Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway reissue

[wateroftyne]

Any fellow Genesis nerds picked this up yet?

 

The Atmos mix - which is also on all the usual streaming platforms if you don't want to spend a silly amount of money - veers between wonderful and... jarringly puzzling.

 

Curious to hear thoughts...

 

[Clarky]

I had the chance to listen to most of the first 'LP' (up to Chamber of 32 doors). Very clear sound vs original but the bass seemed pushed up very high in the mix and Phil Collins' drums too low (very obvious on title track). Need to give it another listen, along with the second 'LP'.

[Woodinblack]

I tend to avoid remixes like the plague as the remix of Trick of the Tail was so terrible, but as I wasn't that bothered or tied to that album, I should probably give it a listen.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I'm liking what I've heard so far. The bass pedals sound amazing.

[wateroftyne]

43 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I'm liking what I've heard so far. The bass pedals sound amazing.

Yeah, it’s a whole new experience. Mostly wonderful, frequently revelatory, but occasionally puzzling..!

 

The hiss at the end of In the Cage. The remixed vocals on ‘32 Doors’ which totally changes the harmonic centre of the chorus. The completely MIA low synth swoop on ‘…burn it to ash’ on Back in NYC.

 

There’s some strange choices. Otherwise… great.

[Burns-bass]

I recorded two albums with John Burns and he showed us all the tracking sheets and studio stuff from the album. Lots of stories!

[Musicman666]

On 29/09/2025 at 06:29, Clarky said:

I had the chance to listen to most of the first 'LP' (up to Chamber of 32 doors). Very clear sound vs original but the bass seemed pushed up very high in the mix and Phil Collins' drums too low (very obvious on title track). Need to give it another listen, along with the second 'LP'.

that's what happens when you miss the mixing session. 

[prowla]

There's a current trend for reissues/remixes/remasters and some can be great whilst others just plain aren't as good as the original releases.

The Giles Martin Beatles ones and Steven Wilson's reworking of Deep Purple Made In Japan are standouts which demonstrate what can be achieved in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing; Led Zeppelin's Houses Of The Holy is also surprisingly good.

Others seem to be geared towards boosting the treble for someone who's played their system so loud they've blown the tweeters and as a result can sound pretty awful on a decent system (Dio's Last In Line and Alex Lifeson's Victor are examples).

I've not heard The Lam Lies Down, so can't comment on that; however, my general comment is these reissues/remixes/remasters can be quite variable.

 

[wateroftyne]

On 28/09/2025 at 23:29, Clarky said:

I had the chance to listen to most of the first 'LP' (up to Chamber of 32 doors). Very clear sound vs original but the bass seemed pushed up very high in the mix and Phil Collins' drums too low (very obvious on title track). Need to give it another listen, along with the second 'LP'.

Have to say, I thought Phil’s kit was jarringly loud on the title track when I listened on 5.1..!

[Clarky]

1 hour ago, wateroftyne said:

Have to say, I thought Phil’s kit was jarringly loud on the title track when I listened on 5.1..!

Sorry just listened back quickly (skipping over tracks), it was In the Cage where I thought the drums were too low. My first listen was using earbuds on a flight... so not the best testing circumstances! I will listen again properly to the whole thing before opening my gob again 😅