Former Mechanics vocalist is currently toruing the UK and he has also just released an interesting set of live-recordings, some of them never released elsewhere before. 75 tracks on 5 CDs.
The other tracks remain unclear, but since they were recorded during the album session, it will be more or less the same band. sometimes you have Dominic Miller play guitar and the bassist is not always the same.
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GENESIS - Congo
Year: 1997 Album: Calling All Stations Working title: Congo Credits: Banks/Rutherford Lyrics: Yes Length: 04:53 Musicians: Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Ray Wilson, Nir Z. Played Live: 1997, 1998 Cover versions: --
Notes: Congo was the first single from their last studio album, Calling All Stations. It featured a new singer, Ray Wilson, and drummer Nir Z. A modern music video was produced, but the single was released after the album release and entered the UK singles charts at #29. The video featured an edit of the song, which fades out early and doesn't contain the bridge and last verse.
I've always like EOA and Open Door and although not masterpieces, I've always thought they would have been better than a couple of tracks on the album.
The best aspect of The Farm was all those board tapes housed there, unfortunately they'll stay packed away and most likely never be released to the masses.
you forget Mike's most used phrase .... "never say never"