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SquonkHunter
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Topic: The Album Genesis Discarded for ABACAB Posted: January 29 2014 at 22:24 |
I once read that Genesis had material for a full album that they discarded because "they sounded like a parody of themselves"and did the completely different ABACAB instead. Anyone here know if these recordings ever surfaced? I would dearly like to hear them if they exist just to see what they regarded as inferior material. Compared to ABACAB, how bad could it have been? Anyone?
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Posted: January 29 2014 at 22:41 |
Thank God, Allah or whoever they discarded material for ABACAB. What an awesome album by three guys who had the balls to change direction. ABACAB is a combination of prog, pop, R & B and even a lick or too of jazz, superb. Must because it was heavily influenced by some dude who played a weird groove with a band called Brand X
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 01:25 |
^^ Also the Archive 2 set has nearly all their unreleased material, worth checking out
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 01:47 |
I would check out the song 'When The Light Went Out'. Must be one of the best Genesis songs an absolute belter. I reckon that would have been one of the discarded songs because there is a passage in it that recalls Suppers Ready era with a marching beat. I love it but I understand the 'parody' thing could have bothered them. Also Dodo/Lurker are only 2 parts of a longer suite. There was a beginning and end that got discarded. They can be found on the Archive 2 set as Chris mentions.
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 02:42 |
Interesting. And I like most of the B-sides from the Duke/Abacab period, definitely including "The Day The Lights Went Out" but also "Vancouver"
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 02:44 |
ABACAB did little for me tho it was different approach. Any new material surfacing surely should have been released on the box sets by now I would have thought. Tho it may be worth researching
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 02:55 |
SquonkHunter wrote:
I once read that Genesis had material for a full album that they discarded because "they sounded like a parody of themselves"and did the completely different ABACAB instead. Anyone here know if these recordings ever surfaced? I would dearly like to hear them if they exist just to see what they regarded as inferior material. Compared to ABACAB, how bad could it have been? Anyone?
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All of these songs have surfaced:
Paperlate Me & Virgil Submarine Naminanu You Might Recall Submarine Etc
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 03:02 |
richardh wrote:
I would check out the song 'When The Light Went Out'. Must be one of the best Genesis songs an absolute belter. I reckon that would have been one of the discarded songs because there is a passage in it that recalls Suppers Ready era with a marching beat. I love it but I understand the 'parody' thing could have bothered them. |
The Day the Light Went Out is from the ATTW3 era in 1978. It appeared on the Many Too Many EP along with Vancouver (in the UK at least).
Also Dodo/Lurker are only 2 parts of a longer suite. There was a beginning and end that got discarded. They can be found on the Archive 2 set as Chris mentions. |
People have recreated this on YouTube by joining Dodo/Lurker with Naminanu and Submarine.
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 03:03 |
Moogtron III wrote:
Interesting.And I like most of the B-sides from the Duke/Abacab period, definitely including "The Day The Lights Went Out" but also "Vancouver" |
Both great songs but, as mentioned above, they date from the ATTW3 period ![Wink Wink](smileys/smiley2.gif)
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 04:58 |
Nov wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
Interesting.And I like most of the B-sides from the Duke/Abacab period, definitely including "The Day The Lights Went Out" but also "Vancouver" |
Both great songs but, as mentioned above, they date from the ATTW3 period ![Wink Wink](smileys/smiley2.gif) |
Um, yes, of course ![Embarrassed Embarrassed](smileys/smiley9.gif)
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 04:58 |
Nov wrote:
SquonkHunter wrote:
I once read that Genesis had material for a full album that they discarded because "they sounded like a parody of themselves"and did the completely different ABACAB instead. Anyone here know if these recordings ever surfaced? I would dearly like to hear them if they exist just to see what they regarded as inferior material. Compared to ABACAB, how bad could it have been? Anyone?
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All of these songs have surfaced:
Paperlate Me & Virgil Submarine Naminanu You Might Recall Submarine Etc
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I like them all. But keep in mind that I am an ATTWT / Duke / Abacab liker
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 05:45 |
Abacab was a brilliant album, the best album they ever did as a trio. So count me happy.
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 15:02 |
Nov wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
Interesting.And I like most of the B-sides from the Duke/Abacab period, definitely including "The Day The Lights Went Out" but also "Vancouver" |
Both great songs but, as mentioned above, they date from the ATTW3 period ![Wink Wink](smileys/smiley2.gif) |
not sure that it matters as its unlikely they recorded a whole album of discarded material in one go. It would have been discarded over a longer period I would have thought and probably what was being referred to.
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Posted: January 30 2014 at 22:19 |
Thank You all for the replies. It gives me a direction to pursue. I was really puzzled by the expression "a parody of ourselves". Strange way to phrase it. I believe I read it somewhere in an old interview with Mike Rutherford. He said that they were not satisfied with the material they had written and he was the one who suggested scrapping it all and doing something completely different, hence came ABACAB.
I don't really mean to beat too hard on ABACAB. I tried to like it, really wanted to like it, but it just didn't do anything for me. I understand the desire to grow and do different things. No one wants to keep doing (or re-doing) the same thing over & over & over. This one particular album just didn't appeal to me, that's all. Strangely enough, I actually liked the single Paperlate even though it sounds like it should have been on ABACAB. Go figure, eh? Some of the other previously mentioned songs I am familiar with but many I am not. Time to get hold of them and see what they are about.
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Posted: January 31 2014 at 01:15 |
I always thought Yes- Going For The One (the whole album) was exactly this. Its when bands turn in on themselves instead of growing through external influence. That's how I see it. (btw I do like GFTO)
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Posted: January 31 2014 at 02:51 |
^ Funny how we mark the albums of change. GFTO used to be my fave Yes album and I always felt Tormato was the one that changed. In terms of Genesis, IT, there seemed to be some stagnation with the sound. All subjective of course. Most people would agree with Abacab yet I find it to be a bold move after Duke
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Posted: January 31 2014 at 03:30 |
richardh wrote:
Nov wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
Interesting.And I like most of the B-sides from the Duke/Abacab period, definitely including "The Day The Lights Went Out" but also "Vancouver" |
Both great songs but, as mentioned above, they date from the ATTW3 period ![Wink Wink](smileys/smiley2.gif) |
not sure that it matters as its unlikely they recorded a whole album of discarded material in one go. It would have been discarded over a longer period I would have thought and probably what was being referred to. |
It doesn't matter at all in the grand scheme of things, I was just correcting an incorrect comment.
What was being referred to was specifically the extra music recorded during the ABACAB sessions. I have got interviews from that time when the guys state that they definitely did have enough material for a double album including a side long suite. This got me very excited at the time but unfortunately they abandoned the idea as they felt it was rehashing old ideas that they were keen to distance themselves from. A real shame in my opinion but there you go.
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Posted: January 31 2014 at 03:34 |
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Yes indeed.
In particular, You Might Recall is a fantastic song and a great favourite amongst fans. Swap this onto Abacab instead of Whodunnit and it immediately becomes a far better album.
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Posted: January 31 2014 at 05:00 |
richardh wrote:
I always thought Yes- Going For The One (the whole album) was exactly this. Its when bands turn in on themselves instead of growing through external influence. That's how I see it. (btw I do like GFTO) | Aye - But this is amongst their finest releases - perhaps third behing Close and Tales...and is certainly up amongst the best 20 symphonic prog albums in history! Awaken is surely in the top 10 symphonic prog sub-epics of all time also !!! (sub-epic = track less than 18 minutes long but greater than 12 minutes)
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Posted: February 02 2014 at 09:29 |
M27Barney wrote:
richardh wrote:
I always thought Yes- Going For The One (the whole album) was exactly this. Its when bands turn in on themselves instead of growing through external influence. That's how I see it. (btw I do like GFTO) |
Aye - But this is amongst their finest releases - perhaps third behing Close and Tales...and is certainly up amongst the best 20 symphonic prog albums in history! Awaken is surely in the top 10 symphonic prog sub-epics of all time also !!! (sub-epic = track less than 18 minutes long but greater than 12 minutes) |
Nothing wrong with perfecting your style,sound and approach. I don't like the compression (to my ears) on the production side but Awaken represents what Yes were totally about (or certainly that was what Anderson believed)
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