Abacab – Genesis [TDK D90 recorded on Sharp RT-100 Stereo Cassette Deck & Yamaha C2x Presentation]

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    PLEASE NOTE: Tape dropouts at the beginning of this recording are likely from having used a recycled tape

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    Recording

    • Artist: Genesis
    • Album: Abacab
    • Track: Abacab
    • Year: 1981
    • Label: Atlantic – SD 19313


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    Source Playback

    • VPI Avenger Reference Turntable (w/JMW-12 Fatboy Tonearm)

    • My Sonic Lab Signature Gold Moving Magnet Cartridge

    • Yamaha C2x Natural Sound Preamplifier


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    Record & Playback

    Cassette Deck Sharp RT-100 Stereo Cassette Deck


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    Blank Tape

    TDK D90 (Type I / Normal) with NO Dolby NR
    Record Date: 10/8/25


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    Digital Recorder

    • Tascam DR-100 MkIII Portable Digital Recorder @ 24-bit/192k Resolution


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    Oswaldo Martinez, Jan 6, 2026
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    Oh yea! Techmoan Effect, the $50 tape deck starts going for a few hundred?

    Great song and sounds great through the Klipsch Heresy's. A breakthrough record for Genesis, coming off the long progressive, kind of studious earlier songs, similar to YES, taking full advantage of harder pop with synths into the 80's. #1 in the UK, #7 in the USA, those were good times.

    Just looking at Billboard 1/5/82 and the top 15 albums are all classics, not only that but most had 3+ singles. We also had several female artists fully embraced by the rock community along with 70's classic bands mingling with new rock-synth bands.


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    Mister X, Jan 7, 2026
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