PETER GABRIEL (1 car) 1977 UK CHARISMA 1st PRESS w/INNER NEAR MINT
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PETER GABRIEL (1 car) 1977 UK CHARISMA 1st PRESS w/INNER NEAR MINT

PETER GABRIEL
Peter Gabriel

1977 UK CHARISMA (CDS 4006) FIRST PRESSING OF PETER GABRIEL'S DEBUT SOLO LP
BEAUTIFUL COPY, LOOKS UNPLAYED AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE SMALL HATTER LABELS
MATRIX: CDS 4006 A//1 T 1 3 1, CDS-4006 - A / CDS 4006 B//6 T 1 4 1, JAMF, CDS-4006 - B RE-1, SD - 36 - 147 - B (crossed out) REI
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN A MATT COVER “Printed by James Upton Ltd., England ”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE

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. 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

Side A:
Moribund The Burgermeister (4:16)
Solsbury Hill (4:20)
Modern Love (3:35)
Excuse Me (3:18)
Humdrum (3:22)
Side B:
Slowburn (4:35)
Waiting For The Big One (7:16)
Down The Dolce Vita (4:40)
Here Comes The Flood (5:52)

LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels.
No spindle traces or any signs the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both sides shine like new with just some hairlines and in-vinyl pressing blemishes but none of these have any real effect on the sound
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays like new throughout with an occasional light tick but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these may well disappear after a clean/ spins
SLEEVE: MINT
As crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Again like-new and no seam splits

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
ALL RECORDS ARE PLAY-CHECKED UNLESS SEALED
Combined Post: Additional records £2 (UK) £3 (Europe) £5 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
 1326 (GS 8.4.1 (1326))


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