Product Description
Rare Actual 1980 Japanese First Pressing Of The Terrific Tenth Genesis LP ~ Complete With Highly Collectable Obi Strip! Vinyl In Immaculate Condition. Beautiful Laminated Gatefold Cover With Lyrics In English Includes Insert With Lyrics In Japanese. ‘Duke’ Was A Number 1 Selling Album For Genesis, Featuring The Singles “Turn It On Again”, “Duchess” & “Misunderstanding”.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer — and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Behind The Lines
Duchess
Guide Vocal
Man Of Our Times
Misunderstanding
Heathaze
Side 2:
Turn It On Again
Alone Tonight
Cul-De-Sac
Please Don’t Ask
Duke’s Travels
Duke’s End
AMG –
The new version of Genesis at its absolute best. Turn it on again! If And Then There Were Three suggested that Genesis were moving toward pop, Duke is where they leaped into the fray. Not that it was exactly a head-first leap: the band may have peppered the album with pop songs, but there was still a heavy dose of prog, as the concluding "Duke" suite made clear. This is modernist art rock, quite dissimilar to the fragile, delicate Selling England by the Pound, and sometimes the precision of the attack can be a little bombastic. Nevertheless, this is a major leap forward in distinguishing the sound of Genesis, the band, and along with a new signature sound come pop songs, particularly in the guise of "Misunderstanding" and "Turn It on Again." The first is a light, nearly soulful, heartache song, the latter is a thunderous arena rocker, and both showcase the new version of Genesis at its absolute best. The rest of the record comes close to matching them.