Peter Gabriel-Before The Flood Demos 1975
Before The Flood Demos 1975 [Man On The Spot, 1CD]
Howling At The Moon (4.1MB)
Excuse Me (4.9MB)
Funny Man (5.9MB)
No More Mickey (3.6MB)
Get The Guns (4.8MB)
Here Comes The Flood (3.9MB)
God Knows (6.6MB)
http://www.link.ge/file/190917/Peter-Gabriel.rar.htmlThese are the (primarily) piano demos that Gabriel recorded shortly after he departed Genesis, and before he made his initial return to the studio, with Phil Collins, Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford as a comfortable (but ultimately unsatisfying) safety net. And, it must be said, those are probably the demos most listeners would like to hear.
These raw home recordings, however, are equally rewarding, as we hear Gabriel getting to grips not only with a couple of songs that would eventually make it onto his solo debut album ("Excuse Me," sans barbershop harmonies, and "Here Comes The Flood"), but a clutch more that have remained in the vault ever since.
Gabriel was writing at the time with Martin Hall, a songwriter whom he’d known since they both contributed to the Colin Scott album back in 1971; how sad it is that the partnership was ultimately doomed to obscurity.
True, the knockabout "No More Mickey" was offered to Charisma as a single during 1975, but nothing ever came of that; true, too, singer Alan Ross recorded a version of "Get The Guns," before Gabriel himself disemboweled it for the backbone of "Down The Dolce Vita." But who among us has even heard of Ross? And that still leaves "Howling At The Moon," "Funny Man" and "God Knows" to complete a collection that sounds more like demos for his second album, than the precursor of his first.
One final song belongs on this disc, but does not appear – "You’ll Never Know," a Gabriel-Hall composition that did make it onto vinyl, courtesy of comedian Charlie Drake (plus a supporting cast that included Sandy Denny and Robert Fripp). The finished version is as weird as anything Gabriel has ever put his name towards. One can only imagine what the demo sounded like.
Peter Gabriel, Progressive Rock / Pop
