That has always been my favourite Genesis-album from the moment I bought it in '77. And it gave my goose-flesh listening to the 5.1 mix again! Heard things that I hadn't heard before. Abacab is a world apart from that one with just some fine moments. And Then There Were Three has great songs, but some bad lyrics. The 5.1 mix is especially great for Phil's drumming. This weekend Duke and A Trick Of The Tail should bring me joy

Shame that "It's Yourself" didn't make the new SACD for ATOTT.

Well, Bill, they didn't really add bonus-tracks to the original albums, which I think is fine. When you buy the whole box though, you'll get an extra disc (SACD) + DVD-A which contains B-sides, singles etc. and that one contains indeed It's Yourself. In the booklet Michael Watts writes about that track:
... Better and even prettier (than You Might Recall) is It's Yourself (flip of Your Own Special Way, 1977) - Collins's tremulous vocal shading into Hackett's long, delicat guitar coda, and the song fading out beautifully on a sitar...
And while the second Archive-set just contained two tracks from the Spot The Pigeon-single (Inside And Out and Pigeons), they've added Match Of The Day this time too. I still have that vinyl-single by the way.

It's finally there: Genesis 1970-1975. I've had the pleasure listening to Foxtrot first. Great.

Please tell something about the sound quality - is there any changes in the mixing etc?

I listened to the 5.1 mix, which is of course a big change. Especially the drums sound very modern, while the acoustic guitar is very clear. Horizons sounds as if it was played in my own room! The surround mix starts quite steady and you'll hear many fragments you never heard before. The Mellotron is very dynamic. In songs like Get' Em Out By Friday and of course Supper's Ready you can hear they've been creating some surround effects with the existing tapes. Characters like John Pebble Of Styx Enterprise and tenants Mrs. and Mr. Pebble come from different channels, while a couple of instrumental (guitar lick or synth-effect) running through a couple of channels.
Being my favorite Gabriel-years album I enjoyed listening to it very much (my girlfriend hated it though and she wasn't even in my music-room).

A very very serious work on this box it seems. It's a must buy for every Genesis fan, no doubt, and it will be a christmas gift to myself this year. Hopefully your girlfriend will get used to prog some day

Well, I guess it more the theatrical aspect of the old Genesis that confused her. She didn't even recognize it as Genesis. I guess an album like A Trick or And Then wouldn't bother her that much. But I have to say that when you hear the complex music of Genesis or any other progressive rockband in a room next to you it will always sound like an unorganized bunch of notes and rhythms.

Of course I should have mentioned that "Happy The Man" is the first track on the last disk with extra tracks, from which the so-called Jackson Tapes (a four track demo from 1969 recorded for a never made documentary on painter Michael Jackson) are the most interesting, because they weren't released officially before, I believe.

I can't express how "Happy the Man" I am about the 70-75 box set. Tresspass is the biggest surprise, and every SACD is superb in 5.1. I've not listened to the bonus disc yet, it's next.

Wonder if Peter Gabriel would help a band, a band he wanted to work with him after Genesis (and the Lamb), work with Nick Davis to reissue albums 1 & 2 in 5.1. Just DTS 96/24 would be great.

^ An album including Gabriel and HTM would be really really nice and a great thing for all prog fans I believe.

Better than a new Genesis album? Could be!