Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Box Set?

[Bluedemon25]

Genesis-news.com seem to have a date and configurations:
https://www.genesis-news.com/news-Genesis-Lambboxset-to-be-released-on-28-March-2025-n993.html

So looking over to that and thank you for sharing it. I'm most interested in the detail I don't see reported which is the coffee table book. Rather than make assumptions the CD versus the vinyl box is it just going to be smaller format but the same content if you go to CD Blu-ray route or is it going to be a lot more stuff to read not just bigger in the vinyl out? I have no purpose for the vinyl so I really want the CD Blu-ray but if the book was fantastic and had a lot more content not just bigger I might have to rethink things. Anyone have any ideas? I'm also frustrated to hear it seems like extras are relegated to a download card which maybe some dodgy MP3 crap rather than just put an extra disc on or stick it on the Blu-ray considering they have now a whole Blu-ray in there.

 

[jsulzinger]

If Gabriel re-recorded the vocals for the Shrine show, it will be one of the biggest disappointments in surround release history.

 

[H.A.L.]

Maybe SDE might get a crack at a single blu ray Atmos.

 

[privateuniverse]

Maybe SDE might get a crack at a single blu ray Atmos.

If there is going to be a single blu-ray, I'd guess it would probably come from Rhino.

 

[ssully]

If Gabriel re-recorded the vocals for the Shrine show, it will be one of the biggest disappointments in surround release history.

Isn't the idea that this will be the untouched (except for remixing) show, including the actual 'IT" rather than the studio re-recording? ONe hopes.

 

[jimfisheye]

Whatever the personal reasons behind the rift between Steve and Tony, the 5.1 remixes had the lead electric guitar parts buried in the mix vs the original mixes. Significantly buried!

If there was a guitar solo with single note leads (as guitar solos tend to be), the guitar notes are matched to single notes from the keyboard parts going on. If Tony is playing a chord, those single guitar notes only get the volume of the single notes from the keyboard chords. Even and especially if Steve is playing a lead line or solo! These aren't mix mistakes. This is consistent and intentional.

The crispy bright thing and the vocal getting bumped up from what appears to be limiting across all channels sure looks like after the fact novelty mastering damage. Can't say for sure. But it doesn't match the mix work.

It would be great to have these remixed with the original aesthetics but I don't think that's in the cards. It doesn't look like it after those 5.1 remixes anyway! We get some bits of some truly great mix work and get to hear some nuance that was obscured before but with the revisionist element firmly in place.

And turning down bass parts on this one too! Not just the guitar solos this time. An equally revealing and frustrating remix.

 

[humprof]

And a bit more reasonable jpc https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/genesis-the-lamb-lies-down-on-broadway/hnum/12103587 brings it under $100 to US.

€81.50 after VAT is deducted--a little over $86 at today's exchange rate. And jpc's overseas shipping is only €3.50.

 

[privateuniverse]

....and another teaser this morning....

 

[humprof]

Nice retrospective of The Lamb from 2014, on the occasion of its 40th:

https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/anniversary/genesis-lamb-lies-down-on-broadway-review/

 

[srbjab]

The JPC price is the one to beat at this point - just pennies under $90 with shipping to US. Looks like it's 6 discs too - 5CD/1BD. The best news is an Atmos mix is confirmed. My guess is that 4 CDs will have a remix of the album and the live show, with the fifth CD reserved for extras. Hopefully a lot more details will be available at the end of the week - particularly who did the Atmos mix and who had approval for it, as well as what the download includes. If JPC is selling it for $90 to the US there's a good chance an outlet like Importcds will better that price. Still high for a single album, but sounding like it may be worth it.

 

[ssully]

Whatever the personal reasons behind the rift between Steve and Tony, the 5.1 remixes had the lead electric guitar parts buried in the mix vs the original mixes. Significantly buried!

People say that, but it's certainly not always true.

Please provide examples where Hackett is buried further in the remix than he was in the original stereo mix.

 

[Fourplay]

I will be closely watching the reviews for this one. My favorite of their career is Selling England, and favorable results for the Lamb should bode well for SEBTP.

 

[JulesRules]

I guess the thread will soon leave the "Non surround" section of the board?

 

[ProgRules]

Still high for a single album, but sounding like it may be worth it

Being picky, as I'm sure you meant 1 album, but as we all know it's a double album. So kinda similar to $50 for 1 album- with extras- which is not at all unreasonable. Much better than high-priced sets packaged with LPs.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

given that this one won't be released until March 28th 2025, I figure lots of time to shop-it for the best pricing; I'll try and hang on for a few months

 

[GOS]

given that this one won't be released until March 28th 2025, I figure lots of time to shop-it for the best pricing; I'll try and hang on for a few months

Me too!

 

[bnyhof]

For those in Canada, Amazon Canada has it for Cdn$115, with free shipping. Always easy to cancel if a better option turns up.

 

[Dynamic Editor]

This image was on the band's social media feed today. Perhaps an announcement soon?

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Genesis's The Wall in Atmos, perhaps?

 

[peterzach]

Saw a post at SHF and this was from amazon.fr:

There is hope that this could be a proper Atmos mix as Bob Mackenzie from Real World Studios involved and had to look at Peter Gabriel-I/O and see same person was listed as one of the ones working on Atmos for that release.

For the 50th anniversary of "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway", this 4CD + Blu-Ray audio box set offers this flagship Genesis album in an "augmented" version. Benefiting from the involvement of the band members (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford), this box set allows an in-depth exploration of this opus. It contains:

On CD1 and CD2: the original album remastered in 2024 by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, from the 1974 analog tapes.

On CD3 and CD4: The complete concert "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway / Live At The Shrine Auditorium", remastered in 2024. Recorded on January 24, 1975, it is presented here for the first time in its entirety since it offers the two encore titles, "Watcher of the Skies" and "The Musical Box".

On the audio Blu-ray: 2 versions of the album, one remastered in 96kHz/24-bit high resolution, and the other in Dolby ATMOS, produced by Bob Mackenzie at Real World Studios under the supervision of Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks.

On a download card: 3 unreleased demos from the legendary Headley Grange sessions (digital bonuses). This card also gives access to the entire audio content of the box set.

This box set also includes a large format 60-page hardback book, the booklet of which was written by Alexis Petridis who interviewed the five members of the band. They tell for the first time since the album's release the story of "The Lamb", from the writing sessions to the concerts. Photos, including some of Armando Gallo and Richard Haines, are also included in this book. In addition, there is the program of the 1975 tour, a reproduction of the original concert ticket and a poster.