Editing Abacab (section)

==Background==
In June 1980, the Genesis line-up of drummer and singer [[Phil Collins]], keyboardist [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], and guitarist/bassist [[Mike Rutherford]], with touring drummer [[Chester Thompson]] and guitarist and bassist [[Daryl Stuermer]], wrapped their [[Duke Tour|1980 tour]] of the United Kingdom and North America in support of their tenth album, ''[[Duke (album)|Duke]]'' (1980). Following a period of rest, in November 1980 the band bought [[The Farm (recording studio)|Fisher Lane Farm]], a farmhouse with an adjoining cowshed near [[Chiddingfold]], [[Surrey]], as their new private rehearsal and recording facility. In the process of remodelling the building into a studio, the trio reconvened in the farm house to write and rehearse new material, which initially took place in the living room, and they started recording the album in March 1981 once the studio was operational.{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=238}}{{sfn|Welch|2011|p=100}}<ref name=genesisstudio/><ref>{{cite web|last=Tobler|first=John|date=7 March 1987|title=RECORDING AT THE FARM: NEW GENESIS PROJECTS KEEP PRIVATE STATE-OF-THE-ART STUDIO HUMMING|url=http://www.genesis-path.net/art87-03.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050825213838/http://www.genesis-path.net/art87-03.html|archive-date=25 August 2005|access-date=|website=}}</ref> ''Abacab'' marks the first Genesis album that was recorded in England since ''[[A Trick of the Tail]]'' (1976). The success of Collins's debut solo album ''[[Face Value (album)|Face Value]]'' (1981) had gained momentum by the recording stage; Banks claimed it did little to alter the sound or style of ''Abacab'' or the relationship towards him or Rutherford as they had been friends for a long time.{{sfn|Welch|2011|p=100}}