Hand Of Glory Records

29/09/2025

Last night's Freakzone was Genesis themed, and Nightmares sneaked in there to represent Luton's version!

25/09/2025

Doing your first group signing aged 80, 81, and 82? Marvellous!

Derek (Jock), Chris, and Snip from (The) Genesis got together to sign autographs for the sold-out deluxe edition of the album at the Sugar Loaf last Saturday!

23/09/2025

Here's a well considered and insightful long-read review of "A Story" by the impeccable Andrew Neal for Silent Radio!

Fear not! This is not an ode to Messrs Collins, Banks and Rutherford, or even Gabriel. The Genesis is an entirely separate beast and ‘A Story’ comes, aptly enough, with an incredible backstory. Hand of Glory Records’ Will Twynham (who records as Dimorphodons) was searching eBay for interesting...

19/09/2025

We're overjoyed to have reached release day for this album that has been gestating for 56 years!

A lot of us will know that feeling that a project is never going to be finally finished, so imagine being Chris, Snip, or Jock and having your debut album coming out when you are EIGHTY years old.

Sadly "Siggi" aka Steve Holmes, lyricist extraordinaire (seen here eating some roses) died over a decade ago, so he won't be at their first autograph session tomorrow, and neither will the drummer who actually played on the record, Richard Powell, as nobody has seen him since 1969...

"It's surprising what the mind remembers, things that happened so long ago"

15/09/2025

A remarkable musical discovery: The Genesis, a working-class Luton band, created an ambitious rock opera called "A Story" in 1969 that remained hidden for over half a century. This dark, gothic concept album about love turned murderous was recorded just after SF Sorrow but before Tommy, potentially....

15/09/2025

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05/09/2025

We love Shindig! Magazine... the latest!, and we're thrilled they have given A Story by The Genesis - Luton its first ever review, only 56 years after it was made, and a feature too!

"...best of all are the songs – a
flowing suite of keyboard-led, classical-laced
psychedelia which draws comparisons with
The Pretty Things, Procol Harum and The
Kinks."

03/09/2025

The Genesis - Nightmares (Radio Edit).Pre-order NOW! https://thelutongenesis.bandcamp.com/album/a-story-by-the-genesisFrom the previously unknown album "A St...

26/08/2025

"It’s vivid, alive, exciting and gigantic fun."

Thank you Joe Muggs and Shfl for this fantastic review of Waui by DIMORPHODONS!

13/08/2025

Were you one of three million people who saw H.O.G. founder Will aka DIMORPHODONS with Snip Turner and Chris Stokes of (The) Genesis on ITV News at Ten last night talking about the unlikely and magical find of the unreleased 1969 rock opera "A Story"? Here's the video for anyone catching up!