Seriously rare UK Prog.Psych Rock LP from 1969 by `Genesis` called `Genesis to Revelation` released as a `mono` version on the `Red` Decca label (with Unboxed logo) also needs to have the one page lyric insert with `Red Decca Company ` inner sleeve & Black sleeve with rear `peep hole` a couple of thousand British Pounds in value and rising!!! – See my other Rarest Records on you tube
Side 1
1. \"Where the Sour Turns to Sweet\"
2. \"In the Beginning\"
3. \"Fireside Song\"
4. \"The Serpent\"
5. \"Am I Very Wrong?\"
6. \"In the Wilderness\"
Side 2
1. \"The Conqueror\"
2. \"In Hiding\"
3. \"One Day\"
4. \"Window\"
5. \"In Limbo\"
6. \"Silent Sun\"
7. \"A Place to Call My Own\"
`From Genesis to Revelation` is the first studio album by the British band Genesis. It was released in March 1969 on Decca Records in England (London Records in North America). It was produced by Jonathan King, who discovered them in 1967 while the members of Genesis were pupils at Charterhouse School, King's alma mater.
Genesis originally consisted of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Anthony Phillips, without a drummer. Once one of their demo tapes caught the attention of Jonathan King, he took them under his wing, gave them the name Genesis and, with the addition of schoolmate Chris Stewart on drums, recorded \"The Silent Sun\" as their first single. It was later described by the band as a \"Bee Gees pastiche\" written specifically to win King's approval, as the Bee Gees were one of King's favourite groups. Its February 1968 release on Decca Records was not a commercial success. Neither was the follow-up \"A Winter's Tale\" three months later.
After replacing Chris Stewart with John Silver, King wanted the band to make an album with songs loosely based on passages in the Bible in the form of a concept album, and in the music style of the Bee Gees. The album was recorded in August 1968 during school holidays. King adding string accompaniments.
By this time Jonathan King was losing interest in the band and they decided to record and perform on their own musical terms. Although King had more experience and was aiming to present Genesis in a marketable way, they were feeling more and more constrained by King's attempts to curtail and limit their increasingly lengthy and adventurous new compositions. The band went professional in the autumn of 1969, and after replacing John Silver with John Mayhew on drums, Genesis began formulating the music that would lead to Trespass the following year and were eventually signed to Charisma Records after an introduction by King to his friend Tony Stratton-Smith, a sports journalist managing bands in his spare time. Rutherford maintains that Genesis owes the producer a debt of gratitude:
Jonathan King, for all his faults – he has a funny reputation in England – did give us a fantastic opportunity. Because in those days, in England, you couldn't get in the studio. I mean, now a new group can very easily get a chance to go and record a single, just something, you know, to show there's something going for them. In those days, to get any sort of record contract, was really magical. And he gave us a chance to do a whole record. You've got a bunch of musicians who were really amateur, could barely play well, were barely a group, and were able to go in one summer holiday and make a record.
Although initially licensed to Decca Records, King holds the rights to the album and has re-released it several times under a variety of titles.
