Window Shopping

Fresh from the previously unreleased 1969 rock opera A Story By The Genesis, The Genesis go further into the archive for two sharp self-penned Mod cuts from 1966/67. Recorded at Jackson Studios in Rickmansworth, Window Shopping hits with the feel of an unknown Sam and Dave cover, while Engineer Man carries shades of early Move, complete with a classically inspired bass line and window-rattling drum fills.

After nearly sixty years on the shelf, a few details have slipped from memory, including the singer on Window Shopping. At the time, Jackson advertised a Pop Single Workshop in the back of Melody Maker, which fits keyboard player Christ Stokes' recollection that “it was a guy who wanted to make a record but didn't have a band or a song, so we backed him on one of ours”. The drummer is also suspected to be Stevie Coombes, who later emigrated to Canada, though no one is certain.