Live at Womad 1982
It was a simple idea; to create a festival out of all the brilliant music and art made all over the world, stuff made outside of the mainstream â music that wasnât getting on the radio and was even harder to find in record stores⌠the very first Womad Festival took place at the 240-acre Bath and West Showground, Somerset, UK over the weekend of 16â18 July, 1982. With the dream ânot to sprinkle world music around a rock festival, but to prove that these great artists could be headliners in their own rightâ.
â¨â¨Across the three days âan evening concert seriesâ took place in the Showering Pavilion on the festival site. On the Friday night that concert featured Tian Jin (a song and dance troupe from China), Simple Minds and, with a âspecial festival set of non-album materialâ, Peter Gabriel. Live at Womad 1982 is a recording of that Friday night concert. The non-album material in question are seven of the eight songs that would make up the album Peter Gabriel 4 (Security). An album that wouldnât be released for a further two months.â¨â¨
On-stage, Peter is joined by David Rhodes (guitar), John Giblin (bass), Larry Fast (synthesisers). Jerry Marotta (drums), Peter Hammill (vocals) and âthe wonderful Bristol-based drum and dance group,â EkomĂŠ (drums, percussion).â¨â¨
Live a Womad 1982 takes us back to not only the birth of a festival â one that has now hosted more than 160 editions in 27 countries - but also to the premiere of an album with songs, like The Rhythm of the Heat, San Jacinto and Shock the Monkey, that have become central to the Gabriel canon. More than just a live album, Live at WOMAD 1982 is a pivotal moment, available on CD and LP for the very first time.
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Live at Womad 1982
It was a simple idea; to create a festival out of all the brilliant music and art made all over the world, stuff made outside of the mainstream â music that wasnât getting on the radio and was even harder to find in record stores⌠the very first Womad Festival took place at the 240-acre Bath and West Showground, Somerset, UK over the weekend of 16â18 July, 1982. With the dream ânot to sprinkle world music around a rock festival, but to prove that these great artists could be headliners in their own rightâ.
â¨â¨Across the three days âan evening concert seriesâ took place in the Showering Pavilion on the festival site. On the Friday night that concert featured Tian Jin (a song and dance troupe from China), Simple Minds and, with a âspecial festival set of non-album materialâ, Peter Gabriel. Live at Womad 1982 is a recording of that Friday night concert. The non-album material in question are seven of the eight songs that would make up the album Peter Gabriel 4 (Security). An album that wouldnât be released for a further two months.â¨â¨
On-stage, Peter is joined by David Rhodes (guitar), John Giblin (bass), Larry Fast (synthesisers). Jerry Marotta (drums), Peter Hammill (vocals) and âthe wonderful Bristol-based drum and dance group,â EkomĂŠ (drums, percussion).â¨â¨
Live a Womad 1982 takes us back to not only the birth of a festival â one that has now hosted more than 160 editions in 27 countries - but also to the premiere of an album with songs, like The Rhythm of the Heat, San Jacinto and Shock the Monkey, that have become central to the Gabriel canon. More than just a live album, Live at WOMAD 1982 is a pivotal moment, available on CD and LP for the very first time.
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It was a simple idea; to create a festival out of all the brilliant music and art made all over the world, stuff made outside of the mainstream â music that wasnât getting on the radio and was even harder to find in record stores⌠the very first Womad Festival took place at the 240-acre Bath and West Showground, Somerset, UK over the weekend of 16â18 July, 1982. With the dream ânot to sprinkle world music around a rock festival, but to prove that these great artists could be headliners in their own rightâ.
â¨â¨Across the three days âan evening concert seriesâ took place in the Showering Pavilion on the festival site. On the Friday night that concert featured Tian Jin (a song and dance troupe from China), Simple Minds and, with a âspecial festival set of non-album materialâ, Peter Gabriel. Live at Womad 1982 is a recording of that Friday night concert. The non-album material in question are seven of the eight songs that would make up the album Peter Gabriel 4 (Security). An album that wouldnât be released for a further two months.â¨â¨
On-stage, Peter is joined by David Rhodes (guitar), John Giblin (bass), Larry Fast (synthesisers). Jerry Marotta (drums), Peter Hammill (vocals) and âthe wonderful Bristol-based drum and dance group,â EkomĂŠ (drums, percussion).â¨â¨
Live a Womad 1982 takes us back to not only the birth of a festival â one that has now hosted more than 160 editions in 27 countries - but also to the premiere of an album with songs, like The Rhythm of the Heat, San Jacinto and Shock the Monkey, that have become central to the Gabriel canon. More than just a live album, Live at WOMAD 1982 is a pivotal moment, available on CD and LP for the very first time.
