January 1980 - Smallcreeps Day - Rutherford, Mike 1 (22)

Re-issued on CD June 1989

28th March 1980 - Duke - Genesis 12 (23)

With a new decade came a new sound, brighter and as powerful as what had gone before; this was Genesis, the band were out to prove that they were not outdated 'rock dinosaurs and what they came up with proved without doubt that the Mike, Phil and Tony could still cut it. The music and sleeve design still seems fresh over 28 years later

Issued on CD in September 1983 (or April 1985) and Definitive Edition Remaster released 4th October 1994. Japanese edition issued 199?

EMI Records re-issued 14 Genesis studio albums in three stages during 2007/8. The releases are SACD/DVD double disc sets featuring newly re-mastered 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes. This album was released in the first of the three batches in March 2007 with A Trick Of The Tail, Wind & Wuthering, …And Then There Were Three… and Abacab

June 1980 - Defector - Hackett, Steve 4 (24)

Recorded Spring 1980

Reissued on CD 1989

After many negotiations Steve, Camino and Virgin Records have announced the remaster and rerelease of the first 4 Hackett solo albums - with extra material - release date 19th September 2005.

June 1980 - Private Parts & Pieces II Back To The Pavilion - Phillips, Anthony 5 (25)

Re-issued on CD by Virgin Records in 1991 and Blueprint Records in 1996 The CD reissues include a previously unreleased track: Lucy (An Illusion) (recorded October 1990).

A further reissue is set to be released 15th February 2010

June 1980 - Peter Gabriel [3]/Ein Deutsches Album - Gabriel, Peter 3 (26)

Re-issued on CD 1987, Remastered 2002, Remastered 28th September 2010 and 2011!

(Also released as 'Ein deutsches album' German language album)

February 1981- Face Value - Collins, Phil 1 (27)

That Phil went through an emotional upheaval prior to this album is well documented and with Genesis being on hold Phil used music as a way of keeping himself busy and also as a vent for his emotions, indeed he, at the time he didn't forsee a release for his recordings they were so personal.

Genesis fans bought the album home and liked the darker songs like In The Air Tonight, and their wives liked the softer love songs, they told their friends and they bought the album. To sum up, Phil had started to catch the imagination of the general public.

You Tube Interview with Phil Collins on Radio Station WLIR with DJ Ray White shortly after the UK release and just before the US release of the album

Re-issued on CD 198? - Released 2004 as part of 'The Platinum Collection' with 'Hello, I Must Be Going!' and 'No Jacket Required' but not remastered

Audio Fidelity 24KT gold audiophile CD remastered edition to be released 16th November 2010

June 1981 - 1984 - Phillips, Anthony 6 (28)

An essentially instrumental album (only the the title is sung) and the first AP album not to use Peter Cross artwork

Re-issued on CD by Virgin Records in 1991

A 27th anniversary 2 CD remastered reissue will be released 2nd June 2008

August 1981 - Cured - Hackett, Steve 5 (29)

Recorded Spring 1981

Reissued on CD 1989

August 2005 update: this album was not part of the negotiations which saw Steves first 4 albums remastered/re-released. Maybe they will be part of a second batch?

November 2006 update: Steve Hackett website announces two (Highly Strung and Cured) newly remastered albums will be released in January 2007

September 1981 - Abacab - Genesis 13 (30)

Genesis needed a place to record, a place to call 'home', they needed somewhere that they could record ideas the instant they thought of them, the solution? 'The Farm' studio at Fisher Lane Farm in Surrey England was the answer, this studio made it possible for the band to break with the past and to develop new material from long jamming sessions together, something that was not possible to do before as the band usually had to have well developed ideas already written down and ready to go before booking expensive studio time somewhere in the world. These recordings also marked a kind of watershed for some as older fans decided the 'new' Genesis wasn't to their taste, but the band themselves were fired up and excited at this new direction.

Issued on CD in May 1983, again in March 1991. Definitive Edition Remaster released 4th October 1994. Japanese edition issued 199?

EMI Records re-issued 14 Genesis studio albums in three stages during 2007/8. The releases are SACD/DVD double disc sets featuring newly re-mastered 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes. This album was released in the first of the three batches in March 2007 with A Trick Of The Tail, Wind & Wuthering, …And Then There Were Three… and Duke.

25th September 1981 Genesis wowed the audience with the first VARI*LITE® Series 100™ system consisting of 50 VL1™ luminaires and a computerised control console on the opening night of their "Abacab" tour in a bullring in Barcelona, Spain.

March 1982 - Private Parts & Pieces III Antiques - Phillips, Anthony 7 (31)

Re-issued on CD by Virgin Records in 1991 and Blueprint Records in 1996.

Re-issued on CD with extra tracks with PP&P IV on 7th February 2012

June 1982 - Three Sides Live (d) - Genesis 14 (32)

Strangely this album was released in 2 versions, one with rare studio tracks (on side 4 of the vinyl version) and another with all live tracks.

Issued on CD in April 1985. Definitive Edition Remaster released 4th October 1994. Japanese edition issued 199?

Live albums are (at present) not part of the 2007/8 remaster releases

September 1982 - Peter Gabriel [4] - Gabriel, Peter 4 (33)

Re-issued on CD 19?? Remastered 2002, Remastered 28th September 2010 and 2011!

September 1982 - Acting Very Strange - Rutherford, Mike 2 (34)

If you were to listen to this album after hearing Mikes first solo effort you would scarcely recognise it as the same artiste, here you will find a very 'poppy' style with vocals by Mr Rutherford himself, the songs are short, sharp and intense, some would say that Mike was indeed 'Acting Very Strange'

Re-issued in the US on CD 19?? A UK re-release on CD was talked about in late 2002 and 2003 but not realised.

2nd October 1982 - Genesis 'Six of the Best' reunion concert featuring Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Micheal Rutherford, Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson. Earlier Peter had pioneered the first W.O.M.A.D. Festival, it was a artistic success but a financial failure and concert was deemed a good way of getting Peter and WOMAD back into the black.

November 1982 - Hello, I Must Be Going! - Collins, Phil 2 (35)

Re-issued on CD - 1st October 1984

March 1983 - Highly Strung - Hackett, Steve 6 (36)

Recorded February to November 1982

Reissued on CD 10th April 1989

Once again another Hackett album crying out for remastering but rights not owned by Steve.

August 2005 update: this album was not part of the negotiations which saw Steves first 4 albums remastered/re-released. Maybe they will be part of a second batch?

November 2006 update: Steve Hackett website announces two (Highly Strung and Cured) newly remastered albums will be released in January 2007

15th April 1983 - The Wicked Lady Original Soundtrack - Banks, Tony 2 (37)

This is one of two albums (Anthony Phillips Harvest of the Heart is the other) that have not seen an official CD release, it is only available to my knowledge on vinyl. An official CD version was talked about in 2003 but nothing came of it.

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May 1983 - Plays Live (d) + Plays Live Highlights - Gabriel, Peter 5 (38)

Recorded Autumn 1982 in the 'Mid West' US and Canada and 'Fix 'n' Mix' in Bath, UK Spring 1983. By his own admission Peter was guilty of 'cheating', ever the perfectionist he took the 1982 tour recordings and re-recorded parts of it to his own taste before its release. This concert also appeared as a 1 CD 'highlights' album

Issued on CD 1984, Highlights remastered 2002, Remastered 28th September 2010

June 1983 - The Fugitive - Banks, Tony 3 (39)

Issued on CD - 31st May 1988

October 1983 - Genesis - Genesis 15 (40)

If I'm not mistaken this album was the first album from the band to be released on CD, vinyl and cassette upon it's first release date. Now with the Virgin label in the UK. The single Mama was a big hit in the UK and really stood out amongst the 'new wave' pop songs in the singles chart. This album has not so far benefited from a remaster although 'Mama' (in an edited version) and 'That's All' appear on the 1999 album 'Turn It On Again The Hits' in a superior remastered form

Issued on CD October 1983 and again in July 1987

EMI Records re-issued 14 Genesis studio albums in three stages during 2007. The releases are SACD/DVD double disc sets featuring newly re-mastered 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes. This album was released in the second of the three batches on 1st October 2007: with Invisible Touch, We Can't Dance and Calling All Stations

November 1983 - Bay Of Kings - Hackett, Steve 7 (41)

Re-issued on CD by Camino 1994 with 3 extra tracks

At last, an album that many years after it's (already high quality) release, was dusted down and re-issued by the man himself with a new cover by his wife Kim Poor.

March 1984 - Invisible Men - Phillips, Anthony 8 (42)

This album features a political angle due to the 1982 Falklands war between Argentina and Great Britain, (during which an Exocet missile struck an English warship and killed 20 crew) because of this an Argentine musician friend of Ant's (Guillermo Cazenave?) had to leave England, the track 'Exocet' (and 'The Women Were Watching') illustrate Anthonys anger over the conflict and how it affected his friend. The ending of 'Exocet'; featuring a fragment of a Falklands war report was actually a recording error but Ant kept it in, it makes a dramatic impression even now. Indeed Exocet was deemed a little too political even to be on the original issue of the album.

Re-issued on CD by Virgin Records in 1991 and Blueprint Records in 1996. CD reissues include three extra tracks

April 1984 - Private Parts & Pieces IV A Catch At The Tables - Phillips, Anthony 9 (43)

Re-issued on CD by Virgin Records in 1991 and Blueprint Records in 1996 CD reissues include two extra tracks

Re-issued on CD with extra tracks with PP&P III on 7th February 2012

September 1984 - Till We Have Faces - Hackett, Steve 8 (44)

Re-issued on CD by Start in 1987

1985 - Private Parts & Pieces V Twelve - Phillips, Anthony 10 (45)

As the title suggests this album was a collection songs reflecting the moods of the months of the year

February 1985 - No Jacket Required - Collins, Phil 3 (46)

Features Peter Gabriel and Sting on track 'Take Me Home' Sting also sings backing on 'Long Long Way To Go'

March 1985 - Birdy Original Soundtrack - Gabriel, Peter 6 (47)

Peter had been looking to do a soundtrack score since (at least) before 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' and he got his chance here, the film was a moderate success both commercially and artistically.

Although most, if not all the material featured here featured existing reworked tracks, it gives nothing away in terms of power and emotion.

Remastered 2002, Remastered 28th September 2010

September 1985 - Harvest Of The Heart (vinyl only) - Phillips, Anthony 11 (48)

This remains one of two albums (Tony Banks The Wicked Lady Soundtrack is the other) in the Genesis and Solo canon that has not currently been, or is not likely to be released on an official release CD, that is why I have shown it in it's vinyl form, the artwork draws from the first four Private Parts And Pieces albums (as does the track listing), the 2 bonus tracks - Trail Of Tears and Erotic Strings have since been released on CD as extra tracks

November 1985 - Mike & The Mechanics - Mike & The Mechanics 1 (49)

After one critically well received and one largely ignored album Mike decided on a different tack, he gathered a band together and named them 'The Mechanics', Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) was used in a film and the single was a big hit and launched Mike and The Mechanics into the public conciess.

Issued on CD 1985

1986 - Private Parts & Pieces VI - Ivory Moon - Phillips, Anthony 12 (50)

Re-issued on CD by Virgin Records in 1991 and Blueprint Records in 1996 CD reissues include an extra track - a solo piano version of the Genesis song "Let Us Now Make Love" Album is subtitled "Piano pieces 1971-1985"

May 1986 - Soundtracks - Banks, Tony 4 (51)

It's a little know fact that Tony wrote a soundtrack score for the film 2001, ultimately his effort were rejected by the film makers - but Tony didn't give up, he wrote more pieces for film and presented a selection here (Although not his 2001 score). Guests include Jim Diamond, Toyah Willcox and Fish

19th May 1986 - So - Gabriel, Peter 7 (52)

Remastered 2002 with a slightly different running order and mix,

Remastered 28th September 2010

Remastered 25th Anniversary edition 2012

It seems that Peter was being hassled by his record company to release a more 'poppy' record and Peter obliged with an album that propelled him into the pubic consciousness with songs like Sledgehammer, these tracks particularly appealed to American audiences.

June 1986 - GTR - Hackett, Steve 9 (53)

Steve teamed up with fellow guitarist Steve Howe and had success with the single 'When The Heart Rules The Mind', GTR only lasted for this single album.

9th June 1986 - Invisible Touch - Genesis 16 (54)

EMI Records re-issued 14 Genesis studio albums in three stages during 2007/8. The releases are SACD/DVD double disc sets featuring newly re-mastered 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes. This album was released in the second of the three batches on 1st October 2007: with Genesis, We Can't Dance and Calling All Stations

With the increasing success of Mike and Phil it took more time for the trio to regroup and record, but when they did they had a hit album which spawned hit singles on both sides of the Atlantic.

1987 - The 12"ers - Collins, Phil 4 (55)

Includes remixes by

August 1987 - Private Parts & Pieces VII - Soft Waves Soft Stars - Phillips, Anthony 13 (56)

Re-issued on CD by Virgin Records in 1991 and Blueprint Records in 1996

1988 - Tarka - Phillips, Anthony 14 (57)

An atmospheic album which evolkes the story of 'Tarka The Otter' which was a novel first published in 1927 by Henry Williamson

28th March 1988 - Momentum - Hackett, Steve 10 (58)

An all acoustic classical guitar album from Steve

October 1988 - Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics 2 (59)

Recorded at Fisher Lane Farm Studios, Surrey, England 18th April to 18th August 1988

This was another great effort from Mike, the track of the same name had a wonderful video which looked at the loss of loved ones, sobering stuff but well handled.. The riff on Black & Blue was played by Phil Collins and Tony Banks and used by Mike on this record.

July 1989 - Lily Collins born in Guildford, Surrey England

June 1989 - Passion - Gabriel, Peter 8 (60)

Remastered 2002, Remastered 28th September 2010

Peter had already proved that he had the courage of his convictions to do just what he wanted, so when he was asked to score the soundtrack for the controversial film 'The Last Temptation Of Christ' by Martin Scorsese I think there is little doubt he took on the project with no hesitation, and certainly with no thought that it might spoil his image as a 'pop star', certainly anyone who bought this record after buying his 'So' album was certainly in for a shock

14th August 1989 - Bankstatement - Banks, Tony 5 (61)

Phil, Mike and Peter were doing well at this point and receiving a lot of airplay in their own right, Genesis were also enjoying more popularity than ever before, and now Tony, after a long gap (since his last 'proper' album in June 1983) was ready to grab some of the limelight; he chose to form a band, much like Mike had done and hide his identity to a certain extent.

17th November 1989 - ...But Seriously - Collins, Phil 5 (62)

If Phils music was notable before, this album sent him into another dimension, he quite simply became the voice of the era, and that voice carried a long way, one song was adopted by a charity and bought more awareness and funds to their cause than years of work beforehand. Here was a star that, even though he was a very rich man, was still prepared to work hard and put himself out to help others who were not as fortunate as himself. Despite the 'serious' messages given out by this album there was more than enough upbeat tracks to stop any feeling of despondency creeping in, meanwhile Phils already busy diary was about to go into overload.

December 1989 - Missing Links Volume 1 Finger Painting - Phillips, Anthony 15 (63)

The original release of this album was as a private cassette release in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Album is subtitled "A collection of Television and Library Music 1979-89" Re-issued by Brainworks Records in 1992 and Voiceprint Records in 1996

 

 

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