Peel introduced Gabriel's Sledgehammer twice on Top of the Pops in 1986, including the TOTP debut of the iconic video for the song. Bush and Britain's involvement in the Iraq War.ĭespite his apparent lack of promotion of Gabriel's solo work, his first three albums (all entitled Peter Gabriel) as well as the German language Ein Deutsches Album are to be found in Peel's Record Collection.
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Gabriel subsequently distanced himself from the Labour government following Tony Blair's support for George W. Like Peel, Gabriel also publicly declared his support for the Labour Party prior to the 1997 elections and was named as one of the biggest private financial donors to the party. Robert Wyatt recorded a cover version of Gabriel's song 'Biko', which recounts the assassination of South African anti-apartheid activist which made the 1984 Festive Fifty. During the 1987 Whistle Test special "87 Whistle Test 88" Peel interviewed Gabriel about world music, while featuring Zimbabwe's the Bhundu Boys who had previously recorded two sessions. NEUSCHWANSTEIN top albums (CD, LP, MC, SACD, DVD-A, Digital Media Download). As a promoter of world music, however, Peel has featured various artists who have recorded for Real World ( Ashkhabad, Tenores Di Bitti), or the WOMAD ( Muzsikás, Amayenge, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) labels. The vocalist sounds remarkably like Peter Gabriel lyrics are all in English.
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He did in fact only seem to promote Genesis records from A Trick of the Tail onwards, recorded when Gabriel had left. Aside from early sessions by Genesis, with Gabriel contributing vocals and flute, Peel showed little interest in Gabriel's work either with the group or as a solo artist.