Genesis-Duke

This record came out in March of 1980. I bought this used one a few years ago. This was one that was taped off the radio in 1980. At that time my records and stereo equipment were at my friends parents house because the house in Wilmington that I was living in had too many people in and out and some records were disappearing. She is the one who taped the album for me as I was at work that night. I saw them at the Spectrum with her and her sister in June of that year. Without the guitar of Steve Hackett the music on this record is mainly keyboards,bass and drums. The music is much more Pop oriented the only song that could be called progressive is the ten minute closing instrumental “Dukes Travels/Dukes End” that was never on my taped album because the record was over 55 minutes and the cassette only had 45 minutes a side. “Misunderstanding” and “Turn It On Again” were both big hits as was the album, certified platinum in the U.S. Other than those two songs and “Behind The Lines” and “Duchess”, which used some drum machines that Phil had just started working with, the rest of the record is not that good.

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