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California Dreaming
Memories & Visions of LA 1966-75, Photographs by Henry Diltz
Henry Diltz, Graham Nash & over 45 contributors
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A Furious Heartbeat
15 Jan 2010:
‘A Furious Heartbeat: An Evening of Art and Music’, at Subliminal Projects art gallery brought together two Genesis contributors for the first time. Subliminal Projects is owned by the artist Shepard Fairey and, as well as his own work, the show featured renowned photographer Kate Simon.
Shepard recently produced the cover... More »

America's Cup Limited Edition
12 Jan 2004: Forthcoming More »

Andy Warhol's book illustrations to be auctioned
17 Nov 2009:
They are a long way from the iconic pop art for which he is best known but a set of illustrations for a children's book series by Andy Warhol are set to go up for auction in New York next month.
Warhol's pictures illustrate a folk tale about the value of... More »

Beverly Hills Taschen Store - Diltz Opening
22 Nov 2007:
On Wednesday November 14th the Beverly Hills Taschen store held its own launch of California Dreaming, where contributors Gerry Beckley, who had flown in hours earlier from a sell-out UK tour with his band America, and Graham Nash (Hollies, CSN, CSN&Y) were among those in attendance. After personalising copies of the... More »

Bigger Bash Exhibition Update
4 Aug 2006:
The Bigger Bash exhibition finished on the 31st with the Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour hitting the Amsterdam Arena that evening. Genesis' own Tessa and David were in attendance and were overwhelmed with the response from fans that saw our latest Stones title, T.O.T.A '75.
"I never... More »

Billy Preston 1946-2006
14 Jun 2006:
Genesis subscribers may already know of Billy Preston's passing, 6th June 2006. At Genesis we would like to offer our condolences to all his many friends and family.
Billy is known by many as 'the fifth Beatle', joining the band as he did for Let It Be, The White Album and Abbey... More »

Bob Marley: Exclusive Interview With Junior Marvin
7 Mar 2003: Interview More »

British And Irish Lions Tour Starts Tomorrow
29 May 2009:
Thirty-five years after the incredible 1974 tour, The Lions return to
South Africa tomorrow (30th May) to start their latest campaign. The
’74 tour was famous for many reasons; Willie John McBride’s captaincy
ensured a complete set of ‘zeros’ in the loss column and the legendary
’99 call’ meant the tourists gave as good as... More »

California Dreaming In The News
1 Jan 2008:
Genesis' latest signed limited edition has been receiving a lot of attention from music fans and journalists all over the world. Not surprising considering California Dreaming by Henry Diltz features some of the most stunning rock photography we've ever published.
Respected UK magazine Record Collector is the latest to write about the... More »

California Dreaming: F***ing Fabulous!
4 Dec 2007: Some of the wonderful contributor reviews we have already received for CALIFORNIA DREAMING:
Graham Nash: "F*cking fabulous!... If
you've ever wanted to 'experience' the Sixties, this is the place to
start your journey.... it was brilliantly captured in these images by
my dear friend Henry Diltz... What a long, strange trip it was..."
Ned... More »

Captain Cook Spear Sells For £150,000
27 Mar 2003: Artist News More »

Classic Hendrix
17 Feb 2003: Forthcoming More »

Dylan By Schatzberg, New York Book Signing
19 Sep 2006:
Thank you to The National Arts Club, New York, who hosted a wonderful book-signing event, to launch Thin Wild Mercury, with Jerry Schatzberg, 13th September.
Founded in 1898, the National Arts Club has a prestigious history. Three American presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Dwight D. Eisenhower, were all members. The Club's... More »

Exile Sold On Ebay For $2650
6 Oct 2006:
Once again a Genesis limited edition book is making headlines selling for considerably more than the original list price. Last week a Collector copy of Exile sold for $2650 plus postage on the popular auction website eBay.
Exile delved extensively into Dominique Tarlé's archive of photographs taken of the Rolling Stones at... More »

First Deliveries Of Tota Deluxe
30 Mar 2006:
Sally Crick, editor of TOTA '75, visited our Milan bookbinders on Monday to check the first 50 Deluxe copies before their delivery to customers next week. The book looks spectacular, especially the multi-coloured page edges – a first for Genesis.
The Genesis bookbinders are dedicating all of their time to fulfilling... More »

Foxnews.com Praises Postcards From The Boys
26 Dec 2003: Reviews More »

Genesis Remembers Dan Fogelberg And John Stewart
31 Jan 2008: It is with regret that Genesis Publications acknowledges the loss of two great musical talents: Dan Fogelberg and John Stewart. We were honoured that both musicians were contributors to our recently-published limited edition, California Dreaming, by Henry Diltz. We would like to offer our condolences to their families and friends.
Dan Fogelberg:... More »

George Martin Fans Stateside
3 Sep 2003: American fans of George Martin: listen out for radio programmes featuring George's Genesis autobiography Playback as The Beatle Years show will go out syndicated to 150 stations across the States from the weekend of September 13-14. For the three weeks after that there will be questions posed in a competition for... More »
GQ '100 Best Things' Peter Blake & Brian Wilson
17 Dec 2009:
That Lucky Old Sun by Brian Wilson and Peter Blake is being hailed in the GQ '100 Best Things' list for 2009.
GQ: "A collaboration between one of America's greatest musical minds and one of Britain's most beloved pop artists [Britain's most important pop artist, ever, actually - Ed] was always going... More »

Happy 70th Birthday Bob Dylan
24 May 2011: Today, May 24th, Bob Dylan celebrates his 70th birthday and with so a lifetime of music. After 34 studio albums, 58 singles, 13 live albums, 9 Bootleg series albums he is as productive as ever, continuing his 'Never Ending Tour'. More »

In Memoriam Brian Roylance
17 Nov 2005: Memoriam More »

Jerry Lee Lewis Contributes To 'Johnny Cash: American Legend'
4 Jul 2008:
Those who have registered their interest in the eagerly-anticipated 'Johnny Cash: American Legend' will be delighted to learn that Jerry Lee Lewis has now contributed to the book. Jerry Lee joins a host of musicians paying tribute to their remarkable friend in this historic book published with the Johnny Cash Estate.... More »

Johnny Cash 1932-2003
12 Sep 2003: Genesis Publications are greatly saddened to learn of Johnny Cash's death today aged 71. The country music star died in hospital in Nashville, Tennessee due to complications from diabetes, which resulted in respiratory failure. An icon of American country music from the 1950s, Cash's hits included 'I Walk the Line' and... More »

Johnny Cash: An American Legend
13 Mar 2007:
Genesis Publications is delighted to announce that we are now working with the Johnny Cash estate and the photographer Alan Messer to produce a stunning limited edition book on the life and music of the legendary Man in Black.
To register your interest in the Johnny Cash limited edition, and to receive... More »

Johnny Cash's - America
27 Oct 2008: Johnny Cash - America
Due for release tomorrow (Oct 28th) Johnny Cash's - America is a DVD/CD set that looks at the man, his vision and how he became a voice for America. Through extensive interviews with Johnny Cash, son John Carter Cash, Bob Dylan, Al Gore, Rosanne Cash (and many others)... More »

Johnny Cash's Birthday - Alan Messer Helps Celebrate
27 Feb 2008: Over the weekend of February 22-24, 2008, Alan Messer joined other friends and family of Johnny Cash at the Fender Museum in Corona, California, to celebrate what would have been the Man In Black's 76th birthday.
Alan presented a small selection of the photographs that will be included in his forthcoming limited... More »

Join Brian Wilson at Taschen, LA
2 Oct 2009: TASCHEN and Genesis Publications invite you to an evening with American music legend Brian Wilson. Brian will be on hand to launch and personalize copies of the limited edition THAT LUCKY OLD SUN, a collaboration with British pop art visionary Sir Peter Blake.
Benedict Taschen: 'Spending £1,000 or more on a book... More »

Killer Queen Acclaimed In American Music Site
9 Dec 2003: Reviews More »

Les Paul 1915-2009
14 Aug 2009: We are sad to see the passing of one of modern music’s true icons and the creator of the first solid-body electric guitar, Les Paul. His instruments set the standards for others to follow and were synonymous with legends like Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page. A constant innovator, he laid the... More »

Major New Stones Project
14 Dec 2004: Forthcoming More »

Mania Days: Extract From A Book Review
31 Jul 2001:
Andy Davis's review of MANIA DAYS published in Record Collector magazine issue no. 264 (August 2001) has left us pleased as punch.
Copies of MANIA DAYS, which features Curt Gunther's photographs of The Beatles on their first big tour of North America in the late summer of 1964, are available here... More »

Monkees 45th Anniversary Tour
5 Apr 2011: The Monkees are set to tour the UK and USA this Spring and Summer - the first time in 10 years - to celebrate their 45th Anniversary. More »

Moonage Gets Eulogy From Goldmine
3 Sep 2003: The American music magazine, Goldmine, did almost a whole page review of Moonage Daydream on 22nd August. This says: "Bowie covers almost everything one would want to know about what was going on in his head when he created Ziggy ... Though no expense was spared in making a quality book... More »

Mr Fantasy
'The arrival of Traffic's songs and the imagery of Jim Capaldi's lyrics brought us adventures and characters that vibrated through the psychedelic underground...' Robert Plant. This new Genesis edition with copies signed by Aninha Capaldi - and by your choice of legendary singer songwriters Robert Plant or Steve Winwood - celebrates... More »

New film made on life of Sid Bernstein
30 Oct 2009:
Now 91, Sid Bernstein was in many ways the original concert promoter, bringing ‘British Invasion’ bands The Beatles and the Rolling Stones to America.
‘I called Brian Epstein at home,’ he recalls, ‘and tried to sell him on the idea of the Beatles coming over. He said, “America is not playing... More »

Playback Us Launch A Huge Success
15 May 2003: Book Launch More »

Pleased To Meet You - Sold Out
9 Dec 2008: Michael Putland’s Pleased To Meet You has now sold out with just two copies left in the edition that are sure to be snapped up today. This limited edition book, featuring stunning live shots and intimate moments backstage of the Rolling Stones touring throughout the Seventies, now makes it way to... More »

Ravi Leaves London
7 Jul 2003: Artist News More »

Ravi Shankar Signs Raga Mala
23 Jun 2003: Signature More »

Reunited - A Band Of Brothers
22 Oct 2007:
Reunited - A Band of Brothers reminisce over the first photo selection for Genesis' latest, signed, limited edition historical volume.
The veterans that comprise this most famed Allied company of the second world war - Easy Company - were reunited during the first week of October for three days in Minneapolis, MN,... More »

Roger Waters Tour Dates
26 Feb 2002: Artist News More »

Ronnie Wood is No Spare Part
22 Dec 2011: The Rolling Stones have released a new music video for 'No Spare Parts', one of 12 previously unreleased songs which feature on the recent reissue of 1978's Some Girls. More »

Shine A Light - The Rolling Stones & Martin Scorsese
12 Mar 2008: Shine A Light, the Rolling Stones- eagerly awaited motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, is to be released worldwide this April. It starts on 2nd April with the UK premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square being beamed by satellite to 100 specially selected cinemas across the country, then follows on the... More »

Snap Gallery - The Rolling Stones
11 Sep 2008: Photographers Dominique Tarlé and Michael Cooper open their Rolling Stones archives this weekend, Saturday September 13, with an extensive exhibition of images at the Snap Gallery, Birmingham (UK). Tarlé shot the infamous photographs of the Stones recording Exile on Main Street at the Villa Nellcôte in southern France and Cooper, who... More »

States Blender Mag Gives Postcards 3 Stars
16 Jun 2004: Reviews More »

Stones Tour The Americas: Then And Now
2 Sep 2005: As the Rolling Stones' current tour of America gets into full swing, our latest limited edition book on the band's American tour 30 years ago is at the printers and is promising to be THE Rolling Stones tour book. TOTA '75 (Tour Of The Americas 1975) includes over 600 photographs, stacks... More »

That Lucky Old Sun in L.A.
13 Oct 2009:
On the same day the L.A. Times announced Brian Wilson is to complete unfinished songs by George Gershwin - left untouched since the composer's passing in 1937 - Brian attended a special unveiling of the new series of artworks created in his honour by Sir Peter Blake.
The original artworks, exclusive... More »

The FLF Bigger Bash: International Rolling Stones' Fans Convention In The Netherlands
21 Jun 2006:
The Dutch Rolling Stones fanclub 'Forty Licks Fanclub' (FLF) is organising one of the biggest international Rolling Stones' fans conventions ever in 44 years of Stones history: the FLF Bigger Bash. This is to take place in the last week of July 2006 when the Stones play in Amsterdam. On July... More »

The guitars of 'A Day In The Life'
15 Oct 2009:
Alan Rogan, a renowned guitar technician who over the years has worked with the likes of Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, George Harrison, Joe Walsh and Pete Townshend was first introduced to Genesis books by George Harrison. Among his collection of Genesis titles is No. 11 of I ME MINE. We asked... More »

The Who - What Can Be Said Or Shown That Hasn't Been Done Before?
9 May 2008: It's a question asked by The Who fans worldwide. 'You might be surprised,' answers Goldmine Magazine in their recent review of the Genesis classic, Maximum Who. The article continues:
Like any other luxury volume from Genesis Publications, Maximum Who is a collector's dream. Its heavy, gilt-edged pages are a treat, and the... More »

The Who On Tour - Usa And Japan
16 Sep 2008: This autumn The Who are playing a string of dates across America (October 21 to Nov 9) and Japan (from Nov 13 to 17). They finish in time to attend The Kennedy Center Honours on Dec 7, where they will be recognised for a lifetime of outstanding achievement. The event is... More »

This Is Anfield! LIMITED EDITION BOOK
11 Jun 2001: Photographs by Steve Hale, Text by Andrew Thompson.Foreword by Kevin Keegan.
Having published two highly-acclaimed books on racing, Genesis is going to continue its sports list by publishing our first volume on football (that's soccer to our American readers).
We are currently working on THIS IS ANFIELD, which will be the ultimate history... More »

Tom Petty ‘MOJO’, his first album in 8 years with The Heartbreakers
24 Apr 2010:
Following on from The Last DJ released eight years ago in 2002, Mojo showcases a wide variety of American music from rock ‘n’ roll to country and both electric and acoustic blues.
Tom Petty: “With this album, I want to show other people what I hear with the band. Mojo is... More »

TOTA Deluxe 'Starship' Copies Sold Out
5 May 2006:
The leather-bound 'Starship' copies of TOTA '75, numbered 1 to 350, have now sold out.
These copies feature multi-coloured page edges and are bound in full black leather with a richly embroidered badge of the 1975 eagle logo inset on the front.
'Commander' copies of the book are now available, priced... More »

Troubadours: The Rise of the Singer-Songwriter
3 Mar 2011: Troubadours 2011 is released in America this week to great acclaim. It showcases the Californian music scene centred around the fabled Troubadour club. More »

Usa Beatlemania 40th Anniversary
16 Feb 2004: Review More »

While You Were Out... David Bowie Called
3 Dec 2009:
In a move that will delight Bowie fans and Genesis book collectors alike, David Bowie is signing copies of Geoff MacCormack's From Station To Station — available to purchase from Genesis Publications today.
Geoff MacCormack's tales of his travels with Bowie from '73-76 have already earned his fascinating book five star reviews,... More »

Yoko Ono Releases New Album
6 Mar 2007:
Yes I'm A Witch is the artist/musician's latest album and invites some prestigious American art rock groups, such as The Flaming Lips, to reinterpret her back catalogue. Early news indicates Yoko is also releasing another exciting album with a selection of dance music remixes, Open Your Box.
Click here to visit Astralwerks.com,... More »

Your Books Signed By Mick Rock
8 Sep 2011: Mick Rock took time out of his busy schedule earlier this week to personalise copies of KILLER QUEEN and PSYCHEDELIC RENEGADES for Genesis subscribers. Rock is currently in London working with an American script writer bringing his memories of the Seventies Glam Rock scene to life on stage. More »
