Peddling The English Establishment
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound [APA 002-45 USA 2023 2X45 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Originally released on Charisma Records in 1973. Here is another of my 'not your usual Needle Time rips'. If this isn't your usual cup of English breakfast tea, then please look away - in fact, maybe you are intrigued as I was when this release was announced. In England, Charisma Records were part of the Virgin Records empire, in the USA Charisma were affiliated to Atlantic Records, hence this Atlantic 75th double 45rpm edition. Cut from the original (US?) master tape by Chris Bellman at Grundman Mastering and pressed onto two Quality Record Pressings platters, this release is wrapped in a very high specification laminated tip-on gate-fold jacket. What is unclear is which tape did they use - the original UK, a copy tape made for the USA, or was a new master mixed down from the multi-tracks in 1973 for the USA. I'll go on record to say that Selling England By The Pound and The Lam...