Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (Vinyle translucide, 200gr Super Vinyl)
RARITY - SEALED
Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, keyboard, flute, recorder [click here to see more vinyl featuring Peter Gabriel]
Bass, Tuba – Tony Levin
Drums – Allan Schwartzberg
Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Banjo – Robert Fripp
Guitar [Full Frontal], Rhythm Guitar [Electric], Rhythm Guitar [Acoustic], Pedal Steel Guitar [Pedal Steel] – Steve Hunter
Keyboards [Frontal Keyboard] – Jozef Chirowski
Percussion, Bones – Jimmy Maelen
Synthesizer – Larry Fast
Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
Written by Peter Gabriel
1 LP, gatefold jacket
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g SuperVinyl
Record color : clear vinyl
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Classic Records (now part of Analogue Productions)
Original Label : Charisma
Recorded in 1976 at The Soundstage Studio, Toronto, Canada ; Morgan Studio, London ; Olympic Studio, London
Recorded by Brian Christian, Dave Harris, Jim Frank, Keith Grant, Robert Hrycyna, Robert Stasiak, Rod O'Brien
Mixed at Soundstage, Toronto
Produced by Bob Ezrin
Lacquer cut by Bernie Grundman
Originally released in 1977
Reissued in 2002
Tracks:
Side A
- Moribund The Burgermeister
- Solsbury Hill
- Modern Love
- Excuse Me
- Humdrum
Side B
- Slowburn
- Waiting For The Big One
- Down The Dolce Vita
- Here Comes The Flood
Reviews:
“Peter Gabriel tells why he left Genesis in "Solsbury Hill," the key track on his 1977 solo debut. Majestically opening with an acoustic guitar, the song finds Gabriel's talents gelling, as the words and music feed off each other, turning into true poetry. It stands out dramatically on this record, not because the music doesn't work, but because it brilliantly illustrates why Gabriel had to fly on his own. Though this is undeniably the work of the same man behind The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, he's turned his artiness inward, making his music coiled, dense, vibrant. There is still some excess, naturally, yet it's the sound of a musician unleashed, finally able to bend the rules as he wishes. That means there are less atmospheric instrumental sections than there were on his last few records with Genesis, as the unhinged bizarreness in the arrangements, compositions, and productions, in tracks such as the opener "Moribund the Burgermeister" vividly illustrate. He also has turned sleeker, sexier, capable of turning out a surging rocker like "Modern Love." If there is any problem with Peter Gabriel, it's that Gabriel is trying too hard to show the range of his talents, thereby stumbling occasionally with the doo wop-to-cabaret "Excuse Me" or the cocktail jazz of "Waiting for the Big One" (or, the lyric "you've got me cookin'/I'm a hard-boiled egg" on "Humdrum"). Still, much of the record teems with invigorating energy (as on "Slowburn," or the orchestral-disco pulse of "Down the Dolce Vita"), and the closer "Here Comes the Flood" burns with an anthemic intensity that would later become his signature in the '80s. Yes, it's an imperfect album, but that's a byproduct of Gabriel's welcome risk-taking -- the very thing that makes the album work, overall.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.25 / 5