Peter Gabriel So 180g 2LP/4CD/2DVD Box Set (Vinyl)

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Limited Edition 180g Vinyl LP, 12" AA Vinyl Single, 4 CDS, & 2 DVDs Box Set!

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One of the most successful and iconic music releases, Peter Gabriel's 1986 album, So, has been remastered for this special 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Box Set!

Released in 1986, "So" became one of the defining albums of the era and landed an international array of multi-platinum certifications ( in the US alone, it has sold over 5 million copies). Launched with the huge hit single and groundbreaking music video "Sledgehammer", which remains MTV's most played video of all time, "So" also contains many of Gabriel's biggest hits and most loved songs including "In Your Eyes", which famously featured in Cameron Crowe's movie "Say Anything" the haunting duet "Don't' Give Up", which was performed with Kate Bush, and "Big Time".

Released in 1986, 'So' became one of the defining albums of the era, landing multitudes of awards, millions of sales and a huge hit single with 'Sledgehammer'. But when Peter started work on this, his fifth album, in February 1985 in an old farmhouse called Ashcombe near Bath he had no idea of the explosive and enduring impact this album would have.

In February 1986 Peter finally finished the album:
"I think when we played the album back we knew it was good. It wasn’t like I was an obscure artist; I’d had hits with Shock The Monkey, Games Without Frontiers and Solsbury Hill but after each of them I’d purposefully retreated partially back into the shadows. With 'So' this was the end of the idea of me being a sort of cult artist at the fringes of the mainstream, especially in America. There wasn’t an option to go and hide in the shadows any more."

'So' 25th anniversary edition is the opportunity to explore how the album was made, the stories behind the songs, the evolution of each track and the outstanding live performance of the 'So' tour.

Features:
• Limited Edition Box Set
• 180g LP - re-mastered & re-sequenced original album
• 12" AA Vinyl single
• CD1 - original album - remastered
• CD2 - So DNA
• CD 3&4 - Live In Athens 1987
• DVD 1 - Live in Athens 1987 concert film + 5.1 surround audio mix
• DVD 2 - So: Classic Album - documentary
• 60-Page Casebound Book with new liner notes & extensive collection of rare and previously unpublished photographs
• NTSC, 0

Selections:
LP Original album remastered (sequence unknown)
1. Red Rain
2. Sledgehammer
3. Don't Give Up (with Kate Bush)
4. That Voice Again
5. Mercy Street
6. Big Time
7. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
8. This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
9. In Your Eyes

12" AA Vinyl Single:
1. Courage (previously unreleased)
2. Sagrada (previously unreleased)
3. Don't Give Up (Alternative version - piano and bvox mix)

CD1 - Original album remastered
1. Red Rain
2. Sledgehammer
3. Don't Give Up (with Kate Bush)
4. That Voice Again
5. Mercy Street
6. Big Time
7. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
8. This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
9. In Your Eyes

CD 2 :
So DNA - work-in-progress song drafts
1. Red Rain
2. Sledgehammer
3. Don't Give Up (with Kate Bush)
4. That Voice Again
5. Mercy Street
6. Big Time
7. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
8. This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
9. In Your Eyes

CD3:
Live in Athens 1987
1. This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
2. San Jacinto
3. Shock the Monkey
4. Family Snapshot
5. Intruder
6. Games Without Frontiers
7. No Self Control
8. Mercy Street
9. The Family and The Fishing Net
CD 4:
10. Don't Give Up
11. Solsbury Hill
12. Lay Your Hands On Me
13. Sledgehammer
14. Here Comes the Flood
15. In Your Eyes
16. Biko

DVD 1 - Live in Athens 1987 concert film - Plus 5.1 Surround audio mix
1. This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
2. San Jacinto
3. Shock the Monkey
4. Family Snapshot
5. Intruder
6. Games Without Frontiers
7. No Self Control
8. Mercy Street
9. The Family and The Fishing Net
10. Don't Give Up
11. Solsbury Hill
12. Lay Your Hands On Me
13. Sledgehammer
14. Here Comes the Flood
15. In Your Eyes
16. Biko

DVD 2 - So: Classic Album - documentary