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Genesis / The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway super deluxe edition

50th anniversary CD and vinyl box sets

Genesis / Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 50th anniversary super deluxe

Genesis’ landmark sixth album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, is set for reissue in March next year as a super deluxe edition, coming in 5LP+blu-ray audio and 4CD+blu-ray audio formats.

Released as a double album in November 1974, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, was the pinnacle of Genesis’s early success and was their last studio album to feature Peter Gabriel. Written over three months at Hampshire’s Headley Grange, and recorded in Wales, the double-LP tells the tale of Rael, a Puerto-Rican boy from New York City and his journey of self-discovery. Co-produced by John Burns, alongside the band, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway has since garned critical acclaim and is regarded as something of a progressive rock classic.

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a flawed experiment, career highlight, prog masterpiece, weirdly prescient precursor of punk, all at once, which might account for its longevity”

Alexis Petridis

Both 5LP and 4CD super deluxe editions contains a brand-new remaster by Miles Showell at Abbey Road of the original album mix from the 1974 tapes. They also feature a blu-ray audio which includes Dolby Atmos Mix (and a 96/24 hi-res stereo mix) of the album by Bob Mackenzie, under the supervision of Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks.

This 50th anniversary editions also includes a remastered recording of the The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway live at the Shrine Auditorium, 1975. It is the first time the full live show, including encore tracks ‘Watcher of the Skies’ and ‘The Musical Box’, has been released. There are other unreleased tracks, with three never-before-issued demos from the Headley Grange sessions (unfortunately these are Flower in the Dirt style download only package, which includes all the audio on the set).

A deluxe book is also included, featuring interviews with all five members of the band by sometime SDE reviewer Alexis Petridis, along with replica 1975 tour programme, ticket and poster.

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway will be released on 28 March 2025 via Rhino.

The 50th anniversary Lamb Lies Down on Broadway box sets

Tracklisting

Genesis / Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 50th anniversary super deluxe

Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis / super deluxe edition

    • LP 1 / CD 1
      Side 1
      1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
      2. Fly On a Windshield
      3. Broadway Melody of 1974
      4. Cuckoo Cocoon
      5. In the Cage
      6. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
      Side 2
      1. Back In N.Y.C.
      2. Hairless Heart
      3. Counting Out Time
      4. The Carpet Crawlers
      5. The Chamber Of 32 Doors
    • LP 2 / CD 2
      Side 3
      1. Lilywhite Lilith
      2. The Waiting Room
      3. Anyway
      4. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
      5. The Lamia
      6. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats
      Side 4
      1. The Colony Of Slippermen (The Arrival · A Visit to The Doktor · Raven)
      2. Ravine
      3. The Light Dies Down on Broadway
      4. Riding The Scree
      5. In the Rapids
      6. it.
    • LP 3 / CD 3 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Live from the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA (January 24, 1975)
      Side 1

      1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
      2. Fly On a Windshield
      3. Broadway Melody of 1974
      4. Cuckoo Cocoon
      5. In the Cage

      Side 2

      1. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
      2. Back In N.Y.C.
      3. Hairless Heart
      4. Counting Out Time
      5. The Carpet Crawlers
    • LP 4 / CD 4: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Live from the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA (January 24, 1975)

      Side 3

      1. The Chamber Of 32 Doors
      2. Lilywhite Lilith
      3. The Waiting Room
      4. Anyway
      5. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
      Side 4

      1. The Lamia
      2. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats
      3. The Colony Of Slippermen (The Arrival · A Visit to The Doktor · Raven)
    • LP 5 / CD 4: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Live from the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA (January 24, 1975)

      Side 5

      1. Ravine
      2. The Light Dies Down on Broadway
      3. Riding The Scree
      4. In the Rapids
      5. it.
      Side 6 (The Encore)

      1. Watcher of the Skies
      2. The Musical Box
    • Download! – The Headley Grange Demos
      1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway / Fly On a Windshield
      2. The Chamber Of 32 Doors / The Lamia
      3. In the Cage [Strange Vocals] (Take 1)
      The download card includes full audio from the set (quality TBC)
    • Blu-ray Audio
      1. Dolby Atmos mix by Bob Mackenzie at Real World Studios
      2. Studio Album Stereo Mix (24bit/96kHz Uncompressed audio)
      Remastered from the original 1974 tapes by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios with assistance from Nick Davis

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