STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - GENESIS - FOXTROT

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Great Monday morning Gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate two Birthdays as yesterday was the 73rd Birthday of English guitarist, Steve Hackett, and today is the 73rd Birthday of his fellow and former bandmate, Peter Gabriel. Happy Birthday guys ! To get their party started, we spotlight Genesis'  fourth studio album, Foxtrot. The LP was released October 6, 1972 on the Charisma label and was produced by Dave Hitchcock and Genesis. It reached #45 in Germany, #15 in France and Italy, and #12 in the UK. The progressive album's lead track, "Watcher of the Skies", was released as a single. It takes it's name from John Keats' 1817 poem "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer". The disc's closer,  "Supper's Ready" is a seven part song clocking in at 23:06, making it the longest Genesis song committed to tape. 

1. "Watcher of the Skies" Banks, Rutherford Banks, Rutherford, Gabriel, Collins 7:23

2. "Time Table" Banks Banks 4:46

3. "Get 'Em Out by Friday" Gabriel Banks, Gabriel, Rutherford, Hackett, John Hackett[75] 8:36

4. "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" Hackett Hackett, Banks, Rutherford 5:45

Side two

1. "Horizons" (instrumental) Hackett 1:41

2. "Supper's Ready"
a. "Lover's Leap" (Banks, Gabriel, Hackett)
b. "The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man" (Banks, Gabriel)
c. "Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men" (Rutherford, Gabriel)
d. "How Dare I Be So Beautiful?" (Banks, Gabriel)
e. "Willow Farm" (Gabriel)
f. "Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)" (Banks, Rutherford, Gabriel, Collins, Hackett)
g. "As Sure as Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)" (Banks, Gabriel)"

Genesis

Tony Banks – Hammond organ, Mellotron, electric and acoustic pianos, 12-string guitar, backing vocals

Steve Hackett – electric guitar, 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar

Phil Collins – drums, backing vocals, assorted percussion

Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute, bass drum, tambourine, oboe

Mike Rutherford – bass guitar, bass pedals, cello, 12-string guitar, backing vocals

Production

David Hitchcock – production

John Burns – engineer

Richard Macphail – technician, stage sound (sound friend)

Paul Whitehead – sleeve design

Armando Gallo – photography

Barry Wentzell – photography

Geoff Terrill – photography

Martin Nunn – photography