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PRRP005-PETER GABRIEL
LIVE IN UTICA, NEW YORK
Nov 2, 1982 (Stanley Performing Art Centre- Utica, New York)
1.1 Rhythm of the Heat 7:46
1.2 I Have the Touch 5:50
1.3 I Go Swimming 4:51
1.4 Family Snapshot 5:36
1.5 The Family and the Fishing Net 8:42
1.6 Shock the Monkey 7:09
1.7 Not one of us 7:29
Disc - 47:23
2.1 Lay your hands on me 8:30
2.2 Solsbury Hill 4:36
2.3 PG talks during technical F*k Up 2:33
2.4 Intruder 5:40
2.5 John has a Headache 5:32
2.6 Kiss of Life 5:22
2.7 San Jacinto 9:58
2.8 On the Air 7:44
2.9 Humdrum 4:36
Disc - 54:31
Peter Gabriel - Lead Vocals, Piano and Percussion
David Rhodes - Lead Guitars, Percussion and Vocals
Tony Levin - Bass Guitars, Stick, Percussion and Vocals
Larry Fast - Keyboard
Jerry Marotta - Drums and Percussion
?Shock The Rhythm?
The Stanley Performing Arts Center opened September 10, 1928 and has been the premier showplace for Central New York ever since. Thomas Lamb, a prolific theater architect, designed
this 2,945 seat movie palace for the Mastbaum chain of theaters. The theater was named for Stanley, one of the Mastbaum brothers. The design of the theater is dubbed "Mexican baroque"
because of its unique blend of styles. The terra cotta and tiled mosaic exterior shows the Mexican influence, while Hapsburg lions, Indian faces, and a multitude of angels and putti
(cherubs) grace the lavish baroque "gold leaf" interior of the theater. The Moorish influence
is apparent in the star-splashed ceiling and the twisted columns on each side of the stage. There is even an art-deco look to some of the drapery treatments in the organ lofts.
It's was a cold night in Utica that evening as it always in Central NY during November. But this night was about to heat up as a sold out Stanley Theatre of mostly college students
we in attendance. The concert was promoted by Mohawk Valley Community College thus this is the liberated name of the boot in the trade community.
Peter used this theatre to his advantage as he open the concert with ?Rhythm Of The Heat?, Peter and the band marched up to the stage banging drums from the back lobby of the Stanley. Peter wore the ?Monkey make-up?. During ?Shock The Monkey? This is the first tour he crowd-surfed during ?Lay Your Hands On Me? . This was surely the highlight of the show as he passed right over me as I sat in the 12th row, a fan in attendance said. During "San Jacinto he used a reflected light off a hand-held mirror into the another high point for me. Peter
wore the black martial arts type outfit with white knee pads.
Notes from the Re-Master
This was a low volume audience recording. For unexplained reasons the volume for either channel would just drop precipitously for 10-30 seconds on occasion. These problems were corrected. One complete dropout occurred one minute and four seconds into the song ?I Have the Touch?. This was very brief but to cut it out would have disrupted the tempo of the song in that section. Since there was no signal at all, no other fix ?short of patching over it- would have worked. For this
reason it was left in its original state.
Hiss was quite significant when the concert volume was amplified and therefore this noise was reduced. The bass was somewhat lacking so this component of the frequency spectrum was
boosted. The frequency range was expanded to about 10 kHz from the original 7.5 kHz maximum. Given the acoustics of the auditorium, ambience was quite good and therefore unaltered. Audience applause was understandably loud and therefore reduced in volume when present. The occasional pop was also removed. |