• Abacab is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Genesis, released on 18 September 1981 by Charisma Records. After their 1980 tour in support of...
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  • "Abacab" is a song by the British rock band Genesis, released on 14 August 1981. It was produced by Genesis and distributed in the United States by Atlantic...
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    It Dark", a European-only single, went to No. 33 in the UK. Abacab was supported with a tour of Europe and North America from September to December 1981...
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  • confirmed that both "Jesus He Knows Me" from We Can't Dance and "Abacab" from Abacab were rehearsed though neither song was performed. The complete set...
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    stage, Banks did wear a snorkel for performances of "Who Dunnit?" on the Abacab tour. Banks, who has played the piano for many years, achieved a distinctive...
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  • Scribd. Retrieved January 23, 2019. Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 81. "The Abacab Tour". The Genesis Archive. 1981-07-21. Retrieved 2022-11-29. That's All UK...
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  • tour was the second concert tour known to utilize computerized moving lights, about one year after Genesis used 50 Vari-Lites (VL1's) on their Abacab...
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  • Lines" was performed on the accompanying tour in 1980, and was also played as the show opener during the Abacab tour in 1981. The song was also played in...
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    In September 1981, Genesis released Abacab. This was followed by its 1981 supporting tour and a two-month tour in 1982 promoting the Genesis live album...
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  • key to make it easier for Collins to sing and protect his voice. "Mama" "Abacab" "Land of Confusion" "That's All" "Domino" "Your Own Special Way" (performed...
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  • Mama Tour was released on DVD, with 5.1 DTS and Dolby Digital sound, in November 2009 as part of the Genesis Movie Box 1981–2007 DVD set. "Abacab" "That's...
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    performance at the Coliseum on November 29, 1981 (during the band's Abacab Tour) was recorded and filmed for the band's Three Sides Live album and concert...
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    later describe the writing process for the album, alongside the one for Abacab, as a "rethink" of Genesis' approach, refocusing their output to group writing...
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  • The B-sides "Abacab" and "The Brazilian" were recorded during the 1987 Invisible Touch tour. The 7-inch features an edited version of "Abacab," while the...
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  • featured on the U.S. leg of the Duke Tour of 1980, and was also featured on tours to promote future albums Abacab and Genesis. Despite its commercial success...
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    known as the VL1, would not be available until the band embarked on its Abacab tour. Showco used the capital to develop the control console, power distribution...
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  • expanded two-disc edition, subtitled The Tour Edition, was released to promote the Turn It On Again: The Tour reunion. All tracks except "The Carpet Crawlers...
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  • – via HighBeam. Voedisch, Lynn (May 29, 1987). "Simon bringing Graceland tour to Poplar Creek". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2014-06-29...
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  • Chiddingfold, Surrey, to start work on a new studio album, their first since Abacab (1981). Genesis became their first album written, recorded, and mixed in...
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    marked the end of their association with Hugh Padgham which had begun with Abacab (1981). Rutherford said the group decided to switch producers before work...
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  • Rome 2007. "Behind the Lines" "Duchess" "Misunderstanding" "Dodo/Lurker" "Abacab" "No Reply at All" "Who Dunnit?" "In the Cage Medley" ("In the Cage" / "The...
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  • the 23-minute track "Supper's Ready". The album was recorded following the tour in support of their previous album, Nursery Cryme (1971), which saw them...
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    unveiled on September 25 during a concert in Barcelona by Genesis in its Abacab tour. Pakistani International Airways Flight 326 was hijacked by three gunmen...
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  • to feature guitarist Steve Hackett. Following the success of their 1976 tour to support their previous album A Trick of the Tail, the group relocated...
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    vocalist Phil Collins (who first joined in 1970), augmented for live shows by touring musicians, bassist and guitarist Daryl Stuermer, drummer Nic Collins and...
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  • become: an 11-minute multi-part epic played with the minimal attack of 'Abacab', the haunting 'In the Glow of the Night' giving way to the anthemic synth-rock...
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    providing the majority of the vocals. In 2007, he recorded a cover of Genesis' Abacab track "Keep It Dark," as a tribute to Genesis, with keyboardist and co-producer...
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  • released by Atlantic Records in the United States. After touring in support of their studio album Abacab ended in December 1981 the band entered an eight-month...
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  • Genesis entered an eight-month break in activity after touring their eleventh studio album Abacab (1981). He started work on a follow-up to his first solo...
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  • joined Collins's band Genesis on the song "No Reply at All" on their album Abacab, as well as on "Paperlate", a song from the band's EP 3×3, which was also...
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