ABSTRACT
Genesis's resistance to getting involved in a re-recording of The Lamb indicates the long-term psychic wounds that had yet to heal over the project. Peter Gabriel's desire to prepare a movie version of The Lamb could be interpreted as an attempt to redress an earlier oversight. The continuing allure of The Lamb—and the fact that, aside from the rather poorly recorded Genesis Live, there were no legitimately available live recordings of Gabriel-era Genesis—led to the release of Genesis Archive 1967—75 in 1998. Track-by-track comparison of the original Shrine Auditorium tapes and the Genesis Archive 196775 version reveals that in fact most of Gabriel's vocals are re-recorded. Gabriel's determination to steer the band away from fantasy and myth subjects and toward a contemporary, realistic protagonist has actually helped the album age reasonably well. Careful listening to The Lamb reveals plentiful examples of such jouissance, or delight, in the arranging capabilities presented by the studio.
