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Genesis - Trespass
SACD rip via PS3 | original 1970 remastered Dec 2007 | ASIN: B0019KC4TK |


This is a stunning and beautiful remaster of beautiful record, completed with great sensitivity and subtlety. This will be a very different 'Trespass'to the one you know. Peter Gabriel's vocals and Tony's keyboard parts have been brought to the fore. Ant's guitar is crisper, clear and full. God, this is lovely...I've been a fan for 30 odd years and this is the Genesis album I keep coming back to. 'Dusk' still manages to leave me agog every time I hear it...'this passerby..born to die' 
'Looking for Someone', always a wishy-washy sort of mix on tape, vinyl and the earlier CD, now sounds gutsy yet crystal clear. And they were 19/20 when they recorded this..and I haven't even mentioned 'Visions of Angels'. Magical. So go and buy it.
~ M. Gillingwater on Amazon

Initially I purchased the Vinyl Re-mastered version box set but gave it up as a bad job due to the Foxtrot and Selling England LPs being extremely poor pressings (surface noise, pops, clicks etc). However, the re-mastered vinyl version of Trespass was excellent in sound quality. Not sure why they did not sell the vinyl versions separately as with the CDs. I have the original 1970 vinyl version, which is now suffering from excessive playing. 

I have been listening to this album since the early 70s and still believe these songs are very under-rated. The issue is that collectively the next four studio albums were stronger and live sets contained over this period more classics from these albums (with exception of the Knife). Even for me as a vinyl lover the stereo mixes on this re-mastered CD are excellent. They are crystal clear, fill the speakers with detailed sound and the stereo separation is interesting because it very different to the original vinyl with addition sounds added. Totally the opposite to the very poor quality release of the 1994 Definitive Edition Re-master which unfortunately I have been listening to prior to this release. 

To me this album is very easy listening, beautiful melodies and interweaving of acoustic guitars with organ. The vocals are much softer than later albums. Most of these songs the band were playing and developing on the road before recording and I think you can hear this (being at ease) to some degree on the album. There is no other group that sounds like this early Genesis. The band admits during the interviews on the box set version that they took their musical influences at this time from groups such as Fairport Convention and Family. 

I like all the seven songs but my personal favourites are ` White Mountain', `Stagnation (changes direction musically constantly)' and of course the master-piece `The Knife'. This to me has been `beefed up' sonically on these new CD and vinyl releases more than any other track vs the original recording. 

Clearly musical tastes and memories are different but to me this early Genesis album is still as enjoyable now as back in the early 70s and this remastered CD gives it a new, fresh sonic, face-lift. If you are an existing Genesis fan and want to remove bad memories of the Definitive Remaster or are new to the Peter Gabiel fronted band then I strongly recommend this CD re-issue. 
~P. Kelly on Amazon

Genesis' 1st truly progressive album, their first record for the Charisma label (although Trespass was released in America by ABC, which is how MCA came to have it), is important mostly as a formative effort. Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, & Michael Rutherford are here, but the guitarist is Anthony Phillips & the drummer is John Mayhew. Gabriel, Banks, Phillips, & Rutherford are responsible for the compositions, which are far more ambitious than the group's earlier efforts ('Silent Sun,' etc.). Unfortunately, much of what is here is more interesting for what it points toward than what it actually does - the group reflects a peculiarly dramatic brand of progressive rock, very theatrical as music, but not very successful. The lyrics are complex enough, but lack the unity & clarity that would make Genesis' subsequent albums among the most interesting of prog rock efforts to analyze. Gabriel's voice is very expressive but generally lacks power & confidence, while the conventional backup vocalizing by the others is wimpy, & Phillips' playing is muted. Tony Banks' keyboards are the dominant instruments, which isn't that bad, but it isn't the Genesis that everyone came to know. The soft, lyrical 'Visions Of Angels' & 'Stagnation' are typical, gentle works by a band that later learned how to rock much harder. Only one of the songs here, 'The Knife' - which rocks harder than anything else on Trespass & is easily the best track on the album - lasted in the group's concert repertory past the next album.

       Tracks:

1. Looking For Someone  
2. White Mountain  
3. Visions Of Angels  
4. Stagnation  
5. Dusk  
6. The Knife

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