https://www.discogs.com/release/2269579-Genesis-Trespass-Nursery-Cryme-Foxtrot
I was really eying this a few months ago. It's out of print, and insanely expensive, most of the time. Maybe if the powers that be would offer it for a reasonable price, like $30?..... The original issues of the set are the ones I'd want. The discs included are unremastered. The remastered set has modified packaging that just looks lame.
I don't always mind un-re-mastered albums, but this is one case where the remaster was much welcome. The first second or two of "Watcher Of The Skies" (Foxtrot) is like a pause, which if you've never ever heard the album before, or just aren't into it, then it probably doesn't matter. But, for reasons I make absolutely no claim of understanding, it just helps the flow of the song.
However, 99.999% of the time I just am not interested in listening to Foxtrot. It starts out really good. The opener is classic Genesis. However, there are two songs that are pure filler. And then there's another song, track #4, that I really like, but by the time it's over, there's track #5, which is pure filler, and then this gargantuan song carries the second half of the album. It's a cool song, but what the heck?? It's way too slow at parts, and then it picks up a little bit, but not enough. Maybe I'm just bored with it. "Watcher Of The Skies" and "Get 'Em Out By Friday" are solid gold. "Get 'Em Out By Friday" is in a lot of ways like a condensed version of "Supper's Ready". Lyrically, it's a lot easier to figure out what he's singing about, which helps a little. And then Trespass is pretty cool, but it seems kinda like they accomplish most of what they did on Trespass more succinctly on Nursery Cryme. But I guess sometimes the unsuccintness has its appeal... I don't dislike Foxtrot, but I don't think I have any reason to have it in my collection. It would be kinda cool to have it alongside Trespass and Nursery Cryme, tho. Definitely not paying $30 plus international shipping.
