Peter Gabriel – Recording Compendium (1) 1970 – 1977

Katmandu

(Cat Stevens) (3:17)

Katmandu [2020 mix] *

(Cat Stevens) (3:23)

Recording date: January/February 1970
Recording location: Olympic Studios/London, Abbey Road Studios/London
Produced by: Paul Samwell-Smith
Performed by: Cat Stevens feat. Peter Gabriel (flute)
First official release: 24th April 1970 – Cat Stevens Mona Bone Jakon (UK LP//Island Records ILPS 9118)
Best available source/* First official release: Cat Stevens Mona Bone Jakon [2020 remaster] (EU 4CD+BR+LP+12″//Island Records Ltd. 0602508395178)

? Lead Us

(Neil Innes) (4:34)

? Nite People

(Colin Thistlewaite) (4:15)

Recording date: January – March 1971
Recording location: Trident Studios/London
Produced by: John Anthony
Performed by: Colin Scot feat. Peter Gabriel (backing vocals) u.a.
First official release: 1971 – Colin Scot Colin Scot (UK LP//United Artists Records UAG 29154)
Best available source: Colin Scot Colin Scot [2006 Remaster] (EU CD//Eclectic Discs ECLCD 1036)

? Don’t Sign It

(Chris Mercer) (4:24)

? You Say You’re Together Now

(Gary Thain) (3:42)

Recording date: late 1971
Recording location: Island Studios/London, Trident Studios/London
Produced by: John Burns & Keef Hartley Band
Performed by: Keef Hartley Band feat. Peter Gabriel (backing vocals on one song)
First official release: January? 1972 – The Keef Hartley Band Seventy Second Brave (UK LP//Deram Records SDL 9)
Best available source: The Keef Hartley Band Seventy Second Brave [2009 remaster] (UK CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 2100)

Firebird (Demo) *

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (3:14)

You Never Know (Demo) **

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (3:47)

You Get What You Want (When You Rip It Off) [demo] ***

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (5:11)

Recording date: summer 1974
Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey
Produced by: ?
Performed by: Peter Gabriel (vocals, flute) & Martin Hall (guitar) feat. Anthony Phillips (piano) & Phil Collins (backing vocals)
*First official release/Best available source: 24th February 2024 – Peter Gabriel Firebird (Demo) (subscriber HD FLAC download //petergabriel.bandcamp.com/track/firebird-demo)
** First official release/Best available source: 14th August 2024 – Peter Gabriel You Never Know (Demo) (subscriber HD FLAC download //petergabriel.bandcamp.com/track/you-never-know-demo)
*** First official release: —
*** Best available source: Bootleg – Peter Gabriel You Never Know (FLAC download/PondTrotMusic GHPC74PTM)

You Never Know [Charlie Drake version]

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (2:49)

Recording date: 1975
Recording location: (George Martins) Air Studios/Oxford
Produced by: Peter Gabriel
Performed by: Charlie Drake (vocals) feat. Peter Gabriel (backing vocals), Phil Collins (drums), Percy Jones (bass), Robert Fripp (guitar), Keith Tippett (piano), Sandy Denny (backing vocals)
First official release: November 1975 – Charlie Drake You Never Know (UK 7″//Charisma CB 270)
Best available source: Bootleg – Peter Gabriel You Never Know (HD FLAC download//PondTrotMusic GHPC74PTM)

Funny Man (Demo) *

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (4:18)

Funny Man [demo alternate mix]

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (4:28)

Excuse Me (Demo) **

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (3:32)

Get The Guns (Demo) ***

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (2:51)

No More Mickey (Demo) ****

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (2:43)

Howling At The Moon (Demo) *****

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (3:02)

Here Comes The Flood [demo]

(Peter Gabriel) (3:39)

God Knows [demo]

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (4:59)

Recording date: late 1975
Recording location: David Thomas‘ house/Putney
Produced by: ?
Performed by: Peter Gabriel (vocals, piano) & Martin Hall (guitar) and others
First official release: —
Best available source: Bootleg – Peter Gabriel Before The Flood (FLAC download//goody PitchFix version)
* First official release/Best available source: 25th January 2024 – Peter Gabriel Funny Man (Demo) (subscriber HD FLAC download//petergabriel.bandcamp.com/track/funny-man-demo)
** First official release/Best available source: 6th June 2024 – Peter Gabriel Excuse Me (Demo) (subscriber HD FLAC download//petergabriel.bandcamp.com/track/excuse-me-demo)
*** First official release/Best available source: 9th July 2024 – Peter Gabriel Get The Guns (Demo) (subscriber HD FLAC download//petergabriel.bandcamp.com/track/get-the-guns-demo)
**** First official release/Best available source: 5th August 2024 – Peter Gabriel No More Mickey (Demo) (subscriber HD FLAC download//petergabriel.bandcamp.com/track/no-more-mickey-demo)
***** First official release/Best available source: 17th October 2024 – Peter Gabriel Howling At The Moon (Demo) (subscriber HD FLAC download//petergabriel.bandcamp.com/track/howling-at-the-moon-demo)

Flotsam & Jetsam [demo]

(Peter Gabriel)

Mr. Tattoo [demo]

(Peter Gabriel)

[unknown track] [demo]

(Peter Gabriel)

Slowburn [demo]

(Peter Gabriel)

Get the Guns [demo 2]

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall)

Here Comes the Flood [demo 2]

(Peter Gabriel)

Recording date: spring 1976
Recording location: Trident Studios/London
Produced by: ?
Performed by: Peter Gabriel (vocals, keyboards) feat. Anthony Phillips (piano), Phil Collins (drums), Mike Rutherford (bass), John Goodsall (guitar)
First official release: —
Best available source: —

(Early Ideas From) Down The Dolce Vita [demo]

(Peter Gabriel) (3:47)

Recording date: Summer? 1976
Recording location: PG at home?
Produced by: Peter Gabriel
Performed by: Peter Gabriel
First official release/Best available source: 2nd October 2024 – Peter Gabriel Early Ideas From Down The Dolce Vita (subscriber HD FLAC download//petergabriel.bandcamp.com/track/early-ideas-from-down-the-dolce-vita)

Strawberry Fields Forever

(John Lennon/Paul McCartney) (2:33)

Recording location: Olympic Sound Studios/London
Produced by: Lou Reizner
Performed by: Peter Gabriel (vocals) feat. The London Symphony Orchestra & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Harry Rabinowitz & David Measham)
First official release: November 1976 – Various Artists All This And World War II – Original Soundtrack(2LP/20th Century Records 2T-522)
Best available source: Peter Gabriel Flotsam And Jetsam [2019 remaster?] (44.1kHz/24bit PCM download//Real World Productions)

Moribund The Burgermeister

(Peter Gabriel) (4:20)

Solsbury Hill

(Peter Gabriel) (4:21)

Modern Love

(Peter Gabriel) (3:38)

Excuse Me

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (4:50)

Humdrum

(Peter Gabriel) (5:24)

Slowburn

(Peter Gabriel) (4:36)

Waiting For The Big One

(Peter Gabriel) (7:15)

Down The Dolce Vita

(Peter Gabriel) (5:06)

Here Comes the Flood

(Peter Gabriel) (5:39)

Recording date: Autumn 1976
Recording location: The Soundstage/Toronto, Morgan Studios/London, Olympic Studios/London
Produced by: Bob Ezrin
Performed by: Peter Gabriel feat. (see album credits)
First official release: 25th February 1977 – Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (Car) (UK LP//Charisma CDS 4006)
Best available source: Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (Car) [2002 remaster] (96kHz/24bit PCM download//Real World Productions)

Solsbury Hill [edit]

(Peter Gabriel) (3:24)

First official release: March 1977 – Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill (UK 7″//Charisma CB 301)
Best available source: Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill (UK CDS//Virgin CDT 33)

Solsbury Hill [5.1 surround mix]

(Peter Gabriel) (4:23)

Remix date: 2004
Remixed by: Daniel Lanois and Richard Chappell with Paul Grady
First official release/Best available source: 25th October 2004 – Peter Gabriel PLAY – The Videos (DVD//Warner Music Vision 5050467-5681-2-9)

Modern Love [edit]

(Peter Gabriel) (3:05)

First official release/Best available source: June 1977 – Peter Gabriel Modern Love (UK 7″//Charisma CB 302)

Modern Love [5.1 surround mix]

(Peter Gabriel) (3:22)

Remix date: 2004
Remixed by: Daniel Lanois and Richard Chappell with Paul Grady
First official release/Best available source: 25th October 2004 – Peter Gabriel PLAY – The Videos (DVD//Warner Music Vision 5050467-5681-2-9)

Slowburn (Extended Version) [full length version]

(Peter Gabriel) (5:15)

First official release: 1981 – Peter Gabriel „1“ [Direct-Disk Labs Super Disk] (US LP/Atco SD 16615)
Best available source: Peter Gabriel Flotsam And Jetsam [2019 remaster?] (48kHz/24bit PCM download//Real World Productions)

Get The Guns [Alan Ross version]

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (3:11)

Performed by: Alan Ross
First official release/Best avialable source: 27th May 1977 – Alan Ross Get The Guns (UK promo 7″//Good Earth GD 14)

Get The Guns [Alan Ross version remix 1]

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (3:22)

Performed by: Alan Ross
First official release: October 1977 – Alan Ross Are You Free On Saturday (UK LP//Ebony EBY 1000)
Best available source: Alan Ross Are You Free On Saturday [2009 remaster] (JP CD//Air Mail Archive AIRAC-1553)

Get The Guns [Alan Ross version remix 2]

(Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (4:04)

Performed by: Alan Ross
First official release/Best available source: 1978 – Alan Ross Get The Guns (NL 7″//RCA Ebony EYE-12)

On The Air [live 1977]

(Peter Gabriel)

Why Don’t We [live 1977]

(Peter Gabriel)

Ain’t That Peculiar [live 1977]

(Pete Moore/Smokey Robinson/Marv Tarplin/Ronald White)

Song Without Words [Indigo] [live 1977]

(Peter Gabriel)

All Day And All Of The Night [live 1977]

(Ray Daviesl)

Back In N.Y.C. [live 1977]

(Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford)

First known performance date: 5th March 1977 – Passaic (USA), Capitol Theater
Best available source: Bootleg – Peter Gabriel Broken Eyes And Contact Lenses (PRRP SAE 02)

White Shadow [live 1977 fast version] *

(Peter Gabriel)

White Shadow [live 1977 slow version] **

(Peter Gabriel)

I Heard It Through The Grapevine [live 1977]

(Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong)

Animal Magic [live 1977] ***

(Peter Gabriel)

D.I.Y. [live instrumental 1977] ****

(Peter Gabriel)

First known performance date: 2nd September 1977 – Courtrai (Belgium), Pavilion Des Sports

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway [live 1977]*

(Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford)

First known performance date: 10th September 1977 – Fête de L’Humanité, Parc de la Courneuve, Paris
* Best available source: Bootleg – Peter Gabriel Fast Brighton 77
** Best available source: Bootleg – Peter Gabriel 09 October 1977, Tivolis Conzertsal, Copenhagen (Digital Brother & RDWM)
*** Best available source: Bootleg – Peter Gabriel Muppet 13 (Digital Brother & RDWM)
**** Best available source: Bootleg – Peter Gabriel Belgique 77

Ain’t That Peculiar [live 77]

(Pete Moore/Smokey Robinson/Marv Tarplin/Ronald White) (4:38)

Performance date: 7th March 1977 – Chicago, Uptown Theater
First official release/Best available source: 12th January 1981 – Various Artists The Bristol Recorder #2 (UK LP/Bristol Recorder 002)