45 years ago Genesis released ''From Genesis To Revelations''

From Genesis to Revelation is the first studio album by Genesis, released in March 1969 on Decca Records in England (London Records in North America). It was produced by Jonathan King, who discovered them in 1967 while the members of Genesis were pupils at Charterhouse School, King's alma mater.
Genesis originally consisted of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Anthony Phillips, without a drummer. Once one of their demo tapes caught the attention of Jonathan King, he took them under his wing and, with the addition of schoolmate Chris Stewart on drums, recorded "The Silent Sun" as their first single. It was later described by the band as a "Bee Gees pastiche" written specifically to win King's approval.

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Its February 1968 release on Decca Records was not a commercial success. Neither was the follow-up "A Winter's Tale" three months later. After replacing Chris Stewart with John Silver, King had them compose an album of songs loosely based on the Bible. The album was recorded in August 1968 during school holidays. King structured the record as a "concept album" with no gaps between the tracks using songs recorded in the light pop style of the Bee Gees, then one of King's favourite groups, to which King added a strings' accompaniment to the surprise and annoyance of the band

From Genesis to Revelation was issued several months later in a black sleeve with its title scribed in gothic gold on the top lefthand side. With little else to go by, the record shops stacked the LP in the religious sections. Its initial sales tally was 650 copies. Once the band began achieving worldwide success, From Genesis to Revelation briefly dented the US charts in 1974, peaking at #170

The band's name was omitted from the sleeve because Decca had recently discovered that an obscure American act was also calling itself Genesis and asked the band to consider changing its name to avoid confusion, which King declined. The American "Genesis" in question was likely an LA-based group that released an LP called In The Beginning on the Mercury label in 1967. Another possibility would be an even more obscure R&B band in Massachusetts, which had also been using the name "Genesis".