Genesis Regenesis !

Following in the footsteps of Depeche Mode and their back catalogue conversion to 5.1 (although the work probably started sooner on this project) is the issue of Genesis' back catalogue of studio albums in 5.1 and stereo SACD/CD/DVD Remasters. 14 of their 15 albums (Their 1969 debut "From Genesis to Revelation" is not included and one can only speculate that it has something to do with the fact that convicted peadophile, former music impressario and producer of the album, Jonathan King, owns the rights to this album) have been given the treatment and are the culmination of a project started back in 2003.

Each album will be available individually as a dual disc package, or you can buy chronologically ordered box sets. Currently available are the 76-82 (A Trick of the Tail, Wind and Wuthering, And Then There Were Three, Duke & Abacab) and 83-98 (Genesis, Invisible Touch, We Can't Dance, Calling All Stations) albums. The final set of albums will be released in September 2008. These include the 70-74 albums (Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)

Whilst I'm an admirer of Genesis' work, I'm not a huge fan, certainly not in the same way I am a fan of Depeche Mode, so I may buy these either one by one when I can, or wait till the price is reduced in some offer.

Either way, it is very welcome to see such influential artists releasing their material this way. It's just a shame that Peter Gabriel only saw fit to re-release his solo work in stereo SACD, not 5.1 (Except "Up")

EDIT: An interesting article on Peter Gabriel and his favourable attitudes towards 5.1, sent my way by Yuri of PS3SACD.COM