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#335: With Peter Gabriel

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

For this August 3, 1989 edition of New Sounds From the Vaults, Peter Gabriel visited the WNYC studios. The show centered around the less pop/Top 40 ventures of Peter Gabriel, mainly his soundtrack to the film The Last Temptation of Christ - “Passion” and the companion record “Passion: Sources”, music taken from an interesting collection of musicians from other cultures and released on the Real World label. Gabriel and John also touched on the music and the concept of the WOMAD (World of Music Arts and Dance) festival, which began in 1982. Together, WOMAD and Gabriel co-founded Real World Records in 1989, producing high-quality recorded music from all corners of the globe.

PROGRAM #335: "With Guest Peter Gabriel" (8/3/1989)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Peter Gabriel

Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ

The Feeling Begins [4:00]

Virgin/Real World #RWLP-1, CDRW01
www.realworldrecords.com

Various Artists

Passion Sources

Askarian: Song of Complaint [2:00]

Virgin/Real World #RWLP-2, CDRW02
www.realworldrecords.com

Peter Gabriel

Passion

Of These, Hope [2:30]
Zaar [6:00]

See above.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Shaheen Shah

Shamus-Ud-Doha [5:00]

Virgin/Real World #RWLP-3, CDRW03
www.realworldrecords.com

Tabuh Ley seigneur Rochereau and Afrisa International Orchestra

Babeti Soukous

Sorozo [2:00]

Virgin/Real World #RWLP-5, CDRW05
www.realworldrecords.com

Various Artists

Passion Sources

Shankar: Sankara-banam Pancha Nadai Pallavi [1:30]

See above.

Peter Gabriel

Passion

Open [1:30]
Before the Night Falls [2:00]
With This Love [2:00]
Disturbed [1:30]
It Is Accomplished [4:00]
Bread and Wine [1:30]

See above.

Robert Fripp

Exposure, or Network

P. Gabriel: Here Comes the Flood [4:00]

EG #41 (Exposure) Amazon.com / EGMLP-4 (Network)

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