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"Genesis": A Live Guide 1969-1975 - Play Me My Song (Paperback)

by Paul Russell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: SAF Publishing Ltd (30 Jul 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0946719586
  • ISBN-13: 978-0946719587
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 564,477 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Before Genesis became a worldwide mega-selling AOR phenomenon, they were at the forefront of English progressive rock. Using tapes and memorabilia from the official Genesis archives, this book is a documentary of their career and an analysis of Genesis live shows from Charterhouse schooldays to "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway".

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4.0 out of 5 stars 'Play' me these archives !, 12 Aug 2004
By Roger Salem (Lugano, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
Definitely an insightful, colourful and amusing book, a must for hard-core Genesis fans fond of that golden era spanning from 1969 to 1975. It's a book largely intended for those who love live recordings of Genesis from that era and who have painstakingly collected them for years. Many of the unofficial recordings, so well described in the book, have widely circulated amongst tape traders and it makes reading about them that much more insightful. Alas, however interesting this new book may be, I cannot help to underline the fact that it feeds on the frustration of those people, as myself, who are longing for the release of some of the official archives, stacked away in dusty boxes at the Farm (Genesis's studio) in Surrey, which sadly will most likely never see the light of day. All we get is the possibility to read about them thanks to the accounts of the privileged few like Paul Russell, who have had access to the tapes or those who have had the chance to attend some of these shows. A book like this would have more sense if only we too could listen to these hidden 'gems' and then compare notes. Rightly enough the book is titled: 'Play me my song', possibly a hidden plea by the author to suggest to Genesis and to their management that its about time that they release these recordings and 'play' them to the public once and for all.
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4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of a number of recent books on Genesis, 25 Sep 2004
By Gregory Spawton (Bournemouth, England) - See all my reviews
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This book consists mainly of reviews of hundreds of Genesis bootlegs from the Gabriel era. Bearing in mind that Genesis didn't play around too much with their set lists (and not at all during the Lamb era)it sounds like a terrible idea for a book. However, Russell has the ability to find something new to say about each live show and it all becomes a very interesting examination of the evolution of one of the greatest of all rock bands. There is also a hugely enjoyable interview with Banks, Rutherford and Phillips which is full of laugh-out-loud anecdotes from the early days.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Play me my song...but 'play' it don't write about it!, 17 Aug 2004
By Roger Salem (Lugano, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
Definitely an insightful, colourful and amusing book, a must for hard-core Genesis fans fond of that golden era spanning from 1969 to 1975. It's a book largely intended for those who love live recordings of Genesis from that era and who have painstakingly collected them for years. Many of the unofficial recordings, so well described in the book, have widely circulated amongst tape traders and it makes reading about them that much more insightful. Alas, however interesting this new book may be, I cannot help to underline the fact that it feeds on the frustration of those people, as myself, who are longing for the release of some of the official archives, stacked away in dusty boxes at the Farm (Genesis's studio) in Surrey, which sadly will most likely never see the light of day. All we get is the possibility to read about them thanks to the accounts of the privileged few like Paul Russell, who have had access to the tapes or those who have had the chance to attend some of these shows. A book like this would have more sense if only we too could listen to these hidden 'gems' and then compare notes. Rightly enough the book is titled: 'Play me my song', from the song 'The Musical Box' so adored by the fans, but to me it could also possibly be hidden plea by the author to suggest to Genesis and to their management that its about time that they release these recordings and 'play' them to the public once and for all.

Roger Salem, Arosio - Switzerland

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