{"product_id":"peter-gabriel-live-at-womad-1982","title":"Peter Gabriel – Live at WOMAD 1982","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #333333;\"\u003eIt 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 – music that wasn’t getting on the radio and was even harder to find in record stores… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003ethe very first WOMAD Festival took place at the 240-acre Bath and West Showground, Somerset, UK over the weekend of 16–18 July, 1982. With the dream ‘\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #333333;\"\u003enot to sprinkle world music around a rock festival, but to prove that these great artists could be headliners in their own right’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eAcross the three days ‘an evening concert series’ 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 ‘special festival set of non-album material’, Peter Gabriel.\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eLive at WOMAD 1982\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e 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 wouldn’t be released for a further two months.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn-stage, Peter is joined by David Rhodes (guitar), John Giblin (bass), Larry Fast (synthesisers). Jerry Marotta (drums), Peter Hammill (vocals) and \u003ci\u003e“\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003ethe wonderful Bristol-based drum and dance group,”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Ekomé (drums, percussion).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e“I remember this gig well. We played a mix of old and brand-new material. I would normally be very nervous about playing some of this stuff for the first time, however my mind was very preoccupied with the running of our very first WOMAD festival and the potential financial disaster that it was heading towards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause WOMAD was unique in its focus on music and art from around the world, and mixing it with up with rock and jazz, no-one knew how many people might turn up and we had seriously overestimated our appeal. But those that had decided to check out WOMAD and its weird and wonderful lineup were open-minded, bold and curious - a great audience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Real World","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57379904127350,"sku":"PGLP23","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/6450\/6005\/files\/PG_WOMADlive82LPMU_67.jpg?v=1772200306","url":"https:\/\/www.stickyblacktarmac.com\/products\/peter-gabriel-live-at-womad-1982","provider":"Sticky Black Tarmac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}