Peter Gabriel ‎– Live In Athens 1987 2LP

Peter Gabriel ‎– Live In Athens 1987

A warm autumnal evening in southern Europe. An open-air theatre cut into a hill, the lights of a capital city twinkling beneath. Five musicians take to the stage, five musicians at the peak of their game. A few thousand acolytes approvingly roar at their arrival. Ear-to-ear smiles are visible in every direction, both in the crowd and onstage. This is the last night of a tour. A long tour. A very long tour.
We are in Athens and it’s October 1987. More significantly, it’s the climax of Peter Gabriel’s This Way Up tour, an endeavour that kicked off nearly 12 long months previously, tens and tens of thousands of miles ago. And to mark the significance of the occasion, an extensive film crew has assembled, keen to document the last days of this monumental trek. Over many, many months, this jolly caravan has travelled throughout North America and Europe, from Buffalo to Bologna, Milwaukee to Munich, Toronto to Toulouse. It’s nearly all over. And here in the Greek capital – with this film crew poised in their vantage points, aiming their various cameras at these five men – the occasion will be preserved for eternity.

Tracklist:
A1 This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds) 
A2 San Jacinto 
A3 Shock The Monkey 
A4 Family Snapshot 
B1 Intruder 
B2 Games Without Frontiers 
B3 No Self Control 
B4 Mercy Street 
C1 The Family And The Fishing Net 
C2 Don't Give Up 
C3 Solsbury Hill 
C4 Lay Your Hands On Me 
D1 Sledgehammer 
D2 Here Comes The Flood 
D3 In Your Eyes 
D4 Biko

Label: Real World Records
Released: 2020