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Don't Give Up (Demo reel edits)

by Peter Gabriel

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Zerdan The embrace with Kate Bush was such a magical moment. So much emotion was carried through the visuals of that video. The lunar eclipse was spectacular. Thank you for creating special moments, Peter.
Luis Fernando Zamorano Cházaro
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Luis Fernando Zamorano Cházaro "Don't give up".

Una hermosa y profunda canción de aliento; quienes hemos cruzado el oscuro desierto, la comprendemos.

Es sumamente gratificante escuchar estas maquetas.

La suscripción vale más que una taza de café; vale libra, carne y sangre.

Saludos desde Córdoba, Veracruz, México, querido Peter Gabriel.

Abrazo. Favorite track: Don't Give Up (Demo reel edits).
kiks2019
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kiks2019 Never knew the ideas for this dated as far back as PG4
Dustin Wall
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Dustin Wall This is neat - Kind of the beginning of finding that rhythm.
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kd2018 This is interesting, but not a full serving, we get this faded out after only one minute, Perhaps this should have been released as part of a crescent moon.
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This full moon month we are focussing on the song Don't Give Up, so here is the first of our offerings.

A curio, perhaps, but one we thought was important as the demo reel edits heard within this track are the earliest references that we have in the archive, hinting to what was to come. There's a rawness in the sound that we also really liked.

At this stage the song title didn't exist but the shoots of one of Peter's most recognisable songs were beginning to form.

These were recorded in the PG4 period and as such most likely at Ashcombe House or Crescent Studios, during 1981 or 1982.

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released March 14, 2025
Written by Peter Gabriel
Published by Real World Music Ltd / Sony Music Publishing

Details and memories are hazy but most likely recorded at Ashcombe House or Crecent Studios during 1981 or 1982 and engineered by David Lord.

Most likely personnel:
Jerry Marotta - drums
Tony Levin - bass
David Rhodes - guitar
John Ellis - guitar
Larry Fast - synths
PG - vox, programming

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Peter Gabriel England, UK

Peter Gabriel is best known as a musician. He started his solo work in 1975 after leaving his old school group: Genesis. He has released eleven solo albums and written soundtracks for three films.
Peter is now writing and recording, and working on a plan to create a streaming service for digital medicine and an Interspecies Internet.
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