Peter Gabriel • 2
Classic Records/Real World Records PG 2-45
Four single-sided 45-RPM 200 g LPs
Originally released in 1978, this is Peter Gabriel’s second studio album, and the second (of four) to be eponymously titled. It is often referred to as Scratch because of the cover art.
The album features eleven tracks, including the album’s only single, DIY, which was backed with a longer version of Perspective. The music is varied although (to these ears) perhaps not quite as accessible as that on Gabriel’s first solo effort. Unlike the original pressing of this album, White Shadow (which is the last track on side one, or record two of this set) doesn’t continue into the dead wax (nor does Classic Records’ 33-RPM version).
As we’ve come to expect from these Clarity boxed sets, the sound quality is as very good. The single-sided records are pancake flat with silent surfaces. Packaged in the usual Clarity style, a heavy duty box with the contents protected by bubble wrap, if you’re a Peter Gabriel fan this is a record that you should try to get your hands on (these Clarity records are becoming increasingly hard to find, not to mention, more expensive).