Product Description
Hard To Find Actual 1978 Japanese First Pressing ~ Still In Nice Condition! Heavy Grade Gatefold Cover With Lyrics In English Includes Insert With Lyrics In Japanese. Featuring The Hit Single “Follow You Follow Me”, ‘..And Then There Were Three…’ Found Genesis (Phil Collins, Tony Banks & Mike Rutherford) Bridging Their Sound From Prog To Pop.
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT! Great sound quality!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Shelf wear.
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautiful packaging. It is no coincidence that all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! Top condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Down And Out
Undertow
Ballad Of Big
Snowbound
Burning Rope
Side 2:
Deep In The Motherlode
Many Too Many
Scenes From A Night’s Dream
Say It’s Alright Joe
The Lady Lies
Follow You Follow Me
AMG –
"Follow You Follow Me" has a perfect soft rock hook, although there's a glassy, almost eerie quality to the prog production that is also heard throughout the rest of the record. And Then There Were Three, more than either of its immediate predecessors, feels like the beginning of the second phase of Genesis -- in large part because the lineup had indeed dwindled down to Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Phil Collins, a situation alluded to in the title. But it wasn't just a whittling of the lineup; the group's aesthetic was also shifting, moving away from the fantastical, literary landscapes that marked both the early Genesis LPs and the two transitional post-Gabriel outings, as the bandmembers turned their lyrical references to contemporary concerns and slowly worked pop into the mix, as heard on the closing "Follow You Follow Me," the band's first genuine pop hit. Its calm, insistent melody, layered with harmonies, is a perfect soft rock hook, although there's a glassy, almost eerie quality to the production that is also heard throughout the rest of the record. These chilly surfaces are an indication that Genesis don't quite want to abandon prog at this point, but the increasing emphasis on melody and tight song structures points the way toward the group's '80s work.