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Kestrel 
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Posted: October 22 2008 at 20:36 |
http://www.genesisbox3.com
The site starts with playing "Counting Out Time", and if you click the album covers on the top right, you can hear the entirety of: The Knife, The Musical Box, Harold the Barrel, Get 'em Out by Friday, I Know What I Like, The Cinema Show, Counting Out Time, The Carpet Crawlers, and Happy the Man. It also includes sample footage of interviews and concerts. The site also announces (I haven't seen it before) the box set in vinyl. I wonder how much that will cost... The songs I definitely notice the most change in are The Knife and Harold the Barrel. Everything is much more clear, and especially with The Knife, much much more thunderous. The vocal effects on Peter's voice give me chills! I'm officially excited for this! Edit: Major things I have noticed so far: - The vocal effects in the Knife
- The clarity of Gabriel's voice in all songs
- The loudness of the guitar
- The vibrancy of the keyboards (especially the solos in the Cinema Show)
- The little things in Harold the Barrel are brought out to the forefront
- When I listened to the Musical Box, the drums seemed to be a bit in the background... not sure if this is actually the case, but they just seemed less powerful and in your face which is what I loved about the song in the first place
All of these contribute to the songs sounding like they were made now and not in the 70s. The muddle is gone and the production clear. I really wish I could hear what Watcher of the Skies sounds like now...
Edited by Kestrel - October 22 2008 at 20:46
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ClassicRocker
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Posted: October 22 2008 at 23:10 |
Thanks for the link! (although maybe I shouldn't be saying that - now I'm more tempted than ever to blow $125 on the set!  ) The new material seriously looks/sounds great - worth the price of admission methinks
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Anderson III
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Posted: October 23 2008 at 11:45 |
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I can't believe my ears!!! These new mixes are fantasticly incredible and marvelously wonderful!!! Thank you for posting this, and Genesis will get at least my support, that's for sure!
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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: October 23 2008 at 11:51 |
Tempting! Didn't listen to any of the new mixes but looking at the
content of the box it looks to be well worth it. Unfortunately the only
album from the set I don't already have is The Lamb, maybe one day I'll
buy it just for the hell of it and sell the doubles
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Abstrakt
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Posted: October 23 2008 at 13:31 |
Cool! But the slightly muddy sound of the older CD releases is quite charming 
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Posted: October 23 2008 at 16:10 |
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Listening to The Musical Box now. Sounds fantastic, a strange noise before the first solo, but the guitars sound great, the vocals are clearer and the whole thing sounds more powerful. Even the wet fish drums sound better.
Definitely going on my Xmas list.
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chopper
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Posted: October 23 2008 at 16:15 |
 chopper wrote:
Listening to The Musical Box now. Sounds fantastic, a strange noise before the first solo, but the guitars sound great, the vocals are clearer and the whole thing sounds more powerful. Even the wet fish drums sound better. The vocals in the end section are much louder now and the keyboards have been taken down a few notches.
Definitely going on my Xmas list.
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chopper
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Posted: October 23 2008 at 16:22 |
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Hmm, strange vocals effects on "The Knife" as noted by Kestrel, on the "some of you are going to die" bit.
Edited by chopper - October 23 2008 at 16:22
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Alberto Muñoz
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Posted: October 23 2008 at 16:50 |
Well good news i will buy that box at any cost!!! 
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jimmy_row
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Posted: October 23 2008 at 17:50 |
dat wuz awesome. looks like they "fixed" the part at the end of TMB where Tony drowns everyone out...I actually kinda liked it before The Knife sounded even better than before, especially the guitar solo - can't wait to check to other ones out. Too bad the damn thing costs more than I have to spend 
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infandous
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 12:59 |
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Well, I already pre-ordered mine at CDUniverse for $105. Not a bad price for what you are getting. I already have all the albums (only two of which are remasters though), but I still am buying this without hesitation.
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Pekka
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 17:53 |
I've gotta admit that especially the Knife sounds really really good. But the website is the worst flash monstrosity piece of sh*t I've ever seen. And I think I've got a pretty fast connection. I almost gave up before it had loaded the site one percent at a time in the first place and then I had to think for minutes (or at least one, but that's one too much) how to actually listen to those songs. Finally I found where to click and was left wondering if it really works until a couple of minutes later the song came blasting out of the speakers. Terrible, terrible site. And that one enthusiast a few posts up there actually went and said it was a good one.  
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Anderson III
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Posted: October 25 2008 at 05:36 |
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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo
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Anderson III
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Posted: October 25 2008 at 05:44 |
And I figured out how to operate the site quicker!
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JIF8882
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 03:44 |
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I am excited to hear Trespass remastered. I had the '93 MCA version. Was it remastered? Did not sound like it. Love the song samples, but I noticed that the website was missing some pages for the booklet. For instance: the lyrics to the 2nd half of Cinema Show and all the lyrics from Harold the Barrel are missing. Wonder if some of the mistakes from the '94 "definitive edition" remaster are fixed? For example Fly on a Windshield and Broadway Melody of '74 were tracked wrong?
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 03:48 |
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You should be tempted, as am I. I got $200 for my 26th birthday Now, I have no need for YouTube, as the box set will have plenty of quality DVD footage
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JIF8882
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 03:52 |
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You should keep the new versions. I have the new TOTT, W&W, ATTWT, Duke, ABACAB, Shapes, Invisible Touch, and CAS mixes! They're better than any previous CD versions of these works. I got $200 for my 26th birthday, so I'm happy to blow a lot of money on the box set
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 03:53 |
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To me, that makes the song more eerie.
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ClassicRocker
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 22:31 |
JIF8882, I think you were replying to some posts(?) Anyways, it's generally easier to click the "quote" button instead because then the post you are responding to shows up in your own post. 
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 04:38 |
I want this set so much, but £95.00...?
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