Product Review

Digitally re-mastered and expanded edition of this debut album from the British rock band. Before signing a record deal, their original guitarist, Mick Taylor, departed to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and during this period Greg Lake joined the band briefly, replacing John Glascock on bass. By 1968 the band had signed to EMI's Columbia label and had settled into a line-up that saw John Glascock return to the band. By this time The Gods had embraced both Psychedelia and Progressive styles. Genesis was a fine album and is now rightly hailed as a classic of the late Psychedelic and early Progressive era. This Esoteric Recordings expanded reissue includes the original stereo and mono mixes of the album (the first time the mono mix has appeared on CD), along with four bonus tracks comprising the a & B sides of the band's singles of the time. These includes The Gods' cover version of the Beatles' 'Hey Bulldog' and their original classic 'Real Love Guaranteed'.