PETER GABRIEL 3 (album 1979, tour 1980) Photos from Larry Fast's archives of Peter Gabriel's albums and tours as featured on the remastered reissues of the albums, 2002. Jerry Marotta, Peter and John
Giblin cutting rhythm tracks in the barn at
Ashcombe farm, summer 1979. The control room was in
the Manor Mobile truck parked outside. David Rhodes overdubbing
guitars in the mobile truck. Part of my synthesizer setup
in the mobile truck: Minimoog, Oberheims, 360
Systems Frequency Shifter, outboard rack, Moog
modular. Kate Bush and Peter at the
Townhouse Studio B, London. Peter with the Radio Shack $9.95 transistor amplifier which was used to process some of the audio; gritty aggressive sounds. Hugh Padgham (engineer) and Steve Lillywhite (producer). In this picture: Hugh Padghm, studio assistant Nick Thomas, Peter. The studio mascot; a
sacrificial microphone pop filter on top of the
digital stopwatch. The desk is an SSL 4000B at the
Townhouse, one of the first SSLs installed
anywhere. Possible cover photo art
submitted by Hipgnosis. Peter trying to decide which
image will be used. Back to Ashcombe for pre-tour
rehearsals, February 1980. Production rehearsals, with
sound and lights were held at Shepperton film
studios. A big, unheated movie soundstage gets
pretty cold in the English winter. The view from behind the
stage at soundcheck for a show at Sheffield City
Hall in northern England
(confirmed by
s.p.robinson, Feb. 17, 2004) The boiler suites we wore
onstage when they were still new and black. Tour passes for 1980. Yes, the 1980 tour was called
"China 1984". (Don't ask.) This was the tour
program book cover. Set list from February 20,
1980 (Exeter University, UK). The song listed as
FMR was "Family Snapshot; FMR had been the working
title. Notice how early "Milgram's 37" was in the
set. It wouldn't appear on a record until "So" in
1986, though it was recorded for PG3 in 1979. The
numbers are the stored synth patch numbers on the
Prophet 5 synthesizer. I stored "Milgram's" in the
appropriate memory slot #37. Marquis outside of the
Hammersmith Odeon, London, March 11, 12, 13, 1980.
Opening act Random
Hold was David
Rhode's old band. He joined the Peter Gabriel band
for the next tour. Backstage Cardiff, Wales
March 7, 1980. Peter had a bad cold and was trying
to get his voice in shape for the show (it
worked). Central Park, New York City,
July 7, 1980. Tony Levin with the audience
and synths in his eyes. Central Park July 7,
1980. Cleveland Ohio June 27,
1980. (bonus
picture) Fresnel lens
tryout; Stockholm, August 30, 1980. |
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