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Genesis: some sides live

In 1982, Genesis released a double album called Three Sides Live. It contained, as you correctly guessed, three sides with live performances. The fourth side contained some non-album studio B-sides and material from an EP which was previously released in the UK.

To keep the album interesting for those markets who already heard the studio tracks, the band replaced the studio tracks with even more live performances. This meant that the album had four sides with live tracks instead of three.

Left side inner gatefold

Right side inner gatefold

Close-up back artwork

D-side label

For that reason, Germany imported the UK edition with four live sides and applied a sticker over the word “three”, dubbing the album Four Sides Live.

To make this matter even more fun for collectors, they did this by using two, possibly three, different stickers. One as per the featured photo and another where the round part at the bottom does not feature any text.

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