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WIN! A 3CD Genesis “R-Kive” set

By Paul Sinclair

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We have three copies of the new Genesis R-Kive 3CD set to give away to SuperDeluxeEdition newsletter subscribers.

Released just last week, this new compilation features over four hours of music from Genesis, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Mike + The Mechanics, Tony Banks and Steve Hackett. Full details and track listings can be found here. Three people will be randomly selected and will win a copy each

How to Enter:
This competition is open to all until 12 noon (UTC/GMT) on the 15 October 2014. To be in with a chance of winning simply:

  • 1. Subscribe to the weekly SuperDeluxeEdition newsletter – click here.
  • 2. Leave a comment on this post (why not tell us your favourite Genesis track?).

If you already subscribe to our newsletter, then just leave a comment. The winners will be picked at random on Wed 15 October 2014 and revealed via the newsletter on Sunday 19 October 2014. Good luck!

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  11. would be a great compilation to have-count me in!
    favourite tracl? that’s hard..hm -silver rainbow!
    favourite album- a trick of the tail, sooo fine!

  30. I’m not too convinced we need another Genesis greatest hits compilation especially if you own all the studio and live CD box sets as I do, plus, don’t forget The Platinum Collection which was an excellent reverse chronological 3CD set, however, for those that didn’t know Genesis as a five piece, this is an interesting collection as it also features solo projects from all five members as well. Can anyone honestly say that they have a “favorite” track when there’s such a huge back catalogue?

    Saying all that, Suppers Ready has to be one of their best tunes, plus some of the more obscure and lesser known songs such as Get ‘Em Out By Friday, The Fountain Of Salmacis, Dancing With The Moonlight Knight & finally Looking For Someone are definitely in my top 10.

  34. I am still partial to the title track ABACAB (which they rehearsed but then decided not to play on their reunion tour 7 years ago – I am still bitter!)

  38. “No Son Of Mine”: after years of hobbying in the basement, in 1991 I got my first real radiojob at a local radiostation. The Genesis-album “We Can’t Dance” just came out and we played the first single “No Son Of Mine” a lot. A LOT. Now, more than twenty years later (and being a professional radio-DJ) I still get shivers down my spine every time I hear the famous “ping pong-tennis” intro. I takes me back to those great and unforgettable days of the beginning (= Genesis!) of my career… Love the song…

  42. Certainly a record that will be on my wishlist.
    Favorite track, one among several, is Home By The Sea.

    Btw, the link to commenting leads to a Deep Purple-release.

  45. Currently it’s ‘Can-Utility and the Coastliners’ from Foxtrot, in my opinion, probably the greatest album in the history of popular music. Almost certainly my favourite album (from a collection currently of nearly 3,000 CDs)
    For me, when Phil Collins left his drum kit, the rot set in. Still hugely professional with a still unique sound, but the whole sound changed (for the worse). Not that there weren’t some songs of artistic merit, but strictly the group should have changed their name.

  71. Thanks for the opportunity! Still love Turn It On Again – they had a flawless run from Duke-Abacab-Genesis and I love the Peter Gabriel years as well.

  73. It’s a a difficult choice to do but, probably, “The Cinema Show”, from the fantastic “Selling England By a Pound”.

    I had the entire album recorded on a tape and I really have fond memories of that particular time (the mid-eighties).

  80. Favorite Genesis track … I hate picking just one, but I will go with “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight”. I pretty much grew up with that song.

  88. Oh, how I love this band to death.

    Favorite song? Yikes.

    If forced to pick one, it has to be “Ripples”.

    Least favorite?

    The whole wretched first album and “Who Dunnit?”!

  92. Can-Utility and the Coastliners, Fountain of Salmacis, Return of the Giant Hogweed…. any track with Gabriel fronting the band is best (for these purposes “More Fool Mine” with Collins would be allowable).

    Thanks!
    Brian

  104. You can’t really argue with the quality of the work on these cd’s….but it would have been nice if some solo work by Anthony Phillips and Ray Wilson was included as well.

  108. Abacab – always been partial to that one … Tonight, Tonight, Tonight … Turn it on … Always great songs & Phil an under-rated Drummer & Vocalist, but that’s what happens when you get massive … :-)

  113. Firth Of Fifth, especially in the later versions (Seconds Out, as part of The Old Medley; Steve Hacketts studio or live versions), because the original flute solo might be nice, but played on guitar it is the pure musical orgasm.

  129. Genesis is my favorite prog band eve. Choose a song? Such a difficult tuck i might say. Entagled, Home By The Sea, In The Cage, Aisle Of Plenty, Carpet Crawl, Am I Very Wrong, The Duke Trilogy. How to choose…

  135. The Platinum collection is quiet comprehensive, but the R-kive has also its points. Genesis for me is not about one favourite track, it’s a work of art alltogether.

  138. Ther live version from abacab on 3 sides live, the behind the lines medley (and the reprise in which the words are nearly shouted), the old medley. Home by the sea and driving the last spike.

  143. I keep hearing “Mama” on Planet Rock Radio and realising that Genesis were a lot better than I remember them- this set would convince me!

  146. This is a pointless compilation which should have been given away everywhere or never had seen the light of day. I would have no place for this in my collection so if by some very slim change I would win PLEASE select someone else.

    Fav. Genesis track at the moment Domino (Live)

  158. My favorite track is Jesus He Knows Me because it was big and the video very very funny ! The track is not this new compilation but it’s a great cd I really would like to win ;-)

  159. It’s largely dependent on my mood at the time but since you’ve asked me right now I would have to say Firth of Fifth from the Selling England by the Pound album……

    (…. but tomorrow I may be having more of a ‘Turn It On Again’ day…… it’s impossible to say)

  171. Favorite song? The first song on side 2 of the reunion album that they’ve been working on for the past 5 years. I could tell you what it’s called, but I’m sworn to secrecy…

  173. Genesis was my first ever concert….January 2oth, 1977 at the Gaumont theater in Southampton when I was 15. A stunning show of sound and vision e.g. Phil Collins stood on a small white, hexagonal translucent floor, center stage with bright, long green flourescent lights flashing on and off underneath in synch to “Dance on A Volcano” – heaven!

  177. Perhaps not my favourite, that vote would go to Afterglow I think, but I’d urge everyone to seek out the instrumental B-side Submarine (that was included on Archive 2 and in the second (76-82?) box set. And while we are at it least favourites by a mile are Illegal Alien and Whodunnit (both frankly embarrassing) followed by Invisible Touch (bearable at best!). Baffles me why Phil Collins should be embarrassed bv Match of The Day (for which I also have a soft spot along with the other two track on the EP, Pigeons and, in particular, Inside And Out)! Some interesting choices on R-kive but also notable omissions, for instance if you are going to choose and early Steve Hackett solo track it has to be Shadow Of The Hierophant (preferably the 17-minute version from the deluxe edition of Voyage of the Acolyte released a few years back) – that must be enough historical knowledge to win a freebie!! Cheers Peter

  184. Interesting to see this set bother to give the month and year of release of each track included. Mind you, if the new documentary’s “attempt” to give the exact date of every studio album’s release (Wind & Wuthering and Calling All Stations excepted) is anything to go by…

  186. I’ve always loved ‘The Battle of Epping Forest’ from Selling England by the Pound.
    As a kid, my mate and I used to rave over the lyrics “Liquid Len and his Smash Bottle Men are lobbing Bob the Knob across the gob” Yeah…

  209. The Fountain Of Salmacis, always loved it, from that shimmering intro through those wonderful vocals and then up and into the band showing their chops. Great stuff.

  227. Doesn’t my E-Mail address give you a hint? “Supper’s Ready” is simply magnificent. Actually not simple at all … but certainly magnificent!

  238. For me, it begins and ends with “The Musical Box”. This song has everything that makes Genesis great: soft sections, sections with power, changes in tempo, interesting lyrics, great guitar work, fantastic melody. It is long and epic but not too long and epic. People will say “Supper’s Ready” is the best long and epic Genesis song. But in reality, that was a bunch of smaller songs pieced together to create a whole (like the second side of Abbey Road, but more cohesive). Just my opinion, that’s the beauty of music, there is no one correct answer.

  246. Watcher of the Sky
    First song at my first concert at the Glasgow Apollo in Oct 73
    Thanks for the great site, Paul, and your competitions.

  253. My favorite Genesis track changes all the time..
    Earlier today i listened to Trick ofthe Tail and I must say that Ripples is a beautiful song, so that will be today’s favorite!

  263. I’ve been a genesis fan for so long, so it’s very difficult for me to pick just one song. I have run with them on the 2007 tour in Brussels, Paris and Berlin. I couldn’t believe I was listening to my favourite band LIVE!!!!
    I am from Argentina and it was a very long trip to see them.
    My fav tracks: the classic line up albums up to 4 men formation. The rest….
    Considering me in the competion!!!

  269. I experienced Genesis first through “Jesus He Knows Me” and “Land Of Confusion”, which were the first videos I’ve seen. Little did I know how much I’d grow to experience the full meaning. Since then, I don’t have particular favourite tracks, but an album I love a little more: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.

  275. Hi Paul, I saw them live in Amsterdam in 2007 and i love the band since 1991’s We Can’t Dance. One of my favourite tracks of the band was never issued as a single and is “Driving The Last Spike”.

  276. Favourite Genesis track?

    Hmmm.. so many. Abacab, Turn It On Again, I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), Supper’s Ready, Harlequin, Watcher Of The Skies…

    All of which sound better in 5.1 ;-)

    Consider me entered! LOL

  277. I think this is a pretty good ‘introduction’ compilation… …fave track (at the moment); but not on this compilation is “Snowbound”

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