Genesis’ ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’ Ahead Of New 50th Anniversary Box
The post Steve Hackett On Genesis’ ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’ Ahead Of New 50th Anniversary Box appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 01: Photo of GENESIS and Tony BANKS and Peter GABRIEL and Phil COLLINS and … More Steve HACKETT and Mike RUTHERFORD; L-R. Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel – posed, group shot (Photo by David Warner Ellis/Redferns) Redferns One memory that British guitarist Steve Hackett has of making Genesis’ 1974 masterpiece, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, occurred when the band was working at Headley Grange, an 18th-century workhouse in Hampshire, England. At the time, Genesis – whose lineup consisted of Hackett, singer Peter Gabriel, drummer Phil Collins, keyboardist Tony Banks and bassist Mike Rutherford — decamped at Headley Grange, the place was in poor shape. “I was washing my hands one day in the sink,” Hackett recalls. “And suddenly, the floor gave way. I just managed to get myself into the door jam. And all that was left of the floor was the sink on the wall. It was pinned to the wall. If I had been a second too slow, it would have been curtains. So talk about the album that nearly killed me. That was the one.” That momentary hiccup aside, Genesis later ended up with arguably their most definitive record, a landmark release in the progressive rock genre. The double record also marked a major turning point in the band’s history, as it was the final studio album with their original lead singer Gabriel. More than 50 years after its original release, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is seeing a special anniversary reissue (due out Friday, June 13) that contains a new remaster of the original album mix from 1974; a Blu-ray audio disc featuring a Dolby Atmos mix under the supervision of Gabriel and Tony Banks; the complete Jan. 24, 1975, live concert performance of The…
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UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 01: Photo of GENESIS and Tony BANKS and Peter GABRIEL and Phil COLLINS and … More Steve HACKETT and Mike RUTHERFORD; L-R. Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel – posed, group shot (Photo by David Warner Ellis/Redferns) Redferns One memory that British guitarist Steve Hackett has of making Genesis’ 1974 masterpiece, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, occurred when the band was working at Headley Grange, an 18th-century workhouse in Hampshire, England. At the time, Genesis – whose lineup consisted of Hackett, singer Peter Gabriel, drummer Phil Collins, keyboardist Tony Banks and bassist Mike Rutherford — decamped at Headley Grange, the place was in poor shape. “I was washing my hands one day in the sink,” Hackett recalls. “And suddenly, the floor gave way. I just managed to get myself into the door jam. And all that was left of the floor was the sink on the wall. It was pinned to the wall. If I had been a second too slow, it would have been curtains. So talk about the album that nearly killed me. That was the one.” That momentary hiccup aside, Genesis later ended up with arguably their most definitive record, a landmark release in the progressive rock genre. The double record also marked a major turning point in the band’s history, as it was the final studio album with their original lead singer Gabriel. More than 50 years after its original release, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is seeing a special anniversary reissue (due out Friday, June 13) that contains a new remaster of the original album mix from 1974; a Blu-ray audio disc featuring a Dolby Atmos mix under the supervision of Gabriel and Tony Banks; the complete Jan. 24, 1975, live concert performance of The…
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