GENESIS- IN THE BEGINNING 1968 US PSYCH PSYCHEDELIC HARD ROCK TEXTURED COVER VG+
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Oct 20, 2022
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"GENESIS- IN THE BEGINNING"
1968 Mercury SR-61175 label
The condition of the TEXTURED, HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER is VG+ with some seam wear. The condition of the disc is a nice VG+ and it plays great!
In The Beginning opens with "Angeline," one of the album's heavier tracks, which features churning riffs and wailing solos as a backdrop for male-female harmonies. Less aggressive songs like "Suzanne" recall the softly sung, sometimes spooky and sentimental harmonies of The Mamas and The Papas, and the lyrics pretty much run the gamut of standard flower child imagery.The blues-tinged "What's It All About?" and the 16-minute "Girl Who Never Was" are where the album hits its stride, resembling Cream, or pretty much any band doing a heavy take on the blues. It wouldn't be out of place to draw a musical comparison to a more jam-centric Led Zeppelin at points. This makes perfect sense; if you doubt the influence of the West Coast psych scene on really early British metal, listen to Spirit's “Taurus,” then the intro to “Stairway to Heaven,” and watch your classic rockin', Jimmy Page-idolizin' world unravel.
In The Beginning is an unearthed gem, but it's an unearthed gem of baroque classic rock, subject to some of the trappings that era. Genesis doesn't quite live up to some of its more idiosyncratic contemporaries (the blaring Blue Cheer, the jazz and pop tinged Spirit,) nor does it touch the mind-boggling moddish psych of its forbears Sons of Adam. That said, there's something to the pretty female leads (especially on the cover of original suicide rock anthem "Gloomy Sunday”) and dueling vocals in the context of the music. Not to mention, it's hard to deny the twinge of entertainment derived from the band having such a prominent nominative doppelganger. Imagine the smug satisfaction you’ll feel as someone poses you the question, by Matthew A. Stern
RARE 1968 ORIGINAL FIRST VINYL PRESSING IN NICE KEEPER CONDITION!
COMBINED SHIPPING RECOMMENDED! INTERNATIONAL: $5 PER ADDITIONAL LP'S UP TO 4 POUNDS & DOMESTIC: IS $1 PER ADDITIONAL LP'S
ALL LP'S SHIPPED IN A PROFESSIONAL LP MAILER WITH STIFF INSERTS
THANK YOU & GOOD LUCK!
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