Peter Gabriel Compilation CD Big Blue Ball Soundboard

**Any references (if any) to DVD, Menu or image quality are to be dismissed as this item was originally a DVD, now converted to a normal audio CD.** In August 2006 the news came through that Peter Gabriel had finally completed the "Big Blue Ball" album, a multi-artist project that started during a series of sessions at his Real World studios in the summer of 1991."The idea was to put rock musicians together with musicians from all over the world and see what happened," Gabriel says from his Wiltshire, England, base. "We ran the studio like a dating service with a 24-hour cafe."Recording took place over three years in a series of weeklong residential sessions. "But," Gabriel says, "the tapes were left in a mess and it's taken this long to sort out." Eventually, producer Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, New Order) was recruited to pull the album into shape.Gabriel takes several lead vocals on the album, while other singers include Sinead O'Connor, Karl Wallinger of World Party, Natacha Atlas and Papa Wemba. They are backed by a mix of western, African and Asian musicians. We are even treated to an early version of Burn You Up, Burn You Down.Until now [August 2007] no album has been released.Luckily enough for us, the BBC made a documentary about the first sessions in that summer of '91, which is presented here compiled from 3 different sources.