Genesis - Complete BBC Sessions (1970-1972) (mp3, 256kbps)

What can I say? I'm nothing, if not predictable. The funny thing is that this music is so fundamental and influential to prog, that many folks are tired of it and have been so since the mid-80s. I though it was just Marillion, but countless other bands were being lumped into that 'just like Genesis' category. God knows what those critics would say now.

But I wasn't listening to Marillion in the 80's. I was listening to the blues and Bob Dylan and Neil Young. The progiest things I had heard were 'Nights in White Satin' and 'Lucky Man'. But I didn't know that was prog or what prog was or even that those songs should be considered in the same category with these songs. I had no context, so I just listened to what was there.

Remember, this is early. This is before the flower mask of 'Supper's Ready' or the leather jacket of 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'. The men performing this music were 20-22 years old. What were you doing when you were that age?

1.01 Shepherd (Nightride, 22 February 1970)
1.02 Pacidy (Nightride, 22 February 1970)
1.03 Let Us Now Make Love (Nightride, 22 February 1970)
1.04 Stagnation (Nightride, 22 February 1970)
1.05 Looking For Someone (Nightride, 22 February 1970)
1.06 The Musical Box (Sounds Of The Seventies, 10 May 1971)
1.07 Stagnation (Sounds Of The Seventies, 10 May 1971)
1.08 The Return Of The Giant Hogweed (Sounds Of The Seventies, 09 January 1972)
1.09 Harold The Barrel (Sounds Of The Seventies, 09 January 1972)
1.10 The Fountain Of Salmacis (Sounds Of The Seventies, 09 January 1972)
1.11 Harlequin (Sounds Of The Seventies, 09 January 1972)
1.12 Harold The Barrel (Mix #2) (Sounds Of The Seventies, 09 January 1972)
2.01 The Fountain Of Salmacis (In Concert, 02 March 1972)
2.02 The Musical Box (In Concert, 02 March 1972)
2.03 The Return Of The Giant Hogweed (In Concert, 02 March 1972)
2.04 Twilight Alehouse (Top Gear, 25 September 1972)
2.05 Watcher Of The Skies (Top Gear, 25 September 1972)
2.06 Get'em Out By Friday (Top Gear, 25 September 1972)

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