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In The Big Room captures Peter Gabriel and band recorded live in the Big Room at Real World Studios on 23 November, 2003.
I’d not really taken advantage of the big room as a performance space myself and when, in 2003, the opportunity came up, we grabbed it and offered the small number of seats to members of the Full Moon club. It was not part of a big tour so we weren’t as polished and rehearsed as we might have been while on tour, but it made for a more awake and edgy performance, as we were fully concentrating on what we were doing. There was no elaborate visual show, the whole focus was about making it sound good. I had pretty much forgotten how these songs sounded but listening back to these mixes I was pleasantly surprised how alive they were. I hope you enjoy this as much as we did. - pg
The 14-song set draws on material from both the Growing Up Live tour of 2002/2003 - Gabriel’s first in 10 years that accompanied the release of his album UP - and the subsequent Still Growing Up Live tour that ran through much of 2004. Notable additions to the Growing Up Live set include Burn You Up, Burn You Down, Games Without Frontiers and The Tower That Ate People.
For the performance Peter is joined by his touring band from this period of Tony Levin (bass), David Rhodes (guitar), Ged Lynch (drums), Richard Evans (guitar, whistle, mandolin), Rachel Z (keyboard and backing vox) and Melanie Gabriel (backing vox).
Tracklist
2LP
LP1
A1. Burn You Up, Burn You Down
A2. More Than This
A3. Games Without Frontiers
A4. Downside Up
B1. Mercy Street
B2. Darkness
B3. Digging In The Dirt
B4. The Tower That Ate People
LP2
C1. San Jacinto
C2. Shock The Monkey
C3. Signal To Noise
D1. Secret World
D2. Father, Son
D3. In Your Eyes
2CD
Disc 1
Burn You Up, Burn You Down
More Than This
Games Without Frontiers
Downside Up
Mercy Street
Darkness
Digging In The Dirt
The Tower That Ate People
Disc 2
San Jacinto
Shock The Monkey
Signal To Noise
Secret World
Father, Son
In Your Eyes