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Studio album by Genesis
Released 28 March 1969
Recorded August 1968 (except `Silent Sun`, recorded December 1967)
Studio Regent Sound Studios, Soho, London
Genre
Psychedelic pop[1][2]folk[3]art rock[2][4]
Length 43:25
Label Decca
Producer Jonathan King
Genesis chronology
From Genesis to Revelation
(1969) Trespass
(1970)
From Genesis to Revelation is the debut studio album by English rock band Genesis, released on 28 March 1969 on Decca Records. The album originated from a collection of demos recorded in 1967 while the members of Genesis were pupils of Charterhouse in Godalming, Surrey. It caught the attention of Jonathan King who named the group, organised deals with his publishing company and Decca, and studio time at Regent Sound Studios to record a series of singles and a full album. A string section arranged and conducted by Arthur Greenslade was added later on some songs. By the time Genesis had finished recording, John Silver had replaced original drummer Chris Stewart.

The album and its singles were a commercial flop, and received a mixed to negative reaction from critics. By mid-1969, the group had severed ties with King and resumed education until they reformed and turned Genesis into a full-time band. The album spawned three singles; `The Silent Sun` and `A Winter`s Tale` were released in 1968, followed by `Where the Sour Turns to Sweet` in 1969. In October 1974, after the group had grown in popularity, it peaked at No. 170 on the Billboard 200 in the US. King retains the rights to the album which has been reissued multiple times since, including a 1974 release as In the Beginning and a 1987 release as And the Word Was.... A reissue in 1990 and 2005 included a bonus disc with extra tracks.

Background
The founding line-up of Genesis consisted of guitarist Anthony Phillips, bassist Mike Rutherford, lead vocalist Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, and drummer Chris Stewart, all pupils of Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey. The five had played in the school`s two active bands; Rutherford and Phillips were in Anon while Gabriel, Banks, and Stewart made up Garden Wall.[6] In January 1967, after both groups had split, Phillips and Rutherford continued to write songs and invited Gabriel and Banks to participate. During the Easter school holiday the five entered a primitive recording studio run by Brian Roberts in Chiswick to record the material.[7] They assembled a tape of six songs originally intended for someone else to perform as the group saw themselves foremost as a collection of songwriters. This included five songs from Phillips and Rutherford: `Don`t Want You Back`, `Try a Little Sadness`, `That`s Me`, `Listen on Five`, and `Patricia`, an instrumental, plus one from Gabriel and Banks, `She Is Beautiful`.[6][8] `Patricia` was later reworked into `In Hiding` and `She Is Beautiful` was later known as `The Serpent`.[9][8] Banks described the material as `straight pop music` as it was the direction the band wanted to explore.[9] At this point, the group were known as The New Anon.[10]

The group sent the demo tape to two people, one being BBC radio presenter David Jacobs.[11] The second was sent to former Charterhouse pupil Jonathan King who had scored commercial success as a singer-songwriter and producer with his UK top five single `Everyone`s Gone to the Moon` in 1965, and therefore seemed a natural choice.[12] King visited the school during Old Boys Day, so the group had a friend give the tape to him. He listened to the tape in his car on his drive home and, despite its roughness, was immediately enthusiastic, particularly about Gabriel`s vocals.[11]
Track listing
All songs written by Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips, and Mike Rutherford.[24]

Side one
No. Title Length
1. `Where the Sour Turns to Sweet` 3:14
2. `In the Beginning` 3:42
3. `Fireside Song` 4:16
4. `The Serpent` 4:36
5. `Am I Very Wrong?` 3:28
6. `In the Wilderness` 3:21
Side two
No. Title Length
7. `The Conqueror` 3:44
8. `In Hiding` 2:56
9. `One Day` 3:16
10. `Window` 3:53
11. `In Limbo` 3:06
12. `The Silent Sun` 2:08
13. `A Place to Call My Own` 1:57
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the original 1969 release.[24]

Genesis

Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute
Tony Banks – Hammond organ, piano, backing vocals
Anthony Phillips – guitars, backing vocals
Mike Rutherford – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals
John Silver – drums (except on `Silent Sun`)
Additional musicians

Chris Stewart – drums on `Silent Sun`
Arthur Greenslade – strings and horn arrangement, conducting
Lou Warburton – strings and horn arrangement, conducting
Production

Jonathan King – producer
Brian Roberts – recording engineer
Tom Allom – recording engineer
Robert Stace – printing