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Plays Live – Peter Gabriel

Plays Live is the first Live album of Peter Gabriel’s….

“Plays Live” concerts were recorded at:

Braden Auditorium, University of Illinois, Normal, Illinois, December 3, 1982

Memorial Hall, Kansas City, December 4, 1982

Evans Field House, University of N. Illinois, Dekalb, Illinois December 6, 1982

SIU Arena, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Illinois December 7, 1982

Original vinyl release

Disc one

Side one
“The Rhythm of the Heat” – 6:26
“I Have the Touch” – 5:18
“Not One of Us” – 5:29
“Family Snapshot” – 4:44

Side two

“D.I.Y.” – 4:20
“The Family and the Fishing Net” – 7:22
“Intruder” – 5:03
“I Go Swimming” – 4:44

Disc two

Side three

“San Jacinto” – 8:27
“Solsbury Hill” – 4:42
“No Self Control” – 5:03
“I Don’t Remember” – 4:19

Side four

This side was recorded at Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas on 4 December 1982.

“Shock The Monkey” – 7:10
“Humdrum” – 4:23
“On the Air” – 5:22
“Biko” – 7:01

Dual CD Version

Disc one

“The Rhythm of the Heat” – 6:26
“I Have the Touch” – 5:18
“Not One of Us” – 5:29
“Family Snapshot” – 4:44
“D.I.Y.” – 4:20
“The Family and the Fishing Net” – 7:22
“Intruder” – 5:03
“I Go Swimming” – 4:44

Disc two

“San Jacinto” – 8:28
“Solsbury Hill” – 4:40
“No Self Control” – 5:02
“I Don’t Remember” – 4:20
“Shock The Monkey” – 7:40
“Humdrum” – 4:03
“On the Air” – 5:20
“Biko” – 6:50

Plays Live – Highlights

“I Have the Touch” – 4:47
“Family Snapshot” – 4:47
“D.I.Y.” – 4:05
“The Family and the Fishing Net” – 7:38
“I Go Swimming” – 4:54
“San Jacinto” – 8:19
“Solsbury Hill” – 4:41
“No Self Control” – 5:04
“I Don’t Remember” – 4:12
“Shock The Monkey” – 7:10
“Humdrum” – 4:21
“Biko” – 6:52

Personnel

Peter Gabriel – synthesiser, piano, vox
Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion & b. vox
Tony Levin – bass, stick & b. vox
David Rhodes – guitar & b. vox
Larry Fast – synthesiser, piano

Reissue

Release 7th May 2002

Further Notes:

UK Chart info gives the release date as the 18th June 1983 with the album reaching Number 8 in the charts and spending 9 weeks in the charts.

  1983  /  Plays Live  /  Last Updated January 12, 2013 by The-Archiver  /