Peter Gabriel - Classic concerts released on vinyl

Peter should do a Bowie and offer some empty boxes at $22 a pop. To hold them all!

 

Oh wow, they delivered early!
Great news, I am enjoying my copy of Plays Live very much.
I am curious as to the download code; does it bring you to Bandcamp again?

The cover and photo on the back are stunning!

 

Still waiting on mine. Weren't these released a couple weeks ago?

 

The date I have is October 16

 

Just checked the site, says US is now coming out Nov. 6.

 

if you ordered from Real world and are U.K. based they will get them to customers about 2 days ahead of the scheduled release date. This happened with Plays Live but I wasn’t home and the postie left a card meaning it was redelivered 2 days later on its release date.

I haven’t checked the download but I would think so - I think he has moved to Bandcamp for digital releases.

 

Maybe we'll see the hires files on Bandcamp tomorrow.
Enjoy listening to the vinyls, mine will get here in a couple of weeks

 

Got my copy of "Live in Athens" today.

I would be very interested to know whether the download code will be the same mastering as the CD version from the "So " deluxe. I hope it's better than that...

 

I have to say the vinyl still sounds a bit "loudness-war"-y, to my ears...

 

Not surprised as I'm pretty positive it's the 24bitter's their using for all of these.

 

I was at the show in Chicago where Plays Live was recorded. It is still seared into my memory. The recordings do not do it justice.

 

Just playing my Live in Athens and on This is the Picture he says something to the effect of "come on Paris show me what you can do" and he sings some lyrics in french.
On games without frontiers he sings some of the lyrics in French too although not sure if he did that anyway.

I'm beginning to think this was recorded in Paris not Athens, although I've checked the song listing on the cover against what's playing and it matches so far.

 

Anything but new music....

 

Games originally has a French verse.

 

I ordered Athens and Secret World together and I guess Amazon is gonna wait until Secret World gets issued to ship them both?

 

I missed the bit about “come on Paris”, you might have misheard that.

But he does say “thank you” in Greek several times during the show, so I think it probably is Athens still.

 

yes cheers for that. I wasn't sure of that. I need to play This is the Picture again as I'm sure he says something about Paris

 

If you're talking about the intro where he introduces the band members, Manu Katche is from Paris, so any references are probably due to that. Does he do the Paris thing anywhere else? (Besides "Games Without Frontiers" which we know has a French verse)

 

Thanks to you both (LivingForever and Walrus) My ears have been playing up off and on for over a year now. They've been constantly blocked since working from home, and I think lack of movement doesn't help. The furthest I've walked this week is to the back garden to have a cigarette now and again.
I'll have a proper listen.

I'm probably a bit paranoid after finding out Stir It Up on Babylon by Bus (BMW) was from a totally different concert from years before (Live at the Lyceum).

 

live in Athens is definitely recorded in Athens and none of it is from other shows.

 

Plays Live has nice dr values in the hires files but Live in Athens is compressed, I'm afraid. Big let down for me, I have to say. I just hope that the vinyl is better, as it should be

 

I really hope the Live in Athens vinyl has better dynamics than the CD version. It was the whole point of ordering it for me. And it’s strange if the download doesn’t use the vinyl mastering as it did with So, Us and Passion.

 

I'm afraid it uses the same mastering as the old 2012 cd...

foobar2000 1.3.19 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2020-10-17 14:35:48

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzed: ? / ?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DR8 -0.62 dB -10.42 dB 5:56 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 01 This Is The Picture (excellent birds) (Live)
DR7 -0.32 dB -11.52 dB 7:32 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 02 San Jacinto (Live)
DR7 -1.55 dB -10.20 dB 6:39 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 03 Shock the Monkey (Live)
DR8 -0.45 dB -11.51 dB 4:36 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 04 Family Snapshot (Live)
DR7 -0.90 dB -10.37 dB 5:31 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 05 Intruder (Live)
DR8 -0.67 dB -9.33 dB 5:25 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 06 Games Without Frontiers (Live)
DR8 -0.60 dB -11.66 dB 6:16 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 07 No Self Control (Live)
DR7 -0.75 dB -9.75 dB 9:15 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 08 Mercy Street (Live)
DR7 -0.65 dB -9.65 dB 7:06 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 09 The Family and the Fishing Net (Live)
DR6 -0.85 dB -8.82 dB 8:16 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 10 Don't Give Up (Live)
DR6 -1.05 dB -8.13 dB 5:10 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 11 Solsbury Hill (Live)
DR8 -0.40 dB -10.36 dB 6:15 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 12 Lay Your Hands on Me (Live)
DR8 -0.82 dB -9.05 dB 5:07 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 13 Sledgehammer (Live)
DR12 -0.24 dB -14.46 dB 2:48 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 14 Here Comes The Flood (Live)
DR7 -0.81 dB -10.25 dB 10:39 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 15 In Your Eyes (Live)
DR6 -0.30 dB -7.69 dB 9:43 ?-Peter Gabriel - Live in Athens 1987 - 16 Biko (Live)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of tracks: 16
Official DR value: DR7

Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2304 kbps
Codec: PCM
================================================================================

 

Crap...
I was able to tolerate Growing Up Live from the DVD which is around the same.

 

That’s a bummer. The blu-ray for Athens is similarly squashed, so the most dynamic presentation is the original POV video. I’m not saying it has the best overall sound, necessarily, but at least the best DR (save the new vinyl itself, possibly).