PETER GABRIEL (3 melt) 1980 UK CHARISMA 1st PRESS MINT
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PETER GABRIEL (3 melt) 1980 UK CHARISMA 1st PRESS MINT
PETER GABRIELPeter Gabriel
1980 UK CHARISMA (CDS 4019) FIRST PRESSING OF PETER GABRIEL'S THIRD SOLO LP
BEAUTIFUL COPY, LOOKS UNPLAYED AND AS-NEW THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CUSTOM CHARISMA LABELS
MARTIX: CDS 4019 A//6▽ESC 12 13 JONZ / CDS 4019 B//7▽ESC 11 14 SOUND CLINIC
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN A LIGHTLY GLOSSY COVER
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER
Peter Gabriel's third solo album and the third of four with the same eponymous title.
The album contains two of Gabriel's most famous songs, the U.K. Top 10 hit "Games Without Frontiers" and "Biko", about the late anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko.
This album is often referred to as Melt due to its cover photograph by Hipgnosis (taken with a Polaroid SX-70 instant camera, and subsequently modified by Storm Thorgerson or Gabriel - Thorgerson does not recall whether he or Gabriel manipulated the image)
Generally regarded as Peter Gabriel's finest record - an album that's artier, stronger and more song-oriented than before.
Consider its ominous opener, the controlled menace of "Intruder." He's never found such a scary sound but one that is undeniably alluring, and he keeps this going throughout the record.
For an album so popular, it's remarkably bleak, chilly, and dark - even radio favourites like "I Don't Remember" and "Games Without Frontiers" are hardly cheerful, spiked with paranoia and suspicion, insulated in introspection.
For the first time Gabriel found the sound to match his themes, plus the songs to articulate them and this remains his masterpiece.
Side A:
Intruder (4:54)
No Self Control (3:55)
Start (1:21)
I Don't Remember (4:41)
Family Snapshot (4:28)
And Through the Wire (5:00)
Side B:
Games Without Frontiers (4:06)
Not One of Us (5:22)
Lead a Normal Life (4:14)
Biko (7:32)
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels.
No spindle traces or any signs the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with just a couple of small harmless light marks
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays perfectly throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made with just a tiny touch of rub on the edges
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Again, as-new
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
*IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EU BUYERS: If EU members are buying multiple records please add them to your basket THEN request total from me so I can create ONE order (and apply post discount) and not multiple orders which will have to be posted separately with no postal discount
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (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 1292 (GS 8.3.6 (1292))
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