Plays Live in '83. One of the best concerts I've ever seen.

One of my favorite Gabriel song. That 1982 album blew my mind. And it doesn’t get old.

I saw Peter Gabriel when I attended Northern Illinois University in the early 80s. This show was recorded for the album “Peter Gabriel Plays Live”. I had 5th row center for the show, and it stands out as one of the best shows I’ve seen.

Amazing how close this is to the mind blowing studio version.

I drove out of Needles District Canyonlands, through Indian Cr, after 6 days of backpacking. I blasted the New Blood Orchestra version of this in the car and started balling.

He created a whole new soundscape for the 1982 album by sampling acoustic instruments and playing them at octaves those instruments can’t reach. Otherworldly indeed!

His live shows were always top tier. So theatrical and powerful. Brings me chills.

The bass is the great Tony Levin on the Chapman Stick.

Some day you will have to see the video of this concert. It is a visual treat.

The entire 1982 album, referred to as "mask" or "Security" but actually his fourth-in-a-row eponymous record, is brilliant, darkly mysterious, adventurously innovative and deeply moving.

I grew up in San Jacinto (CA)! Definitely can follow a dry riverbed up to Mt. San Jacinto which overlooks both Hemet/San Jacinto and Palm Desert/Palm Springs. High above is the desert snow indeed. The Soboba Indian Reservation is at the foot of the mountains on the San Jacinto side.

Digging in the Dirt is one of my favs of his. One of many.

This album was one of my favorite cassettes as a kid. My dad always listened to a lot of Genesis and Gabriel

Peter Gabriel is a true artist.

I believe that this recording is from "Peter Gabriel Plays Live" (1983). The entire concert -- released a double-disk set -- is stellar. There are many standout tracks, and its hard to pick a favorite, but I've always enjoyed "Humdrum". Thanks for the reaction. Glad you're enjoying Peter's music. Hi Tom!

Originally off the fully digitally recorded album Security from 1982, his 4th studio album and first with a title, though only on a sticker on the plastic wrap. Plays Live was a 2 LP or 2 CD set from 1983. Highlights is a 1CD remaster.

To help you out a little, San Jacinto is from the Security album ( ‘82/83 ). Yeah this song is a majestic beauty. It’s special to me because Security is the album that got me into Gabriel’s solo work. Just one of many examples of the genius he was back in the day.

Hi John. The bass player is Tony Levin playing the Chapman Stick getting an ethereal bass sound that you thought might be a large woodwind instrument.

Love your reaction John! From first hearing it in the early 80's until now, San Jacinto remains as one of my favourite Gabriel songs. PG always stood out as an artist of integrity and someone who chose to challenge the traditional marketing values of the recording industry of the time. In the U.K and throughout most of the world, his first four albums were all eponymously titled "Peter Gabriel". In North America, Geffen Records decided to release his fourth album (which included the original recording of "San Jacinto") with a sticker slapped onto the cover labelling it as "Security" to differentiate it from Gabriel's previous three self-titled albums. For the rest of the world we simply knew it as "Peter Gabriel 4". In ensuing years, his first three albums became known as: "Car", "Scratch" & "Melt" (a nod to the vivid cover-art images by Hipgnosis). After his 4th album, Gabriel seemed to toy with the industry's marketing machine by naming his albums with as minimal wording as possible: "So", "Us" and "Up". But all such great records! Enjoy your discovery of one of the greats.

First song live in 1987 Rotterdam Ahoy venue, after Youssoune ' Dour band s support gig. I was floored.

In his prime, Peter Gabriel was a shaman live.

"Peter Gabriel Plays Live" and Genesis "Seconds Out" are perfection, mix, production and music quality from another planet

When he did that last bit there was a column of light that went from the floor to the ceiling and he just stuck his face into it. Each time he breathed he'd be more immersed in that column of light. Of course that is the daoist mantra, we are merely a part of the cycle. No more or less important or integral than any other component of the cycle. It's amazing how Peter knows so much more about our indigenous people and their beliefs than we do. He did the same when Martin Scorsese brought him in to create the sound for Last Temptation of Christ. Did you know he created the whole soundtrack using only instruments available 2,000 years ago? Think about that!

Gabriel's solo career saw the release of more albums than he did in his time with Genesis. The man is an absolute giant of prog rock. His live performances were phenomenal. I got to see him twice. Once in Oakland CA for the "So" tour, and I was privileged to see him on his first solo tour, before his first album was even released. We camped out the sidewalk on Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood all day playing Monopoly and imbibing. We were waiting for his second show of the day. Robert Fripp was playing back-up guitar for him. The best of the best for a video of Gabriel live? "In Your Eyes" from the Secret World Live tour video. Incredible energy. There is sooo much Peter Gabriel for you to hear. All brilliant. Blessings.

Tony Stratton Smith, a former manager for Genesis, once said that Phil Collins sounded more like Peter Gabriel than Peter Gabriel did!

Thank you for this review

John, also on this, the 1982 Peter Gabriel Security Album, you'd also be enthralled with his opening Track, Rhythm of the Heat. Rhythm of the Heat was originally entitled, [Carl] Jung in Africa. The Song is based upon a Jung Memoir of while in Africa, while attending an African Ceremony, the [Ancestors] ebbed through him.

Time with Peter is well spent. The way you listen to albums, listening to whole sides, I'd encourage doing that to PG albums, especially PG3, PG4 and So. The most inspirational artist in my world. Album versions are my favorite for listening. But watching some of his live versions is special. Secret World tour is my favorite. Seeing him live is the one of the most uplifting experiences. He throws all of his creative energy and moneys into his tours.

You need to see him do it. Not sure if you were watching a video or not. But you have to see the performance also.

I love the albums III (Melt) and So

Gabriel is of the angel class...I've spent decades with his works...He rides in my soul, and I've been moved many times by his masterpieces...Don't Give up; sung with Kate Bush is KILLER...But; his magnum opus is The Lamb ...This album; BLASTED on a killer system is sublime...A soul shattering experience...

Great track but the studio version is far superior. What I find ironic is that the Battle of San Jacinto was the final battle in the Texas war, a kind of revenge for the Alamo, and Phil Collins have the largest private Alamo memorabilia collection in the world until he sold it… Great channel.

Have you heard Be Bop Deluxe? They have many great songs but I recommend Life In the Air Age. Thanks.

You need to the video of this

Try Rythm of the Heat from PG 4 (or security). Take the studio version.

Thanks for giving this a listen. Suggest you watch this to learn a bit more about where those sounds came from (especially the last bit) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbFppLmC2p_ag2g.html

Hi. For me personally, Phil is the better singer, but Peter is the better musician. When I was younger I heard more Phil stuff, but since the mid 90's I've really only listened to Peter.