PETER GABRIEL WANTS FANS TO DIG IN THE DIRT FOR "SO" MEMORABILIA

12/21/2011

Peter Gabriel wants fans to help him celebrate the 25th anniversary of his 1986 album "So" -- though it will be 26 years when a special edition of the set is released in 2012. Gabriel is asking fans to send him memorabilia related to "So," including posters, concert tickets and personal diary entries. A note on his official website explains that, "We may ask to include your images in the new re-issue or on Peter's website, but to start with please send us your photos and scans in a small file size (maximum of 2mb) plus your contact details. Please send us your memories and souvenirs by the next Full Moon on January 9th, 2012." Items can be sent to [www.petergabriel.com]. No firm release date or other details about the anniversary edition of "So" have been revealed. The founding Genesis frontman's fifth solo album -- and his first to bear a title other than his name -- peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified five-times platinum in the U.S., launching the hits "Sledgehammer," "In Your Eyes" and "Big Time." It was also nominated for four Grammy Awards and won a pair of Brit Awards, while the "Sledgehammer" video won nine MTV Music Video Awards.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2011-12-24 18:29 by tatters.

Wow, that record was HUGE. What kept it from reaching #1?
T@3

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TeaAtThree
Wow, that record was HUGE. What kept it from reaching #1?
T@3

The Joshua Tree? Graceland? Appetite for Destruction? Hysteria?

(God...all those great records at the same time...music really sucks now compared to then.)

How cool is that! Mr Gabriel reaching out to the fans! What a class act that dude is. And what a great record that was. Shock the friggin monkey! peace.

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TeaAtThree
Wow, that record was HUGE. What kept it from reaching #1?
T@3

The "Top Gun" soundtrack.

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Naturalust
How cool is that! Mr Gabriel reaching out to the fans!

The Stones don't need to do this, they just visit Matt Lee's attic

Artists becoming hip to the notion of where to find the goods.

Tour dates, performing the "So" album in its entirety.

[petergabriel.com]

......sorry but I'll never be able ta help him.....

ROCKMAN

[www.soundspike.com]

any word on the reissue?

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tatters


Peter Gabriel wants fans to help him celebrate the 25th anniversary of his 1986 album "So" -- though it will be 26 years when a special edition of the set is released in 2012.

And Richards points out that next year works just as well for an anniversary trek. "The Stones always really considered '63 to be 50 years, because Charlie [Watts] didn't actually join until January," Richards says. "We look upon 2012 as sort of the year of conception, but the birth is next year."



Did Peter & Keith have the same Math instructor???