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    Posted: February 05 2011 at 15:35
The first one I listened to was The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. I believe I was 10 or 11 when my mother played it for me for the first time.
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Interesting.

I think I was played a selection by a friend. I have no recolection of which album was first. Might have been Selling England..not sure......it was 38 years ago.
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 15:56
I have no freaking idea.  I thought for a long time Follow You Follow Me was my first song I heard, but my brother had this combo album of Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot, which was the first album that hooked me.  And I have a program still that is from their 1977 tour...
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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I don't remember......probably something on 8-track cassette.
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Points: 2082 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 16:05
Nursery Cryme played to me by my friend. Right after that we found Tresspas.
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"We Can't Dance."  I've moved on, thankfully.
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I reluctantly checked out Foxtrot and then ended up getting the rest of their albums up to Three Sides Live
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It was Trespass then Nurery Cryme. I liked both albums but when Foxtrot and SEBTP came out I considered both of those masterpieces (and still do).
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What was the first forum you thought might be appropriate for this thread?
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Selling England by the Pound, in 1974. Shortly after, I bought a 2-vol LP with Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme.
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

What was the first forum you thought might be appropriate for this thread?

My b - this kinda does belong on the Band appreciation forum. but in all honesty I can say the question was not one of appreciation, it was just which album did you hear first by Genesis - a cornerstone band in Prog who i can say most people on this forum have listened to making it a more general band to discuss.
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Points: 17650 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 16:21
don't worry, Jake Smile

it was Selling England By The Pound when it comes to me .. and I know what I like, you bet  Approve


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Foxtrot...I think.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
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It was most likely 'Seconds Out' as that was the first I bought.  But it may have been SEBTP too long ago to remember.
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The first Genesis I've listened I think it was I Can't Dance when I was 8 years old. An english teacher we had in primary school used that song to fill in the blanks with the words that were missing on the lyrics, as a listening comprehension exercise. I remembered I loved the song (still enjoy it nowadays).
 
Then the first album I bought, that made me fell in love with Genesis...Selling England By The Pound.
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Points: 14048 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 17:17
I remember being at a friends house probably in 1977 when this other mutual friend came over with the "A Trick Of The Tail" LP. He put it on and we listened to about half of it before we had to leave.I had no idea who Genesis were at that point but i really liked what i heard. The next thing i heard from them was the single from "And Then There Were Three". My first actual purchase was "Duke" on cassette when it came out.
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 17:22
'And then there were three'

It was quite an experience. I never thought I would find another band, after Rush, that would become quite such an obsession in my teens...
Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Selling England by the Pound.
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Points: 223 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 20:27
The first Genesis disc I voluntarily listened to was Turn It On Again the greatest hits. I immediately grabbed my dad's cassette of TotT / W&W.

Although I vaguely recall hearing the self-titled album on cassette in my youth.
It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen.
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