Genesis: Archive 1967-75 (Virgin)
Kit Aiken, Uncut, September 1998
4CD box mainly featuring the Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford incarnation of seminal progressive band with live cuts, a rare single, B-side, early demos and a 80-page booklet with rare photos and idiosyncratic essays.
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