Welcome to The Waiting Room - the Genesis web-fanzine featuring all the news, reviews, interviews and more concerning Genesis and related projects - first, a word from the creators of TWR...
WORDS FROM THE EDITING SUITE….
Hello, and a belated happy New year to you all!
After all the furore about The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, the “waiting” is finally over and the newly repackaged album will be released on 13th June 2025.
We are, however, still waiting for word on the reissue of From Genesis To Revelation which is currently being put together by Esoteric Records who have acquired the rights to the remaining material in the Jonathan King archive direct from King himself. Exactly what this means for the release of previously unavailable material remains to be seen (and heard). The project is being assembled with the co operation of Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips and Peter Gabriel and we hope to possibly have a chat with the former about it in the near future.
Speaking of Anthony Phillips. Esoteric Records have now completed the reissue campaign for his back catalogue with the exception of Tarka which we were informed was originally scheduled for release last October but which has been delayed, we assume because of clearance issues for the various orchestral players on it. Once we have any further information on this we will let you know.
Steve Hackett has been a busy boy as usual. Not only did he find time to conclude his much delayed Foxtrot At Fifty tour but also undertook his usual round of acoustic gigs in Italy and shows with Hungarian jazzers, Djabe. He also released his latest studio album: The Circus And The Nighwhale (reviewed in our last edition) before returning, ironically enough to the live stage with his Lamb Highlights show which is just about to get under way again at time of writing. Steve’s gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall last October was recorded and filmed for release and featured guest appearances by Steve Rothery, John Hackett and Ray Wilson.
On 17th January Steve also releases another live album: Live Magic At Trading Boundaries. This one will be a welcome addition to fans’ collections featuring as it does stripped down performances of several classic Hackett and Genesis tracks as well as two from Amanda Lehmann’s wonderful album: Innocence And Illusion.
Nick Magnus’s new album: A Strange Inheritance was released on 16th September last year and we have an interview with Nick about it elsewhere in this edition.
Nad Sylvan has been hard at work to his follow up album to 2021’s Spiritus Mundi. The good news is, the album, as yet untitled is scheduled for release on 25th June 2025.
Ray Wilson continues to gig throughout mainland Europe and is reported to be at work on a new album. Ray also found time recently to get married and we wish him and his new bride a long and happy life together.
Mike and The Mechanics are shortly to return to the concert stage again for a series of shows celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the first Mechanics album – has it really been FORTY years?! Whether there will be any new material to accompany the tour remains to be seen but TWR will be present at several of the shows and our tour report will be in our next edition. I was shocked to hear that Mike broke his hip a few weeks ago and even more impressed that he isn't letting that stop him from gigging. What a trooper...!
Enjoy the rest of this issue.
Alan Hewitt
Liverpool
October 2024
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Genesis Revisited, the latest book from TWR editor Alan Hewitt is now available
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