Thursday, February 22, 2024

Peter Gabriel - 2014-11-28 - LG Arena, Birmingham, UK - So Back to Front Tour

Peter Gabriel
2014-11-28
LG Arena
Birmingham, UK
Audience recording (Funbags 039), very good quality
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320kbps) versions

Staying with the remarkable Peter Gabriel, and now moving up to the 2010's, here is a show from the Back to Front Tour, which included a live version of the complete So (1986) album, in addition to a great selection of songs from throughout his catalog. Another wonderful show from these later years. This show marks the conclusion of my look back at Peter Gabriel's live shows through the decades, as I have now featured a show from each of the six (SIX!) decades (1970's to 2020's) that Peter has been performing live, and which culminated with his sensational 2023 i/o tour last year (show featured here). And he has been remarkable throughout all these decades. Don't know if that 2023 tour will mark the end of his touring days or not, but regardless, it was a monumental tour and year for Gabriel, ending with the release of the full i/o/album, which is one of his very best, and for me, the best album of 2023. And despite Gabriel being much older now than those early days back in the 70's, he still gives a great show and is making great music all these years later.  Check out this 2014 show, as well as all the previous ones featured, if you haven't already.


Tracklist
01 What Lies Ahead 07:36
02 Come Talk To Me 05:30
03 Shock The Monkey 05:03
04 Family Snapshot 04:45
05 Digging In The Dirt 06:18
06 Secret World 08:30
07 The Family And The Fishing Net 07:37
08 No Self Control 05:44
09 Solsbury Hill 09:42
10 Red Rain 05:54
11 Sledgehammer 06:26
12 Don't Give Up 08:16
13 That Voice Again 04:31
14 Mercy Street 06:50
15 Big Time 04:58
16 We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) 04:27
17 This Is The Picture 04:19
18 In Your Eyes 13:37
19 The Tower That Ate People 05:14
20 Biko 09:27

Total Running Time : 2:14:44

FLAC - Peter_Gabriel_2014-11-28_Birmingham_FLAC.rar

 

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Peter Gabriel - 2002-11-24 - MCI Center, Washington DC USA

Peter Gabriel
2002-11-24
MCI Center, Washington DC, USA
Inside Up (Digital Reproductions DR 12402-4)
Audience master recording, excellent quality
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320 kbps) versions

Here's more from Peter Gabriel, as we move on through the decades. here's a show from 2002, on the Growing Up Tour, in support of his new album at the time, Up (2002). This is a great audience recording from the Washington DC show, featuring several new songs from the current album, as well as many of the older and by now classic songs. And once again, another version of his dynamite backing band. Another great show from this master vocalist. musician, and performer. 
 
Tracklist:
cd1
1.1    With This Love    03:06
1.2    Here Comes The Flood    04:26
1.3    Darkness    06:52
1.4    Red Rain    06:09
1.5    Secret World    10:56
1.6    Sky Blue    08:44
1.7    Downside Up    05:28
1.8    The Barry Williams Show    09:47
1.9    More Than This    07:24
1.10    Mercy Street    06:59
cd2
2.1    Digging In The Dirt    06:30
2.2    Growing Up    10:31
2.3    Animal Nation    10:08
2.4    Band Introductions    03:23
2.5    Solsbury Hill    04:22
2.6    Sledgehammer    06:33
2.7    Signal To Noise    08:56
2.8    In Your Eyes    14:08
2.9    Come Talk To Me    08:31
2.10    Father, Son    06:14

Peter Gabriel - Vocals, keyboards
David Rhodes - guitars, backing vocals
Tont Levin - Basses, electric cello, Chapman stick, backing vocals
Rachel Z - Keyboards, backing vocals
Richard Evans - Mandolin, dobro, guitars, backing vocals
Ged Lynch - Drums, percussion

 


Thursday, February 8, 2024

Peter Gabriel - 1993-11-06 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany - Secret World Tour

Peter Gabriel
1993-11-06
Deutschlandhalle,
Berlin, Germany
Secret World Tour
Soundboard Recording ("Human Wave Wall" - Dr.Jones), Excellent quality
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) anf Mp3 (320 kbps) versions

As we continue with this look at Peter Gabriel live shows, and move up into the 1990's now. Here is a fantastic recording of a great 1993 show from the Secret World Tour, which was in support of his 1992 album, Us, and was utterly amazing. This is from a Berlin Germany show, and very close to the time that the show was recorded and releases as Peter's Secret World Live album (1994). That recording was from a couple of shows in Italy several days after this one. But this recording is just as good, and one of the very best from this tour. It sounds sensational. This show has a very similar setlist as the Secret World Live album, but with a couple of additional songs. In this show, we lose Red Rain (unfortunately), but gain Games Without Frontiers, San Jacinto, and Schanpschuss (which is the German language version of Family Snapshot). So, even if you already have Secret World Live (which is a great live album), there are some additional gems in this show.  A great setlist of songs, featuring many from Us and So, and Peter's sensational band make for a stunning show. 

Tracklist:
Disc 1
101 - Come Talk to Me
102 - Steam
103 - Games without Frontiers
104 - Across the River
105 - Slow Marimbas
106 - Shaking the Tree
107 - Blood of Eden
108 - San Jacinto
109 - Schanpschuss (Family Snapshot)
110 - Kiss that Frog
111 - Washing of the Water
112 - Solsbury Hill
Disc 2
201 - Digging in the Dirt
202 - Sledgehammer
203 - Secret World
204 - Don't Give Up
205 - In Your Eyes

Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboards, rainstick
Paula Cole – additional vocals; co-lead vocals on "Shaking The Tree", "Blood Of Eden" and "Don't Give Up".
L. Shankar – violins, additional vocals
David Rhodes – guitar, backing vocals
Jean-Claude Naimro – keyboards, backing vocals
Tony Levin – bass, Chapman Stick, backing vocals
Manu Katch̩ Рdrums
Levon Minassian – doudouk
Guest artists: Papa Wemba and his band Moloka