Peter Gabriel SCRATCH MY BACK Classic Records 45 rpm 200g Clarity (4 disc set)

$

499

Peter Gabriel SCRATCH MY BACK Classic Records PG XII-45 CLARITY Vinyl 45 rpm 200g (4 disc set)

Label:

Real World Records – PG XII-45, Classic Records – PG XII-45

Series:

Clarity SV-P II 45 RPM Series

Format:

4 x Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Single Sided, Album, Numbered, Test Pressing, Clarity, 200 Gram Box Set, Album, Numbered (17 of 20), Test Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

2010

Genre:

Rock, Pop

Style:

Experimental, Symphonic Rock, Acoustic, Avantgarde, Ballad, Art Rock, Modern, Neo-Classical

Tracklist

A1a Heroes Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Brian Eno, David Bowie Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Brian Eno, David Bowie 4:10 A1b The Boy In The Bubble Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Forere Motloheloa, Paul Simon Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Forere Motloheloa, Paul Simon 4:28 A1c Mirrorball Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp 4:48 A2a Flume Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Justin Vernon Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Justin Vernon 3:01 A2b Listening Wind Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Brian Eno, David Byrne Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Brian Eno, David Byrne 4:23 A2c The Power Of The Heart Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Lou Reed Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Lou Reed 5:52 B1a My Body Is A Cage Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Jeremy Gara, Richard Parry*, Régine Chassagne, Tim Kingsbury*, William Butler, Win Butler Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Jeremy Gara, Richard Parry*, Régine Chassagne, Tim Kingsbury*, William Butler, Win Butler 6:13 B1b The Book Of Love Arranged By – Nick Ingman, Peter Gabriel, Will Gregory Written-By – Stephin Merritt Arranged By – Nick Ingman, Peter Gabriel, Will Gregory Written-By – Stephin Merritt 3:53 B1c I Think It's Going To Rain Today Arranged By – Randy Newman Written-By – Randy Newman Arranged By – Randy Newman Written-By – Randy Newman 2:34 B2a Après Moi Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Regina Spektor Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Regina Spektor 5:13 B2b Philadelphia Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Neil Young Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Neil Young 3:46 B2c Street Spirit (Fade Out) Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke Arranged By – John Metcalfe Written-By – Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke 5:06

• Backing Vocals – Melanie Gabriel (tracks: B2)
• Choir – Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford* (tracks: B1)
• Conductor – Ben Foster
• Conductor [The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford] – Clive Driskill-Smith (tracks: B1)
• Leader [London Scratch Orchestra, The] – Louisa Fuller
• Mastered By – 
• Orchestra – London Scratch Orchestra*
• Orchestrated By – John Metcalfe, Nick Ingman (tracks: B2)
• Piano – Jason Rebello (tracks: A6), Peter Gabriel (tracks: A4), Tom Cawley
• Producer – Bob Ezrin, Peter Gabriel
• Vocals – Peter Gabriel

Notes

200 gram single-sided 45rpm clarity vinyl test pressing box set from Classic Records. Limited to 20 copies. (17 of 20)
Deluxe gatefold jacket included.
     Peter Gabriel s Scratch My Back album project is the first part of a series of song exchanges in which Gabriel and other leading artists reinterpret each other s songs. To help craft his recording of the album s eclectic array of cult favorites and classic tracks, Gabriel enlisted former Durutti Column member John Metcalfe, composer, arranger and the expertise of producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd s The Wall , Lou Reed s Berlin ) and engineer, mixer and producer Tchad Blake (Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow, Tom Waits).      Gabriel describes this as a very personal record with twelve songs performed only with orchestral instruments and voice. He made the choice not to include guitar or drums. The album s richly diverse sounds include the sparse romance of Lou Reed s The Power of the Heart , the powerful musical journey of David Bowie s Heroes and an epic arrangement of Arcade Fire s My Body Is A Cage. Gabriel and his collaborators recorded the album at George Martin s Air Lyndhurst Studios and the Real World Temple with further editing and mixing at his own Real Worlds Studio in Wiltshire. The Scratch My Back release is one of the most creative and engaging records from an iconic artist in a long time. The marketing focus is to penetrate Peter Gabriel s core fan base as well as fans of all genres and in all demographics given the scope of artists being covered as well as its depth of composition.
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): PG-X-II-A1 45 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): PG-X-II-A2 45 Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched): PG-X-II-B1 45 Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched): PG-X-II-B2 45

     This auction is for a Near Mint, NUMBERED (17 of 20), 45rpm 4LP CLARITY Test Pressing Box Set. This set consists of 4 single-sided discs, for optimal sound performance, of the Classic Records 200gram reissue of "Peter Gabriel Scratch My Back". This title was planned, but never released as a 45rpm set or on clarity vinyl, thereby making this an ultra collectible set.

     These highly collectible test pressings are from the first stamper. Test pressings reflect the closest you can get to the lacquers and hence have a special collectible value and store of value.

     Only a very small number of these unreleased sets exist and thus this is a special opportunity to hear your favorite title on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile on Clarity Vinyl at 45 rpm - it doesn't get any better than this!

     This set is packaged in a white special edition box and each test pressing comes in a white jacket. Original jacket also included as a bonus. Jacket in near mint condition.

     *45 rpm records have long been recognized as providing a higher fidelity musical experience resulting purely from the cartridge being able to extract more of the nuance from the complex vertical and horizontal groove modulations in stereo LP’s. Further, Classic Records 45 rpm “single sided” pressings dramatically reduce the mechanical resonances created by the cartridge during playback by allowing these resonances to be more fully transmitted to and absorbed by the turntable platter.  Classic Records Clarity Vinyl 45 rpm pressings are designed and manufactured to provide the “LOWEST DISTORTION” in every aspect of LP playback resulting in putting the listener as close to the music as possible.  With only 20 copies of this definitive reissue, don't hesitate before the price on the secondary market skyrockets!

Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

     Considering the slow trickle of completed albums he has released since becoming a superstar in 1986 -- just two albums of songs with vocals, paired with two albums of soundtracks and two live records -- deliberate is expected from Peter Gabriel, so the slow, hushed crawl of Scratch My Back is no shock. What may be a shock is that Gabriel chose to follow 2002’s Up with a covers album but, like all of his work, this 2010 record is highly conceptual no matter how minimal the end result may be. Designed as the first half of a two-part project where Gabriel would cover 12 different artists who would then return the favor by recording their own versions of Gabriel’s compositions -- the counterpart album naturally bearing the title I’ll Scratch Yours -- Scratch My Back divides neatly between six songs from his peers (Bowie, Paul Simon, Randy Newman, Neil Young, Lou Reed, David Byrne) and six songs from younger artists (Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Stephin Merritt, Bon Iver, Elbow, Regina Spektor). Gabriel doesn’t dodge familiar tunes, choosing to sing “Heroes” and “Street Spirit (Fade Out),” but he twists each tune to his own needs, arranging everything with nothing more than piano and strings, a change that’s almost jarring on Simon’s “The Boy in the Bubble,” yet it stays true to the undercurrent of melancholy in the melody. Indeed, all of Scratch My Back is stark, sober, and spare, delving ever deeper inward, a triumph of intellect over emotion -- a noted contrast to almost all cover albums that celebrate the visceral, not the cerebral. Immediate it may not be but fascinating it is, and after hearing Gabriel turn all 12 of these songs into something unmistakably his own, the appetite is surely whetted for its companion piece.