Product Details

• Actors: Genesis, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram Video
• VHS Release Date: July 1, 1991
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303358160
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,371 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History of the band Genesis at it's best!, March 28, 2006

By 

M. Martin "Melmar62" (Lisbon, ME) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Genesis - A History [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Featuring rare, live, and television footage, never seen before on video, tracing a history of perhaps the most dominant adult rock group of the 70's and 80's.

Featured tracks or exerpts:

* Turn It On Again
* Am I Very Wrong?
* In the Beginning
* The Silent Sun
* The Knife
* Stagnation
* Where the Sour Turns to Sweet
* Colours
* The Return of the Giant Hogweed
* The Fountain of Salmacis
* Black Light
* The Musical Box
* Water of the Skies
* Supper's Ready
* I Know What I Like ( In Your Wardrobe)
* Dancing with the Moonlight Knight
* The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
* In the Rapids
* In theh Cage
* Solsbury Hill
* Blood On the Rooftops
* Biko
* Sledgehammer
* Trick of the Tail
* Cance on a Volcano
* Firth of Fifth
* Ripples
* Looking For Someone
* Follow You, Follow Me
* The Lady Lies
* Many Too Many
* Misunderstanding
* In the Air Tonight
* Hand In Hand
* Another Day In Paradise
* Living Years
* Silent Running
* A Time and Place
* Throwback
* Shortcut To Somewhere
* Abacab
* Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
* Invisible Touch
* Mama
* Throwing It All Away
* Land of Confusion
* In Too Deep
* Los Endos
* The Brazilian

The Band, the solo projects, and the story so far up until 1990. It was fascinating to watch!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And then there was Genesis, October 4, 2006

By 

Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
(HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Genesis - A History [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Genesis always was my favorite prog rock band as I got into the genre. Their blend of brilliant lyrics, balanced melodies where the didn't indulge themselves into pompous solos for the sake of virtuosity (a common issue in prog) and mindboggling on-stage theatrical work by Gabriel made them an easy choice. This video shows their evolution as band from their formation, all through their Gabriel years, after Gabriel but before Hackett left and their lives after "An Then There Were Three" with Collins at the helm. It doesn't include (not that I miss it) their latest work before dissolving as a band.

Pros: you get exposed to high-quality footage of their early work, which as a fan you probably got a chance to see in some deteriorated shape at some point, so you know there's hope for you to some day see the footage of the band performing in the early seventies and being able to distinguish the audio and the video.

Con: there are just snippets of performances, not entire songs shown. The length of the segments picked is enough to give you a very good feel for the song being played, but leaves you wanting more. Still this is no reason to take away even a single star from this otherwise perfect video about the best prog rock band in history.

Wish they would release it in DVD.

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT HISTORY OF BAND, April 16, 2005

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NEOPROG RAN (EL PASO TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Genesis - A History [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Lots of great quotes here: "The whole album's kinda mad...", "that's a drag" Great insight to the band. A classic that should be put on DVD. Listen closely for the snorter. I never get tired of watching this. Tony Banks has never been so pompous- absolutely essential.