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WORDS FROM THE EDITING SUITE….
Hello, and welcome to another edition of your favourite Genesis webzine.
First some news about a couple of book projects.
First is another by Italian author and editor of Dusk Magazine, Mario Giammetti. Man Of Spells is the long overdue English edition of his 2006 biography of Tony Banks. Substantially updated and featuring new interviews with some of Tony's associates, this one is a good read. You can read a review and an interview with Mario later in this edition.
As if Mario's book wasn't enough, there is another project which has been published recently – Genesis Song By Song, a brave attempt to cover every published song by the band and written by Philipp Rottgers with whom we have a brief chat later in this issue
Just to tease you all, there is another book project being prepared at the moment although it is very much in the planning stages right now. Once we have more information from the author we shall be letting you all know about it.
After all the fuss and furore, we finally get round to digesting the Lamb... and our thoughts on it can be read elsewhere in this edition. The album was released on 26th September and made it to the #35 position in the UK charts – not bad for a fifty one year old album eh? Our thanks to Ian Sharp for his fantastic look at the Lamb cover versions as well.
Steve Hackett is currently back on the road again in the USA and will be in Europe and the UK again next year with the next instalment of the Genesis Revisited shows – Best of Genesis & Solo Gems. Steve is also hard at work on his new album and from what we heard when we met Steve in September this one promises to be another belter! The other exciting news from Mr Hackett was the announcement by Steve Rothery that the album he and Steve had been working on for EIGHT years is finally ready, pressed up and ready to go! This is an exciting prospect indeed as the two protagonsists are among the finest guitarists in the UK. Hopefully, if touring schedules by both permit, there may be some gigs to promote the album. Now wouldn't THAT be exciting?
Peter Gabriel fans will be getting a couple of New Year treats in 2026 as he has finally deciced to issue the formerly download only Live In The Big Room and Live At WOMAD 1982 albums as LP and CD versions. The former was released on 13th March. Live At WOMAD 1982 will be released on vinyl and CD on 8 May. We are also still waiting for the release of the live film from the I/O gig in Los Angeles which is also currently being worked on so quite a lot to look forward to if you are a Peter Gabriel fan! Speaking of waits, Peter has also announced the release of his new albun; O/I (awful title!) which, like its predecessor is being drip fed to us a track at at time as downlaods with the first track; Been Undone released on 3rd January. The album will be released (eventually) on conventional formats later this year. |
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It looks like Mike + The Mechanics may be back in the studio...and on the road again next year. Recent reports have Mike in the studio with Andrew Roachford and Clark Datchler working on new songs. These should accompany the four already written including the two which were given an airing on last year's tour. More news as/when we have it.
Anthony Phillips's album of piano pieces; Gemini was released on April 10th and Anthony continues to work on other projects all of which we hope to have the opportunity of talking to him about in the not too distant future.
| A bit of rumour quashing next.... Stories about Phil's health have appeared on Social Media recently indicating serious health issues. TWR can say that these are completely unfounded. Yes, Phil has been in hospital for long overdue knee surgery. He has now had that surgery which was a complete success and he is now on a round of physiotherapy to restore his mobility. Other than that Phil is in general good health as you can see from this recently published photograph of him with his son Mathew. While on the subject of Phil, to celebrate his birthday, most of his albums are being reissued on 30th January in their original artwork on CD. The next vinyl reissue looks likely to be Face Value although no details on this are available yet. Phil has also been interviewed for a four part documentary in the BBC's “Eras” series hosted by Zoe Ball. This is due to be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January and a filmed interview will form part of a proposed documentary to be broadcast by either Netflix or Amazon. More details when we have them. Phil will also be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist in November – well done, Phil and well done that band of tenacious fans led by Traci Baker who led the sustained campaign to get him inducted. |  Phil and son Mathew |
Ray Wilson continues to be busy with gigs in Europe. No news of a new album yet but it cant be too long before we hear something about it.
And now some exciting news! As it is the 50th anniversary of the A Trick Of The Tail album what better way to celebrate it than with it's own dedicated book? Written and compiled by Ian Sharp and Matt Skelland whom some of you may remember printed Jon Kirkman's monumental book on The Lamb...as well as TWR's 100th edition special. This one promises to be equally as definitive as Jon's work and a long overdue re-evaluation of this pivotal album in the band's story. And that's all folks, enjoy the rest of this edition. |
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Alan Hewitt
Liverpool
September 2025
Click here for the full press release (PDF)
For more info and pre-ordering, please visit Wymer Publishing.
DON'T FORGET THAT STEVE HACKETT'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE IS NOW AT WWW.HACKETTSONGS.COM.
Genesis Revisited, the latest book from TWR editor Alan Hewitt is now available
to order online at Record
Corner's Amazon webshop
According to their profile, they will post internationally.
Save on postage...!
Genesis Revisited is now available over the counter at:
Record Corner
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Tel: 01483 422006
Paperback edition only at the moment!
Also, in an exclusive deal with Willow Farm Publishing, Genesis tribute band Los Endos are selling brand new copies of both versions of the book at their gigs, at heavily discounted prices!