A TRIBUTE TO THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY
(23 tracks performed by 25 artists)

DISC ONE (53:25)
01.  THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY  - Two Grand Pianos / The Flower Kings / G2 (5:23)
02.  FLY ON A WINDSHIELD  - G2 / Controlled Bleeding (5:43)
03.  BROADWAY MELODY OF 1974  - Controlled Bleeding / Trespass (2:16)
04.  CUCKOO COCOON  - Hazeldine (2:30)
05.  IN THE CAGE  - Jaume Vilaseca Quartet / In The Cage / ReGenesis (8:46)
06.  THE GRAND PARADE OF LIFELESS PACKAGING  - Bill Doherty & Larry DeVaney (2:45)
07.  BACK IN N.Y.C.  - Kevin Gilbert (6:24)
08.  HAIRLESS HEART  - Mysia (5:29)
09.  COUNTING OUT TIME  - Rewiring Genesis (3:51)
10.  CARPET CRAWLERS  - John Ford (4:53)
11.  THE CHAMBER OF 32 DOORS  - Galahad (5:25)

DISC TWO (54:02)
01.  LILYWHITE LILITH  - Art and Illusion (3:41)
02.  THE WAITING ROOM  - Architectural Metaphor (6:53)
03.  ANYWAY  - Foxtrot (3:11)
04.  HERE COMES THE SUPERNATURAL ANAESTHETIST  - Regenesis (2:50)
05.  THE LAMIA  - The Samurai of Prog (with Roine Stolt) (7:23)
06.  SILENT SORROW IN EMPTY BOATS  - Rewiring Genesis  (2:55)
07.  THE COLONY OF SLIPPERMEN  - Foxtrot / Harold & the Barrels (8:14)
08.  RAVINE  - T.M.A. (3:35)
09.  THE LIGHT DIES DOWN ON BROADWAY  - David Bryce (4:09)
10.  RIDING THE SCREE  - Ian Tanner (4:26)
11.  IN THE RAPIDS  - Giraffe (2:24)
12.  IT (instrumental)  - mrwplay   (4:19)

SOURCES
Various sources including CD, mp3/Flac downloads, DVD audio rips, YouTube audio rips > Adobe Audition 3 (compiling, sequencing, track splitting, normalising volume, various other tweaks) > FLAC.

STORY
The idea for a tribute version of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway album occurred to me in 2009 as I was listening to a great cover of the title track by The Flower Kings.  Since then I've been collecting cover versions of Lamb tracks from a range of different sources.  

From the start I wanted the tribute compilation to meet two main criteria: 
(1) Every song should be either studio or soundboard quality, even though this would restrict the choice of tracks.
(2) Wherever possible, preference wold be given to reinterpretations of the original songs rather than accurate reproductions, despite the fact that finding ANY alternative versions of the less well-known songs would be difficult.

Eventually I managed to find studio or soundboard versions of all 23 tracks, drawn from 12 different CDs, 4 mp3 song downloads from tribute band web sites, 3 YouTube audio rips, 1 live recording and 1 DVD audio rip.  The tracks taken from CDs and YouTube are mostly reinterpretations whilst those from other sources are mostly reproductions.

The tracks were assembled in Adobe Audition 3 and some tweaking was carried out in order to achieve good sequencing across each of the two discs.  Since 2010 I've chopped and changed tracks as I found 'better' versions. Notes on each of the tracks are provided below.

Huge thanks to all the artists on this fan-made compilation  - please support them by buying their stuff, seeing them live, etc.  This compilation is for free share only and must not be sold in any circumstances!

This compilation is dedicated to Simon and the consistently generous community at the Genesis Movement web site (http://torrent.genesis-movement.org).

I'd really appreciate hearing your thoughts about this compilation so please consider sending a PM to raelimperial at the Genesis Movement site. 

DISC ONE NOTES

01. THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY  - Two Grand Pianos, The Flower Kings and G2
The Flower Kings live version of 'The Lamb' was the starting point for this tribute project but they didn't play the piano intro or the transition into 'Fly On A Windshield'.  The intro was therefore sourced from the classical Genesis cover duo 'Two Grand Pianos' and the end section was sourced from a G2 live CD that I bought at one of their concerts.  Cross fading was used to transition between the tracks.

02.  FLY ON A WINDSHIELD  - G2 / Controlled Bleeding
Some echo was added to the final word of 'Waiting for the windshield on the freeway' as it seemed a little flat without it.

03.  BROADWAY MELODY OF 1974  - Controlled Bleeding / Trespass
The Controlled Bleeding version of Fly on a Windshield doesn't include the 40-second instrumental section at the end of the track so this was sourced from the American Trespass tribute band (not the UK heavy metal band!) web site www.trespassmusic.com.  This track appears to be no longer available from the band's web site.

04. CUCKOO COCOON  - Hazeldine
Sourced from a CD called 'Orphans'.

05.  IN THE CAGE  - Jaume Vilaseca Quartet / In The Cage / ReGenesis
This song starts with a short section from a jazz version of In The Cage which transitions into a cover version by tribute band In The Cage.  (NB Links to the In The Cage web site now seem to hit a dead end but the track In The Cage was downloaded from their web site in 2009).  I had to extend the echo on the Jaume Vilaseca Quartet track slightly in order to get enough length to cross fade.  The short instrumental section at the end of the track was sourced from the Regenesis DVD 'The Lamb Lies Down ......' which is a complete performance of the Lamb album by one of the UK's best known Genesis tribute bands.

06.  THE GRAND PARADE OF LIFELESS PACKAGING  - Bill Doherty & Larry DeVaney
Great version of this track from the YouTube video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrBreMcKpEc

07.  BACK IN N.Y.C.  - Kevin Gilbert 
Sourced from the 'Supper's Ready' CD that will be familiar to many Genesis fans.

08.  HAIRLESS HEART  - Mysia 
Sourced from a possibly lesser known Italian Genesis tribute CD called 'The River of Constant Change' that I bought from a USA web site run by Greg Walker - check it out: www.synphonic.8m.com.  This track  - an epic version of the original  - is perhaps my personal favourite on this collection.

09.  COUNTING OUT TIME  - Rewiring Genesis 
Sourced from the well-known 'Rewiring' Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tribute CD.  This is a great CD from which I had to avoid using too many tracks! (I actually used two)

10.  CARPET CRAWLERS  - John Ford 
Sourced from 'The Fox Lies Down' Genesis tribute CD that will also be familiar to many Genesis fans.

11.  THE CHAMBER OF 32 DOORS  - Galahad 
Sourced from 'The River of Constant Change' Genesis tribute CD.

DISC TWO NOTES

01.  LILYWHITE LILITH  - Art and Illusion
Sourced from 'The River of Constant Change' Genesis tribute CD.

02.  THE WAITING ROOM  - Architectural Metaphor
Sourced from 'The Fox Lies Down' Genesis tribute CD.

03.  ANYWAY  - Foxtrot
Downloaded in 2009 from the web site of the tribute band Foxtrot (this site seems to have been closed down).

04.  HERE COMES THE SUPERNATURAL ANAESTHETIST  - Regenesis 
This is an audio track ripped from the Regenesis DVD 'The Lamb Lies Down ......' which I bought at one of their concerts.  The short ambient electronic section at the end of the track was created by playing around in Adobe Audition with a sample from the original Genesis track.

05.  THE LAMIA  - The Samurai of Prog (with Roine Stolt) 
Sourced from the 'Undercover' CD which contains covers of various prog tracks played by a collection of prog musicians. This track includes Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings/Transatlantic/Agents of Mercy) on guitar.  More info here: http://www.thesamuraiofprog.com/undercover.2.html#Undercover (definitely worth a listen).

06.  SILENT SORROW IN EMPTY BOATS  - Rewiring Genesis  
Instrumental track sourced from the 'Rewiring' CD.  

07.  THE COLONY OF SLIPPERMEN  - Foxtrot / Harold & the Barrels 
The opening instrumental section was sourced from the Foxtrot web site and the main vocal section is by Harold & the Barrels from their Genesis tribute CD 'Omenaje a Genesis'.  Check it out: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/omenaje-a-genesis/id425628916

08.  RAVINE  - T.M.A.
Sourced from 'The River of Constant Change' Genesis tribute CD.

09.  THE LIGHT DIES DOWN ON BROADWAY - David Bryce
Sourced from the 'Ultramaroon' CD.  Check it out: www.allmusic.com/album/ultramaroon-mw0001513293.  In keeping with the original version I added a whiny sound to the transition between this track and Riding the Scree but I honestly can't remember how I did this.

10.  RIDING THE SCREE  - Ian Tanner 
Great version from the YouTube video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJj6KOPadAk.  This song is in 9:8 time signature and, at the beginning of the song, Ian Tanner audibly counts the 9 beats over the top of the 1st, 2nd and 4th bars.  However he did not count over the 3rd bar so I copied and stiched together this bar four times in order to create the opening bars.  Check out Ian Tanner performing the entire The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway album for piano and voice starting here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIfPU6Sf1vA.

11.  IN THE RAPIDS  - Giraffe 
Giraffe (featuring Kevin Gilbert) played 13 tracks from TLLDOB at Progfest 1994, including 'In The Rapids'.  This version was downloaded from the Genesis Movement site: http://torrent.genesis-movement.org.

12.  IT (instrumental)  - mrwplay   
I found this on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOx1b8cAbU) and liked the instrumental treatment.  Some people might not like the absence of lyrics here but, for me, the line 'Something's changed, that's not your face, It's mine, It's mine!' at the end of 'In the Rapids' is a good way to complete the story of Rael.

ARTWORK
The artwork that I made for this compilation was intended (like the music) to provide an alternative take on the original.  It's designed for a double CD jewel case and includes front cover, back cover, tray insert, CD1 + CD2 (new label) and CD1 + CD2 (classic Charisma label).  I played around with loads of ideas for the artwork since starting work on it in February 2010 and the final front and back covers are versions 75 and 26 respectively.

TIMING
This tribute version of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway runs 13 minutes longer than the original album's total running time.  This tribute compilation runs for a total of 107 minutes and 27 seconds compared to the original which runs for 94 minutes and 24 seconds.

CHECKSUM FILES

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