With Peter Gabriel touring in 1977 until early November, he did not have much time to record demos for his second album. He used the live situation to try out some candidates for his second album: On The Air, Indigo (Song Without Words), White Shadow, Animal Magic and D.I.Y.. A demo recording of Flotsam & Jetsam had already been recorded before his first album. (see part 1)
The recording sessions for his second album took place in New York and other places in winter 1977/78 ...
First official release: --- Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel Ashcombe Works |
Mother Of Violence (Single Mix) Best available source: Peter Gabriel Flotsam And Jetsam (16/44.1k download/Caroline/Real World PG20) |
The D.I.Y. single had a non-album track as a B-side that would also be played live...
Teddy Bear Recording location: ??? Produced by: ??? Performed by: Peter Gabriel First official release: September 1978 - Peter Gabriel D.I.Y. (UK 7"/Charisma CB 319) Best available source: Peter Gabriel Flotsam And Jetsam (16/44.1k download/Caroline/Real World PG20) |
After Robert Fripp produced the Scratch album, Peter participated in the recording of Robert Fripp's first solo album, which was recorded between November 1977 and January 1979...
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Preface * Exposure Master Loops I *** Exposure Master Loops II *** Exposure I *** [RF version feat. Ian McDonald] Exposure II *** [RF version feat. Ian McDonald] Exposure IV *** [RF version feat. Ian McDonald & Timmy Cappello] Exposure V *** [RF version feat. Timmy Capello] Exposure [RF version (Daryl Hall vocal) - original 1978 mix]*** Exposure [RF version]* Exposure [RF version 1983 mix]** Exposure (Daryl Hall vocal) [RF version 1983 mix]**** Exposure [RF version 2021 stereo & surround mix]*** Exposure (Daryl Hall vocal) [RF version 2021 stereo & surround mix] *** Loops: Here Comes The Flood *** [Water Music I/] Here Comes The Flood (Early Mix) *** [RF version] Water Music I/Here Comes The Flood [RF version original 1978 mix] *** Here Comes The Flood [RF version] * Here Comes The Flood [RF version 1983 mix] ** Here Comes The Flood [RF version 2021 stereo & surround mix] *** Come My Love ***** Recording location: Hit Factory/New York City Produced by: Robert Fripp Performed by: Robert Fripp feat. Peter Gabriel *First official release: 1979 - Robert Fripp Exposure (UK LP/E'G Records EGLP 101) **First official release: 1985 - Robert Fripp Exposure (CD/E'G Records EGCD 41) ***First official release: 2022 - Robert Fripp Exposures (32Disc Boxset/DGM RFBX101) ****First official release: 2006 - Robert Fripp Exposure (2006 Remaster) (2CD/DGM 0602) Best available source: Robert Fripp Exposures (32Disc Boxset/DGM RFBX101) *****First official release/Best available source: 2007 - Fripp/Gabriel Come My Love (128 kB/s MP3/dgmlive.com) |
The set list of Peter's second tour (August 23 - December 24, 1978) included new songs that had not been part of the solo albums he had released so far...
I Don't Remember [live 1978]* A Whiter Shade Of Pale [live 1978]** The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway [live 1978]*** First known performance date: 23rd August 1978 - Oxford (UK), New Theatre
Moi Et Mon Teddy Bear [Me And My Teddy Bear French Version][live 1978]**** First known performance date: 13th October 1978 - Quebec, Colisee de Quebec
Ich Und Mein Teddybär [Me And My Teddy Bear German Version][live 1978]***** First known performance date: 12th December 1978 - Düsseldorf, Phillipshalle
No Tide/Song Without Words/The New One/No Title [Not One Of Us] [live 1978] No Words/New Experience Song/New New One/Get On Back/The New One With The Shorter Ending/Nothing [Family Snapshot] [live 1978] All Day And All Of The Night [live 1978]* First known performance date: 1st October 1978 - Hollywood, The Roxy
Merrily Up On High [live 1978]****** Bully For You [live 1978]****** First known performance date: 24thDecember 1978 - London, Hammersmith Odeon *Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel The Bottom Line Tapes (Early & Late) **Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel A New Perspective (PRRP 045) ***Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel Rockpalast (William Tell Edition 025) ****Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel The Angel And The Teddy Ours *****Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel Phillipshalle, Düsseldorf ******Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel London '78 Last Show |
During the last few shows of the tour a Flexi-Disc with a live recording was given away to audiences...
Solsbury Hill (Live At The Bottom Line) Recording location: Bottom Line, New York Produced by: Larry Fast Performed by: Peter Gabriel + Band First official release: 20 December 1978 - Peter Gabriel Thank You! (UK 7" Flexi/SFI 358) Best available source: Peter Gabriel Flotsam And Jetsam (16/44.1k download/Caroline/Real World PG20) |
Shortly after the tour began in summer 1978, Peter Gabriel found the time to record three demos, that have never surfaced to this day...
No. 1 [demo] Yesterday's Song [demo] The One That Doesn't Sound Like Genesis [demo] Recording location: Trident Studios, London Produced by: ??? Performed by: Peter Gabriel feat. ??? First official release: --- First available source: --- |
During this time, Peter also worked with singer Tom Robinson to create some songs. Some of them were recorded properly some years later, albeit without Gabriel's involvement...
Recording date: 21st December 1978 Recording location: Pye Studios/London Performed by: Peter Gabriel & Tom Robinson feat. ? First official release: 21st December 1978 – Nicky Horne's Capital Radio Show (radio broadcast) Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel & Tom Robinson Merrily Upon High (YouTube video/https://youtu.be/H79_3Nv_eWo) |
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Recording date: January/February 1982 Recording location: FDH, Daylight & Rüssl Studios/Hamburg Produced by: Richard Mazda Performed by: Tom Robinson + Band First official release: 1982 - Tom Robinson North By Northwest (GER LP/Vertigo 6435 161) Best available source: Tom Robinson North By Northwest (1997 Remaster) (CD/Castaway CNWVP004CD) |
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Recording date: December 1978 Performed by: Tom Robinson Band First official release: 1981 - Tom Robinson Band (UK LP/EMI EMS 1005) Best available source: Tom Robinson Band Rising Free: The Very Best Of TRB (CD/EMI 724385788925) |
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Recording date: December 1978 Recording location: Produced by: Todd Rundgren Performed by: Tom Robinson Band First official release: 23rd February 1979 - Tom Robinson Band Bully For You (UK 7"/EMI 2916) Best available source: T. Robinson Band TRB Two (2004 Remaster) (CD/EMI 7243 8 66765 0 4) |
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Recording date: January/February 1982 Recording location: FDH, Daylight & Rüssl Studios/Hamburg Produced by: Richard Mazda Performed by: Tom Robinson + Band First official release: 1982 - Tom Robinson North By Northwest (GER LP/Vertigo 6435 161) Best available source: Tom Robinson North By Northwest (1997 Remaster) (CD/Castaway CNWVP004CD) |
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Recording date: Recording location: Windmill Lane Studios/Dublin Produced by: Tom Robinson Performed by: Tom Robinson First official release: 1983 - T. Robinson Listen To The Radio (Atmospherics) (UK 7"/Panic Records NIC3) Best available source: Tom Robinson War Baby: Hope And Glory (2013 Reissue) (CD-R, FLAC/tomrobinson.bandcamp.com/album/war-baby-hope-and-glory-1984) |
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Listen To The Radio (Atmospherics) [extended version] Recording location: Windmill Lane Studios/Dublin Produced by: Tom Robinson Performed by: Tom Robinson First official release: 1983 - Tom Robinson Listen To The Radio (Atmospherics) (UK 12"/Panic Records NICT3) Best available source: Tom Robinson War Baby: Hope And Glory (2013 Reissue) (CD-R, FLAC/tomrobinson.bandcamp.com/album/war-baby-hope-and-glory-1984) |
In 1979 Peter Gabriel recorded his own version of Bully For You, which has never been released officially.
Collaboration between Peter Gabriel and OneRepublic from 2016