Abacab (1981)
GenesisAbacab again on vinyl this afternoon. I cleaned it as well as I could, but it is dull and crackly. Still listenable, and it is a great album with one exception that any Genesis fan will know immediately what I am talking about.
OMG, side two is the real bad one. “Lonely Man” sounds terrible and keeps skipping. Someone wore out this song.
OK — this one’s getting sold.
Abacab (1981)
GenesisGenesis’ Abacab on the record I bought in Chattanooga. It sounds pretty good — the engineering, and not a lot of cereal. Some, but not distracting.
“Me and Sarah Jane” has some pretty distinct cereal, even a skip maybe. Really a lot of it by the time we get to “Keep It Dark.” This may not have been played in a while. Still, a good first side.
“Who Dunnit?” is a shit song. Sorry, guys.
“Lonely Man” has a lot of cereal. I am hoping that after this first play it won’t be as prevalent. It skips a couple of times too. Poo. A bad scratch at the end almost ruins the song. Dang it. And it gets worse into the next one, skipping quite a bit.
Face Value (1981)
Phil CollinsOne of my favorite videos in high school was a Phil Collins concert I videotaped off of HBO after the release of No Jacket Required in 1985. Of course I was familiar with Collins’ pop releases and Genesis’ current catalog from the early eighties, but hadn’t really heard Collins’ earlier music: this was the first time I had heard “Hand in Hand” and it blew me away. The brass section was something else, and it inspired …
